International Business Machines Corporation

Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc.

I3 Electronics, Inc.

Endicott International Technologies, Inc.

Frank Daniel Egitto

Voya Rista Markovich

Luis Jesus Matienzo

How Tzu Lin

Rabindra N Das

John M Lauffer

Douglas Oliver Powell

Manh-Quan Tam Nguyen

David L Questad

William E Wilson

Kim Joseph Blackwell

Bruce Otho Morrison, Jr

Elizabeth F Foster

Timothy Eugene Antesberger

Michael A Gaynes

Mark Vincent Pierson

Donald Seton Farquhar

Mark David Poliks

Thomas R Miller

Charles Robert Davis

David L Thomas

Raymond Thomas Galasco

Ramesh R Kodnani

Andrew Michael Seman

Kevin Taylor Knadle

Allan Robert Knoll

Rajinder S Rai

Daniel C Van Hart

Benson Chan

John Steven Kresge

William John Rudik

Son K Tran

David Erle Houser

Edmond Otto Fey

Walter E Mlynko

Jean Dery

Luc Ouellet

Charles Ouellet

David John Russell

Robert Maynard Japp

Roy H Magnuson

David V Caletka

Gerald Walter Jones

Brian Eugene Curcio

Chi Shih Chang

Jeffrey Alan Knight

Thomas P Duffy

Pei C Chen

Eugene R Skarvinko

Stephen Wesley MacQuarrie

Thomas E Kindl

James Steven Kamperman

Keith Joseph Miller

Douglas Adam Cywar

Amarjit S Rai

Paul Joseph Hart

George Joseph Matarese

Mark L Janecek

William T Wike

Edward P McLeskey

David Brian Stone

Natalie Barbara Feilchenfeld

James Robert Wilcox

Robin A Susko

Stephen Joseph Fuerniss

Thomas P Gall

Ernest Bassous

James J McNamara, Jr

Michael R Scheuermann

Gobinda Das

Robert Douglas Edwards

Ronald Verne Smith

Donald J Mikalsen

Stephen Krasniak

Ronald S Horwath

Francis Emmi

Paul Eugene Logan

Voya P Markovich

Cynthia J Moring

Warren R Wrenner

Paul S Gursky

Morris Apschel

Gad Koren

A substrate for use in a PCB or PWB board having a coreless buildup layer and at least one metal and at least one dielectric layer. The coreless buildup dielectric layers can consist of at least partially cured thermoset resin and thermoplastic resin. The substrate may also contain land grid array (LGA) packaging.

Coreless layer buildup structure with LGA and joining layer

A method of making a circuitized substrate which includes at least one and possibly several capacitors as part thereof. In one embodiment, the substrate is produced by forming a layer of capacitive dielectric material on a dielectric layer and thereafter forming channels with the capacitive material, e.g., using a laser. The channels are then filled with conductive material, e.g., copper, using selected deposition techniques, e.g., sputtering, electro-less plating and electroplating. A second dielectric layer is then formed atop the capacitor and a capacitor 'core' results. This 'core' may then be combined with other dielectric and conductive layers to form a larger, multilayered PCB or chip carrier. In an alternative approach, the capacitive dielectric material may be photo-imageable, with the channels being formed using conventional exposure and development processing known in the art.

Substrate having internal capacitor and method of making same

An electronic package with two circuitized substrates which sandwich an interposer therebetween, the interposer electrically interconnecting the substrates while including at least one electrical component (e.g., a power module) substantially therein to provide even further operational capabilities for the resulting package.

Electronic package with thermal interposer and method of making same

A substrate for use in a PCB or PWB board having a coreless buildup layer and at least one metal and at least one dielectric layer. The coreless buildup dielectric layers can consist of at least partially cured thermoset resin and thermoplastic resin.

Coreless layer buildup structure

Coreless layer buildup structure with LGA

Printed conductive lines and a method of preparing them using polymer nanocomposites with low resistivity and high current carrying capacity. Plasma treatment selectively removes polymers/organics from nanocomposites. Subsequent selective metal is deposited on top of the exposed metal surface of the printed conductive lines in order to improve current carrying capacity of the conductive printed lines. The printed conductive lines use a conductive ink or printing process and are then cured thermally and/or by a lamination process. Next, the printed conductive lines are treated with the plasma for 5-15 minutes in order to remove organics. E-less copper (Cu) is selectively deposited only at the conducting particle surface of the printed conductive lines. If desired, e-less gold, silver, tin, or tin-lead can be deposited on top of the e-less Cu.

Method of forming an electrically conductive printed line

Methods of forming embedded, multilayer capacitors in printed circuit boards wherein copper or other electrically conductive channels are formed on a dielectric substrate. The channels may be preformed using etching or deposition techniques. A photoimageable dielectric is an upper surface of the laminate. Exposing and etching the photoimageable dielectric exposes the space between the copper traces. These spaces are then filled with a capacitor material. Finally, copper is either laminated or deposited atop the structure. This upper copper layer is then etched to provide electrical interconnections to the capacitor elements. Traces may be formed to a height to meet a plane defining the upper surface of the dielectric substrate or thin traces may be formed on the remaining dielectric surface and a secondary copper plating process is utilized to raise the height of the traces.

Method of forming multilayer capacitors in a printed circuit substrate

An electronic package for interconnecting a high density pattern of conductors of an electronic device (e.g., semiconductor chip) of the package and a less dense pattern of conductors on a circuitized substrate (e.g., PCB), the package including in one embodiment but a single thin dielectric layer (e.g., Kapton) with a high density pattern of openings therein and a circuit pattern on an opposing surface which includes both a high density pattern of conductors and a less dense pattern of conductors. Conductive members are positioned in the openings to electrically interconnect conductors of the electronic device to conductors of the circuitized substrate when the package is positioned thereon. In another embodiment, the interposer includes a second dielectric layer bonded to the first, with conductive members extending through the second layer to connect to the less dense pattern of circuitized substrate conductors. Circuitized substrate assemblies using the electronic packages of the invention are also provided.

Electronic package including high density interposer and circuitized substrate assembly utilizing same

A method of making an electronic package designed for interconnecting high density patterns of conductors of an electronic device (e.g., semiconductor chip) and less dense patterns of conductors of hosting circuitized substrates (e.g., chip carriers, PCBs). In one embodiment, the method includes bonding a chip to a single dielectric layer, forming a high density pattern of conductors on one surface of the layer, forming openings in the layer and then depositing metallurgy to form a desired circuit pattern which is then adapted for engaging and being electrically coupled to a corresponding pattern on yet another hosting substrate. According to another embodiment of the invention, an electronic package using a dual layered interposer is provided. Also provided are methods of making circuitized substrate assemblies using the electronic packages made using the invention's teachings.

Method of making high density interposer and electronic package utilizing same

A flexible, high density decal and the use thereof methods of forming detachable electrical interconnections between a flexible chip carrier and a printed wiring board. The flexible decal has fine-pitch pads on a first surface and pads of a pitch wider than the fine pitch on a second surface, the fine-pitch pads on the first surface designed to electrically connect to a semiconductor device, and the wider-pitch pads on the second surface designed to electrically connect to a printed wiring board or the like. The pads on the first surface are conductively wired to the pads on the second surface through one or more insulating levels in the flexible decal.

Method of joining a semiconductor device/chip to a printed wiring board

A method of making a circuitized substrate which involves forming a plurality of individual film resistors having approximate resistance values as part of at least one circuit of the substrate, measuring the resistance of a representative (sample) resistor to define its resistance, utilizing these measurements to determine the corresponding precise width of other, remaining film resistors located in a defined proximity relative to the representative resistor such that these remaining film resistors will include a defined resistance value, and then selectively isolating defined portions of the resistive material of these remaining film resistors while simultaneously defining the precise width of the resistive material in order that these film resistors will possess the defined resistance.

Method of making circuitized substrates having film resistors as part thereof

A method of forming a compressible contact structure on a semi-conductor chip which comprises bonding a compressible polymer layer to the chip's surface, forming a plurality of openings within the layer, depositing electrically conductive material within the openings to form electrical connections with the chip's contacts, forming a plurality of electrically conductive line elements on the polymer layer extending from a respective opening and each including an end portion, and forming a plurality of contact members each on a respective one of the line segment end portions. The compressible polymer layer allows the contact members to deflect toward (compress) the chip when the contact members are engaged by an external force or forces. A semi-conductor chip including such a compressible contact structure is also provided.

Semi-conductor chip with compressible contact structure and electronic package utilizing same

A multi-layered interconnect structure and method of formation. In a first embodiment, first and second liquid crystal polymer (LCP) dielectric layers are directly bonded, respectively, to first and second opposing surface of a thermally conductive layer, with no extrinsic adhesive material bonding the thermally conductive layer with either the first or second LCP dielectric layer. In a second embodiment, first and second 2S1P substructures are directly bonded, respectively, to first and second opposing surfaces of a LCP dielectric joining layer, with no extrinsic adhesive material bonding the LCP dielectric joining layer with either the first or second 2S1P substructures.

Multi-layered interconnect structure using liquid crystalline polymer dielectric

A capacitive substrate and method of making same in which first and second glass layers are used. A first conductor is formed on a first of the glass layers and a capacitive dielectric material is positioned over the conductor. The second conductor is then positioned on the capacitive dielectric and the second glass layer positioned over the second conductor. Conductive thru-holes are formed to couple to the first and second conductors, respectively, such that the conductors and capacitive dielectric material form a capacitor when the capacitive substrate is in operation.

Capacitive substrate

A high speed interposer which includes a substrate having alternatingly oriented dielectric and conductive layers which form a substrate, openings which extend from one opposing surface of the substrate to a second opposing surface, conductive members positioned within the openings and also extending from surface to surface (and beyond, in some embodiments), and a plurality of shielding members positioned substantially around the conductive members to provide shielding therefore during the passage of high frequency signals through the conductive members.

High speed interposer

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