RF package with multi-layer substrate having coplanar feed through and connection interface

An RF package, comprising:

• a multilayered dielectric substrate including first and second dielectric substrates, said multilayered dielectric substrate having a cavity in the second dielectric substrate where a semiconductor element is to be mounted on the first dielectric substrate within said cavity;
• a feed-through for connecting an inside and outside of said cavity and comprised of a coplanar line disposed on said first dielectric substrate and an inner layer line disposed oil the first dielectric substrate obtained by disposing said second dielectric substrate on said coplanar line, said coplanar line and said inner layer line sharing a signal conductor disposed on the first dielectric substrate;
• metal members disposed at a connection interface between said coplanar line and said inner layer line on two sides of said signal conductor, and connecting first ground conductors of the coplanar line and the inner layer line on the first dielectric substrate to a second ground conductor disposed on a top surface of the second dielectric substrate at an edge of the second dielectric substrate;
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• a plurality of first via holes disposed in said first dielectric substrate and a plurality of second via holes disposed in said second dielectric substrate;
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• wherein said metal members are metal plates projecting from a side of said second dielectric substrate extending beyond said connection interface in a direction toward said coplanar line.

An RF package, comprising:

• a multilayered dielectric substrate including first and second dielectric substrates, said multilayered dielectric substrate having a cavity in the second dielectric substrate where a semiconductor element is to be mounted on the first dielectric substrate within said cavity;
• a feed-through for connecting an inside and outside of said cavity and comprised of a coplanar line disposed on said first dielectric substrate and an inner layer line disposed on the first dielectric substrate obtained by disposing said second dielectric substrate on said coplanar line, said coplanar line and said inner layer line sharing a signal conductor disposed on the first dielectric substrate;
• metal members disposed at a connection interface between said coplanar line and said inner layer line on two sides of said signal conductor, and connecting first ground conductors of the coplanar line and the inner layer line on the first dielectric substrate to a second ground conductor disposed on a top surface of the second dielectric substrate, said first and second ground conductors being connected at an edge of the second dielectric substrate;
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• a plurality of first via holes disposed in said first dielectric substrate and a plurality of second via holes disposed in said second dielectric substrate;
• wherein said first ground conductors are disposed on an upper surface of said first dielectric substrate and arranged on two sides of said signal conductor to be away from each other at a predetermined distance;
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• said plurality of second via holes connect said first and second ground conductors to each other at positions away from said connection interface between said coplanar line and said inner layer line;
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• wherein a distance λ from said connection interface between said coplanar line and said inner layer line to a center of one of said second via holes which is at an end nearest to said connection interface is represented by λ < c 2 ⁢ f ⁢ ϵ r
• where c, f, and εr respectively indicate a speed of light, a signal frequency, and a specific dielectric constant of said dielectric substrate.

An RF package, comprising:

• a multilayered dielectric substrate including first and second dielectric substrates, said multilayered dielectric substrate having a cavity in the second dielectric substrate where a semiconductor element is to be mounted on the first dielectric substrate within said cavity;
• a feed-through for connecting an inside and outside of said cavity and comprised of a coplanar line disposed on said first dielectric substrate and an inner layer line disposed on the first dielectric substrate obtained by disposing said second dielectric substrate on said coplanar line, said coplanar line and said inner layer line sharing a signal conductor disposed on the first dielectric substrate;
• metal members disposed at a connection interface between said coplanar line and said inner layer line on two sides of said signal conductor, and connecting first ground conductors of the coplanar line and the inner layer line on the first dielectric substrate to a second ground conductor disposed on a top surface of the second dielectric substrate, said ground conductors being connected at an edge of the second dielectric substrate;
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• a plurality of first via holes disposed in said first dielectric substrate and a plurality of second via holes disposed in said second dielectric substrate;
• wherein said first ground conductors are disposed on an upper surface of said first dielectric substrate and arranged on two sides of said signal conductor to be away from each other at a predetermined distance;
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• said plurality of second via holes connect said first and second ground conductors to each other at positions away from said connection interface between said coplanar line and said inner layer line;
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• wherein said plurality of second via holes are arranged on two sides of said signal conductor at a predetermined pitch w, and
• a pitch λp2 of said second via holes in a signal propagating direction is represented by λ p2 < c 2 ⁢ ⁢ f ⁢ ϵ r
• where c, f, and εr respectively indicate a speed of light, a signal frequency, and a specific dielectric constant of said dielectric substrate.