An embodiment of the invention may include a spliced stripline structure. The structure may include a first stripline including a signal line located between a top dielectric and a bottom dielectric. The top dielectric is in contact with a top ground plane. The bottom dielectric is in contact with a bottom ground plane. The structure may include a second stripline including a signal line located between a top dielectric and a bottom dielectric. The top dielectric is in contact with a top ground plane. The bottom dielectric is in contact with a bottom ground plane. The structure may include a joined portion connecting the first stripline to the second stripline. The joined portion the first stripline includes the bottom ground plane, the bottom dielectric, and at least one signal line. The joined portion the first stripline includes the bottom ground plane, the bottom dielectric, and at least one signal line.

A structure that includes a signal trace embedded in a dielectric layer, the signal trace including a first contact pad at one end of the signal trace and a second contact pad at the other end of the signal trace. The dielectric layer has a first ground plane on a first surface and a second ground plane on a second opposing surface. A first conducting ground shield wall on a first side of the signal trace connects the first ground plane to the second ground plane. A second conducting ground shield wall on a second side of the signal trace connects the first ground plane to the second ground plane. The first ground plane, the second ground plane, the first conducting ground shield wall, and the second conducting ground shield wall enclose the signal trace.

In examples, a semiconductor package comprises a ceramic substrate and a horizontal metal layer covered by the ceramic substrate. The metal layer is configured to carry signals in the 5 GHz to 38 GHz frequency range. The package also includes a vertical castellation on an outer surface of the ceramic substrate, the castellation coupled to the metal layer and having a height ranging from 0.10 mm to 0.65 mm.

A transmission line device includes first and second transmission lines. The first transmission line includes a first electrode pad that is electrically connected to a first signal conductor pattern, and a second electrode pad and a third electrode pad that are portions of a first ground conductor pattern. The second transmission line includes a fourth electrode pad that is electrically connected to a second signal conductor pattern, and a fifth electrode pad and a sixth electrode pad that are portions of a second ground conductor pattern. The first electrode pad is between the second electrode pad and the third electrode pad, and the fourth electrode pad is between the fifth electrode pad and the sixth electrode pad. The second electrode pad and the third electrode pad are larger than the first electrode pad, and the fifth electrode pad and the sixth electrode pad are larger than the fourth electrode pad.

Devices are disclosed that include a wideband millimeter wave (mmW) via transition design for multilayer printed circuit boards (MLBs). In various instances embodiments, a via is dimensioned to provide impedance matching to stripline tracing connected at the end of the via. Impedance matching in the via may eliminate the need for an impedance matching section on the stripline tracing. In some instances, the dimensions of the via pad diameter and the via keepout diameter are selected to tune a via transition structure to selected frequencies and/or frequency bandwidths.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of antenna arrays, a plurality of first printed circuit board (PCB) sets corresponding to the plurality of the antenna arrays, and a second PCB including a power interface, the second PCB may include a feeding line for delivering signals to the antenna elements, a first layer formed away from a first surface of the feeding line, and a second layer formed away from a second surface of the feeding line, and the second layer may include a metamaterial for transforming impedance.

One example includes an antenna-on-package (AoP) system. The system includes a first transmission line patterned on a first metal layer. The first metal layer can be arranged to be coupled on a printed circuit board (PCB). The system also includes an antenna portion patterned on a second metal layer. The first and second metal layers can be separated by at least one dielectric layer. The system further includes a coaxial transition portion comprising a via configured to communicatively couple the first transmission line on the first metal layer to a second transmission line on the second metal layer. The second transmission line can be coupled to the antenna portion.

Electromagnetic circuit structures and methods are provided for a circuit board that includes a hole disposed through a substrate to provide access to an electrical component, such as a signal trace line (or stripline), that is at least partially encapsulated (e.g., sandwiched) between substrates. The electrical component includes a portion substantially aligned with the hole, and an electrical conductor is disposed within the hole. The electrical conductor is soldered to the portion of the electrical component.

The present disclosure provides an antenna packaging module and the making method. The antenna packaging module comprises a redistribution layer, an antenna structure, a semiconductor chip, a third packaging layer, and a packaging antenna connector to an external circuit board. The antenna structure includes a connector opening and at least a first antenna structure and a second antenna structure stacked on one surface of the redistribution layer. The packaging antenna connector is designed in the connector opening and is electrically connected to the redistribution layer. Electrical terminals are provided through the packaging antenna connector disposed in the connector opening, thus reducing the antenna signal loss. The antenna packaging module requires neither any metal wire ends electrically connected to redistribution layer, nor a flip-chip process.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a coupling component, a microwave device and an electronic device. The coupling component includes a first ground electrode, a first dielectric layer, a first transmission line, a second dielectric layer, a second ground electrode, a first substrate, a second transmission line, a second substrate and a third ground electrode which are sequentially stacked. Each of the first to third electrodes has a slot, and orthographic projections of the slots on the first dielectric layer overlap. An orthographic projection of a coupling end of the first transmission line on the first dielectric layer overlaps an orthographic projection of the slot of the second ground electrode on the first dielectric layer. An orthographic projection of a coupling end of the second transmission line on the first dielectric layer overlaps the orthographic projection of the slot of the second ground electrode.