EDGE PLATED TRANSMISSION LINE
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    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:AU2003300809A1

    公开(公告)日:2004-07-29

    申请号:AU2003300809

    申请日:2003-12-03

    Applicant: INTEL CORP

    Abstract: Coplanar waveguides have a center signal line and a pair of ground lines on either side formed of a sputtered material such as gold (Au). Such waveguides are subject to what is known as the edge effect at high frequency operation causing currents to concentrate and flow along adjacent edges of the lines. Providing a thicker plated layer only on adjacent edges of the lines provide substantial performance improvements over sputtered lines alone while saving significant amount of Au, thus reducing costs.

    Bridges for microelectromechanical structures

    公开(公告)号:GB2392011A

    公开(公告)日:2004-02-18

    申请号:GB0314179

    申请日:2003-06-18

    Applicant: INTEL CORP

    Abstract: Conductive strips 12 in a first conductive layer are spaced apart by gap (fig 5: 44). A conductive bridge 16 in a second conductive layer is used to bridge the gap, while isolating the strips and the bridge from another conductor within the first conductive layer (fig 1: 18) which extends through the gap. A sacrificial layer under the bridge may be removed. In one embodiment (fig 1), a co-planar waveguide includes a control voltage line (18) routed under a bridge (16e) across ground line (12a) pair separated by gap (22). In another embodiment (fig 2) a multiplexer (10a) has a voltage line (18a) which spans through three separate ground lines (12a, 12b and 12c) under bridges (20, 20a and 26) between conductor pairs, to reach ground line (12d).

    Bridges for microelectromechanical structures

    公开(公告)号:GB2422720A

    公开(公告)日:2006-08-02

    申请号:GB0518966

    申请日:2003-06-18

    Applicant: INTEL CORP

    Abstract: A conductive bridge 16 in a second conductive layer electrically connects a pair of spaced apart conductive strips 12 in a first conductive layer. A gap (44, fig 4) between the conductive strips 12 is spanned by the bridge 16 while isolating the conductive strips and the bridge from a conducting line (46, fig 4) extending through the gap (44). Preferably the bridge is formed over a sacrificial polymeric material (48, fig 10) which is subsequently removed by heating to leave an airgap 58 between the bridge 16 and the conducting line (46). The system can be used to route a control voltage line (18a, fig 2) through gaps in multiple ground lines (12a, 12b, 12c fig 2) where each gap is spanned by a conductive bridge (20, 20a fig 2).

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