Title :
High Q, miniaturized LCP-based passive components, and filter design for SoP applications
Author :
Arabi, Eyad ; Shamim, Atif
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. Sci. & Eng., King Abdullah Univ. of Sci. & Technol. (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Abstract :
In this paper, for the first time, a library of completely embedded multi-layer capacitors and inductors designed in a custom adhessiveless multi-layer liquid crystal polymers (M-LCP) process is presented. High Q-factor spiral inductors (Q of 150 @ 8 GHz), and vertical interdigitized (VID) capacitors are demonstrated. As a proof of concept, two highpass filters are designed using the presented library. A size reduction of around 80% is achieved as compared to planar implementations, which highlights the miniaturization capabilities of the M-LCP technology. The miniaturized filter has an insertion loss of 0.2 dBs @ 3GHz.
Keywords :
Q-factor; capacitors; high-pass filters; inductors; liquid crystal polymers; system-on-package; M-LCP process; SoP applications; VID capacitors; embedded multilayer capacitors; embedded multilayer inductors; frequency 3 GHz; frequency 8 GHz; high-Q passive components; high-Q-factor spiral inductors; highpass filter design; miniaturization capabilities; miniaturized LCP-based passive components; multilayer liquid crystal polymer process; planar implementations; vertical interdigitized capacitors; Capacitors; Inductance; Inductors; Libraries; Microwave filters; Q factor; Substrates; Capacitors; Inductors; LCP; Multi-layer; Passives; System on Package (SoP);
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2011 41st European
Conference_Location :
Manchester
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-235-6
