도체판이 삽입된 밀리미파 세라믹 패키지

Millimeter-wave Ceramic Package having Embedded Metal Sheet

  • 김진태 (아주대학교 전자공학과) ;
  • 서재옥 ;
  • 방현국 (아주대학교 전자공학) ;
  • 박성대 (전자부품연구원 고주파재료 연구센) ;
  • 조현민 (전자부품연구원 고주파재료 연구센) ;
  • 강남기 (전자부품연구원 고주파재료 연구센) ;
  • 이해영 (아주대학교 전자공학과)
  • 발행 : 2004.08.01

초록

패키지는 전기적인 특성에 있어서 우수한 고주파 전송 특성을 지녀야한다. 그러나 집적회로면이 위로 향하는 세라믹 패키지(Face-up Package)는 본드와이어 연결 시 고주파의 기생 특성이 크게 증가하여 시스템 전체의 성능에 큰 제한을 가져온다. 본 논문에서는 향상된 정합특성을 갖는 새로운 밀리미터파 세라믹 패키지 급전구조를 제안하였고, 유한요소법(FEM: Finite Element Method)을 이용하여 20 ∼ 50 GHz에서 해석 및 설계를 하고 제작하였다. 측정 결과, 삽입된 금속판 (Embedded Metal Sheet)을 가지는 세라믹 패키지 급전구조는 47GHz까지 기존의 세라믹 패키지보다 0.85dB 그리고 본드와이어 부분에 일반적인 에폭시( ε/sub γ/ = 4)를 사용하여 몰딩한 세라믹 패키지보다 0.4dB가 개선된 삽입손실의 특성을 얻을 수 있었다. 따라서 본 해석결과는 소형의 세라믹 패키지 및 MMIC(Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit) 모듈 개발에 효과적으로 활용될 수 있으리라 기대된다.

High performance packages must provide excellent transmission characteristics. In face-up ceramic packages, however, parasitic characteristics of bondwires are not negligible at millimeter-wave frequencies. Consequently, the electrical performance of ceramic packages is degraded. In をis paper, we propose a new millimeter-wave ceramic package feed-through having Embedded Metal Sheets (EMS). The package that contains double-bondwire interconnections is analyzed by the FEM (Finite Element Method) and measured from 20 to 50GHz. As a result, the proposed package having Embedded Metal Sheets (EMS) achieved 0.85dB, 0.4dB insertion loss improvement on the conventional and the double bondwires buried in epoxy ( $\varepsilon_{{\gamma}}$/ = 4) ceramic package respectively to 47GHz. This improved ceramic package will be useful for MMICs modules and small ceramic packages developments.amic packages developments.

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