Design and Optimization of a Fan-Out Wafer-Level Packaging- Based Integrated Passive Device Structure for FMCW Radar Applications

This paper presents an integrated passive device (IPD) structure based on fan-out wafer-level packaging (FOWLP) for the front end of frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar systems, focusing on enhancing the integration efficiency and performance of large passive components like antennas. A...

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Main Authors: Jiajie Yang, Lixin Xu, Ke Yang
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description This paper presents an integrated passive device (IPD) structure based on fan-out wafer-level packaging (FOWLP) for the front end of frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar systems, focusing on enhancing the integration efficiency and performance of large passive components like antennas. Additionally, a new metric is introduced to assess this structure’s effect on the average noise figure in FMCW systems. Using this metric as a loss function, we apply the support vector machine (SVM) for electromagnetic simulation and the genetic algorithm (GA) for optimization. The sample fitting variance is 2.42 dB, reducing computation time from 12 min to under 1 millisecond, with the entire optimization completed in less than 100 s. The optimized IPD structure is 0.7 × 0.9 × 0.014 <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow><msub><mi>λ</mi><mn>0</mn></msub></mrow><mn>3</mn></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> in size and achieves over 35 dB isolation between the transmitter and receiver. Compared to the IPD model calculated by empirical formulas, the optimized device lowers the average noise figure by 15.2 dB and increases maximum gain by 4.19 dB.
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spelling doaj-art-f64cde8e50d3490288cc56ca81be07322024-11-26T18:13:48ZengMDPI AGMicromachines2072-666X2024-10-011511131110.3390/mi15111311Design and Optimization of a Fan-Out Wafer-Level Packaging- Based Integrated Passive Device Structure for FMCW Radar ApplicationsJiajie Yang0Lixin Xu1Ke Yang2School of Mechatronical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, ChinaSchool of Mechatronical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, ChinaSchool of Mechatronical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, ChinaThis paper presents an integrated passive device (IPD) structure based on fan-out wafer-level packaging (FOWLP) for the front end of frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar systems, focusing on enhancing the integration efficiency and performance of large passive components like antennas. Additionally, a new metric is introduced to assess this structure’s effect on the average noise figure in FMCW systems. Using this metric as a loss function, we apply the support vector machine (SVM) for electromagnetic simulation and the genetic algorithm (GA) for optimization. The sample fitting variance is 2.42 dB, reducing computation time from 12 min to under 1 millisecond, with the entire optimization completed in less than 100 s. The optimized IPD structure is 0.7 × 0.9 × 0.014 <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow><msub><mi>λ</mi><mn>0</mn></msub></mrow><mn>3</mn></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> in size and achieves over 35 dB isolation between the transmitter and receiver. Compared to the IPD model calculated by empirical formulas, the optimized device lowers the average noise figure by 15.2 dB and increases maximum gain by 4.19 dB.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/15/11/1311integrated passive devicefan-out wafer level packageelectromagnetic simulationsurrogate modeloptimization
spellingShingle Jiajie Yang
Lixin Xu
Ke Yang
Design and Optimization of a Fan-Out Wafer-Level Packaging- Based Integrated Passive Device Structure for FMCW Radar Applications
Micromachines
integrated passive device
fan-out wafer level package
electromagnetic simulation
surrogate model
optimization
title Design and Optimization of a Fan-Out Wafer-Level Packaging- Based Integrated Passive Device Structure for FMCW Radar Applications
title_full Design and Optimization of a Fan-Out Wafer-Level Packaging- Based Integrated Passive Device Structure for FMCW Radar Applications
title_fullStr Design and Optimization of a Fan-Out Wafer-Level Packaging- Based Integrated Passive Device Structure for FMCW Radar Applications
title_full_unstemmed Design and Optimization of a Fan-Out Wafer-Level Packaging- Based Integrated Passive Device Structure for FMCW Radar Applications
title_short Design and Optimization of a Fan-Out Wafer-Level Packaging- Based Integrated Passive Device Structure for FMCW Radar Applications
title_sort design and optimization of a fan out wafer level packaging based integrated passive device structure for fmcw radar applications
topic integrated passive device
fan-out wafer level package
electromagnetic simulation
surrogate model
optimization
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/15/11/1311
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