Quick search Find article
Quick search
Find article

Deep x-ray lithography processing for batch fabrication of thick polymer-based antenna structures

Atabak Rashidian1,2, David M Klymyshyn1,2, Martin Boerner3 and Jürgen Mohr3

Show affiliations


Deep x-ray lithography is applied for the first time to fabricate polymer-based antenna structures with different portions of ceramic contents. To produce successful and viable antenna structures, three different methods are proposed using positive and negative tone resists. In the first method the structures are lithographically fabricated avoiding an intermediate molding step using SU-8 as a photosensitive resist filled with fine ceramic powder with particles in the submicron range. In the second and third methods a polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) mold is first fabricated by x-ray lithography, and then SU-8/MMA mixed with the high ceramic powder content is injected into the mold. In these methods a final step of crosslinking for SU-8 and polymerization for MMA is also required. Optimized fabrication parameters allow the production of high quality antenna structures as thick as 2.3 mm. X-ray lithography capabilities in fabrication of antennas and other passive microwave components with special features reinforce the idea of fabricating integrated passive microwave circuits along with active circuits using this emerging technology.


PACS

85.40.Hp Lithography, masks and pattern transfer

84.40.Dc Microwave circuits

81.05.Qk Reinforced polymers and polymer-based composites

85.50.-n Dielectric, ferroelectric, and piezoelectric devices

82.35.-x Polymers: properties; reactions; polymerization

77.84.Lf Composite materials

Subjects

Soft matter, liquids and polymers

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Electronics and devices

Condensed matter: structural, mechanical & thermal

Chemical physics and physical chemistry

Dates

Issue 2 (February 2010)

Received 25 September 2009, in final form 9 December 2009

Published 20 January 2010



  1. Deep x-ray lithography processing for batch fabrication of thick polymer-based antenna structures

    Atabak Rashidian et al 2010 J. Micromech. Microeng. 20 025026

  2. Exact results for an asymmetric annihilation process with open boundaries

    Arvind Ayyer and Kirone Mallick 2010 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 43 045003

  3. Finding mesoscopic communities in sparse networks

    I Ispolatov et al J. Stat. Mech. (2006) P09014

  4. Elastic relaxations associated with the Pm\bar {3}m R\bar {3}c transition in LaAlO3: III. Superattenuation of acoustic resonances

    M A Carpenter et al 2010 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 22 035405

  5. Waveguide effect under 'antiguiding' conditions in graded anisotropic media

    A V Kozlov et al 2010 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 22 075401

  6. Terahertz pulse imaging for tree-ring analysis: a preliminary study for dendrochronology applications

    J B Jackson et al 2009 Meas. Sci. Technol. 20 075502

  7. Thermal assisted ultrasonic bonding of multilayer polymer microfluidic devices

    Zongbo Zhang et al 2010 J. Micromech. Microeng. 20 015036

  8. Field dependence of temperature induced irreversible transformations of magnetic phases in Pr0.5Ca0.5Mn0.975Al0.025O3 crystalline oxide

    Archana Lakhani et al 2010 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 22 032101

  9. Methods for calculating forces within quantum Monte Carlo simulations

    A Badinski et al 2010 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 22 074202

  10. Nonlocal dynamical response of a ballistic nanobridge

    V L Gurevich et al 2010 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 22 025304

Related review articles

What's this?
View review articles related to this research to gain an insight into the key trends in this subject area. Related review articles are selected based on PACS/MSC codes, and are no more than three years old.

  1. Electrochemical metallization memories—fundamentals, applications, prospects
  2. Fabrication techniques of electrode arrays for carbon nanotubes

View by subject




Export








Please login to access our web services, or create an account if you don't yet have one.

You must have cookies enabled in your web browser to be able to login.

Username
Password

Forgotten your password? Get a new one here.