Microwave Chip Supporting Structure

Abstract

The present invention relates to a microwave chip supporting structure comprising a first microwave laminate layer, with a first side and a second side, and an outer limit. At least one conductor is formed on said first side, extending towards said outer limit. The microwave chip supporting structure further comprises a second microwave laminate layer, with a first side and a second side, the second side of the second laminate layer being fixed to at least a part of the first side of the first laminate layer. The first laminate layer and/or the second laminate layer comprises at least one recess arranged for receiving a microwave chip intended to be connected to said conductor. The second laminate layer extends outside the outer limit of the first laminate layer, said conductors continuing on the second side of the second laminate layer without contacting the first laminate layer.

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         16 . A microwave chip supporting structure comprising:
 a first microwave laminate layer having a first side and a second side, the first microwave laminate layer having an outer limit where further at least one conductor is formed on the first side of the first laminate layer, said conductor extending towards the outer limit of the first laminate layer;   a second microwave laminate layer with a first side and a second side, the second laminate layer being fixed to the first laminate layer in such a way that the second side of the second laminate layer faces at least a part of the first side of the first laminate layer;   the first laminate layer and/or the second laminate layer having at least one recess arranged for receiving a microwave chip intended to be coupled to said conductor, where the second laminate layer further extends outside the outer limit of the first laminate layer, said conductors continuing on the second side of the second laminate layer without contacting the first laminate layer.   
     
     
         17 . The microwave chip supporting structure according to  claim 16 , further comprising the first laminate layer has a first recess, into which the microwave chip is inserted, the microwave chip having a top side and a bottom side, the bottom side facing an electrically conducting ground plane that is fixed to the second side of the first laminate layer, and the top side being equipped with chip connections, which chip connections are brought into contact with said conductors. 
     
     
         18 . The microwave chip supporting structure according to  claim 17 , characterized in that said bottom side has at least one ground connection which is electrically connected to said ground plane. 
     
     
         19 . The microwave chip supporting structure according to  claim 17  wherein the second laminate layer has a second recess, having essentially the same position as the first recess, but being larger, allowing the chip connections to be brought into contact with said conductors by means of bond wires. 
     
     
         20 . The microwave chip supporting structure according to  claim 19 , wherein the second recess is filled with a protective filler substance. 
     
     
         21 . The microwave chip supporting structure according to  claim 19  wherein a cover is placed on the first side of the second laminate layer, covering the chip. 
     
     
         22 . The microwave chip supporting structure according to  claim 17 , wherein the second laminate layer covers the microwave chip, carrying the conductors partly into the first recess, enabling them to achieve a direct contact with the chip connections. 
     
     
         23 . The microwave chip supporting structure according to  claim 17  wherein the first laminate layer carries the conductors partly into the first recess, enabling them to achieve a direct contact with the chip connections. 
     
     
         24 . The microwave chip supporting structure according to  claim 16 , wherein the second laminate layer has a recess arranged to receive the microwave chip, the microwave chip having a top side and a bottom side, where the chip is arranged to rest on the first side of the first laminate layer in such a way that connections on the bottom side of the chip are brought into contact with the conductors formed on the first side of the first laminate layer. 
     
     
         25 . The microwave chip supporting structure according to  claim 24 , wherein the connections between conductors and the chip connections are in the form of ball connectors. 
     
     
         26 . The microwave chip supporting structure according to  claim 24 , wherein the recess is filled with a protective filler substance. 
     
     
         27 . The microwave chip supporting structure according to  claim 24 , wherein a cover is placed on the first side of the second laminate layer covering the microwave chip. 
     
     
         28 . The microwave chip supporting structure according to  claim 16 , arranged for being placed in a recess formed in a first Printed Circuit Board (PCB), the first PCB being attached to a second PCB in such a way that a second side of the first PCB and a first side of the second PCB face each other with a PCB ground plane positioned between them. 
     
     
         29 . The microwave chip supporting structure according to  claim 28 , wherein a part of the PCB ground plane is forming an accessible surface via the recess, against which the supporting structure may be fixed. 
     
     
         30 . The microwave chip supporting structure according to  claim 28 , wherein the first PCB has a thickness that essentially is the same as the thickness of the first laminate layer, resulting in that said conductors, when carried only by the second laminate layer, will rest on corresponding PCB conductors, enabling an electrical connection between said conductors on the second laminate and the PCB conductors. 
     
     
         31 . The microwave chip supporting structure according to  claim 28 , wherein the PCB conductors are in the form of a Co-Planar Waveguide.