Accurate Power Loss Measurements of Aperture Tuning RF Switches on Board

Valentyn Solomko, Oguzhan Oezdamar, Johannes Rimmelspacher, Pablo Nascimento, Michael Muerke, Chul Seung Pyo, Robert Weigel, Amelie Hagelauer

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Abstract

In this work a measurement and de-embedding procedure for accurate characterization of power losses of a shunt antenna tuning switch mounted on board is presented. The method is based on the OPEN de-embedding technique, wherein the OPEN standard is custom-generated for every instance of the board with the switch. The method has been tested on a 4-throw hardware shunt switch with state-of-art performance. The experiment demonstrated the effectiveness of the method for obtaining accurate and repeatable response in terms of equivalent OFF resistance in the frequency range between 0.5GHz and 6GHz, significantly overperforming the conventional common de-embedding approach sensitive to assembly uncertainties of the board.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2021
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages91-93
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781665437820
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event2021 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2021 - Virtual, Online, Australia
Duration: 28 Nov 20211 Dec 2021

Publication series

NameAsia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC
Volume2021-November

Conference

Conference2021 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, APMC 2021
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityVirtual, Online
Period28/11/211/12/21

Keywords

  • Antenna tuning
  • Aperture tuning
  • CMOS switch
  • De-embedding
  • High-voltage RF switch
  • Inverted-F antenna
  • RF front-end

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