Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Mitsuo Konno

Yuji Iseki

Kunio Yoshihara

Yasushi Shizuki

Toshiki Seshita

Keiichi Yamaguchi

Takeshi Miyagi

Kouhei Morizuka

Motoyasu Morinaga

Hirotsugu Wakimoto

Junko Akagi

Yasuo Ashizawa

Eiji Takagi

Takeshi Hanawa

Yasuhiro Kuriyama

A high-frequency semiconductor device includes a microwave monolithic integrated circuit having first and second passive element sections each having at least one passive element as well as an FET. The FET has a gate connected to the first passive element section and a drain connected to the second passive element section. A bed configured as a plate of a conductive member is provided for mounting thereon the microwave monolithic integrated circuit. The bed has at least one opening or hole formed therethrough. The hole of the bed is provided at a specified position of the bed so as to underlie either one the first or second passive element section. With such an arrangement, it becomes possible to obtain enhanced performance.

High-frequency semiconductor device and radio transmitter/receiver device

A microwave transmitter/receiver module has a package that includes a high-frequency circuit board and an electromagnetically narrowed space. A semiconductor chip is mounted on the circuit board and is contained in the electromagnetically narrowed space. The electromagnetically narrowed space has a cutoff frequency that is higher than a carrier frequency for microwave communication. A receiver antenna pattern is formed on the top surface of the package and is electromagnetically connected to the semiconductor chip through a first slot. A transmitter antenna pattern is formed on the top surface of the package at a different position from the receiver antenna pattern and is electromagnetically connected to the semiconductor chip through a second slot. Since the antenna patterns are on the top surface of the package, the proper performance thereof is secured and the package is compact.

Microwave transmitter/receiver module

A semiconductor module has an MMIC chip flip-chip-mounted on a board. The MMIC chip has a ground line and bumps. The board has through holes and a ground electrode. These ground line, bumps, through holes, and ground electrode form a conductor continuum that defines a quasi-cavity. The module is designed so that the resonance frequency (fr) of the quasi-cavity is higher than the maximum operation frequency (fumax) of the MMIC chip. This prevents signal disturbance due to agreement between the resonance frequency (fr) and an operation frequency (fu) of the MMIC chip. If the MMIC chip is provided with bias circuits having MIM capacitors, the MIM capacitors are formed within the quasi-cavity. The quasi-cavity blocks magnetic fields generated by the MIM capacitors from leaking outside and badly affecting electronic parts arranged around the MMIC chip. The thickness of the MMIC chip is limited within a given range, to prevent coupling between a parasitic transmission line made of the substrate and ground line of the MMIC chip and a main transmission line on the MMIC chip, to thereby secure isolation between input and output signals to and from the MMIC chip.

MMIC module using flip-chip mounting

Disclosed is an ultra high frequency radio communication apparatus having: a receiver antenna; a transmitter antenna; an IC chip being electrically connected to the receiver antenna and the transmitter antenna; a substrate on which the receiver antenna, the transmitter antenna and the IC chip are mounted; an input terminal for inputting to the IC chip a base band input signal; an output terminal for outputting a base band output signal from the IC chip; and a control signal terminal for inputting a control signal for controlling the IC chip to the IC chip. The IC chip is placed in a shielding space such that the cut-off frequency of the shielding space is higher than the frequency of a carrier signal for radio communication.

Ultra high frequency radio communication apparatus

An integrated circuit device has a substrate, a plurality of circuit elements or units arranged on the substrate and having terminals, a plurality of signal lines connected between the terminals of the circuit elements or units, or between the terminals and external connection terminals, and an alternating current ground line provided close to the signal lines to determine a transmission characteristic of the signal lines, the alternating current ground line including a high-potential direct current power source line and a low-potential direct current power source line, the high-potential direct current power source line and the low-potential direct current power source line being vertically separated by a dielectric layer.

Integrated circuit device having signal wiring structure of

A high-speed semiconductor integrated circuit device has a main circuit section formed on a substrate, and a capacitance section formed on the substrate to surround the main circuit section. The capacitance section is made up of two conductive layers, an upper layer being insulatively disposed above a lower layer. These layers are applied with a power source voltage and a ground voltage, respectively. High-speed signal lines insulatively traverse the capacitance section and are connected to the main circuit section. The capacitance section is disconnected in the region where each signal transmission line passes, and defines a micro-strip type signal transmission line path structure. A 'ladder'-shaped connection pattern is provided at each disconnected portion of the capacitance section, for electrically connecting a conductive layer arranged on one side of the disconnected portion to the corresponding layer arranged on the other side of the disconnected portion. The ladder-shaped connection pattern includes first and second parallel connection portions which extend at right angles to their corresponding signal transmission line. The impedance of the signal transmission line can be controlled by altering the horizontal pattern of the connection portions.

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Mitsuo Konno