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RF power amplifying circuit device
Assignee: Collabo Innovations Inc
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Filing: 1996-04-04
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Granted: 1998-02-10
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Expires: 2016-04-04
Abstract
Abstract A plurality of ceramic substrates are stacked in layers to form a multilayer structure. A semiconductor chip having an FET or the like is mounted on the uppermost first ceramic substrate to form an RF matching circuit. A ground layer is formed on the second ceramic substrate, i.e., in a middle layer, thereby preventing the interference of electric signals between circuit components mounted in the respective layers upper and lower than the ground layer. A bias circuit is formed on the top face of the third ceramic substrate, while a back-face ground electrode is formed on the back face of the third ceramic substrate. A leadless electrode is formed over the side faces of the respective ceramic substrates and the back face of the lowermost third ceramic substrate. By utilizing the high heat conductivity and proper dielectric constant of aluminum nitride, the overall RF power amplifying circuit device can be miniaturized at lower cost.
Inventors
- 👤 Noriyuki Yoshikawa
- 👤 Kazuki Tateoka
- 👤 Akihisa Sugimura
- 👤 Kunihiko Kanazawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-31 13:24
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03F; H03F3/00; H03F3/20; H10; H10W; H10W90/00; H10W90/401; H10W44/00; H10W44/20; H10W70/00; H10W70/60; H10W70/62; H10W70/65; H10W70/657; H10W44/226; H10W44/234
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
166 words
An RF power amplifying circuit device having a plurality of circuit components including a first active component for amplifying an RF signal and a plurality of passive components, said RF power amplifying circuit device comprising: a multilayer structure consisting of a plurality of substrates composed of a dielectric material with a high heat conductivity and stacked in layers, wherein said circuit components can be distributed, in an uppermost layer corresponding to a region over a top face of the uppermost substrate, in at least one middle layer corresponding to a region lying between the substrates, in a lowermost layer corresponding to a region over a back face of the lowermost substrate, and in a side layer corresponding to a region over side faces of said substrates; and a first semiconductor chip mounted on the top face of said uppermost substrate and having said first active component, wherein the circuit components, other than said first active component, are distributed in the individual layers of said multilayer structure.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
166 words
An RF power amplifying circuit device having a plurality of circuit components including a first active component for amplifying an RF signal and a plurality of passive components, said RF power amplifying circuit device comprising: a multilayer structure consisting of a plurality of substrates composed of a dielectric material with a high heat conductivity and stacked in layers, wherein said circuit components can be distributed, in an uppermost layer corresponding to a region over a top face of the uppermost substrate, in at least one middle layer corresponding to a region lying between the substrates, in a lowermost layer corresponding to a region over a back face of the lowermost substrate, and in a side layer corresponding to a region over side faces of said substrates; and a first semiconductor chip mounted on the top face of said uppermost substrate and having said first active component, wherein the circuit components, other than said first active component, are distributed in the individual layers of said multilayer structure.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
64 words
An RF power amplifying circuit device according to claim 1, wherein said first semiconductor chip is composed of a semiconductor, and further comprising, a second semiconductor chip mounted on the uppermost substrate of said multilayer structure, said second semiconductor chip having a second active component, and wherein said second semiconductor is composed of a semiconductor different from the semiconductor composing said first semiconductor chip.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
68 words
An RF power amplifying circuit device according to claim 1, wherein said first semiconductor chip is composed of a compound semiconductor, and wherein said RF power amplifying circuit device further comprises, a third semiconductor chip mounted in the uppermost layer of said multilayer structure, having a third active component, and composed of silicon, said third semiconductor chip being provided with the passive components included in said circuit components.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
75 words
An RF power amplifying circuit device according to claim 1, wherein said first semiconductor chip is composed of a compound semiconductor, wherein said circuit components include a stub composing an inductor or a distributed constant circuit, and wherein said first semiconductor chip is not provided with another stub comprising an inductor or a distributed constant circuit and having a length equal to 1/8 of a wavelength of an RF signal on said first semiconductor chip.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
An RF power amplifying circuit device according to claim 1, wherein said circuit components include an RF impedance matching circuit formed at least in the uppermost layer of said multilayer structure.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
An RF power amplifying circuit device according to claim 1, further comprising, a leadless electrode formed at least in said side layer of said multilayer structure to connect each of the circuit components to an external circuit.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
62 words
An RF power amplifying circuit device according to claim 1, wherein said circuit components include, two circuit components formed in two respective ones of said uppermost, middle, and lowermost layers separated by at least one of said uppermost, middle, and lowermost layers, and a ground layer formed in the layer lying between said two layers with said two circuit components formed therein.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
An RF power amplifying circuit device according to claim 1, wherein said first semiconductor chip is mounted on said uppermost substrate by a flip-chip method so that said first semiconductor chip is connected directly on said uppermost substrate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
40 words
An RF power amplifying circuit device according to claim 1, wherein said circuit components include a filter circuit composed of at least two members formed in at least either one of said uppermost and middle layers of said multilayer structure.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
An RF power amplifying circuit device according to claim 1, further comprising, a back-face ground electrode formed in said lowermost layer of said multilayer structure and solder plated.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
An RF power amplifying circuit device according to claim 1, wherein said circuit components include a bias circuit formed in a layer of said multilayer structure other than said lowermost layer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
An RF power amplifying circuit device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of substrates is composed of aluminum nitride.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
An RF power amplifying circuit device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of substrates is composed of aluminum oxide.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
28 words
An RF power amplifying circuit device according to claim 1, wherein at least any two of said plurality of substrates are composed of materials having different dielectric constants.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
An RF power amplifying circuit device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of substrates is composed of silicon nitride.
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