Characterization of a planar spiral inductor on a composite-resin low-impedance substrate and its application to microwave circuits

被引:9
作者
Okabe, H [1 ]
Yamada, H [1 ]
Yamasaki, M [1 ]
Kagaya, O [1 ]
Sekine, K [1 ]
Yamashita, K [1 ]
机构
[1] Hitachi Ltd, Cent Res Lab, Kokubunji, Tokyo 1858601, Japan
来源
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPONENTS PACKAGING AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PART B-ADVANCED PACKAGING | 1998年 / 21卷 / 03期
关键词
MCM-D technology; planar spiral inductor; power amplifier module for cellular phone system; resin-embedded face-up type RF-MCM;
D O I
10.1109/96.704937
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The Q-factors of planar spiral inductors built on a polyimide-SiO2-Si substrate are characterized as a function of the polyimide thickness. We found that inductor quality as high as that on a GaAs-microwave and millimeter-wave integrated circuit (MMIC) requires a polyimide thickness of over 100 mu m, resulting in a Q-factor of over 17, The applicability of a low-impedance substrate was confirmed through the investigation of a novel RF-MCM in a face-up-type structure for cellular phone systems using a composite epoxy resin-metallic substrate. A fabricated power amplifier module exhibited 28.5-dBm output power and 16% power efficiency at 1.75 GHz.
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页码:269 / 273
页数:5
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