Coplanar waveguide (CPW) and thin film microstrip (TFMS) lines integrating porous ultra low-k as inter-metal dielectric layers (k = 2.5) and copper as metal, are for the first time experimentally measured up to 110 GHz and under different temperature conditions, up to 200 °C. The extracted attenuation and propagation coefficients of those transmission lines are compared to simulations performed with MAGWEL software, a frequency domain 3-D Maxwell solver. Based on the characterization results some guidelines related to interconnect design are presented for future applications.
Roda Neve, Cesar ; Farcy, A. ; Gallitre, M. ; Blampey, B. ; Meuris, P. ; et. al. Behaviour of CPW and TFMS lines versus high temperature for RF applications in sub-45 nm nodes.Eighteenth European Workshop on Materials for Advanced Metallization - MAM 2009 (Grenoble, France, du 08/03/2009 au 11/03/2009). In: Proceedings of the eighteenth European Workshop on Materials for Advanced Metallization - MAM 2009, 2009, p.pp. 165-166