Systems and methods for manufacturing stacked circuits and transmission lines
AssigneeNuvotronics, LLC
InventorsDavid Anthony Miller, Hooman Kazemi, Ankush Mohan, Yoonyoung Jin
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Abstract
Devices and methods for manufacturing RF circuits and systems in both passive and active forms are contemplated herein. Exemplary devices include 3D electrical and mechanical structures which are created from individual slices which may be assembled to create a final functional block such as a circuit, component or a system. The slices may fabricated by a variety of manufacturing techniques, such as micromachined layer-by-layer metal batch processing.
Claims21
A stacked waveguide structure, comprising a plurality of solid metal waveguide slices, each waveguide slice comprising at least one waveguide cavity disposed therein, where selected pairs of the waveguide slices are disposed adjacent one another, with the waveguide cavity of each slice of a selected pair registered to one another so the waveguide cavities of the selected pair of slices communicate with one another to provide at least one waveguide within the stacked waveguide structure.
A method of creating a stacked waveguide structure, comprising:
- depositing a plurality of layers on a substrate, wherein the layers comprise one or more of a metal material and a sacrificial mold material, thereby forming a plurality of solid metal waveguide slices each having at least one waveguide cavity disposed therein;
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- aligning and joining the plurality of waveguide slices to one another so the waveguide cavities of the slices communicate with one another to provide at least one waveguide within the stacked waveguide structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.