Filter and layout structure thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10158338-B2
Application number	US-201414549557-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2014
Priority date	Oct 25, 2010
Publication date	Dec 18, 2018
Grant date	Dec 18, 2018

Abstract

A circuit structure is disclosed, wherein the circuit structure comprises: a substrate comprising a top surface, a bottom surface and lateral surfaces connecting the top surface and the bottom surface; a plurality of conductive layers disposed over the top surface of the substrate, wherein a dielectric layer is disposed between each two adjacent conductive layers, wherein at least one capacitor is formed by a first portion of the plurality of conductive layers with the dielectric layers therebetween, and wherein at least one first inductor is formed by a second portion of the plurality of conductive layers; and at least one conductive pattern layer disposed over at least one of the lateral surface to form at least one second inductor, wherein a third portion of the plurality of conductive layers electrically connects with said at least one capacitor, said at least one first inductor and said at least one second inductor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A circuit structure, comprising:
a substrate comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, and lateral surfaces connecting the top surface and the bottom surface;
a plurality of conductive layers disposed over the top surface of the substrate, wherein a corresponding dielectric layer is disposed between each two adjacent conductive layers, wherein a plurality of capacitors are formed by a first portion of the plurality of conductive layers with the corresponding dielectric layers therebetween, and wherein a plurality of inductors are formed by a second portion of the plurality of conductive layers, wherein a bottom surface of a first electrode of a first capacitor and a bottom surface of a first inductor are disposed on and in contact with a same unitary dielectric layer; and
a conductive pattern layer, disposed over a first lateral surface of the lateral surfaces to form a second inductor, wherein a third portion of the plurality of conductive layers electrically connects with said first capacitor, said first inductor, and said second inductor, wherein the plurality of conductive layers comprise a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer and a third conductive layer, wherein a first dielectric layer is disposed on the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer is disposed on the second conductive layer and the third conductive layer is disposed on the second dielectric layer, wherein said first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a third capacitor are formed by the second conductive layer, the second dielectric layer and the third conductive layer, and wherein said first inductor and a third inductor are formed by the second conductive layer.

2. The circuit structure according to claim 1 , wherein an inductance of the second inductor is 0.01˜0.1 times an inductance of the first inductor.

3. The circuit structure according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom surface of the substrate comprises a plurality of electrodes for connecting to an external circuit.

4. The circuit structure according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit structure is a filter circuit, further comprising: a first I/O terminal and a second I/O terminal, wherein the first capacitor has the first electrode coupled to the first I/O terminal and a second electrode; the second capacitor has a third electrode coupled to the second I/O terminal and a fourth electrode; the third capacitor has a fifth electrode coupled to the first I/O terminal and a sixth electrode coupled to the second I/O terminal; the first inductor has a first terminal coupled to the first I/O terminal and a second terminal coupled to a first reference voltage; the second inductor having a fifth terminal coupled to the second electrode and a sixth terminal coupled to a third reference voltage; and wherein the third inductor has a third terminal coupled to the second I/O terminal and a fourth terminal coupled to a second reference voltage, wherein the first I/O terminal is an input terminal and the second I/O terminal is an output terminal, or the second I/O terminal is an input terminal and the first I/O terminal is an output terminal.

5. The circuit structure according to claim 4 , wherein the first inductor and the second inductor are symmetrical to each other relative to a central line of the top surface of the substrate.

6. The circuit structure according to claim 4 , wherein the second inductor comprises a first part and a second part, wherein the first part and the second part of the second inductor are symmetrical to each other relative to a central line of the top surface of the substrate.

7. The circuit structure according to claim 4 , wherein the second inductor is disposed on the first lateral surface, the circuit structure further comprising a fourth inductor disposed on a second lateral surface of said lateral surfaces and having a seventh terminal and an eighth terminal, wherein the second terminal, fourth terminal and the seventh terminal are electrically coupled, wherein the first reference voltage, the second reference voltage and the eighth terminal are connected to ground.

8. The circuit structure according to claim 7 , wherein an inductance of the fourth inductor is 0.01˜0.1 times an inductance of the first inductor.

9. The circuit structure according to claim 7 , further comprising: a fourth capacitor having a seventh electrode coupled to the fifth terminal and an eighth electrode; a fifth inductor having a ninth terminal coupled to the eighth electrode and a tenth terminal coupled to the seventh terminal; a fifth capacitor having a ninth electrode coupled to the first I/O terminal and a tenth electrode coupled to the eighth electrode; and a sixth capacitor having an eleventh electrode coupled to the second I/O terminal and a twelfth electrode coupled to the eighth electrode.

10. The circuit structure according to claim 7 , wherein the fourth inductor is a conducting wire having a pre-defined length and width on the second lateral surface.

11. The circuit structure according to claim 7 , wherein the second inductor comprises a first part and a second part, wherein the first part and the second part of the second inductor are symmetrical to each other relative to a central line of the top surface of the substrate, and wherein the fourth inductor comprises a third part and a fourth part, wherein the third part and the fourth part of the fourth inductor are symmetrical to each other relative to a central line of the top surface of the substrate.

12. The circuit structure according to claim 4 , wherein the first capacitor and the second capacitor are symmetrical to each other relative to a central line of the top surface of the substrate.

13. The circuit structure according to claim 1 , wherein the second inductor is a conducting wire having a pre-defined length and width on the first lateral surface.

14. A circuit structure, comprising:
a substrate comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, and lateral surfaces connecting the top surface and the bottom surface, wherein a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a third conductive layer are disposed over the top surface of the substrate, wherein a first dielectric layer is disposed on the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer is disposed on the second conductive layer and the third conductive layer is disposed on the second dielectric layer, wherein a first capacitor, a second capacitor and a third capacitor are formed by the first conductive layer, the first dielectric layer, and the second conductive layer, and a first inductor and a second inductor are formed by the second conductive layer, wherein a conductive pattern layer is disposed over a first lateral surface of the lateral surfaces of the substrate to form a third inductor, wherein a bottom surface of a first electrode of the first capacitor and a bottom surface of the first inductor are disposed on and in contact with a same unitary dielectric layer, and conductive patterns of the third conductive layer are electrically connected with said first capacitor and said second capacitor.

15. A method to form a circuit structure, comprising:
providing a substrate comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, and lateral surfaces connecting the top surface and the bottom surface;
disposing a plurality of conductive layers over the top surface of the substrate, wherein a corresponding dielectric layer is disposed between each two adjacent conductive layers, wherein a plurality of capacitors a

Assignees

• Cyntec Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tseng Shih-Hsien

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