60-GHz transceiver module with coplanar ribbon bonded planar millimeter wave bandpass filter

A small size 60-GHz full duplex transceiver module is developed for high data rate millimeter wave wireless access link. To realize a compact and low cost transceiver module, a planar millimeter wave bandpass filter is integrated by using broadband coplanar ribbon-bond interconnects in the module. The overall size of the module except input and output connectors is 50 mm × 75 mm × 23 mm. The measured RF output power is 16 dBm at 1-dB compression, with conversion gain of 30.6 dB and the conversion gain of the receiver being 23.4 dB. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 49: 1212–1214, 2007; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI 10.1002/mop.22399