Systems-Level Packaging for Millimeter-Wave Transceivers

Description

This book provides a system-level approach to making packaging decisions for millimeter-wave transceivers. In electronics, the packaging forms a bridge between the integrated circuit or individual device and the rest of the electronic system, encompassing all technologies between the two. To be able to make well-founded packaging decisions, researchers need to understand a broad range of aspects, including: concepts of transmission bands, antennas and propagation, integrated and discrete package substrates, materials and technologies, interconnects, passive and active components, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of various packages and packaging approaches, and package-level modeling and simulation. Packaging also needs to be considered in terms of system-level testing, as well as associated testing and production costs, and reducing costs. This peer-reviewed work contributes to the extant scholarly literature by addressing the aforementioned concepts and applying them to the context of the millimeter-wave regime and the unique opportunities that this transmission approach offers. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Research Impact of System-Level Packaging for Millimeter-Wave Transceivers (Mladen Božanić, Saurabh Sinha)....Pages 1-29 Millimeter-Wave Research Challenges (Mladen Božanić, Saurabh Sinha)....Pages 31-53 Behavior of Active and Passive Devices at Millimeter-Wave Frequencies (Mladen Božanić, Saurabh Sinha)....Pages 55-104 Integrated Substrates: Millimeter-Wave Transistor Technologies (Mladen Božanić, Saurabh Sinha)....Pages 105-128 Discrete Substrates: Package Foundation (Mladen Božanić, Saurabh Sinha)....Pages 129-156 Traditional Approach: System-on-Chip (Mladen Božanić, Saurabh Sinha)....Pages 157-191 Multi-chip Modules and Multi-chip Packaging (Mladen Božanić, Saurabh Sinha)....Pages 193-227 State-of-the-Art Approach: System-on-Package (Mladen Božanić, Saurabh Sinha)....Pages 229-271 Assessment of Completed Work and Future Directions in Millimeter-Wave Research (Mladen Božanić, Saurabh Sinha)....Pages 273-277