Abstract
This paper describes a miniature surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter, 3.2/spl times/2.5/spl times/0.9 mm/sup 3/, which is applicable for radio frequency (RF) stage filters in mobile phones. The SAW filter is reduced in size by using a flip-chip assembly technique. The technique uses gold bumps on the SAW chip and gold-gold thermosonic face-down bonding. The gold bumps are formed onto the wafer by a conventional wire bonding machine using gold wire. The thermosonic face-down bonding enables the connection of gold bumps on the SAW chip, with gold metallized pads, on a ceramic package at a temperature below 200/spl deg/C. This bonding ensures that the SAW chip is fixed mechanically, and connected electrically, with the package. Frequency responses of a 950-MHz flip-chip SAW filter are compared with responses of a SAW filter with a conventional package. The results of reliability tests for flip-chip SAW filters are shown.
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