Development of ultrabroadband (DC50 GHz) wafer-scale packaging method for low-profile bump flip-chip technology

A locally matched flip-chip (LMFC) interconnect that uses a capacitive compensation technique to minimize impedance mismatch in coplanar waveguide lines is described. With an optimum percentage change in capacitance of 55±5%, we observe return loss below 25 dB over 90% of a 50 GHz bandwidth. When compared to a conventional flip-chip method, the minimum performance improvement in return loss is 10 dB and the insertion loss is smooth up to 30 GHz. The LMFC interconnect consists of two micromachined features: 1) an air cavity underneath the chip and 2) local trenches in the transition region of the flip-chip interconnect interface. A comparison of different LMFC interconnect designs to the conventional flip-chip approach is made, and design rules to obtain local trench dimensions are discussed.