Microwave dielectric member and method of manufacturing same

Abstract

A microwave dielectric member and a method for manufacturing the same are provided to overcome the shortcomings of microwave dielectric members in the prior art. The microwave dielectric member (100) includes a microwave dielectric substrate (101) and a metal layer, the metal layer being bonded onto the surface of the microwave dielectric substrate (101). The metal layer includes a conductive seed layer and a metal thickening layer (105), the conductive seed layer including an ion-implanted layer (103) implanted into the surface of the microwave dielectric substrate (101) and a plasma-deposited layer (104) deposited on the ion-implanted layer (103), and the metal thickening layer (105) being deposited on the plasma-deposited layer (104).

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a microwave dielectric component and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly to a plate-shaped or non-plate-shaped microwave dielectric component having a metallized surface and metallized holes and a method for manufacturing the same. [Background technology]

[0002] A microwave device is a device that operates in the microwave frequency range (frequency range 300 to 300,000 megahertz).

[0003] A quartz crystal resonator is a kind of microwave device, and a quartz wafer as a microwave dielectric member is the body of the quartz crystal resonator. In manufacturing the quartz crystal resonator, in order to form an electrode (i.e., a normal silver-plated electrode) of the quartz wafer, it is necessary to plate a metal layer (e.g., a silver layer) on a part of the surface of the quartz wafer.

[0004] For a kind of microwave dielectric member, reference can be made to the quartz wafer disclosed in China Invention Patent Application No. 201210532266.1. As shown in Fig. 1, the surface middle area of ​​the quartz wafer 1 is a silver-plated electrode 2, and one side of the silver-plated electrode 2 is provided with a transition zone 3 and an electrode lead-out end 4. The electrode lead-out end 4 can be conductively connected to a conductive gel or a conductive terminal. In addition, when electrodes are provided on both sides of the quartz wafer 1, the quartz wafer 1 can further be provided with a metallized hole, which allows the electrodes to be conductively connected.

[0005] Usually, in the processing of the subsequent process, the microwave device is required to have a weldable surface. A soldering process can be used for welding. Since the temperature of such welding is 200 degrees or more, the microwave device is required to have high temperature resistance. Microwave devices manufactured by conventional technology often have uneven thickness of the metal layer, burrs, dents, cracks, etc. at the interface, corners, and the part connected with the welding wire. These phenomena greatly affect the transmission of microwave signals, causing signal interference and phenomena such as nonlinear intermodulation.

[0006] The electrical conductivity of a microwave device greatly affects the transmission of microwaves, and high electrical conductivity is favorable for the transmission of microwave signals. In addition, the microwave dielectric members of a microwave device are required to have high reliability for long-term operation, that is, the metal layers thereof are required to have relatively high peel strength.

[0007] In the prior art, the following methods are usually adopted for metallizing the surface and / or hole walls of microwave devices.

[0008] Method 1: Lamination method The lamination process includes the following steps: In step 1, copper foil is produced by rolling or electrolytic methods. In step 2, copper foil is laminated onto a microwave dielectric material using a high temperature lamination method to form a copper clad plate. In step 3, holes are drilled into the copper clad plate and any dirt caused by the drilling is removed. In step 4, a conductive seed layer is formed on the hole wall by processes such as electroless copper plating (PTH), black hole (black hole is a method in which fine graphite and carbon black powder are dip-coated on the hole wall to form a conductive layer, and then electroplating is performed directly), black shadow (black shadow is a method in which graphite is used as a conductive material to form a conductive layer on the hole wall, and then electroplating is performed directly), etc. In step 5, electroplating is performed to thicken the hole, forming a metal conductor layer on the hole wall to produce a copper clad plate with metallized holes. In step 6, the circuit pattern is created using a pattern transfer process commonly used in the PCB industry.

[0009] Regarding step 1 above, currently the roughness of copper foil is at least 0.4 microns (μm), and the larger the roughness of the bonding surface between the copper foil and the microwave dielectric material, the more significant the skin effect will be, which is unfavorable to the transmission of microwave signals. In addition, because the roughness of the copper foil surface is relatively large, when surface welding, the contact surface between the metals is large, which is prone to nonlinearity of the electric field, and passive intermodulation (PIM) products will be generated, which will affect the reception of microwave signals.

[0010] Regarding the above step 2, the microwave dielectric material used in the lamination method is a plate material, but many microwave devices have a non-plate shape, and this method cannot metallize the surface of a non-plate microwave device. In addition, the lamination method involves laminating the copper foil and the semi-solid microwave dielectric material at high temperature to solidify it, so this technology is not applicable to metallizing an already solidified dielectric material.

[0011] Regarding step 6 above, the PCB industry common pattern transfer process may include forming a photoresist film, exposing, developing, and etching.

[0012] Microwave dielectric components are usually made of highly hydrophobic materials such as PTFE, PPE, LCP, etc., and it is very difficult to form a conductive seed layer with good bonding strength on the hole walls of such materials by electroless copper plating, black hole, and black shadow processes, so the formed hole metallization layer has low reliability and is prone to delamination and cracking.

[0013] Method 2: Vacuum sputtering The vacuum sputtering method includes the following steps. In step 1, the dielectric material is cut to form holes that require metallization. In step 2, metallization is achieved on the surface of the dielectric member and within the holes by means of vacuum sputtering to form a conductive seed layer structure. In step 3, a photolithography process is used to form the conductor pattern. In step 4, the conductor pattern is thickened by electroplating.

[0014] Regarding step 2 above, vacuum sputtering is a process in which a metal target material is used as the cathode in a vacuum environment, argon gas is introduced into the vacuum, and the argon gas is ionized by the action of an electric field and a magnetic field, resulting in the formation of Ar + and e - and are produced. + The electrons collide with the target material through a spiral motion, and the atoms of the target material (atomic energy <10 eV) are excited and deposited on the surface and hole walls of the dielectric to form a conductive seed layer, with low bonding force (<0.5 N / mm) between the conductive seed layer and the dielectric material.

[0015] In the above step 4, the bonding strength between the conductive seed crystal layer formed by vacuum sputtering and the dielectric material is weak, so that the metal layer is easily peeled off and dissolved in the plating solution when the plating solution collides with the metal layer during electroplating. The bonding strength of the undissolved electroplated thickened conductor is also weak, which leads to a decrease in the reliability of the microwave device metal layer.

[0016] Method 3: Screen printing The screen printing method includes the following steps. In step 1, the dielectric material is cut to form holes that require metallization. In step 2, a pattern is formed on the surface of the dielectric member by screen printing and metallization is applied within the holes. In step 3, the metal coating is solidified and adhered to the dielectric member by drying or high temperature sintering to form the metallized microwave device.

[0017] In the above step 2, the metal paste used in screen printing is a modified paste. Take conductive silver paste as an example, there are two types of conductive silver paste: polymer type conductive silver paste (dried or solidified to form a film, with organic polymer as adhesive) and sintered type conductive silver paste (sintered to form a film, sintering temperature > 500°C, glass powder or oxide as adhesive). Such paste has low conductivity and is disadvantageous for transmitting high-frequency signals.

[0018] Regarding step 3 above, if the paste is used for a dielectric material (e.g., plastic) that can withstand a relatively low temperature, a polymer-type metal conductive paste should be used, and the paste is adhered to the dielectric material by drying, with a drying temperature of about 100°C. The metal layer adheres to the dielectric material using an organic polymer as an adhesive, so the bonding strength is low. In addition, the organic material has low heat resistance and cannot withstand the welding temperature (>200°C).

[0019] In the prior art, methods such as lamination, vacuum sputtering, and screen printing to realize metallization of microwave devices have the following drawbacks:

[0020] First, the rolled or electrolytic copper foil used in the lamination method has a large surface roughness, which is prone to skin effect, which is unfavorable for the transmission of microwave signals. During welding, the contact roughness between metal and metal is large, which is prone to nonlinearity of the electric field, and PIM products are generated, which affects the reception of microwave signals.

[0021] Secondly, the lamination method uses electroless copper plating, black hole or black shadow process to realize the metallization of the hole wall, which has low bonding strength between the copper in the hole and the hole wall, and is unreliable.The dielectric material used in the lamination method is limited to a plate material, which cannot realize the metallization of the dielectric material with an irregular shape.

[0022] Thirdly, the biggest drawback of vacuum sputtering is the low bonding strength between the metal layer and the dielectric member, which affects the reliability of microwave devices. When manufacturing dielectric members using vacuum sputtering, defects such as burrs, uneven thickness of the metal layer, holes, and breaks are likely to occur in the metal layer at the corners and joints of the members, which leads to nonlinearity of the electric field and the generation of PIM products during microwave transmission, affecting the reception of microwave signals.

[0023] Fourth, the metal layer used in the screen printing method is formed by solidifying the modified paste, and has low electrical conductivity, which affects the transmission of microwave signals. After the polymer-metal paste is solidified, the bonding strength between the metal layer and the dielectric member is low, which affects the reliability of the microwave device. In addition, the polymer contained in the metal layer cannot withstand the welding temperature, so the microwave device cannot be welded. Screen printing also cannot metallize irregular microwave dielectric members.

[0024] Therefore, there is currently a need for new microwave dielectric components and methods for manufacturing the same to overcome the problems associated with conventional microwave dielectric components and methods for manufacturing the same. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0025] In order to solve the shortcomings of microwave dielectric components in the prior art, the present invention provides a microwave dielectric component and a method for manufacturing the same.

[0026] The technical solution 1 adopted by the present invention to solve the technical problem is: a microwave dielectric substrate; a metal layer bonded onto a surface of the microwave dielectric substrate; A microwave dielectric member comprising: the metal layer includes a conductive seed layer and a metal thickening layer, the conductive seed layer includes an ion implanted layer implanted into a surface of the microwave dielectric substrate and a plasma deposited layer disposed on the ion implanted layer, and the metal thickening layer is disposed on the plasma deposited layer; A microwave dielectric member.

[0027] Technical proposal 2 is characterized in that, in the microwave dielectric component described in Technical proposal 1, the microwave dielectric substrate further has a hole formed therein, the hole including a blind hole or a through hole, a conductive seed layer and a metal thickening layer are combined on the hole wall of the hole, the conductive seed layer includes an ion implantation layer implanted in the hole wall and a plasma deposition layer attached on the ion implantation layer, and the metal thickening layer is attached on the plasma deposition layer.

[0028] Technical solution 3 is characterized in that in the microwave dielectric component described in technical solution 1, the metal layer completely covers the microwave dielectric substrate, or the metal layer partially covers the microwave dielectric substrate to form a metal circuit pattern.

[0029] Technical solution 4 is characterized in that in the microwave dielectric component described in Technical solution 1, the shape of the microwave dielectric substrate is plate-shaped, or the shape of the microwave dielectric substrate is other geometric shapes, including horn-shaped mouth, cylindrical, truncated, grooved, spherical, or other non-plate geometric shapes.

[0030] Technical proposal 5 is characterized in that, in the microwave dielectric component described in Technical proposal 1, the microwave dielectric substrate is an organic polymer microwave dielectric substrate, and the material constituting the organic polymer microwave dielectric substrate includes LCP, PTFE, CTFE, FEP, PPE, PEEK, PE, or synthetic rubber.

[0031] Technical proposal 6 is characterized in that, in the microwave dielectric component described in Technical proposal 1, the microwave dielectric substrate includes a glass fiber cloth filler reinforced material, a ceramic filler reinforced material, a ceramic material, or a glass material, and the glass fiber cloth filler reinforced material and the ceramic filler reinforced material are materials that use an organic polymer material as a base material and a glass fiber cloth filler or a ceramic filler as a reinforcing material.

[0032] Technical proposal 7 is characterized in that in the microwave dielectric component described in technical proposal 6, the organic polymer material includes epoxy resin, modified epoxy resin, PTFE, PPO, CE, or BT.

[0033] Technical solution 8 is the microwave dielectric component according to technical solution 1, characterized in that the microwave dielectric substrate comprises a quartz crystal material or a piezoelectric ceramic material.

[0034] Technical proposal 9 is characterized in that in the microwave dielectric component described in technical proposal 1, the microwave dielectric component includes a quartz crystal resonator component, a ceramic resonator component, a horn-shaped mouth antenna microwave dielectric component, or a microwave connector joint.

[0035] Technical solution 10 is a microwave dielectric component according to any one of technical solutions 1 to 9, characterized in that the ion-implanted layer is located at a depth of 1 to 50 nanometers below the surface or the hole wall, and the ion-implanted layer contains one or more of Ti, Cr, Ni, Cu, Ag, Au, V, Zr, Mo, Nb, or an alloy therebetween.

[0036] Technical proposal 11 is characterized in that, in the microwave dielectric component described in any one of technical proposals 1 to 9, the plasma deposition layer has a thickness of 1 to 500 nanometers, and the plasma deposition layer contains one or more of Ti, Cr, Ni, Cu, Ag, Au, V, Zr, Mo, Nb, or an alloy therebetween.

[0037] Technical proposal 12 is a microwave dielectric component described in any one of technical proposals 1 to 9, characterized in that the metal thickening layer has a thickness of 0.1 to 50 microns, and contains one or more of Cu, Ag, Al, or alloys therebetween.

[0038] Technical solution 13 is a microwave dielectric component according to any one of technical solutions 1 to 9, characterized in that the inner and outer surfaces of the metal layer each have a surface roughness of less than 0.1 microns.

[0039] Technical proposal 14 is a microwave dielectric component described in any one of technical proposals 1 to 9, characterized in that the thickened metal layer does not have pinholes or protruding burrs with a diameter of more than 10 microns, the number of pinholes with a diameter of 1 micron or more and 10 microns or less is 500 or less per square meter, and the number of burrs with a diameter of 1 micron or more and 10 microns or less is 100 or less per square meter.

[0040] Technical solution 15 is a microwave dielectric component according to any one of technical solutions 1 to 9, characterized in that the bonding strength between the metal layer and the microwave dielectric substrate is 0.5 N / mm or more.

[0041] Technical proposal 16 is a microwave dielectric component according to any one of technical proposals 1 to 9, characterized in that the microwave dielectric component has an attenuation constant at 10 GHz that is less than 0.005.

[0042] The technical solution 17 adopted by the present invention to solve the technical problem is: Step S1 of providing a microwave dielectric substrate; S2, performing ion implantation and plasma deposition on a surface of the microwave dielectric substrate to form a microwave dielectric substrate with a conductive seed layer, the conductive seed layer including an ion implanted layer implanted into the surface of the microwave dielectric substrate and a plasma deposited layer deposited on the ion implanted layer; A step of performing metal plating thickening on the microwave dielectric substrate with the conductive seed layer to form a microwave dielectric substrate with a metal thickening layer, the metal thickening layer being deposited on the plasma deposited layer and constituting a metal layer together with the conductive seed layer; and a step S3 of forming a microwave dielectric substrate with a metal thickening layer. A step S4 of forming a microwave dielectric member; A method for producing a microwave dielectric member, comprising the steps of:

[0043] Technical proposal 18 is characterized in that, in the manufacturing method for a microwave dielectric component described in Technical proposal 17, step S1 further includes drilling holes in the microwave dielectric substrate to form a microwave dielectric substrate with holes, and / or cutting the microwave dielectric substrate to form a microwave dielectric substrate having a desired shape.

[0044] Technical proposal 19 is characterized in that, in the manufacturing method of a microwave dielectric component described in technical proposal 18, when forming a microwave dielectric substrate with holes, the step S2 further includes simultaneously performing ion implantation and plasma deposition on the surface of the microwave dielectric substrate with holes and the hole walls of the holes to form a microwave dielectric substrate with holes having a conductive seed layer.

[0045] Technical solution 20 is characterized in that, in the manufacturing method of a microwave dielectric component described in technical solution 19, the step S3 further includes performing metal plating thickening on a microwave dielectric substrate with a hole having a conductive seed layer to form a microwave dielectric substrate with a metallized hole.

[0046] Technical proposal 21 is characterized in that, in the manufacturing method for a microwave dielectric component described in any one of technical proposals 17 to 20, after the step S3, the method further includes using a pattern transfer process commonly used in the PCB industry to process the microwave dielectric substrate with a thickened metal layer to form a microwave dielectric substrate with a metallization pattern.

[0047] Technical proposal 22 is the method for manufacturing microwave dielectric components described in technical proposal 21, characterized in that the pattern transfer process commonly used in the PCB industry includes forming a photoresist film, exposing, developing, and etching processes.

[0048] Technical proposal 23 is characterized in that, in the manufacturing method for a microwave dielectric component described in any one of technical proposals 17 to 20, the step S4 further includes machining the microwave dielectric substrate with the metal thickening layer to form a microwave dielectric component.

[0049] Technical proposal 24 is characterized in that in the manufacturing method of a microwave dielectric component described in technical proposal 23, the microwave dielectric component after mechanical processing is plate-shaped, or the shape of the microwave dielectric component after mechanical processing is a horn-shaped mouth, a cylinder, a truncated cylinder, a groove, a sphere, or other geometric shapes, including other non-plate geometric shapes.

[0050] Technical proposal 25 is characterized in that, in the manufacturing method of a microwave dielectric component described in technical proposal 18, when forming a microwave dielectric substrate with a hole, between step S1 and step S2, it further includes forming a photoresist layer having a negative image of an electric circuit on the microwave dielectric substrate with a hole.

[0051] Technical proposal 26 is characterized in that, in the manufacturing method of a microwave dielectric component described in technical proposal 25, step S2 further includes simultaneously performing ion implantation and plasma deposition treatment on the hole wall of the hole, the surface on which the photoresist layer is formed, and the surface of the microwave dielectric substrate that is not covered by the photoresist layer.

[0052] Technical proposal 27 is characterized in that, in the manufacturing method of microwave dielectric components described in technical proposal 26, step S3 further includes plating a metal thickening layer on the surface on which the photoresist layer is formed after ion implantation and plasma deposition treatment, and the surface and hole walls of the microwave dielectric substrate not covered by the photoresist layer; and removing the photoresist layer having the negative image of the electrical circuit and the metal layer corresponding to the non-electrical circuit area above the photoresist layer to obtain a surface metal pattern.

[0053] Technical proposal 28 is characterized in that, in the manufacturing method of a microwave dielectric component described in technical proposal 19, after the step S2, it further includes forming a photoresist layer having a negative image of an electrical circuit on a microwave dielectric substrate with holes having a conductive seed layer.

[0054] Technical proposal 29 is characterized in that, in the manufacturing method of microwave dielectric components described in technical proposal 28, step S3 further includes plating a metal thickening layer on the surface of the microwave dielectric substrate with a photoresist layer and the surface and hole walls of the microwave dielectric substrate not covered by the photoresist layer; removing the photoresist layer having the negative image of the electric circuit, and removing the conductive seed crystal layer blocked by the photoresist layer by etching to obtain a surface metal pattern.

[0055] Technical solution 30 is characterized in that in the manufacturing method of a microwave dielectric component described in technical solution 18, the hole opened in the microwave dielectric substrate includes a blind hole or a through hole.

[0056] Technical proposal 31 is characterized in that, in the manufacturing method for a microwave dielectric component described in technical proposal 17, the microwave dielectric substrate is an organic polymer microwave dielectric substrate, and the material constituting the organic polymer microwave dielectric substrate includes LCP, PTFE, CTFE, FEP, PPE, PEEK, PE, or synthetic rubber.

[0057] Technical proposal 32 is characterized in that, in the microwave dielectric substrate described in technical proposal 17, the microwave dielectric substrate comprises a glass fiber cloth filler reinforced material, a ceramic filler reinforced material, a ceramic material, or a glass material, and the glass fiber cloth filler reinforced material and the ceramic filler reinforced material are materials that use an organic polymer material as a base material and use a glass fiber cloth filler or a ceramic filler as a reinforcing material.

[0058] Technical proposal 33 is characterized in that in the manufacturing method for microwave dielectric components described in technical proposal 32, the organic polymer material includes epoxy resin, modified epoxy resin, PTFE, PPO, CE, or BT.

[0059] Technical proposal 34 is the method for manufacturing a microwave dielectric component described in technical proposal 17, characterized in that the microwave dielectric substrate includes a quartz crystal material or a piezoelectric ceramic material.

[0060] Technical proposal 35 is characterized in that in the manufacturing method of a microwave dielectric component described in technical proposal 17, the microwave dielectric component includes a quartz crystal resonator component, a ceramic resonator component, a horn-shaped mouth antenna microwave dielectric component, or a microwave connector joint.

[0061] Technical proposal 36 is a method for manufacturing a microwave dielectric component according to any one of technical proposals 17 to 20, characterized in that the ion-implanted layer is located at a depth of 1 to 50 nanometers below the surface or the hole wall, and the ion-implanted layer contains one or more of Ti, Cr, Ni, Cu, Ag, Au, V, Zr, Mo, and Nb, or an alloy therebetween.

[0062] Technical proposal 37 is a method for manufacturing a microwave dielectric component according to any one of technical proposals 17 to 20, characterized in that the plasma deposition layer has a thickness of 1 to 500 nanometers, and contains one or more of Ti, Cr, Ni, Cu, Ag, Au, V, Zr, Mo, Nb, or an alloy therebetween.

[0063] Technical proposal 38 is a method for manufacturing a microwave dielectric component described in any one of technical proposals 17 to 20, characterized in that the metal thickening layer has a thickness of 0.1 to 50 microns, and contains one or more of Cu, Ag, Al, or an alloy therebetween.

[0064] Technical proposal 39 is a method for manufacturing a microwave dielectric component described in any one of technical proposals 17 to 20, characterized in that the inner and outer surfaces of the metal layer both have a surface roughness of less than 0.1 microns.

[0065] Technical solution 40 is characterized in that in the manufacturing method for a microwave dielectric component described in any one of technical solutions 17 to 20, the bonding strength between the metal layer and the microwave dielectric substrate is 0.5 N / mm or more.

[0066] Technical proposal 41 is a method for manufacturing a microwave dielectric component described in any one of Technical proposals 17 to 20, characterized in that the thickened metal layer does not have pinholes or protruding burrs with a diameter of more than 10 microns, the number of pinholes with a diameter of 1 micron or more and 10 microns or less is 500 or less per square meter, and the number of burrs with a diameter of 1 micron or more and 10 microns or less is 100 or less per square meter.

[0067] Technical proposal 42 is a method for manufacturing a microwave dielectric component described in any one of technical proposals 17 to 20, characterized in that the microwave dielectric component has an attenuation constant of less than 0.005 at 10 GHz.

[0068] Compared with the prior art, the microwave dielectric member and the manufacturing method thereof of the present invention have the following beneficial effects: The method of the present invention can simultaneously perform metallization on the holes and / or surface of the microwave dielectric substrate, greatly shortening the process; The thickness of the metal layer can be controlled to 100 nanometers to 70 microns, and has good thickness uniformity, high peel strength, and low surface roughness (Rz<0.1 microns); The metal layer can be a copper foil with a relatively high purity, and has excellent electrical conductivity. In particular, in the process of ion implantation and plasma deposition, the energy of the particles injected and deposited is high, the particle distribution is uniform, and the injected and deposited metal particles are all on the order of nanometers, so that the finally prepared metal layer has a uniform copper layer thickness at the corners and joints of irregular shapes, a smooth surface, no holes, and no pinholes, cracks, burrs, etc. When a microwave device is manufactured by the magnetron sputtering method of the prior art, holes, cracks, burrs, etc. are very likely to occur, and it is very difficult to avoid pinholes on the surface of the metal layer. Therefore, the microwave device manufactured according to the present invention does not generate nonlinear electric field during microwave transmission, and does not generate PIM products, which is very advantageous for the transmission of microwave signals.

[0069] These and other features, details and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood by those skilled in the art after reading the following detailed description with reference to the drawings. For ease of understanding, the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale and certain parts therein may be exaggerated to show specific details. The same reference numerals refer to the same or similar parts in all the drawings. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0070] [Figure 1] 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a microwave dielectric component according to the prior art; FIG. [Diagram 2] 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a microwave dielectric member according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 3] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the operating principle of ion implantation technology. [Figure 4]FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a method for manufacturing a microwave dielectric component according to a first embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 5] FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a method for manufacturing a microwave dielectric component according to a second embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 6] FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a method for manufacturing a microwave dielectric component according to a third embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 7] FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a method for manufacturing a microwave dielectric component according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 8] FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a method for manufacturing a microwave dielectric component according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0071] Hereinafter, the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Those skilled in the art should understand that these descriptions are merely a list of exemplary embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention in any way. For example, an element or feature described in one drawing or embodiment of the present invention can be combined with another element or feature shown in one or more other drawings or embodiments.

[0072] Referring to FIG. 2, a cross-sectional schematic diagram of a microwave dielectric member according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. The microwave dielectric member 100 mainly includes a microwave dielectric substrate 101, a hole 102, and a metal layer. The microwave dielectric substrate 101 may have a first surface (e.g., a surface exposed to the outside), and the metal layer is bonded onto the first surface of the microwave dielectric substrate 101. The metal layer may include a metal thickening layer 105 and a conductive seed layer. The conductive seed layer includes an ion implantation layer 103 implanted into the first surface of the microwave dielectric substrate 101 and a plasma deposition layer 104 deposited on the ion implantation layer 103, and the metal thickening layer 105 is deposited on the plasma deposition layer 104.

[0073] The hole 102 includes a through hole (or may be a blind hole), and the metal layer on the hole 102 may be similar to the metal layer on the first surface. Specifically, the hole wall of the hole 102 is also combined with a metal thickening layer 105 and a conductive seed layer, the conductive seed layer includes an ion implantation layer 103 implanted in the hole wall and a plasma deposition layer 104 deposited on the ion implantation layer 103, and the metal thickening layer 105 is deposited on the plasma deposition layer 104.

[0074] The metal layer on the first surface may be a continuous metal layer or a patterned metal layer. The metal thickening layer 105 may further include a metal oxidation prevention layer. The microwave dielectric substrate 101 may be, for example, a plate-like plate with a uniform or non-uniform thickness, or the shape of the microwave dielectric substrate 101 may be other geometric shapes, including horn-shaped mouth, cylindrical, truncated, grooved, spherical, or other non-plate geometric shapes. The microwave dielectric substrate 100 may further include non-metallized holes (i.e., holes that are completely free of metal) or non-fully metallized holes (e.g., holes obtained directly by drilling holes in a microwave dielectric substrate on which a metal layer is formed, such holes only include metal in the metal layer and do not include metal in the microwave dielectric substrate). These holes may be obtained by a drilling process.

[0075] The microwave dielectric substrate 101 is an organic polymer microwave dielectric substrate, and the material constituting the organic polymer microwave dielectric substrate may include LCP, PTFE, CTFE, FEP, PPE, PEEK, PE, or synthetic rubber. The microwave dielectric substrate 101 may include a glass fiber cloth filler reinforced material, a ceramic filler reinforced material, a ceramic material, or a glass material. Among them, the glass fiber cloth filler reinforced material and the ceramic filler reinforced material are materials based on an organic polymer material and reinforced with a glass fiber cloth filler or a ceramic filler. The organic polymer material includes epoxy resin, modified epoxy resin, PTFE, PPO, CE, or BT. The microwave dielectric substrate 101 may further include a quartz crystal material or a piezoelectric ceramic material. The microwave dielectric member 100 may be a quartz crystal resonator member, a ceramic resonator member, a horn-shaped mouth antenna microwave dielectric member, or a microwave connector joint.

[0076] The sheet resistance of the conductive seed layer may be less than 200 Ω / □. The sheet resistance of the plasma deposition layer 104 may be less than 60 Ω / □, preferably less than 50 Ω / □. The ion implantation layer 103 may be located at a depth of 1 to 50 nanometers (nm) (e.g., 1, 10, 50 nm) below the first surface or the hole wall, and the ion implantation layer 103 includes one or more of Ti, Cr, Ni, Cu, Ag, Au, V, Zr, Mo, Nb, or alloys therebetween. The plasma implantation layer 104 has a thickness of 1 to 500 nm (e.g., 1, 5, 20, 100, 500 nm), and the plasma implantation layer 104 includes one or more of Ti, Cr, Ni, Cu, Ag, Au, V, Zr, Mo, Nb, or alloys therebetween. The thickened metal layer 105 has a thickness of 0.1 to 50 microns (e.g., 0.1, 5, 10, 50 microns), and includes one or more of Cu, Ag, and Al, or alloys thereof. The inner and outer surfaces of the metal layer each have a surface roughness of less than 0.1 microns. The bonding strength between the metal layer and the microwave dielectric substrate is 0.5 N / mm or more.

[0077] The thickened metal layer 105 has no pinholes or protruding burrs with a diameter of more than 10 microns, and has a pinhole count of 500 or less per square meter with a diameter of 1 to 10 microns, and a burr count of 100 or less per square meter. The microwave dielectric member has an attenuation constant (Df) of less than 0.005 at 10 GHz.

[0078] The microwave dielectric substrate 101 further has a second surface facing the first surface, and the second surface may have the same structure as the structure on the first surface. It should be noted that the thickness of each layer in the structure on the second surface may be the same as or different from the thickness of each layer in the structure on the first surface. The metal layer can completely cover the microwave dielectric substrate 101, or the metal layer can partially cover the microwave dielectric substrate 101 to form a metal circuit pattern.

[0079] The formation of the ion implantation layer 103 involves ion implantation technology. Figure 3 shows the operation principle of the ion implantation technology. As shown in Figure 3, the equipment for carrying out ion implantation mainly consists of two parts: a plasma formation area (trigger system) and an ion beam formation area (extraction system). The plasma formation area includes a cathode, an anode, and a trigger electrode, and the ion beam formation area is usually composed of a set of three porous electrodes. Under the action of the trigger voltage, a dense plasma is formed between the cathode and the anode and diffuses to the extraction area. Under the accelerating action of the extraction electric field, the charged ions in the plasma are extracted and accelerated to form an ion beam. The type and purity of the ion beam are determined by the cathode target material. Typically, the cathode trigger electrode and the anode are in a coaxial structure. The cathode is cylindrical and made of a conductive material of the desired ions. The anode is cylindrical and covered on the outside of the cathode, and the central opening is the passage of the plasma. A pulse high voltage trigger method is adopted, for example, a trigger electrode is placed over the outside of the cathode, and boron nitride is used to insulate them, with a trigger voltage of about 10 kV and a trigger pulse width of about 10 ms. When a trigger voltage is applied to the cathode and the trigger electrode, the plasma generated by the spark discharge conducts an electric circuit between the cathode and the anode to form a vacuum arc discharge, and a small particle with a size of only about microns but a current density of 10 6 A / cm 2 This creates a cathode spot that reaches a temperature of about 1000 K, which evaporates the cathode target material and highly ionizes it to generate plasma. 4The plasma is ejected at a speed of 10 ... That is, a curved magnetic field is constructed, large particles that do not have a charge are filtered out, and only the desired charged plasma is guided along the curved magnetic field to the surface of the substrate.

[0080] The formation of the plasma deposition layer 104 involves plasma deposition technology. Plasma deposition is performed in a manner similar to ion implantation, except that a relatively low acceleration voltage is applied during the operation. That is, a conductive material is also used as a target material, and in a vacuum environment, the conductive material of the target material is ionized by the action of an arc to generate ions, and the ions are accelerated by the action of an electric field to obtain a certain energy, which is then deposited on the surface of the substrate and the circuit to form a plasma deposition layer. By adjusting the accelerating voltage of the electric field during plasma deposition, the ions of the conductive material can acquire energy of 1 to 1000 eV (e.g., 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000 eV, etc.), and by controlling the ion deposition time, passing current, etc., a plasma deposition layer of 1 to 10,000 nanometers (e.g., 1, 10, 50, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 5000, 10,000 nanometers, etc.) can be obtained.

[0081] In the following, several examples of the microwave dielectric component manufacturing method according to the present invention will be described.

[0082] 4 is a flow chart of a microwave dielectric component manufacturing method according to a first embodiment of the present invention, the microwave dielectric component manufacturing method includes the following steps. In step S11, holes are drilled in the microwave dielectric substrate to form a microwave dielectric substrate with holes. In step S12, ion implantation and plasma deposition are simultaneously performed on the surface of the microwave dielectric substrate with holes and on the walls of the holes to form a microwave dielectric substrate with holes having a conductive seed layer. In step S13, the microwave dielectric substrate with holes having the conductive seed layer is subjected to electrolytic copper plating thickening to form a microwave dielectric copper clad board with metallized holes. In step S14, the microwave dielectric copper clad plate with metallized holes is subjected to dry film lamination, exposure, development, etching, and chemical plating of a metal oxidation prevention layer to form a microwave dielectric substrate with a metallized pattern. In step S15, machining is performed to form the microwave dielectric member.

[0083] Wherein, drilling holes in step S11 is optional. In step S15, machining includes cutting and / or separate drilling. After machining, the microwave dielectric member may be plate-shaped, or the shape of the microwave dielectric substrate may be other geometric shapes, including horn-shaped mouth, cylinder-shaped, truncated, groove-shaped, spherical, or other non-plate-shaped geometric shapes.

[0084] 5 is a flow chart of a microwave dielectric component manufacturing method according to a second embodiment of the present invention, the microwave dielectric component manufacturing method includes the following steps. In step S21, cutting is performed on the microwave dielectric substrate to form a microwave dielectric substrate with a hole. In step S22, the surface of the microwave dielectric substrate and the hole walls of the holes are simultaneously subjected to ion implantation and plasma deposition processes to form a microwave dielectric substrate with holes having a conductive seed layer. In step S23, the microwave dielectric substrate with holes having the conductive seed layer is subjected to an electrolytic copper plating build-up to form a copper clad microwave dielectric substrate with metallized holes. In step S24, the copper clad microwave dielectric substrate with metallized holes is subjected to dry film lamination, exposure, development, etching, and metal oxidation prevention layer plating processes to form a metal conductive pattern. In step S25, the microwave dielectric substrate with the metallization pattern is drilled to form non-metallized holes, and finally the microwave dielectric substrate is formed.

[0085] Wherein, in step S21, the microwave dielectric substrate includes a plate-shaped microwave dielectric substrate or a microwave dielectric substrate having an irregular shape, and in step S23, the metal thickening layer can be formed by electroplating or chemical plating method.

[0086] 6 is a flow chart of a microwave dielectric component manufacturing method according to a third embodiment of the present invention, the microwave dielectric component manufacturing method includes the following steps. In step S31, holes are drilled in a microwave dielectric substrate to form a microwave dielectric substrate with holes. In step S32, the microwave dielectric substrate with holes is subjected to ion implantation and plasma deposition to form a microwave dielectric substrate with holes having a conductive seed layer. In step S33, the microwave dielectric substrate with holes having the conductive seed layer is electroplated with copper to form a metallized copper clad plate with holes. In step S34, the microwave dielectric copper clad plate with metallized holes is machined to form microwave dielectric members.

[0087] The electrolytic copper plating thickening of the microwave dielectric member formed by the microwave dielectric member manufacturing method of the third embodiment may be a continuous copper layer.

[0088] 7 is a flow chart of a microwave dielectric component manufacturing method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, the microwave dielectric component manufacturing method includes the following steps. In step S41, holes are drilled in the microwave dielectric substrate to form a microwave dielectric substrate with holes. In step S42, a photoresist layer having a negative image of an electrical circuit is formed on the microwave dielectric substrate with holes. In step S43, ion implantation and plasma deposition processes are simultaneously performed on the surface on which the photoresist layer is formed and on the surface and hole walls of the microwave dielectric substrate not covered by the photoresist layer. In step S44, the surface of the photoresist layer after the ion implantation and plasma deposition processes and the surface and hole walls of the microwave dielectric substrate not covered by the photoresist layer are post-treated to plate a thickened metal layer. In step S45, the photoresist layer having the negative image of the electric circuit and the metal layer corresponding to the non-electric circuit area above the photoresist layer are removed to obtain a surface metal pattern. In step S46, the microwave dielectric substrate with the surface metal pattern is machined to form a microwave dielectric member with the metal pattern.

[0089] In step S42, an exposure machine is usually used to form a photoresist layer with a negative image of an electric circuit on the photoresist layer, and the substrate area exposed by development is the area to be metallized to form a circuit pattern. More specifically, the photolithography machine performs a positive negative or LDI direct exposure to form a negative image pattern on the photoresist layer, and then develops it with a Na2CO3 solution, and the material in the circuit pattern area is washed away to obtain a photoresist layer with a negative image of an electric circuit. In addition, step S45 specifically includes the following: Select a suitable stripping liquid, place the insulating substrate with the patterned photoresist layer and the metal layer bonded together in the stripping liquid, and use stirring or vibration as an aid to accelerate the dissolution of the patterned photoresist layer. After complete dissolution, thoroughly wash with a cleaning agent and dry to obtain a surface circuit. The stripping liquid is an organic solvent or an alkaline liquid that dissolves the photoresist layer. During the dissolution of the photoresist layer, the metal layer corresponding to the non-electrical circuit area above the photoresist layer is also removed together with it. Meanwhile, the metal in the circuit area is left behind to form the final pattern.

[0090] 8 is a flowchart of a microwave dielectric component manufacturing method according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention, the microwave dielectric component manufacturing method including the following steps. In step S51, holes are drilled in the microwave dielectric substrate to form a microwave dielectric substrate with holes. In step S52, simultaneous ion implantation and plasma deposition are performed on the surface and hole walls of the microwave dielectric substrate with holes. In step S53, a photoresist layer having a negative image of an electrical circuit is formed on the member. In step S54, the surface of the microwave dielectric substrate with the photoresist layer and the surface and hole walls of the microwave dielectric substrate not covered by the photoresist layer are post-treated to plate a thickened metal layer. In step S55, the photoresist layer carrying the negative image of the electric circuit is removed, and then rapidly etched to remove the conductive seed layer blocked by the photoresist layer, to obtain a surface metal pattern. In step S56, the microwave dielectric substrate with the surface metal pattern is machined to form a microwave dielectric member with the metal pattern.

[0091] In the method, the first conductive material used for ion implantation includes one or more of Ti, Cr, Ni, Cu, Ag, Au, V, Zr, Mo, Nb, or one or more of alloys therebetween. The second conductive material used for plasma deposition includes one or more of Ti, Cr, Ni, Cu, Ag, Au, V, Zr, Mo, Nb, or one or more of alloys therebetween. There is no limit to the thickness of the conductive seed layer deposited, but it is set based on the requirements of the subsequent process. For example, the sheet resistance needs to be less than 200Ω / □ to be favorable for the subsequent electroplating process.

[0092] During the ion implantation period, the particles of the first conductive material obtain an energy of 1-1000 keV and are implanted to a depth of 1-50 nanometers (e.g., 1, 10, 50 nanometers) below the surface of the microwave dielectric substrate. During the plasma deposition period, the particles of the second conductive material obtain an energy of 1-1000 eV and the thickness of the plasma deposition layer formed is 1-500 nanometers (e.g., 1, 5, 20, 100, 500 nanometers). The thickness of the metal thickening layer formed on the conductive seed layer is 0.1-50 microns (e.g., 0.1, 5, 10, 50 microns). The metal thickening layer and the conductive seed layer constitute a metal layer. The inner and outer surfaces of the metal layer both have a surface roughness less than 0.1 microns. The bonding force between the metal layer and the microwave dielectric substrate is 0.5 N / mm or more.

[0093] The microwave dielectric member may be a plate material and / or an irregularly shaped substrate, and includes an organic polymer microwave dielectric member. The materials constituting the organic polymer microwave dielectric member include LCP, PTFE, CTFE, FEP, PPE, PEEK, PE, and synthetic rubber. The microwave dielectric member includes a glass fiber cloth filler reinforced material, a ceramic filler reinforced material, a ceramic material, and a glass material, among which the glass fiber cloth filler reinforced material and the ceramic filler reinforced material are materials that use an organic polymer material, such as an epoxy resin, a modified epoxy resin, PTFE, PPO, CE, BT, etc., as a base material, and a glass fiber cloth filler or a ceramic filler as a reinforcement material.

[0094] When drilling holes, the metal particles injected and deposited are all nanometers in size, so that a conductive seed layer with a uniform surface is formed inside the hole wall. Therefore, during the subsequent electroplating, there is no problem such as unevenness of the metal layer on the hole wall, or the occurrence of holes or cracks, and the ratio of the copper thickness on the hole wall to the copper thickness on the substrate surface is basically 1:1, and the bonding strength between the metal layer on the hole wall and the substrate is strong and not easy to peel off. The manufactured microwave dielectric component has an attenuation constant of less than 0.005 at 10 GHz.

[0095] The composition and structure of the microwave dielectric member according to the present invention, and the manufacturing method of the microwave dielectric member according to the present invention are generally described above. In the following, in order to deepen the understanding of the present invention, some examples of the present invention are given by way of example.

[0096] Example 1: Quartz crystal resonator or ceramic resonator components.

[0097] In this embodiment, a quartz crystal or a piezoelectric ceramic material is used as a substrate, and a quartz crystal resonator or a ceramic resonator dielectric member is manufactured by ion implantation.

[0098] First, use mechanical drilling to form holes that need to be metallized in the quartz substrate, and use laser drilling to form holes that need to be metallized in the ceramic substrate. Clean dirt on the substrate by ultrasonic cleaning using a neutral degreaser and absolute ethanol. Remove moisture by drying. Then, optionally, cut the substrate as needed. For example, in a preferred embodiment, a large block of quartz crystal can be cut into multiple quartz crystals of appropriate size and thickness according to the requirements of the resonator.

[0099] Next, the dried substrate was placed in the ion implantation equipment by the supply mechanism and 2 × 10 -3 The vacuum is drawn to 30 Pa, and Ni is used as a target material, and appropriate implantation voltage and current are selected so that the energy of the implanted Ni ions is 60 keV, and Ni ions are implanted below the upper surface of the substrate. Then, plasma deposition is performed on the upper surface of the substrate using Cu as a target material, and the energy of the deposited particles is adjusted to 120 eV so that the measured sheet resistance of the plasma deposited layer is less than 60 Ω / □.

[0100] The copper film on the surface of the substrate is then thickened to 9 microns on an electrolytic copper plating production line.

[0101] Finally, the copper clad microwave dielectric member is micro-etched to remove the surface passivation, dry film is pressed, film is applied, exposed, developed, the metal pattern is etched, and a metal oxidation prevention layer is formed by chemical nickel plating and chemical gold plating to form the resonator dielectric member with the metallization pattern.

[0102] This process metallizes the surface of quartz crystal or piezoelectric ceramic material by ion implantation, plasma deposition, electroplating and chemical plating, and the purity of the surface metal reaches up to 99.9%. The main metal is Cu, and the resistivity is about 1.678×10 -8 Ω·m, and the silver paste used in the screen printing process (approximately 5×10 -2 The dielectric constant (Df) of the resonator dielectric member is much smaller than the dielectric constant (Ω·m) of the resonator dielectric member. Due to the improved electrical conductivity, the resonator dielectric member has a strong ability to receive microwave signals, and the manufactured resonator dielectric member has been tested to have an attenuation constant (Df) of up to 0.0008 at 10 GHz. The copper clad layer of the copper clad microwave dielectric member does not have pinholes or protruding burrs with a diameter of more than 10 microns, and the number of pinholes with a diameter of 1 micron or more and 10 microns or less is 500 or less (e.g., 0, 1, 10, 50, 200, 300, 500) per square meter, and the number of burrs with a diameter of 1 micron or more and 10 microns or less is 100 or less (e.g., 0, 1, 10, 50, 100) per square meter.

[0103] Example 2: Horn-shaped mouth antenna microwave dielectric member.

[0104] This embodiment uses a horn-shaped mouth substrate, such as a PTFE substrate or an injection-molded PPE substrate, and uses ion implantation to manufacture the horn-shaped mouth antenna microwave dielectric member.

[0105] First, mechanical drilling is used to form the holes that need to be metallized in the PPE substrate, and laser drilling is used to form the holes that need to be metallized in the ceramic substrate. The dirt on the substrate is cleaned by ultrasonic cleaning with a neutral degreaser and absolute ethanol. The moisture is removed by drying.

[0106] Next, the dried substrate was placed in the ion implantation equipment by the supply mechanism and 2 × 10 -3 The vacuum is drawn to 3 Pa, and Ni is used as a target material, and appropriate implantation voltage and current are selected so that the energy of the implanted Ni ions is 30 keV, and Ni ions are implanted below the upper surface (e.g., the outer surface) of the substrate. Then, plasma deposition is performed on the upper surface of the substrate using Cu as a target material, and the energy of the deposited particles is adjusted to 80 eV so that the measured sheet resistance of the plasma deposited layer is less than 50 Ω / □.

[0107] Then, the copper film on the surface of the substrate is thickened to 9 microns in the electroplating production line. In the electroplating process, the composition of the electroplating solution is 100g / L copper sulfate, 50g / L sulfuric acid, 30mg / L chloride ion concentration and a small amount of additives, and the current density of the electroplating is 1A / dm 2 The temperature is set at 25°C. In order to prevent the copper from oxidizing and discoloring in the air, the electroplated copper is subjected to a surface passivation treatment. The specific process is to immerse the microwave dielectric component with electroplated copper in the passivation solution for about 1 minute and then blow dry. At this time, the passivation solution is an aqueous solution of benzotriazole and its derivatives with a concentration of 2g / L.

[0108] Finally, the copper clad microwave dielectric member is microetched to remove the surface passivation, dry film is pressed, film is applied, exposed, developed, the metal pattern is etched, and a metal oxidation prevention layer is formed by chemical nickel plating and chemical gold plating to form a horn-shaped mouth microwave antenna with a metallized pattern.

[0109] The metal layer on the horn-shaped mouth face of the final manufactured microwave antenna is extremely smooth (Rz is about 0.08 microns), and the copper thickness at the joint between the horn-shaped mouth surface and the base and the copper thickness at the horn-shaped mouth face are roughly the same, with no defects such as burrs or holes.

[0110] Therefore, the manufactured microwave antenna has a small transmission loss and can be used in fields where high requirements are placed on microwave transmission accuracy, such as high-precision radar liquid level gauges and millimeter-wave horn antenna transmitters for medical treatment.

[0111] Since the heat resistance of PPE is low (<180℃), screen printing silver paste or magnetron sputtering copper metallization is usually adopted. Silver paste is a low-temperature polymer type silver paste, and has low heat resistance, bonding strength, and electrical conductivity, which is disadvantageous for subsequent welding of microwave dielectric members (welding temperature >200℃) and signal transmission and reception. Meanwhile, when magnetron sputtering copper metallization is adopted, the bonding strength is low, and the problem of metallization at the edges and corners of the horn-shaped port cannot be solved. In this embodiment, through ion implantation, plasma deposition, and subsequent electroplating processes, the obtained metal layer not only has excellent surface roughness (Rz is about 0.05 microns), but also has high bonding strength between the metal layer and the substrate, especially at the edges and corners, good electrical conductivity and heat resistance, which enhances the reliability of the antenna member of the horn-shaped port and improves the quality of the signal transmitted and received. During microwave transmission, no nonlinearity of the electric field occurs, and the PIM products are very few, which is very advantageous for the transmission of microwave signals. Tests have shown that the manufactured horn-shaped antenna microwave dielectric member has an actual attenuation factor (Df) of 0.0005 at 10 GHz.

[0112] Example 3: Microwave connector joint.

[0113] In this embodiment, the substrate is made of one of polyethylene (PE), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), and polyphenylene ethylene (PPE), and is manufactured into various shapes required for microwave connector joints, such as tubular, threaded tubular, etc., and microwave connector joint members are manufactured by ion implantation.

[0114] First, holes that need to be metallized are formed on a tubular or threaded tubular substrate using a machine drill. Dirt on the substrate is cleaned using a neutral degreaser and anhydrous ethanol by ultrasonic waves. Moisture is removed by drying.

[0115] Next, the dried substrate was placed in the ion implantation equipment by the supply mechanism and 2 × 10 -3 A vacuum is drawn down to 1 Pa, and Ni is used as a target material, and appropriate implantation voltage and current are selected so that the energy of the implanted Ni ions is 50 keV, and Ni ions are implanted below the upper surface (e.g., the outer surface) of the substrate. Then, plasma deposition is performed on the upper surface of the substrate using Cu as a target material, and the energy of the deposited particles is adjusted to 100 eV so that the measured sheet resistance of the plasma deposited layer is less than 50 Ω / □.

[0116] Then, the copper film on the top surface of the substrate is thickened to 15 microns in an electrolytic copper plating production line to form a microwave connector.

[0117] The surface metal layer of the final manufactured microwave connector joint is extremely smooth (Rz is about 0.05 microns), and the copper thickness in the joint between the surface and the base or the concave joint of the screw is uniform, without defects such as burrs, holes, etc.

[0118] The surface roughness of the metal layer of the microwave connector joint manufactured by the conventional process is relatively large (Rz≧0.4 microns), so that the connection between metal and metal is not ideal perfect contact, but actual contact is only formed on some of the micro-protrusions, and the current flows from one metal conductor to another through the micro-protrusions thus contacting each other, resulting in nonlinear contact, increasing PIM products, and affecting the reception of microwave signals. In order to reduce PIM products, the metal should be in perfect contact as much as possible, and therefore the surface roughness of the metal layer should be reduced. The metal layer manufactured by the process of the present invention has a surface roughness of about 0.05 microns, which can effectively reduce the PIM products generated when metal contacts metal. According to the test, the manufactured microwave connector joint has an actual attenuation constant (Df) of 0.0006 at 10 GHz.

[0119] In summary, compared with the prior art, the microwave dielectric member and the manufacturing method thereof of the present invention can achieve the following beneficial effects. The above-mentioned method can simultaneously metallize holes and / or surfaces in microwave dielectric substrates or microwave dielectric members with irregular shapes, and the process is greatly shortened compared with the conventional process. The thickness of the metal layer can be controlled to 100 nanometers to 70 microns, and has good thickness uniformity, high peel strength, low surface roughness (Rz<0.1 microns), and the metal layer can be copper foil with relatively high purity, so that the electrical conductivity is excellent. In particular, in the process of ion implantation and plasma deposition, the energy of the particles injected and deposited is high, the particle distribution is uniform, and furthermore, the metal particles injected and deposited are all about nanometers, so that the copper layer at the corners and joints of irregular shapes has a uniform thickness, a smooth surface, no holes, no cracks, no burrs, etc., so that there is no nonlinearity of the electric field during microwave transmission, there is no PIM product, and it is very favorable for the transmission of microwave signals.

[0120] The above description only refers to a relatively good embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiment described above. Those skilled in the art can make various obvious modifications, adjustments, and substitutions to these embodiments to suit specific situations without departing from the spirit of the present invention. In fact, the scope of protection of the present invention is defined by the claims, and includes other examples that can be expected by those skilled in the art. Such other examples are included in the scope of the claims if they have structural elements that do not differ from the written wording of the claims, or have structural elements that differ from the written wording of the claims but are equivalent.

Claims

1. Step S1 of providing a microwave dielectric substrate and drilling holes in the microwave dielectric substrate to form a microwave dielectric substrate with holes; S2, performing ion implantation and plasma deposition simultaneously on a surface of the microwave dielectric substrate with holes and on holes walls to form a microwave dielectric substrate with holes with a conductive seed layer, the conductive seed layer comprising an ion implanted layer implanted into the surface of the microwave dielectric substrate and a plasma deposited layer deposited on the ion implanted layer; Step S3 of forming a microwave dielectric substrate with a hole and a conductive seed layer by performing metal plating thickening on the microwave dielectric substrate with a hole and a metal thickening layer, the metal thickening layer being deposited on the plasma deposited layer and constituting a metal layer together with the conductive seed layer; Step S4: Processing the microwave dielectric substrate with the hole and the thickened metal layer to form a microwave dielectric member; Including, In step S2, the charged plasma is guided along a curved magnetic field to the surface of the microwave dielectric substrate after removing non-charged particles of 0.1 to 10 microns with a magnetic filter; the inner and outer surfaces of the metal layer each have a surface roughness (Rz) of less than 0.1 microns, the thickened metal layer does not have pinholes or protruding burrs having a diameter of more than 10 microns, the number of pinholes having a diameter of 1 micron or more and 10 microns or less is 500 or less per square meter, and the number of burrs having a diameter of 1 micron or more and 10 microns or less is 100 or less per square meter; The microwave dielectric member has an attenuation constant (Df) at 10 GHz of less than 0.

005. Characterized in that A method for manufacturing a microwave dielectric component.

2. The microwave dielectric member after processing is plate-shaped, or the shape of the microwave dielectric member after processing is horn-shaped, cylindrical, truncated, grooved, spherical, or other geometric shapes, including other non-plate geometric shapes; The method for producing a microwave dielectric member according to claim 1 .

3. Step S3 further comprises: providing a metal build-up to the holed microwave dielectric substrate having the conductive seed layer to form a metallized holed microwave dielectric substrate; The method for producing a microwave dielectric member according to claim 1, comprising:

4. Between the steps S1 and S2, forming a photoresist layer having a negative image of an electrical circuit on said apertured microwave dielectric substrate; The method for producing a microwave dielectric member according to claim 1, comprising:

5. Step S2 further comprises: performing simultaneous ion implantation and plasma deposition treatments on the hole walls, the surface on which the photoresist layer is formed, and the surfaces of the microwave dielectric substrate not covered by the photoresist layer; The method for producing a microwave dielectric member according to claim 4, comprising:

6. Step S3 further comprises: plating a thickened metal layer on the surface on which the photoresist layer is formed and on the surfaces and hole walls of the microwave dielectric substrate not covered by the photoresist layer after the ion implantation and plasma deposition processes; removing the photoresist layer having the negative image of the electrical circuitry and the metal layer corresponding to the non-electrical circuitry areas above the photoresist layer to obtain a surface metal pattern; The method for producing a microwave dielectric member according to claim 5, comprising:

7. After step S2, forming a photoresist layer having a negative image of an electrical circuit on a holed microwave dielectric substrate having a conductive seed layer; The method for producing a microwave dielectric member according to claim 1, comprising:

8. Step S3 further comprises: plating a thickened metal layer onto the surface of the microwave dielectric substrate with the photoresist layer and onto the surfaces and hole walls of the microwave dielectric substrate not covered by the photoresist layer; removing the photoresist layer having the negative image of the electric circuit, and removing the conductive seed crystal layer blocked by the photoresist layer by etching to obtain a surface metal pattern; The method for producing a microwave dielectric member according to claim 7, comprising:

9. the ion-implanted layer is located at a depth of 1 to 50 nanometers below the surface or the hole wall; The ion-implanted layer includes one or more of Ti, Cr, Ni, Cu, Ag, Au, V, Zr, Mo, and Nb, or an alloy thereof; The method for producing a microwave dielectric member according to claim 1 .

10. Step S1 of providing a microwave dielectric substrate; S2, performing ion implantation and plasma deposition on a surface of the microwave dielectric substrate to form a microwave dielectric substrate with a conductive seed layer, the conductive seed layer including an ion implanted layer implanted into the surface of the microwave dielectric substrate and a plasma deposited layer deposited on the ion implanted layer; Step S3 of forming a microwave dielectric substrate with a metal thickening layer by performing metal plating thickening on the microwave dielectric substrate with the conductive seed layer, the metal thickening layer being deposited on the plasma deposited layer and constituting a metal layer together with the conductive seed layer; Step S4: machining the microwave dielectric substrate with the metal thickening layer to form a microwave dielectric member, the microwave dielectric member after machining is plate-shaped, or the shape of the microwave dielectric member after machining is horn-shaped, cylindrical, truncated, grooved, spherical, or other geometric shapes, including other non-plate-shaped geometric shapes; Including, In step S2, the charged plasma is guided along a curved magnetic field to the surface of the microwave dielectric substrate after removing non-charged particles of 0.1 to 10 microns with a magnetic filter; the inner and outer surfaces of the metal layer each have a surface roughness (Rz) of less than 0.1 microns, the thickened metal layer does not have pinholes or protruding burrs having a diameter of more than 10 microns, the number of pinholes having a diameter of 1 micron or more and 10 microns or less is 500 or less per square meter, and the number of burrs having a diameter of 1 micron or more and 10 microns or less is 100 or less per square meter; The microwave dielectric member has an attenuation constant (Df) of less than 0.005 at 10 GHz. Characterized in that A method for manufacturing a microwave dielectric component.

11. After step S3, processing the metal thickening layer and the holed microwave dielectric substrate using a PCB industry standard pattern transfer process to form a metallized patterned microwave dielectric substrate; Including, The pattern transfer process commonly used in the PCB industry includes the steps of forming a photoresist film, exposing, developing, and etching the film. A method for producing a microwave dielectric member according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

12. The microwave dielectric substrate is an organic polymer microwave dielectric substrate, and the material constituting the organic polymer microwave dielectric substrate includes LCP, PTFE, CTFE, FEP, PPE, PEEK, PE, or synthetic rubber; Alternatively, the microwave dielectric substrate comprises a glass fiber cloth filler reinforced material, a ceramic filler reinforced material, a ceramic material, or a glass material, in which the glass fiber cloth filler reinforced material and the ceramic filler reinforced material are materials based on an organic polymer material and reinforced with a glass fiber cloth filler or a ceramic filler; A method for producing a microwave dielectric member according to any one of claims 1 to 10.

13. the ion-implanted layer is located at a depth of 1 to 50 nanometers below the surface; The ion-implanted layer includes one or more of Ti, Cr, Ni, Cu, Ag, Au, V, Zr, Mo, and Nb, or an alloy thereof; the plasma deposited layer having a thickness of 1 to 500 nanometers; The plasma deposited layer comprises one or more of Ti, Cr, Ni, Cu, Ag, Au, V, Zr, Mo, Nb, or alloys therebetween; the metal thickening layer has a thickness of 0.1 to 50 microns; The metal thickening layer includes one or more of Cu, Ag, and Al, or an alloy thereof; The method for producing a microwave dielectric member according to claim 10.

14. A microwave dielectric member manufactured by the manufacturing method of claim 10, a microwave dielectric substrate; a metal layer bonded onto a surface of the microwave dielectric substrate; A microwave dielectric member comprising: the metal layer includes a conductive seed layer and a metal thickening layer, the conductive seed layer includes an ion implanted layer implanted into a surface of the microwave dielectric substrate and a plasma deposited layer disposed on the ion implanted layer, and the metal thickening layer is disposed on the plasma deposited layer; The inner and outer surfaces of the metal layer each have a surface roughness (Rz) of less than 0.1 microns, the thickened metal layer does not have pinholes or protruding burrs having a diameter of more than 10 microns, the number of pinholes having a diameter of 1 micron or more and 10 microns or less is 500 or less per square meter, the number of burrs having a diameter of 1 micron or more and 10 microns or less is 100 or less per square meter, and the attenuation constant (Df) of the microwave dielectric member at 10 GHz is less than 0.

005. A microwave dielectric member comprising:

15. the microwave dielectric substrate further includes a hole formed therein, the hole including a blind hole or a through hole; A conductive seed layer and a metal thickening layer are combined on the hole wall of the hole, the conductive seed layer includes an ion implanted layer implanted in the hole wall and a plasma deposition layer deposited on the ion implanted layer, and the metal thickening layer is deposited on the plasma deposition layer.

15. The microwave dielectric component according to claim 14.

16. The metal layer completely covers the microwave dielectric substrate, or the metal layer partially covers the microwave dielectric substrate to form a metal circuit pattern.

15. The microwave dielectric component according to claim 14.

17. The shape of the microwave dielectric substrate is plate-like, or the shape of the microwave dielectric substrate is horn-like, cylindrical, truncated, grooved, spherical, or other geometric shapes, including other non-plate-like geometric shapes.

15. The microwave dielectric component according to claim 14.

18. The microwave dielectric substrate is an organic polymer microwave dielectric substrate, and the material constituting the organic polymer microwave dielectric substrate includes LCP, PTFE, CTFE, FEP, PPE, PEEK, PE, or synthetic rubber; Alternatively, the microwave dielectric substrate comprises a glass fiber cloth filler reinforced material, a ceramic filler reinforced material, a ceramic material, or a glass material, in which the glass fiber cloth filler reinforced material and the ceramic filler reinforced material are materials based on an organic polymer material and reinforced with a glass fiber cloth filler or a ceramic filler; 15. The microwave dielectric component according to claim 14.

19. The microwave dielectric member includes a quartz crystal resonator member, a ceramic resonator member, a horn-shaped antenna microwave dielectric member, or a microwave connector joint; 15. The microwave dielectric component according to claim 14.

20. the ion-implanted layer is located at a depth of 1 to 50 nanometers below the surface; The ion-implanted layer includes one or more of Ti, Cr, Ni, Cu, Ag, Au, V, Zr, Mo, and Nb, or an alloy therebetween; the plasma deposited layer having a thickness of 1 to 500 nanometers; The plasma deposited layer comprises one or more of Ti, Cr, Ni, Cu, Ag, Au, V, Zr, Mo, Nb, or alloys therebetween; the metal thickening layer has a thickness of 0.1 to 50 microns; The metal thickening layer includes one or more of Cu, Ag, and Al, or an alloy thereof; A microwave dielectric component according to any one of claims 14 to 19.

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