A Compact V-Band Filter/Antenna Integrated Receiver IC Built on Si-Micromachined BCB Suspended Structure

Kazuaki TAKAHASHI  Ushio SANGAWA  Suguru FUJITA  Michiaki MATSUO  Takeharu URABE  Hiroshi OGURA  Hiroyuki YABUKI 

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics  Vol.E84-C  No.10  pp.1506-1514
Publication Date: 2001/10/01
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Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Issue on Millimeter-Wave Circuits and Fabrication Technologies Opening up the 21st Century)
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Keyword: 
micromachining,  suspended line,  benzocyclobutene,  filter,  antenna, 

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Summary: 
We propose a three-dimensional structure on a planar substrate employing micromachining technology. A low-loss suspended structure incorporating a BCB membrane employing deep trench etching technology has been newly proposed. A micromachined suspended line structure using BCB membrane film enables us to realize a low loss planar resonator, which achieved an unloaded quality factor (Q-factor) of more than 280 at 60 GHz. We design low-loss filters and antennas built into silicon in a 60 GHz band. A low-loss filter realizes an insertion loss of 1.0 dB at 60 GHz and a patch antenna obtains a 3% bandwidth. In addition, we demonstrate a 60 GHz receiver front-end IC incorporating the planar filter and the antenna, and obtain good results. These techniques enable us to integrate various functions into a compact package even in millimeter-wave bands.