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LTCC Transmit/Receive X-Band Module with a Phased Array Antenna

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LTCC Transmit/Receive X-Band Module with a Phased Array Antenna 8 www.cadence.com/go/awr Step 6: Completing the Circuit With the designs finished, everything was then combined into a single schematic, which included the stripline BPF, the vendor models, the imported MMIC PA, and all of the transition models. Figure 15 shows the schematic layer in both the 2D and 3D views. Figure 15: 2D and 3D views of the schematic of the entire circuit design Transitioning the LTCC MicroStrip to the Stripline The AWR AXIEM software was used to simulate and optimize the transition of the LTCC microstrip to the stripline (Figure 16). This is another example of how the transitions can be designed inside the AWR AXIEM EM simulator for an optimum transition up to 40-50GHz or higher. Figure 16: The transition of the LTCC microstrip to the stripline using AWR AXIEM software for simulation and optimization

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