Microwave and millimeter-wave packaging supplier StratEdge has readied a line of high-performance semiconductor packages that operate from DC to 50 GHz in hermetic versions. According to StratEdge, to make a hermetic version of its ceramic products, it developed a new technology that uses glass lamination and metallization. Packages that are available in hermetic versions include StratEdge’s low-cost ceramic (LLC), SMX surface-mount package, and SE50 series package. All packages are lead-free, meet RoHS and WEEE compliance, and are manufactured in the company’s ISO 9001:2000 facility in San Diego, Calif.

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While the LCC family of packages is designed specifically for VSAT applications with performance from DC to 23 GHz, the SMX series ceramic packages provide good electrical transition performance for die in the DC to 18 GHz range. The SE50 line of packages offers standard off-the-shelf package designs working between DC and 50 GHz. They meet the stringent requirements for point-to-point and point-to-multipoint applications, said StratEdge. With their standard copper composite base and patented microstrip-imbedded microstrip-microstrip transition design, the SE50 packages provide high electrical performance in a thermally stressful environment, according to the manufacturer.