Determining Carbon Fiber Composite Loading by Flip-Chip on a Coplanar Waveguide to 110GHz

Published

November 22, 2018

Author(s)

Nina P. Basta, Jasper A. Drisko, Aaron M. Hagerstrom, Joshua A. Orlicki, Jennifer M. Sietins, Daniel B. Knorr, Jr., Edward J. Garboczi, Christian J. Long, Nathan D. Orloff

Abstract

The electrical properties of materials are a necessary part of any circuit design. As applications at millimeter-wave frequen-cies increase, there is a growing need to develop new materials with low loss and multiple functionalities. Unfortunately, many conventional material characterization techniques require dam-age to the original sample. For example, resonant cavity tech-niques might require a sample to be diced into a geometry that is less than 1 mm square. Alternatively, broadband on-wafer techniques require devices to be lithographically patterned onto the material under test. Here, we demonstrate a new technique that combines on-wafer calibrations with a flip-chip transmis-sion-line test fixture. We show that this single transmission line fixture enables quantitative measurement of a material’s effec-tive permittivity from 40 kHz to 110 GHz. The resulting mate-rials characterization approach is both non-destructive and directly applicable to measurements of dielectric, magnetic, and nonlinear properties. The broad applicability of the technique makes it well-suited for characterizing the next generation of materials, including tunable materials and complex structural composites.

Conference Dates

September 23-28, 2018

Conference Location

Madrid

Conference Title

European Microwave Week

Pub Type

Conferences

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Keywords

millimeter waves, calibration, flip-chip, coplanar waveguide, dielectric spectroscopy, composites

Citation

Basta, N. , Drisko, J. , Hagerstrom, A. , Orlicki, J. , Sietins, J. , Knorr, D. , Garboczi, E. , Long, C. and Orloff, N. (2018), Determining Carbon Fiber Composite Loading by Flip-Chip on a Coplanar Waveguide to 110GHz, European Microwave Week, Madrid, -1, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=924945 (Accessed October 27, 2025)