IEICE Transactions on Electronics
Online ISSN : 1745-1353
Print ISSN : 0916-8524
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60-GHz Band Copper Ball Vertical Interconnection for MMW 3-D System-in-Package Front-End Modules
Satoshi YOSHIDAShoichi TANIFUJISuguru KAMEDANoriharu SUEMATSUTadashi TAKAGIKazuo TSUBOUCHI
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2012 Volume E95.C Issue 7 Pages 1276-1284

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In order to realize millimeter-wave (MMW) 3-D system-in-package (SiP) front-end modules, we propose a 60-GHz band copper ball vertical interconnection structure, which interconnects between vertically stacked substrates. The structure enables ICs to be placed between the vertically stacked substrates. Since the diameter of the copper balls must exceed the thickness of the ICs, the distance between the substrates in the modules is larger than that of the flip-chip interconnection widely used in the MMW-band. Therefore, the conventional flip-chip interconnection does not scale for the interconnection between the substrates in MMW 3-D SiP front-end modules. The layout of grounded copper balls and the patterns of inner ground layers in the upper/lower substrates are designed using 3-D electromagnetic field simulation. The designed structure allows less than 1dB transmission loss up to 71.1GHz, compared with a through transmission line. The result is verified with fabrication and measurement and confirms the feasibility of MMW 3-D SiP front-end modules.

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© 2012 The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
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