Metal-Transfer-Micromolding of Air-Lifted RF Components

Author

Zhao, Yanzhu ; Yoon, Yong-Kyu ; Wu, Xiaosong ; Allen, Mark G.

Author_Institution

Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta

fYear

2007

fDate

10-14 June 2007

Firstpage

659

Lastpage

662

Abstract

This paper reports a metal-transfer-micromolding (MTM) technique for simultaneous implementation of metallized high aspect ratio molded polymer RF passive components, as well as coplanar waveguide feeding structures, in a high performance and potentially cost-effective fashion. Applications of the MTM technique in air-lifted RF components such as Ka-band monopole antennas and evanescent mode cavity resonators have been demonstrated. A 21.5% 10 dB bandwidth for the monopole antenna, and an unloaded Q exceeding 500 for the resonators, are achieved from micromolded organic materials.

Keywords

cavity resonators; coplanar waveguide components; micromachining; monopole antennas; transfer moulding; Ka-band monopole antenna; air-lifted RF component; air-lifted monopole antenna; coplanar waveguide feeding structure; evanescent mode cavity resonator; metal-transfer-micromolding; Antenna accessories; Antenna arrays; Cavity resonators; Coplanar waveguides; Fabrication; Gold; Metallization; Polymers; Radio frequency; Textile technology; air lifted monopole antenna; evanescent mode resonator; micromolding;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, 2007. TRANSDUCERS 2007. International

Conference_Location

Lyon

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0842-3

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0842-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SENSOR.2007.4300216

Filename

4300216