Electronic Component Package With Via Conductors For High-Frequency Stability

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Solution Overview

Problem

As electronic devices integrate and shrink, the increased number of narrow wiring conductors for high-frequency signal transmission makes connection difficult, leading to challenges in impedance matching and maintaining electrical properties.

Innovation Solution

The electronic component package design includes a substrate with a frame and input/output member featuring via conductors and a ground layer, which reduces the line width and interval between wiring conductors, stabilizing high-frequency characteristics and allowing for size reduction while maintaining impedance matching.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the number of wiring conductors is increased for integration enhancement, then the functionality and connectivity are improved, but the interval between wiring conductors must be narrowed and line width reduced, making connection difficult and electrical properties difficult to maintain

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveintegration enhancementVSAvoidconnection precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transitions from planar wiring conductors to three-dimensional via conductors that extend vertically through the substrate. This dimensional change allows wiring conductors to be stacked in multiple layers, increasing connectivity without narrowing intervals in the planar view, thus maintaining manufacturing precision while achieving integration enhancement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements nested via conductors where smaller diameter via conductors are positioned inside or alongside larger diameter via conductors. This nesting allows multiple signal paths to be packed within a compact vertical space, increasing the number of wiring conductors without reducing the interval between outer conductors, thereby maintaining connection precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Volume of moving object

If the line width of wiring conductors is reduced for size reduction, then the package size is decreased, but connection of wiring conductors to electronic components becomes difficult and electrical properties become difficult to maintain

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepackage sizeVSAvoidelectrical properties
Core Design Contradiction:
Volume of moving objectVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses vertical via conductors instead of horizontal planar conductors. The via conductors extend through the substrate thickness, providing substantial electrical connection length without increasing the planar footprint. This allows package size reduction while maintaining reliable electrical properties through the extended vertical path length.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs via conductors with composite structures including conductive materials filled in insulating material, or multi-layer conductive compositions. These composite via conductors provide both mechanical strength for reliable connection and controlled electrical characteristics, maintaining electrical properties even when planar dimensions are reduced for size reduction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

3Volume of moving object

If narrow line width wiring conductors are used, then size reduction is achieved, but characteristic impedance in connection parts becomes higher than desired value, making impedance matching difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepackage sizeVSAvoidimpedance matching precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Volume of moving objectVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent controls the diameter and wall thickness parameters of via conductors to precisely adjust characteristic impedance. By varying these dimensional parameters, the impedance of narrow via conductors can be matched to desired values despite reduced package size, achieving impedance matching precision through parameter optimization rather than increased size.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

4Productivity

If the interval between wiring conductors is narrowed for integration enhancement, then the number of conductors per unit area increases, but connection difficulty increases and electrical properties become difficult to maintain

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveintegration densityVSAvoidelectrical properties
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent arranges via conductors in vertical stacks through multiple substrate layers, achieving high integration density in the vertical dimension rather than compressing conductors horizontally. This maintains adequate intervals between via conductors in each layer while achieving high productivity through multi-layer stacking, and preserves electrical properties through sufficient spacing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentEP3113218B1Package for an electronic-component and electronic device including the package
Publication Date: 2020.03.04 KYOCERA CORP
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AI summary

An electronic component containing package (1) includes a substrate (2) including a placement region (R) for placing an electronic component (11) in an upper face thereof; a frame (3) disposed on the upper face of the substrate (2) surrounding the placement region (R), and including a penetration part (H) opened inward and outward; and an input/output member (5) disposed in the frame (3) closing the penetration part (H), including a plurality of wiring conductors (4) which extend inward and outward of the frame (3) and are electrically connected to the electronic component (11). The input/output member (5) includes via conductors (51) which are connected to the wiring conductors (4) and embedded at sites overlapping with the wiring conductors (4) within a region surrounded by the frame (3) in the input/output member (5), and a ground layer (52) disposed in a surrounding of lower ends of the via conductors (51) being spaced from the via conductors (51). Improved high frequency characteristics can be achieved.