Ceramic-glass integrated circuit package with ground plane

摘要

A ceramic-glass integrated circuit package utilizing low temperature sealing glass and having reduced lead to lead capacitance. The inventive package includes a cap and a base. The base includes a ceramic base substrate and a layer of conductive material adjacent the ceramic base substrate to serve as a ground plane. A glass material is selectively deposited on the base substrate to form at least one discrete void for housing an integrated circuit chip, and a lead frame having a plurality of leads is embedded in the glass material and electrically connected to the ground plane but physically separated therefrom. Incorporation of a ground plane into a ceramic-glass integrated circuit package adapts these low cost packages to high-speed applications.