LTCC - Services - Seminars

IMST offers a 1 or 2 days seminar or a 2 weeks training around LTCC, which can be held at customer's location or at IMST. The seminar documents are written in English. The presentation can either be in English or in German. Special requirements and interests can be incorporated into the programme. Have a look for IMST's standard seminar or extended seminar. Please contact ltcc for detailed information. The following table suggests the main topics for a typical seminar, further items can be added on request:

LTCC – Worldwide:
- LTCC vs. other substrates
- Standard material suppliers
- Conductor Pastes
- Worldwide foundries / production
- Design rules
- Developments
LTCC – Production Steps:
- Pre-processing
- Via forming
- Via filling
- Conductor Printing, fine line processes
- Collating, stacking
- Lamination with pressure
- Co-Firing
- Post-processing
- Characterization
LTCC – 3D full wave simulation, applications:
- LTCC - Waveguide Transition (properties, design, verification)
- Triplate Lines (impedances, higher order modes)
- Optimizing Transitions and feedthrus
- Chip Interconnects
- Production tolerances
- Probe Pad Transitions
- 5 Stage Chebychev Band Pass Filter
- Other Applications
LTCC – Industrial applications:
- Bluetooth^TM Modules: 2.45 GHz
- FMCW Radar Frontend: 24 GHz
- Point-to-Point Module: 27.5 – 29.5 GHz
- Point-to-Multipoint Transceiver: 24.5 – 26.5 GHz
- Fixed Wireless Access: 40 GHz
LTCC – Antennas:
- Patch Antennas
- Patch Antenna Arrays for 24.125 GHz
- Patch Antenna on DuPont 951
- Slot Antenna on High-K LTCC
LTCC – RF-Tests:
- Test circuits on DuPont 951 with FodelTM gold
  - CPW: lines, coupled lines, resonators, transitions
  - MS: lines, attenuators
- Test circuits on FERRO A6-M
  - MS lines with different GND meshes
  - CPW lines with different parameters
LTCC – Benchmarking:
- Benchmarking cooperation partners
- Substrate / Layer definition
- Optimised transitions
- Layout of test circuits
- Comparison of LTCC systems
- Investigations of material tolerances
Investigation of Ring-Resonators on Multilayer LTCC:
- Ring resonators on DuPont 951 and FERRO A6-M
- Evaluation of quality, effective permittivity and losses
- Investigation of recessed top conductors
- Correction method for circuit simulation
Software for multilayer circuit design


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