This application claims the benefit of priority to China Patent Application No. 202410039024.1, filed on Jan. 10, 2024. The entire content of the above identified application is incorporated herein by reference.
Some references, which may include patents, patent applications and various publications, may be cited and discussed in the description of this disclosure. The citation and/or discussion of such references is provided merely to clarify the description of the present disclosure and is not an admission that any such reference is “prior art” to the disclosure described herein. All references cited and discussed in this specification are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties and to the same extent as if each reference was individually incorporated by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a millimeter wave circuit structure and a millimeter wave module measure equipment, and more particularly to a millimeter wave circuit structure related to a substrate integrated waveguide and a millimeter wave module measure equipment related to the substrate integrated waveguide.
Due to continuous improvements to mobile communication network systems, more frequency bands must be developed in order to satisfy advanced digital applications. With respect to the development of fifth generation wireless system, in addition to the Frequency Range 1 (FR1, sub-6 GHZ), the Frequency Range 2 (FR2) is now also utilized. Recently, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has also been utilized to 71 GHz. However, energy loss of wirings on a substrate is more severe at the high frequency band.
In order to reduce the energy loss, a rectangular waveguide with low energy loss was developed. However, the rectangular waveguide must use adapters to integrate with circuits, which increases manufacturing cost.
In view of the above-mentioned problems of the rectangular waveguide, a substrate integrated waveguide has replaced the rectangular waveguide in recent years. The substrate integrated waveguide can be integrated with circuits without adapters. However, when an electromagnetic wave is transmitted in the medium of the substrate integrated waveguide, the energy of the electromagnetic wave is reduced.
In response to the above-referenced technical inadequacy, the present disclosure provides a millimeter wave circuit structure and a millimeter wave module measurement device.
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, one of the technical aspects adopted by the present disclosure is to provide a millimeter wave circuit structure. The millimeter wave circuit structure includes a substrate, two metal through hole groups, a signal feed-in structure, a signal feed-out structure, a metal shielding cover, and a metal sheet. The substrate is provided with a first conductive through hole, a second conductive through hole, a first welding pad and a second welding pad. The first conductive through hole and the second conductive through hole are connected to the first welding pad and the second welding pad, respectively. The two metal through hole groups penetrate through the substrate. The signal feed-in structure is provided inside the substrate and connected to the first conductive through hole. The signal feed-out structure is provided inside the substrate and connected to the second conductive through hole. The metal shielding cover is connected to a top of the substrate and located between the two metal through hole groups. A first side of the metal sheet is connected to the first welding pad and the second welding pad. The metal sheet is located inside the metal shielding cover and the first side of the metal sheet is provided with a first notch and a second notch. The metal sheet is electrically connected to the signal feed-in structure and the signal feed-out structure by the first conductive through hole and the second conductive through hole, respectively.
In one of the possible or preferred embodiments, a ratio of a width of the first notch to a height of the first notch is greater than two and less than or equal to twenty, and a ratio of a width of the second notch to a height of the second notch is greater than two and less than or equal to twenty.
In one of the possible or preferred embodiments, the first side of the metal sheet is provided with a first pin, a second pin and a third pin, the first notch is located between the first pin and the third pin and is connected to the first welding pad, and the second gap is located between the third pin and the second pin and is connected to the second welding pad.
In one of the possible or preferred embodiments, the first notch has a third width, a second distance is defined between the metal sheet and the metal shielding cover along a second direction, and a ratio of the second distance to the third width is equal to one.
In one of the possible or preferred embodiments, the metal sheet includes a first plate and a second plate, the first plate is located on the first side, the first plate is connected to the first welding pad and the second welding pad, the first plate is provided with the first notch and the second notch, the second plate is connected to the first plate, and the second plate is bent at a bending angle relative to the first plate.
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, another one of the technical aspects adopted by the present disclosure is to provide a millimeter wave module measurement device. The millimeter wave module measure equipment includes a measurement carrier board, a jig, and a plurality of millimeter wave circuit structures. The jig is assembled to the measurement carrier board and configured to carry a millimeter wave module. The millimeter wave module includes a plurality of signal pins. The plurality of millimeter wave circuit structures is assembled on the measurement carrier board and electrically connected to the plurality of the signal pins, respectively. Each of the millimeter wave circuit structures includes a substrate, two metal through hole groups, a signal feed-in structure, a signal feed-out structure, a metal shielding cover, and a metal sheet. The substrate is provided with a first conductive through hole, a second conductive through hole, a first welding pad and a second welding pad. The first conductive through hole and the second conductive through hole are connected to the first welding pad and the second welding pad, respectively. Each of the metal through hole groups penetrates the substrate. The signal feed-in structure is provided inside the substrate and connected to the first conductive through hole and one of the signal pins correspondingly. The signal feed-out structure is provided inside the substrate and connected to the second conductive through hole. The metal shielding cover is connected to a top of the substrate and located between the two metal through hole groups. A first side of the metal sheet is connected to the first welding pad and the second welding pad. The metal sheet is located inside the metal shielding cover and the first side of the metal sheet is provided with a first notch and a second notch. The metal sheet is electrically connected to the signal feed-in structure and the signal feed-out structure by the first conductive through hole and the second conductive through hole, respectively.
In one of the possible or preferred embodiments, a ratio of a width of the first notch to a height of the first notch is greater than two and less than or equal to twenty, and a ratio of a width of the second notch to a height of the second notch is greater than two and less than or equal to twenty.
In one of the possible or preferred embodiments, the first side of the metal sheet is provided with a first pin, a second pin and a third pin, the first notch is located between the first pin and the third pin, the first pin is connected to the first welding pad, the second notch is located between the third pin and the second pin, and the second pin is connected to the second welding pad.
In one of the possible or preferred embodiments, the first notch has a third width, a second distance is defined between the metal sheet and the metal shielding cover along a second direction, and a ratio of the second distance to the third width is equal to one.
In one of the possible or preferred embodiments, the metal sheet includes a first plate and a second plate, the first plate is located on the first side, the first plate is connected to the first welding pad and the second welding pad, the first plate is provided with the first notch and the second notch, the second plate is connected to the first plate, and the second plate is bent at a bending angle relative to the first plate.
These and other aspects of the present disclosure will become apparent from the following description of the embodiment taken in conjunction with the following drawings and their captions, although variations and modifications therein may be affected without departing from the spirit and scope of the novel concepts of the disclosure.
The described embodiments may be better understood by reference to the following description and the accompanying drawings, in which:
The present disclosure is more particularly described in the following examples that are intended as illustrative only since numerous modifications and variations therein will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Like numbers in the drawings indicate like components throughout the views. As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, the meaning of “a,” “an” and “the” includes plural reference, and the meaning of “in” includes “in” and “on.” Titles or subtitles can be used herein for the convenience of a reader, which shall have no influence on the scope of the present disclosure.
The terms used herein generally have their ordinary meanings in the art. In the case of conflict, the present document, including any definitions given herein, will prevail. The same thing can be expressed in more than one way. Alternative language and synonyms can be used for any term(s) discussed herein, and no special significance is to be placed upon whether a term is elaborated or discussed herein. A recital of one or more synonyms does not exclude the use of other synonyms. The use of examples anywhere in this specification including examples of any terms is illustrative only, and in no way limits the scope and meaning of the present disclosure or of any exemplified term. Likewise, the present disclosure is not limited to various embodiments given herein. Numbering terms such as “first,” “second” or “third” can be used to describe various components, signals or the like, which are for distinguishing one component/signal from another one only, and are not intended to, nor should be construed to impose any substantive limitations on the components, signals or the like.
The metal shielding cover 5 and the metal sheet 6 are connected to a top of the substrate 1 and are located between the two first metal through hole groups 2 to form a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW), and the metal sheet 6 is located in the metal shielding cover 5. In this embodiment, a ratio of a first width W1 of the metal shielding cover 5 to a second width W2 of the metal sheet 6 is 15:1. For example, the first width W1 and the second width W2 are 3 millimeters (mm) and 0.2 mm respectively.
The substrate 1 is provided with a first conductive through hole CV1, a second conductive through hole CV2, a first welding pad WP1 and a second welding pad WP2. An upper end and a lower end of the first conductive through hole CV1 are connected to the first welding pad WP1 and the signal feed-in structure 3, respectively. An upper end and a lower end of the second conductive through hole CV2 are connected to the second welding pad WP2 and the signal feed-out structure 4, respectively. The first welding pad WP1 and the second welding pad WP2 are connected to a first side of the metal sheet 6. The metal sheet 6 is located inside the metal shielding cover 5, and the first side of the metal sheet 6 connected to the first welding pad WP1 and the second welding pad WP2 is provided with a first notch 61, a second notch 62, a first pin 63, a second pin 64 and a third pin 65. The first notch 61 is located between the first pin 63 and the third pin 65, and the second notch 62 is located between the third pin 65 and the second pin 64.
The first pin 63 of the metal sheet 6 is connected to the first welding pad WP1, the second pin 64 of the metal sheet 6 is connected to the second welding pad WP2, and the third pin 65 of the metal sheet 6 is connected to the top metal layer 11.
The top metal layer 11 is also provided with an annular first opening 111 and an annular second opening 112, in which the first opening 111 is located at a periphery of the first welding pad WP1, and a part of the first opening 111 is located below the first notch 61. The second opening 112 is located at a periphery of the second welding pad WP2, and a part of the second opening 112 is located below the second notch 62.
Since the first pin 63, the first notch 61, the second notch 62, the second pin 64 and the third pin 65 are used for impedance matching, the sizes of the first pin 63, the first notch 61, the second notch 62, the second pin 64 and the third pin 65 should be designed accordingly. In this embodiment, the first notch 61 and the second notch 62 have a third width W3 and a first height H1, and a ratio of the third width W3 to the first height H1 is greater than two and less than or equal to twenty, and the first height H1 is smaller than a height of the metal sheet 6. For example, the third width W3 is 0.1 millimeter (mm), the first height H1 is 0.25 mm, and the ratio of the third width W3 to the first height H1 is 1:2.5.
In this embodiment, the first pin 63 and the second pin 64 have a fourth width W4, and a ratio of the fourth width W4 to the third width W3 of the first notch 61 is greater than two and less than or equal to four. For example, the third width W3 and the fourth width W4 are 0.1 mm and 0.36 mm, respectively, and the ratio of the fourth width W4 and the third width W3 is 3.6:1.
There is a first distance D1 between the metal sheet 6 and the metal shielding cover 5 along a Z-axis direction, and a second distance D2 is defined between the metal sheet 6 and the metal shielding cover 5 along a Y-axis direction. The first distance D1 affects an operating frequency of an electromagnetic wave signal, and the second distance D2 is equal to the third width W3 of the first notch 61.
When an electromagnetic wave signal feeds in the signal feed-in structure 3 of the substrate 1, the electromagnetic wave signal is transmitted to the signal feed-out structure 4 through the air between the metal shielding cover 5 and the metal sheet 6 and by the second conductive through hole CV2.
With respect to a conventional testing of a millimeter wave module, a radio frequency signal of the millimeter wave module is transmitted by a stripline of a printed circuit board. However, as shown in
Therefore, the millimeter wave circuit structure of the present disclosure can also be applied to a millimeter wave module measurement device to improve the quality of signal transmission.
In conclusion, in the millimeter wave circuit structure and the millimeter wave module measurement device provided by the present disclosure, after an electromagnetic wave signal feeds in the signal feed-in structure, the air between the metal shielding cover and the metal sheet acts as a medium for transmitting the electromagnetic wave signal to the signal feed-out structure. Since the air acts as the medium for transmitting the electromagnetic wave signal, the energy loss of the electromagnetic wave signal is reduced. Moreover, the metal shielding cover also prevents the electromagnetic wave signal from being interfered by external noise, so that the insertion loss of the electromagnetic wave signal and the reflection loss of the electromagnetic wave signal may meet the requirement of the millimeter wave frequency band.
The foregoing description of the exemplary embodiments of the disclosure has been presented only for the purposes of illustration and description and is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosure to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching.
The embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain the principles of the disclosure and their practical application so as to enable others skilled in the art to utilize the disclosure and various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. Alternative embodiments will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present disclosure pertains without departing from its spirit and scope.
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202410039024.1 | Jan 2024 | CN | national |