Title :
Design of Miniature Bandpass Filters Embedded in the Organic Substrate for RF SOP Applications
Author :
Chiu, C.T. ; Lin, C.L. ; Horng, T.S. ; Wu, S.-M. ; Hung, C.P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., National Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Kaohsiung
Abstract :
Very small-size bandpass filters embedded in the organic substrate for RF system-on-package (SOP) applications are presented. Due to the lack of fabrication process for large-value capacitors in the organic substrate, a novel filter prototype using an inductive coupling of series resonators is proposed to achieve high performance within a stringent size constraint. In implementation, the organic bandpass filters are composed of the spiral inductors and parallel-plate capacitors that are embedded in a 4-layer BT laminate, one of today´s most popular package substrate. The final realized performance and size are competitive to the LTCC filters but with a much lower cost
Keywords :
band-pass filters; ceramic packaging; radiofrequency filters; substrates; system-in-package; 4-layer BT laminate; LTCC filters; RF SOP; RF system-on-package; filter prototype; inductive coupling; miniature bandpass filters; organic bandpass filters; organic substrate; parallel-plate capacitors; spiral inductors; Band pass filters; Capacitors; Fabrication; Inductors; Laminates; Packaging; Prototypes; Radio frequency; Resonator filters; Spirals; Organic filter; RF system on package; band-pass filter;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2006. 36th European
Conference_Location :
Manchester
Print_ISBN :
2-9600551-6-0
DOI :
10.1109/EUMC.2006.281420