Embodiment
In order to make object of the present invention, technical scheme and advantage clearly understand, below in conjunction with drawings and Examples, the present invention is further elaborated.Should be appreciated that specific embodiment described herein only in order to explain the present invention, be not intended to limit the present invention.
The lamination sheet type ceramic RF low pass filter that the embodiment of the present invention provides can be applied to radio frequency in harmonic shutter, VHF/UHF emitter/receiver, DC circuit plate to be suppressed or in the device such as digital-to-analogue converter; The fields such as microwave communication, radar navigation, electronic countermeasures, satellite communication can also be applied to.
For above problem, the invention provides a kind of novel laminated chip ceramic RF low pass filter and preparation method thereof.What filter medium material of the present invention adopted is high-frequency ceramic material, capacity, the sensibility reciprocal of inner member can realize minor adjustments, and be easier to realize monolithic structure, mature preparation process, the good suitable batch of consistency is produced, therefore, this filter has cut-off frequency high (radio frequency), operating frequency range is wide, Out-of-band rejection is high, rectangular degree is good, reliability is high, radio band uses the advantages such as consistency is good.Meanwhile, the preparation technology of filter of the present invention and the technique of conventional chip components and parts and LTCC (LTCC) technique mutually compatible, do not need again to add other equipment more.
Filter of the present invention adopts LC version (equivalent circuit Fig. 1), inner built-up circuit forms (see Fig. 2, Fig. 3 primarily of the multiple built-in capacitance 17 be on the three dimensions of different medium layer with multiple built-in induct 10, wherein Fig. 3 is only the one in filter construction of the present invention, and the exponent number of its filter is 7).The present invention is by ratio (certainly also considering parasitic parameter) between each inductance value of adjustment and each capacitance, and by high density on three-dimensional space, multiple electric capacity 17 is carried out ingenious layout with multiple inductance 10 highly integratedly, (carry out authentic analog simulation by electromagnetic field simulation software, adjustment inductance 10, the electrode shape of electric capacity 17, structure dislocation etc. between the two, reduce " ghost effect " of stray inductance and parasitic capacitance, the impact of the multiple coupling that is associated is there is) between each inner member of matching, the radio-frequency filter design of different performance parameter request can be realized.By the number (and corresponding proportioning) of adjustment internal capacitance, inductance, realize the setting of different filter order, in conjunction with the layout cleverly of 3 D stereo circuit connection structure, the present invention can realize the adjustable range of cut-off frequency: 30MHz ~ 40000MHz.
Filter internal inductance 10 of the present invention adopts vertical three-dimensional helical structure (being structure known in this field), decreases parasitic capacitance.Under identical effective inductance value, vertical spin structure inductance 10 element has higher self-resonant frequency (SRF) and quality factor (Q) than planar spiral-type structure, and is conducive to the size of reduction of device.Because the general capacity of radio-frequency filter is less, built-in capacitance 17 adopts conventional metals-dielectric-metal form capacity plate antenna structure to achieve the goal.
In addition, inductance 10 all adopts the ceramic material of high-frequency low-consumption with the dielectric layer of electric capacity 17, avoids the integrity problem caused because dissimilar materials does not mate completely, greatly improves the reliability of product.
In embodiments of the present invention, according to the requirement of wave filter technology index, based on compatible principle of electromagnetism, in conjunction with LTCC technology, electromagnetic simulation software HFSS radio frequency low pass filter is adopted to carry out structural design.
The common engineering step of radio-frequency filter design:
First, approximation theory is utilized to find attainable approximating function;
Secondly, the amplitude square function using approximating function as filter;
Then, its attenuation function is drawn by the amplitude square function of filter;
Subsequently, combination technology index (insertion-loss method is mainly by nominal frequency and cut-off frequency parameter index) determines the exponent number of filter, goes normalized, obtain L, C initial parameter value of each element to lowpass prototype filter;
When transfer function (approximating function) using Butterworth function as filter, filter approximating function of the present invention, by the series of computation to its amplitude square function, derivation, obtaining it, to insert attenuation function as follows:
Wherein, ω
cfor cut-off frequency.Filter parameter technical indicator parameter " nominal frequency (1dB dot frequency), cut-off frequency (3dB dot frequency) " is substituted into above derivation formula, tentatively can find the exponent number of filter.
Gone out the parameter value of the exponent number of filter, built-in induct 10, electric capacity 17 by theoretical calculate after, 3 D electromagnetic field simulation software HFSS radio-frequency filter is utilized to emulate.The situation of binding isotherm result of calculation and emulation, carries out optimal design repeatedly, completes product design.
Finally, carry out filter inner electrode and product three-dimensional structure (adopting three dimensional wiring technology) design, in design process, thermal design and reliability design are taken into account.
Through the checking repeatedly of Design and optimization and test, finally obtain the perfect structure of filter of the present invention.
The lamination sheet type ceramic RF low pass filter that the embodiment of the present invention provides is two-terminal network, there are four exit electrodes, comprise two termination electrodes (representing input anode 16, output head anode 15 respectively) and two central electrodes (common ground end 14), concrete as shown in Fig. 2 (b).
The internal circuit of lamination sheet type ceramic RF low pass filter of the present invention, comprise electrode 13(in being made up of the multiple built-in capacitance 17 be on the three dimensions of different medium layer and multiple built-in induct 10 and see Fig. 2, Fig. 3, wherein Fig. 3 is only the one in filter construction of the present invention, the exponent number of its filter is 7), inductance 10 is identical with the dielectric material of electric capacity 17, all adopts the ceramic material of high-frequency low-consumption.
Inductance 10 and electric capacity 17 layout type 1: dielectric layer comprises the upper laminated portions, the first separator, intermediate laminate part, the second separator and the lower laminated portions that stack gradually layout, intermediate laminate part is composed in series by some circles (number of turns is adjustable as required) four inductance 10, is drawn out to input anode 16 and output head anode 15 respectively.Upper laminated portions and lower laminated portions comprise the lamination sheet type electric capacity 17 be made up of ceramic material of the same race, adopt parallel, each electric capacity 17 is all: an end is connected on the tie point place (realizing being connected by the mode separator penetrated between inductance 10 with electric capacity 17 of " punching/fill electrode ") of a two series connection inductance 10, or be connected to described input anode 16 or output head anode 15, other end ground connection.Adopt relatively thick high-frequency ceramic dielectric layer to separate between inductance 10 and electric capacity 17, object reduces inductance 10 and being coupled between electric capacity 17, interference.
Inductance 10 and electric capacity 17 layout type 2: dielectric layer comprises the upper laminated portions, separator and the lower laminated portions that stack gradually layout, upper laminated portions includes multiple inductance 10 be connected in series, lower laminated portions includes multiple described electric capacity 17 respectively, one end of each described electric capacity 17 is through described separator, and be connected to the tie point of inductance 10 docking described in two, the other end ground connection of each described electric capacity 17.Electric capacity 17 penetrates the connection between separator realization with inductance 10 by the mode of " punching or filling electrode ".The similar layout type 1 of connected mode between inductance 10 and electric capacity 17.
Inductance 10 and electric capacity 17 layout type 3: the inductance 10 being distributed with multiple arranged in series in output head anode 15 and described input anode 16 respectively, multiple described electric capacity 17 is distributed with in common ground end 14, one end of electric capacity 17 is connected to the tie point of inductance 10 docking described in two, the other end ground connection of described electric capacity 17, the similar layout type 1 of the connected mode between inductance 10 and electric capacity 17.
Wherein, built-in induct 10 electrode (see Fig. 4, wherein Fig. 4 is only the one in filter construction of the present invention, and the exponent number of its filter the is 7) wiring on three dimensions, makes its electrode relative to the axial symmetry of horizontal, longitudinal center line.
The electrode of built-in capacitance 17 is also similar sees Fig. 5 with inductance 10(, and wherein Fig. 5 is only the one in filter construction of the present invention, and the exponent number of its filter is 7), adopt the axisymmetric mode making its electrode relative to horizontal, longitudinal center line.
Like this, just can ensure the crash consistency moved towards at the electrode of input anode 16, output head anode 15 at inductance 10 and electric capacity 17, input anode 16, output head anode 15 can be exchanged completely, easy to install.
After the structural design of filter and technological design complete, on LTCC production line, through processing steps such as slurry preparation, curtain coating, cutting, punching, conductor layer printing, lamination, isostatic pressed, cutting, binder removal, sintering, Tu Yin, silver ink firing, plating, tests, carry out the product development of radio frequency low pass filter.
The specific implementation flow process of the preparation method of the lamination sheet type ceramic RF low pass filter that the embodiment of the present invention provides comprises the following steps:
Step 1: the selection of high-frequency ceramic material.According to the needs of filter performance parameters, select suitable high-frequency ceramic material.First, the tangent value of the dielectric loss angle of high-frequency ceramic material must be less than or equal to 6*10
-4.Secondly, the interior electrode of radio-frequency filter should not adopt silver-palladium inner electrode slurry, and therefore, the sintering temperature of ceramic material will lower than less than 900 DEG C.Then, the range of choice of dielectric constant is: 3 ~ 100.
The optimum condition of dielectric constant: prepare the filter of cut-off frequency lower than 460MHz, dielectric constant is advisable at the material of 20 ~ 50; Cut-off frequency 460 ~ 1300MHz's, dielectric constant is advisable at the material of 10 ~ 20; Cut-off frequency 1300 ~ 3600MHz's, dielectric constant is advisable at the material of 6 ~ 10; More than cut-off frequency 3600MHz's, select the material of dielectric constant below 6 more satisfactory.
Certainly, can this ceramic material be selected, and also needing to investigate performance parameter has: the dielectric strength of material, capacitance temperature factor, itself and silver-colored matching of starching, its frequency of utilization etc. aspect.
Step 2: preparation casting slurry.According to specific surface and the electrically charged characteristic of selected ceramic powder particle, select suitable solvent system (comprising organic solvent, plasticizer, binding agent and dispersant), then the ratio optimization design of each organic additive is carried out, object is that the casting slurry making to make is uniformly dispersed, does not reunite, good stability, guarantees that its bubble-free, easily demoulding, easily bonding, ductility when folded film are moderate etc. simultaneously.
Table 1 casting slurry proportioning
Step 3: ball milling, curtain coating.The casting slurry that step 2 prepares, after selecting suitable ball-milling technology slurrying, according to the needs of design diaphragm, go out the ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of desired thickness in casting machine curtain coating, diaphragm thickness is adjustable at 5 ~ 100 microns.
Step 4: punching, filling perforation.The needs carried out by the part ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of step 3 gained according to being connected between inductance with electric capacity, connecting between inductance punch.Then silver slurry is utilized to carry out filling perforation.
Step 5: conductor printing.Carry out inductor conductor printing with the ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of filling perforation, carry out the knot positive electrode of built-in capacitance and the printing of grounding electrode with the ceramics green ceramic diaphragm that part is not punched, the THICKNESS CONTROL of printing silver slurry is within 5 ~ 12 micrometer ranges.
Step 6: lamination, pressing.The ceramics green ceramic diaphragm ceramics green ceramic diaphragm and part that print electrode not printed electrode, according to the structure designed by the present invention, carries out lamination, pressing.
Step 7: isostatic pressed.The chip-type filter ceramic chips completing lamination is contained in and is placed in isostatic pressing machine in the sealing bag vacuumized and carries out isostatic pressed, isostatic pressing process Parameter Conditions: pressure 20 ~ 40MPa, temperature 50 ~ 90 DEG C, pressurize 5 ~ 30Min.
Step 8: binder removal.Binder removal process is organic bond gasification and the process of burn off, be also before sintering must through process, its temperature is located at 200 DEG C ~ 500 DEG C.The quality of binder removal process to low temperature co-fired type radio-frequency filter (LTCC radio-frequency filter) has a serious impact, if binder removal is insufficient, after sintering, polylayer forest just can bubble, be out of shape or layering etc.; If binder removal is excessive, metallization pattern may be made again to come off.Therefore to strictly control in binder removal process, especially to the assurance of heating rate.
Step 9: after completing binder removal, just enters sintering process, and sintering is under certain atmospheric condition, allows the process of LTCC product densification under the high temperature conditions, the sintering temperature of this product 800 ~ 950 DEG C.In sintering process, sintering mechanism is comparatively complicated, and how to ensure that the contraction of Metal slurry and band material degree of the same race is the key of sintering process, its technological parameter mainly contains the rate of heat addition, heating time, temperature retention time, temperature fall time etc., and these all need strict control.Such as, occurring the phenomenon that aperture " is heaved " outward in LTCC filter sample, is also caused by Metal slurry and the contraction in various degree of band material.
Step 10: Tu Yin, end-blocking.Being coated with silver-colored position is middle side edge, and end-blocking position is the two ends of product, and as shown in three-view diagram in Fig. 2, black part is divided into electrode.Radio-frequency filter of the present invention has 4 exits, and intermediate ends electrode adopts to roll and is coated with silver-colored (see figure 6), and both sides termination electrode adopts the end-blocking mode of sticky silver to carry out.The painting silver of intermediate ends electrode is one of difficult point of filter of the present invention preparation realization, must design be coated with silver wheel, to ensure the overall dimension of termination electrode and the precision of thickness according to shape of product and size.
Step 11: termination processes.
The glassy phase that filter silver ink firing follower head silver layer of the present invention can produce with impurity or silver ink firing, can have influence on galvanization coating effect, first product be carried out the residue that product surface is removed in surface treatment before plating.Then, according to the coating requirement of product, select suitable electroplating technical conditions to electroplate on plating line.
After having electroplated, just can obtain lamination sheet type ceramic RF low pass filter of the present invention.
In order to further description filter provided by the invention and preparation method thereof, now in conjunction with instantiation, details are as follows:
Embodiment 1 ~ 3: preparing cut-off frequency is respectively 145MHz, 350MHz, 459MHz radio frequency low pass filter
Step 1: the selection of high-frequency ceramic material.According to the needs of filter performance parameters, select suitable high-frequency ceramic material.The tangent value of the dielectric loss angle of high-frequency ceramic material is selected to be less than 6*10
-4, the sintering temperature of the material of pottery is 860 DEG C.
Dielectric constant corresponding to three embodiments selects situation as shown in table 2.
Table 2 dielectric constant selection scheme table
Embodiment |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Cut-off frequency (MHz) |
145 |
350 |
430 |
Material dielectric constant |
50 |
36 |
20 |
Certainly, also investigate ceramic material property parameter: the dielectric strength of material, capacitance temperature factor, itself and silver-colored matching of starching, its frequency of utilization etc. aspect.
Step 2: preparation casting slurry.According to specific surface and the electrically charged characteristic of selected ceramic powder particle, select suitable solvent system (comprising organic solvent, plasticizer, binding agent and dispersant), then carry out the ratio optimization design of each organic additive.
Table 3 casting slurry proportioning
Raw material |
Ceramic powder |
Organic solvent |
Plasticizer |
Binding agent |
Dispersant |
Ratio (wt%) |
45.0 |
45.0 |
3.8 |
6.1 |
0.1 |
Step 3: ball milling, curtain coating.The casting slurry that step 2 prepares, after selecting suitable ball-milling technology slurrying, according to the needs of design diaphragm, go out the ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of desired thickness in casting machine curtain coating, diaphragm thickness is at 35 microns, and control errors is in ± 0.5 micron.
Step 4: punching, filling perforation.The needs carried out by the part ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of step 3 gained according to being connected between inductance with electric capacity, connecting between inductance punch.Then silver slurry is utilized to carry out filling perforation.
Step 5: conductor printing.Carry out inductor conductor printing with the ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of filling perforation, carry out the knot positive electrode of built-in capacitance and the printing of grounding electrode by the ceramic dielectric films that part is not punched, the THICKNESS CONTROL of printing silver slurry is within 6 ± 0.5 micrometer ranges.
Step 6: lamination, pressing.The diaphragm ceramics green ceramic diaphragm and part that print electrode not printed electrode, according to the structure designed by the present invention, carries out lamination, pressing.
Step 7: isostatic pressed.The chip-type filter ceramic chips completing lamination is contained in and is placed in isostatic pressing machine in the sealing bag vacuumized and carries out isostatic pressed, isostatic pressed preferred parameter: pressure 18MPa, temperature 70 C, pressurize 30Min.
Step 8: binder removal.Binder removal process is organic bond gasification and the process of burn off, be also before sintering must through process, its temperature is located at 430 DEG C.The quality of binder removal process to low temperature co-fired type radio-frequency filter (LTCC radio-frequency filter) has a serious impact, if binder removal is insufficient, after sintering, polylayer forest just can bubble, be out of shape or layering etc.; If binder removal is excessive, metallization pattern may be made again to come off.Therefore to strictly control in binder removal process, especially to the assurance of heating rate.
Step 9: after completing binder removal, just enters sintering process, and sintering is under certain atmospheric condition, allows the process of LTCC product densification under the high temperature conditions, the sintering temperature of this product about 860 DEG C.In sintering process, sintering mechanism is comparatively complicated, and how to ensure that the contraction of Metal slurry and band material degree of the same race is the key of sintering process, its technological parameter mainly contains the rate of heat addition, heating time, temperature retention time, temperature fall time etc., and these all need strict control.Such as, occurring the phenomenon that aperture " is heaved " outward in LTCC filter sample, is also caused by Metal slurry and the contraction in various degree of band material.
Step 10: Tu Yin, end-blocking.Being coated with silver-colored position is middle side edge, and end-blocking position is the two ends of product, and as shown in three-view diagram in Fig. 2, black part is divided into electrode.Radio-frequency filter of the present invention has 4 exits, and intermediate ends electrode adopts to roll and is coated with silver-colored (see figure 6), and both sides termination electrode adopts the end-blocking mode of sticky silver to carry out.The painting silver of intermediate ends electrode is one of difficult point of filter of the present invention preparation realization, must design be coated with silver wheel, to ensure the overall dimension of termination electrode and the precision of thickness according to shape of product and size.
Step 11: termination processes.
After product silver ink firing in step 10, according to the coating requirement of product, suitable electroplating technical conditions is selected to electroplate on plating line.
After having electroplated, just can obtain lamination sheet type ceramic RF low pass filter of the present invention.
Test cut-off frequency is that the insertion loss figure of the filter of 350MHz is shown in Fig. 7.
Embodiment 4 ~ 6: prepare cut-off frequency and be respectively 460MHz, 700MHz, 1200MHz radio frequency low pass filter
Step 1: the selection of high-frequency ceramic material.According to the needs of filter performance parameters, select suitable high-frequency ceramic material.The tangent value of the dielectric loss angle of high-frequency ceramic material is selected to be less than 6*10
-4, the sintering temperature of the material of pottery is 880 DEG C.
Dielectric constant corresponding to three embodiments selects situation as shown in table 4.
Table 4 dielectric constant selection scheme table
Embodiment |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Cut-off frequency (MHz) |
460 |
700 |
1200 |
Material dielectric constant |
18 |
16.7 |
13.3 |
Certainly, also investigate ceramic material property parameter: the dielectric strength of material, capacitance temperature factor, itself and silver-colored matching of starching, its frequency of utilization etc. aspect.
Step 2: preparation casting slurry.According to specific surface and the electrically charged characteristic of selected ceramic powder particle, select suitable solvent system (comprising organic solvent, plasticizer, binding agent and dispersant), then carry out the ratio optimization design of each organic additive.
Table 5 casting slurry proportioning
Raw material |
Ceramic powder |
Organic solvent |
Plasticizer |
Binding agent |
Dispersant |
Ratio (wt%) |
48.0 |
43.3 |
2.5 |
6.1 |
0.1 |
Step 3: ball milling, curtain coating.The casting slurry that step 2 prepares, after selecting suitable ball-milling technology slurrying, according to the needs of design diaphragm, go out the ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of desired thickness in casting machine curtain coating, diaphragm thickness is at 30 microns, and control errors is in ± 0.5 micron.
Step 4: punching, filling perforation.The needs carried out by the part ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of step 3 gained according to being connected between inductance with electric capacity, connecting between inductance punch.Then silver slurry is utilized to carry out filling perforation.
Step 5: conductor printing.Carry out inductor conductor printing with the ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of filling perforation, carry out the knot positive electrode of built-in capacitance and the printing of grounding electrode by the ceramic dielectric films that part is not punched, the THICKNESS CONTROL of printing silver slurry is within 7 ± 0.5 micrometer ranges.
Step 6: lamination, pressing.The diaphragm ceramics green ceramic diaphragm and part that print electrode not printed electrode, according to the structure designed by the present invention, carries out lamination, pressing.
Step 7: isostatic pressed.The chip-type filter ceramic chips completing lamination is contained in and is placed in isostatic pressing machine in the sealing bag vacuumized and carries out isostatic pressed, isostatic pressed preferred parameter: pressure 20MPa, temperature 65 DEG C, pressurize 25Min.
Step 8: binder removal.Binder removal process is organic bond gasification and the process of burn off, be also before sintering must through process, its temperature is located at 500 DEG C.The quality of binder removal process to low temperature co-fired type radio-frequency filter (LTCC radio-frequency filter) has a serious impact, if binder removal is insufficient, after sintering, polylayer forest just can bubble, be out of shape or layering etc.; If binder removal is excessive, metallization pattern may be made again to come off.Therefore to strictly control in binder removal process, especially to the assurance of heating rate.
Step 9: after completing binder removal, just enters sintering process, and sintering is under certain atmospheric condition, allows the process of LTCC product densification under the high temperature conditions, the sintering temperature of this product about 880 DEG C.In sintering process, sintering mechanism is comparatively complicated, and how to ensure that the contraction of Metal slurry and band material degree of the same race is the key of sintering process, its technological parameter mainly contains the rate of heat addition, heating time, temperature retention time, temperature fall time etc., and these all need strict control.Such as, occurring the phenomenon that aperture " is heaved " outward in LTCC filter sample, is also caused by Metal slurry and the contraction in various degree of band material.
Step 10: Tu Yin, end-blocking.Being coated with silver-colored position is middle side edge, and end-blocking position is the two ends of product, and as shown in three-view diagram in Fig. 2, black part is divided into electrode.Radio-frequency filter of the present invention has 4 exits, and intermediate ends electrode adopts to roll and is coated with silver-colored (see figure 6), and both sides termination electrode adopts the end-blocking mode of sticky silver to carry out.The painting silver of intermediate ends electrode is one of difficult point of filter of the present invention preparation realization, must design be coated with silver wheel, to ensure the overall dimension of termination electrode and the precision of thickness according to shape of product and size.
Step 11: termination processes.
After product silver ink firing in step 10, according to the coating requirement of product, suitable electroplating technical conditions is selected to electroplate on plating line.
After having electroplated, just can obtain lamination sheet type ceramic RF low pass filter of the present invention.
Test cut-off frequency is that the insertion loss figure of the filter of 700MHz is shown in Fig. 7.
Embodiment 3: preparing cut-off frequency is 1750MHz radio frequency low pass filter
Step 1: the selection of high-frequency ceramic material.According to the needs of filter performance parameters, select suitable high-frequency ceramic material.The tangent value of the dielectric loss angle of high-frequency ceramic material is selected to be less than 6*10
-4, the sintering temperature of the material of pottery is 880 DEG C.
Table 6 dielectric constant selection scheme table
Embodiment |
7 |
8 |
9 |
Cut-off frequency (MHz) |
1300 |
1750 |
3500 |
Material dielectric constant |
9.8 |
8.5 |
6.3 |
Certainly, also investigate ceramic material property parameter: the dielectric strength of material, capacitance temperature factor, itself and silver-colored matching of starching, its frequency of utilization etc. aspect.
Step 2: preparation casting slurry.According to specific surface and the electrically charged characteristic of selected ceramic powder particle, select suitable solvent system (comprising organic solvent, plasticizer, binding agent and dispersant), then carry out the ratio optimization design of each organic additive.
Table 7 casting slurry proportioning
Raw material |
Ceramic powder |
Organic solvent |
Plasticizer |
Binding agent |
Dispersant |
Ratio (wt%) |
48.0 |
43.3 |
2.4 |
6.2 |
0.1 |
Step 3: ball milling, curtain coating.The casting slurry that step 2 prepares, after selecting suitable ball-milling technology slurrying, according to the needs of design diaphragm, go out the ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of desired thickness in casting machine curtain coating, diaphragm thickness is at 30 microns, and control errors is in ± 0.5 micron.
Step 4: punching, filling perforation.The needs carried out by the part ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of step 3 gained according to being connected between inductance with electric capacity, connecting between inductance punch.Then silver slurry is utilized to carry out filling perforation.
Step 5: conductor printing.Carry out inductor conductor printing with the ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of filling perforation, carry out the knot positive electrode of built-in capacitance and the printing of grounding electrode by the ceramic dielectric films that part is not punched, the THICKNESS CONTROL of printing silver slurry is within 8 ± 0.5 micrometer ranges.
Step 6: lamination, pressing.The diaphragm ceramics green ceramic diaphragm and part that print electrode not printed electrode, according to the structure designed by the present invention, carries out lamination, pressing.
Step 7: isostatic pressed.The chip-type filter ceramic chips completing lamination is contained in and is placed in isostatic pressing machine in the sealing bag vacuumized and carries out isostatic pressed, isostatic pressed preferred parameter: pressure 28MPa, temperature 70 C, pressurize 18Min.
Step 8: binder removal.Binder removal process is organic bond gasification and the process of burn off, be also before sintering must through process, its temperature is located at 450 DEG C.The quality of binder removal process to low temperature co-fired type radio-frequency filter (LTCC radio-frequency filter) has a serious impact, if binder removal is insufficient, after sintering, polylayer forest just can bubble, be out of shape or layering etc.; If binder removal is excessive, metallization pattern may be made again to come off.Therefore to strictly control in binder removal process, especially to the assurance of heating rate.
Step 9: after completing binder removal, just enters sintering process, and sintering is under certain atmospheric condition, allows the process of LTCC product densification under the high temperature conditions, the sintering temperature of this product about 880 DEG C.In sintering process, sintering mechanism is comparatively complicated, and how to ensure that the contraction of Metal slurry and band material degree of the same race is the key of sintering process, its technological parameter mainly contains the rate of heat addition, heating time, temperature retention time, temperature fall time etc., and these all need strict control.Such as, occurring the phenomenon that aperture " is heaved " outward in LTCC filter sample, is also caused by Metal slurry and the contraction in various degree of band material.
Step 10: Tu Yin, end-blocking.Being coated with silver-colored position is middle side edge, and end-blocking position is the two ends of product, and as shown in three-view diagram in Fig. 2, black part is divided into electrode.Radio-frequency filter of the present invention has 4 exits, and intermediate ends electrode adopts to roll and is coated with silver-colored (see figure 6), and both sides termination electrode adopts the end-blocking mode of sticky silver to carry out.The painting silver of intermediate ends electrode is one of difficult point of filter of the present invention preparation realization, must design be coated with silver wheel, to ensure the overall dimension of termination electrode and the precision of thickness according to shape of product and size.
Step 11: termination processes.
After product silver ink firing in step 10, according to the coating requirement of product, suitable electroplating technical conditions is selected to electroplate on plating line.
After having electroplated, just can obtain lamination sheet type ceramic RF low pass filter of the present invention.
Test cut-off frequency is that the insertion loss figure of the filter of 1750MHz is shown in Fig. 7.
Embodiment 10 ~ 11: preparing cut-off frequency is respectively 3600MHz, 4850MHz radio frequency low pass filter
Step 1: the selection of high-frequency ceramic material.According to the needs of filter performance parameters, select suitable high-frequency ceramic material.The tangent value of the dielectric loss angle of high-frequency ceramic material is selected to be less than 6*10
-4, the sintering temperature of the material of pottery is 900 DEG C.
In the selection of dielectric constant, the cut-off frequency of filter is respectively the filter of 3600MHz, 4850MHz, and the dielectric constant of the dielectric material of selection is respectively 5.7,4.3.
Certainly, also investigate ceramic material property parameter: the dielectric strength of material, capacitance temperature factor, itself and silver-colored matching of starching, its frequency of utilization etc. aspect.
Step 2: preparation casting slurry.According to specific surface and the electrically charged characteristic of selected ceramic powder particle, select suitable solvent system (comprising organic solvent, plasticizer, binding agent and dispersant), then carry out the ratio optimization design of each organic additive.
Table 8 casting slurry proportioning
Raw material |
Ceramic powder |
Organic solvent |
Plasticizer |
Binding agent |
Dispersant |
Ratio (wt%) |
48.3 |
43.1 |
2.3 |
6.2 |
0.1 |
Step 3: ball milling, curtain coating.The casting slurry that step 2 prepares, after selecting suitable ball-milling technology slurrying, according to the needs of design diaphragm, go out the ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of desired thickness in casting machine curtain coating, diaphragm thickness is at 25 microns, and control errors is in ± 0.5 micron.
Step 4: punching, filling perforation.The needs carried out by the part ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of step 3 gained according to being connected between inductance with electric capacity, connecting between inductance punch.Then silver slurry is utilized to carry out filling perforation.
Step 5: conductor printing.Carry out inductor conductor printing with the ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of filling perforation, carry out the knot positive electrode of built-in capacitance and the printing of grounding electrode by the ceramic dielectric films that part is not punched, the THICKNESS CONTROL of printing silver slurry is within 8 ± 0.5 micrometer ranges.
Step 6: lamination, pressing.The diaphragm ceramics green ceramic diaphragm and part that print electrode not printed electrode, according to the structure designed by the present invention, carries out lamination, pressing.
Step 7: isostatic pressed.The chip-type filter ceramic chips completing lamination is contained in and is placed in isostatic pressing machine in the sealing bag vacuumized and carries out isostatic pressed, isostatic pressed preferred parameter: pressure 30MPa, temperature 60 C, pressurize 10Min.
Step 8: binder removal.Binder removal process is organic bond gasification and the process of burn off, be also before sintering must through process, its temperature is located at 460 DEG C.The quality of binder removal process to low temperature co-fired type radio-frequency filter (LTCC radio-frequency filter) has a serious impact, if binder removal is insufficient, after sintering, polylayer forest just can bubble, be out of shape or layering etc.; If binder removal is excessive, metallization pattern may be made again to come off.Therefore to strictly control in binder removal process, especially to the assurance of heating rate.
Step 9: after completing binder removal, just enters sintering process, and sintering is under certain atmospheric condition, allows the process of LTCC product densification under the high temperature conditions, the sintering temperature of this product about 900 DEG C.In sintering process, sintering mechanism is comparatively complicated, and how to ensure that the contraction of Metal slurry and band material degree of the same race is the key of sintering process, its technological parameter mainly contains the rate of heat addition, heating time, temperature retention time, temperature fall time etc., and these all need strict control.Such as, occurring the phenomenon that aperture " is heaved " outward in LTCC filter sample, is also caused by Metal slurry and the contraction in various degree of band material.
Step 10: Tu Yin, end-blocking.Being coated with silver-colored position is middle side edge, and end-blocking position is the two ends of product, and as shown in three-view diagram in Fig. 2, black part is divided into electrode.Radio-frequency filter of the present invention has 4 exits, and intermediate ends electrode adopts to roll and is coated with silver-colored (see figure 6), and both sides termination electrode adopts the end-blocking mode of sticky silver to carry out.The painting silver of intermediate ends electrode is one of difficult point of filter of the present invention preparation realization, must design be coated with silver wheel, to ensure the overall dimension of termination electrode and the precision of thickness according to shape of product and size.
Step 11: termination processes.
After product silver ink firing in step 10, according to the coating requirement of product, suitable electroplating technical conditions is selected to electroplate on plating line.
After having electroplated, just can obtain lamination sheet type ceramic RF low pass filter of the present invention.
Test cut-off frequency is that the insertion loss figure of the filter of 4850MHz is shown in Fig. 8.
Embodiment 12: preparing cut-off frequency is 7600MHz radio frequency low pass filter
Step 1: the selection of high-frequency ceramic material.According to the needs of filter performance parameters, select suitable high-frequency ceramic material.The tangent value of the dielectric loss angle of high-frequency ceramic material is selected to be less than 6*10
-4, the sintering temperature of the material of pottery is 900 DEG C.
In the selection of dielectric constant, the cut-off frequency of filter is the filter of 7600MHz, and cut-off frequency is at more than 3600MHz, and the dielectric constant of the dielectric material that this place is selected is 4.0.
Certainly, also investigate ceramic material property parameter: the dielectric strength of material, capacitance temperature factor, itself and silver-colored matching of starching, its frequency of utilization etc. aspect.
Step 2: preparation casting slurry.According to specific surface and the electrically charged characteristic of selected ceramic powder particle, select suitable solvent system (comprising organic solvent, plasticizer, binding agent and dispersant), then carry out the ratio optimization design of each organic additive.
Table 9 casting slurry proportioning
Raw material |
Ceramic powder |
Organic solvent |
Plasticizer |
Binding agent |
Dispersant |
Ratio (wt%) |
47.9 |
43.2 |
2.6 |
6.2 |
0.1 |
Step 3: ball milling, curtain coating.The casting slurry that step 2 prepares, after selecting suitable ball-milling technology slurrying, according to the needs of design diaphragm, go out the ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of desired thickness in casting machine curtain coating, diaphragm thickness is at 35 microns, and control errors is in ± 0.5 micron.
Step 4: punching, filling perforation.The needs carried out by the part ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of step 3 gained according to being connected between inductance with electric capacity, connecting between inductance punch.Then silver slurry is utilized to carry out filling perforation.
Step 5: conductor printing.Carry out inductor conductor printing with the ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of filling perforation, carry out the knot positive electrode of built-in capacitance and the printing of grounding electrode by the ceramic dielectric films that part is not punched, the THICKNESS CONTROL of printing silver slurry is within 8 ± 1 micrometer ranges.
Step 6: lamination, pressing.The diaphragm ceramics green ceramic diaphragm and part that print electrode not printed electrode, according to the structure designed by the present invention, carries out lamination, pressing.
Step 7: isostatic pressed.The chip-type filter ceramic chips completing lamination is contained in and is placed in isostatic pressing machine in the sealing bag vacuumized and carries out isostatic pressed, isostatic pressed preferred parameter: pressure 25MPa, temperature 60 C, pressurize 18Min.
Step 8: binder removal.Binder removal process is organic bond gasification and the process of burn off, be also before sintering must through process, its temperature is located at 450 DEG C.The quality of binder removal process to low temperature co-fired type radio-frequency filter (LTCC radio-frequency filter) has a serious impact, if binder removal is insufficient, after sintering, polylayer forest just can bubble, be out of shape or layering etc.; If binder removal is excessive, metallization pattern may be made again to come off.Therefore to strictly control in binder removal process, especially to the assurance of heating rate.
Step 9: after completing binder removal, just enters sintering process, and sintering is under certain atmospheric condition, allows the process of LTCC product densification under the high temperature conditions, the sintering temperature of this product about 900 DEG C.In sintering process, sintering mechanism is comparatively complicated, and how to ensure that the contraction of Metal slurry and band material degree of the same race is the key of sintering process, its technological parameter mainly contains the rate of heat addition, heating time, temperature retention time, temperature fall time etc., and these all need strict control.Such as, occurring the phenomenon that aperture " is heaved " outward in LTCC filter sample, is also caused by Metal slurry and the contraction in various degree of band material.
Step 10: Tu Yin, end-blocking.Being coated with silver-colored position is middle side edge, and end-blocking position is the two ends of product, and as shown in three-view diagram in Fig. 2, black part is divided into electrode.Radio-frequency filter of the present invention has 4 exits, and intermediate ends electrode adopts to roll and is coated with silver-colored (see figure 6), and both sides termination electrode adopts the end-blocking mode of sticky silver to carry out.The painting silver of intermediate ends electrode is one of difficult point of filter of the present invention preparation realization, must design be coated with silver wheel, to ensure the overall dimension of termination electrode and the precision of thickness according to shape of product and size.
Step 11: termination processes.
After product silver ink firing in step 10, according to the coating requirement of product, suitable electroplating technical conditions is selected to electroplate on plating line.
After having electroplated, just can obtain lamination sheet type ceramic RF low pass filter of the present invention.
The insertion loss figure testing this filter is shown in Fig. 8.
Embodiment 13: preparing cut-off frequency is 9100MHz radio frequency low pass filter
Step 1: the selection of high-frequency ceramic material.According to the needs of filter performance parameters, select suitable high-frequency ceramic material.The tangent value of the dielectric loss angle of high-frequency ceramic material is selected to be less than 6*10
-4, the sintering temperature of the material of pottery is 900 DEG C.
In the selection of dielectric constant, the cut-off frequency of filter is the filter of 9100MHz, and cut-off frequency is at more than 3600MHz, and the dielectric constant of the dielectric material that this place is selected is 3.7.
Certainly, also investigate ceramic material property parameter: the dielectric strength of material, capacitance temperature factor, itself and silver-colored matching of starching, its frequency of utilization etc. aspect.
Step 2: preparation casting slurry.According to specific surface and the electrically charged characteristic of selected ceramic powder particle, select suitable solvent system (comprising organic solvent, plasticizer, binding agent and dispersant), then carry out the ratio optimization design of each organic additive.
Table 10 casting slurry proportioning
Raw material |
Ceramic powder |
Organic solvent |
Plasticizer |
Binding agent |
Dispersant |
Ratio (wt%) |
47.9 |
43.2 |
2.5 |
6.3 |
0.1 |
Step 3: ball milling, curtain coating.The casting slurry that step 2 prepares, after selecting suitable ball-milling technology slurrying, according to the needs of design diaphragm, go out the ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of desired thickness in casting machine curtain coating, diaphragm thickness is at 35 microns, and control errors is in ± 0.5 micron.
Step 4: punching, filling perforation.The needs carried out by the part ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of step 3 gained according to being connected between inductance with electric capacity, connecting between inductance punch.Then silver slurry is utilized to carry out filling perforation.
Step 5: conductor printing.Carry out inductor conductor printing with the ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of filling perforation, carry out the knot positive electrode of built-in capacitance and the printing of grounding electrode by the ceramic dielectric films that part is not punched, the THICKNESS CONTROL of printing silver slurry is within 8 ± 1 micrometer ranges.
Step 6: lamination, pressing.The diaphragm ceramics green ceramic diaphragm and part that print electrode not printed electrode, according to the structure designed by the present invention, carries out lamination, pressing.
Step 7: isostatic pressed.The chip-type filter ceramic chips completing lamination is contained in and is placed in isostatic pressing machine in the sealing bag vacuumized and carries out isostatic pressed, isostatic pressed preferred parameter: pressure 20MPa, temperature 60 C, pressurize 20Min.
Step 8: binder removal.Binder removal process is organic bond gasification and the process of burn off, be also before sintering must through process, its temperature is located at 450 DEG C.The quality of binder removal process to low temperature co-fired type radio-frequency filter (LTCC radio-frequency filter) has a serious impact, if binder removal is insufficient, after sintering, polylayer forest just can bubble, be out of shape or layering etc.; If binder removal is excessive, metallization pattern may be made again to come off.Therefore to strictly control in binder removal process, especially to the assurance of heating rate.
Step 9: after completing binder removal, just enters sintering process, and sintering is under certain atmospheric condition, allows the process of LTCC product densification under the high temperature conditions, the sintering temperature of this product about 900 DEG C.In sintering process, sintering mechanism is comparatively complicated, and how to ensure that the contraction of Metal slurry and band material degree of the same race is the key of sintering process, its technological parameter mainly contains the rate of heat addition, heating time, temperature retention time, temperature fall time etc., and these all need strict control.Such as, occurring the phenomenon that aperture " is heaved " outward in LTCC filter sample, is also caused by Metal slurry and the contraction in various degree of band material.
Step 10: Tu Yin, end-blocking.Being coated with silver-colored position is middle side edge, and end-blocking position is the two ends of product, and as shown in three-view diagram in Fig. 2, black part is divided into electrode.Radio-frequency filter of the present invention has 4 exits, and intermediate ends electrode adopts to roll and is coated with silver-colored (see figure 6), and both sides termination electrode adopts the end-blocking mode of sticky silver to carry out.The painting silver of intermediate ends electrode is one of difficult point of filter of the present invention preparation realization, must design be coated with silver wheel, to ensure the overall dimension of termination electrode and the precision of thickness according to shape of product and size.
Step 11: termination processes.
After product silver ink firing in step 10, according to the coating requirement of product, suitable electroplating technical conditions is selected to electroplate on plating line.
After having electroplated, just can obtain lamination sheet type ceramic RF low pass filter of the present invention.
The insertion loss figure testing this filter is shown in Fig. 8.
Embodiment 14: preparing cut-off frequency is 30800MHz radio frequency low pass filter
Step 1: the selection of high-frequency ceramic material.According to the needs of filter performance parameters, select suitable high-frequency ceramic material.The tangent value of the dielectric loss angle of high-frequency ceramic material is selected to be less than 6*10
-4, the sintering temperature of the material of pottery is 890 DEG C.
In the selection of dielectric constant, the cut-off frequency of filter is the filter of 30800MHz, and cut-off frequency is at more than 3600MHz, and the dielectric constant of the dielectric material that this place is selected is 3.5.
Certainly, also investigate ceramic material property parameter: the dielectric strength of material, capacitance temperature factor, itself and silver-colored matching of starching, its frequency of utilization etc. aspect.
Step 2: preparation casting slurry.According to specific surface and the electrically charged characteristic of selected ceramic powder particle, select suitable solvent system (comprising organic solvent, plasticizer, binding agent and dispersant), then carry out the ratio optimization design of each organic additive.
Table 11 casting slurry proportioning
Raw material |
Ceramic powder |
Organic solvent |
Plasticizer |
Binding agent |
Dispersant |
Ratio (wt%) |
47.9 |
43.2 |
2.5 |
6.3 |
0.1 |
Step 3: ball milling, curtain coating.The casting slurry that step 2 prepares, after selecting suitable ball-milling technology slurrying, according to the needs of design diaphragm, go out the ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of desired thickness in casting machine curtain coating, diaphragm thickness is at 45 microns, and control errors is in ± 0.5 micron.
Step 4: punching, filling perforation.The needs carried out by the part ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of step 3 gained according to being connected between inductance with electric capacity, connecting between inductance punch.Then silver slurry is utilized to carry out filling perforation.
Step 5: conductor printing.Carry out inductor conductor printing with the ceramics green ceramic diaphragm of filling perforation, carry out the knot positive electrode of built-in capacitance and the printing of grounding electrode by the ceramic dielectric films that part is not punched, the THICKNESS CONTROL of printing silver slurry is within 8 ± 1 micrometer ranges.
Step 6: lamination, pressing.The diaphragm ceramics green ceramic diaphragm and part that print electrode not printed electrode, according to the structure designed by the present invention, carries out lamination, pressing.
Step 7: isostatic pressed.The chip-type filter ceramic chips completing lamination is contained in and is placed in isostatic pressing machine in the sealing bag vacuumized and carries out isostatic pressed, isostatic pressed preferred parameter: pressure 20MPa, temperature 60 C, pressurize 20Min.
Step 8: binder removal.Binder removal process is organic bond gasification and the process of burn off, be also before sintering must through process, its temperature is located at 450 DEG C.The quality of binder removal process to low temperature co-fired type radio-frequency filter (LTCC radio-frequency filter) has a serious impact, if binder removal is insufficient, after sintering, polylayer forest just can bubble, be out of shape or layering etc.; If binder removal is excessive, metallization pattern may be made again to come off.Therefore to strictly control in binder removal process, especially to the assurance of heating rate.
Step 9: after completing binder removal, just enters sintering process, and sintering is under certain atmospheric condition, allows the process of LTCC product densification under the high temperature conditions, the sintering temperature of this product 890 DEG C.In sintering process, sintering mechanism is comparatively complicated, and how to ensure that the contraction of Metal slurry and band material degree of the same race is the key of sintering process, its technological parameter mainly contains the rate of heat addition, heating time, temperature retention time, temperature fall time etc., and these all need strict control.Such as, occurring the phenomenon that aperture " is heaved " outward in LTCC filter sample, is also caused by Metal slurry and the contraction in various degree of band material.
Step 10: Tu Yin, end-blocking.Being coated with silver-colored position is middle side edge, and end-blocking position is the two ends of product, and as shown in three-view diagram in Fig. 2, black part is divided into electrode.Radio-frequency filter of the present invention has 4 exits, and intermediate ends electrode adopts to roll and is coated with silver-colored (see figure 6), and both sides termination electrode adopts the end-blocking mode of sticky silver to carry out.The painting silver of intermediate ends electrode is one of difficult point of filter of the present invention preparation realization, must design be coated with silver wheel, to ensure the overall dimension of termination electrode and the precision of thickness according to shape of product and size.
Step 11: termination processes.
After product silver ink firing in step 10, according to the coating requirement of product, suitable electroplating technical conditions is selected to electroplate on plating line.
After having electroplated, just can obtain lamination sheet type ceramic RF low pass filter of the present invention.
The insertion loss figure testing this filter is shown in Fig. 9.
Those skilled in the art will readily understand; the foregoing is only preferred embodiment of the present invention; not in order to limit the present invention, all any amendments done within the spirit and principles in the present invention, equivalent replacement and improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.