Development of an integrated Bluetooth RF transceiver module using multi-layer system on package technology

We present the development of an integrated Bluetooth transceiver module using a commercial low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) process. The developed module contains a power amplifier (PA), low noise amplifier (LNA), mixer, balun, band select filter and integrated antenna. The MMICs and passives are developed using a commercial 0.24 /spl mu/m CMOS process and LTCC respectively. The power amplifier is capable of providing an output power of 20 dBm for the Bluetooth class 1 specification. To the best of our knowledge, this work presents the first report of module with integrated antennas.