EXTREMELY HIGH FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMIT/RECEIVE DEVICE
The present description concerns an electromagnetic wave transmit/receive device comprising a multilayer organic substrate, an integrated circuit chip, flip-chip assembled on the multilayer organic substrate, a package comprising a first cavity, containing the multilayer organic substrate and the integrated circuit chip, and communicating over a channel with a second cavity forming a waveguide for electromagnetic waves.
1 . A device, comprising:
a multilayer organic substrate;
an integrated circuit chip, flip-chip assembled on the multilayer organic substrate; and
a package including a first cavity, containing the multilayer organic substrate and the integrated circuit chip, the first cavity configured to communicate over a channel with a second cavity, the second cavity forming a waveguide for electromagnetic waves, the package including:
an antenna in the substrate and coupled to the integrated circuit chip, the antenna extending in the first cavity and partially into the second cavity.
2 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first cavity includes a first recess, the integrated circuit chip being in the first recess.
3 . The device according to claim 2 , wherein the first cavity includes a second recess that is between the second cavity and the first recess.
4 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the multilayer organic substrate includes a main portion in the first cavity and a protrusion extending from the main portion into the channel and penetrating into the second cavity.
5 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein an electrically-insulating support in the substrate includes first and second opposite surfaces, electrically-conductive tracks extending on the first surface, and an electrically-insulating layer covering the electrically-conductive tracks.
6 . The device according to claim 5 , wherein the multilayer organic substrate further includes a coating including a graphene layer covering the electrically-insulating layer.
7 . The device according to claim 6 , wherein the multilayer organic substrate includes the antenna on a protrusion in the second cavity, and wherein the multilayer organic substrate includes an electrically-conductive line coupling the antenna to the integrated circuit chip, where the coating does not cover the electrically-conductive line in the first cavity.
8 . A device, comprising:
a package having a first surface opposite to a second surface;
a first cavity in the package;
a first plurality of conductive layers in the first cavity closer to the first surface than the second surface;
a first insulating layer in the first cavity, the first insulating layer being spaced from the first surface by the first plurality of conductive layers;
a second plurality of conductive layers in the first cavity closer to the second surface than the first surface;
a second cavity in the package, the second cavity being closer to the second surface than the first surface;
an integrated circuit chip on the first insulating layer;
a waveguide coupled to the integrated circuit and being at least partially in the second cavity; and
a plurality of electric connectors extending from a side of the package that is different from a side of the package from which the waveguide extends.
9 . The device of claim 8 wherein the first plurality of conductive layers, the first insulating layer, and the second plurality of conductive layers are a substrate in the package.
10 . The device of claim 9 wherein the plurality of electric connectors extends from the package into an external environment.
11 . The device of claim 9 wherein the second cavity extends from the substrate to an edge of the package.
12 . A method, comprising:
forming a first cavity in a package having a first surface opposite to a second surface;
forming a first plurality of conductive layers in the first cavity closer to the first surface than the second surface;
forming a first insulating layer in the first cavity, the first insulating layer being spaced from the first surface by the first plurality of conductive layers;
forming a second plurality of conductive layers in the first cavity closer to the second surface than the first surface;
forming a second cavity in the package, the second cavity being closer to the second surface than the first surface;
coupling an integrated circuit chip on the first insulating layer;
coupling a waveguide to the integrated circuit and being at least partially in the second cavity; and
forming a plurality of electric connectors extending from a side of the package that is different from a side of the package from which the waveguide extends.
13 . The method of claim 12 comprising forming a substrate from the first plurality of conductive layers, the first insulating layer, and the second plurality of conductive layers.
14 . The method of claim 13 wherein the plurality of electric connectors extends from the package into an external environment.
15 . The method of claim 13 wherein the second cavity extends from the substrate to an edge of the package.