Intel Corporation

Kyu Oh Lee

Rahul Jain

Ji Yong Park

Cheng Xu

Sai Vadlamani

Junnan Zhao

Yikang Deng

Sri Chaitra J Chavali

Siddharth K Alur

Srinivas V Pietambaram

Rahul N Manepalli

Andrew James Brown

Ying Wang

Feras Eid

Sasha N Oster

Islam A Salama

Amruthavalli Pallavi Alur

Sheng C Li

Wei-Lun Kane Jen

Chong Zhang

Vipul V Mehta

Yueli Liu

Ashish Dhall

Kristof Darmawikarta

Omkar G Karhade

Tao Wu

Robert Alan May

Mihir K Roy

Krishna Bharath

Amanda E Schuckman

Prithwish Chatterjee

Mark S Hlad

Lauren Ashley Link

Sarah Kay Haney

Rui Zhang

Seo Young Kim

Nevin Altunyurt

Zhichao Zhang

Sri Ranga Sai Boyapati

Dilan Seneviratne

Jiwei Sun

Liwei Cheng

Ravindranadh T Eluri

Aleksandar Aleksov

Telesphor Kamgaing

Chia-Pin Chiu

Kemal Aygun

Zhiguo Qian

Brandon C Marin

Javier Soto Gonzalez

Chandra Mohan Jha

Sri Chaitra Jyotsna Chavali

Zhimin Wan

Steve S Cho

Daniel N Sobieski

Frank Truong

Yi Li

David Unruh

Zheng Zhou

Lay Wai Kong

Numair Ahmed

Frank Deng

Cary Kuliasha

Brent Williams

Mollie Stewart

Nathan Ou

Xin Ning

Merve Celikkol

Daniel Nicholas Sobieski

Ahmad Aqqad

An apparatus is provided which comprises: a substrate, a die site on the substrate to couple with a die, a die side component site on the substrate to couple with a die side component, and a raised barrier on the substrate between the die and die side component sites to contain underfill material disposed at the die site, wherein the raised barrier comprises electroplated metal. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Package with underfill containment barrier

Microelectronic assemblies, and related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. For example, in some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a package substrate having a core substrate with a first conductive structure having a first thickness on the core substrate, and a second conductive structure having a second thickness on the core substrate, where the first thickness is different than the second thickness.

Microelectronic assemblies having conductive structures with different thicknesses on a core substrate

Examples relate to a die interconnect substrate comprising a bridge die comprising at least one bridge interconnect connecting a first bridge die pad of the bridge die to a second bridge die pad of the bridge die. The die interconnect substrate further comprises a substrate structure comprising a substrate interconnect electrically insulated from the bridge die, wherein the bridge die is embedded in the substrate structure. The die interconnect substrate further comprises a first interface structure for attaching a semiconductor die to the substrate structure, wherein the first interface structure is connected to the first bridge die pad. The die interconnect substrate further comprises a second interface structure for attaching a semiconductor die to the substrate structure, wherein the second interface structure is connected to the substrate interconnect. A surface of the first interface structure and a surface of the second interface structure are at the same height.

Die interconnect substrates, a semiconductor device and a method for forming a die interconnect substrate

Transmission pathways in substrates, and associated methods are shown. Example transmission pathways include a semiconductor substrate with a core, a dielectric layer fixed on the core, at least one first electrical transmission pathway extending through at least one of the dielectric layer and the core. The first pathway includes a magnetic material disposed within the at least the core of the at least one first electrical transmission pathway, at least one second electrical transmission pathway extending through the magnetic material, a nickel layer disposed on inner circumferential surface of the magnetic material at least within the second electrical transmission pathway, a copper layer disposed on at least the nickel layer within the second electrical transmission pathway. The dielectric spacer or the nickel layer separates the copper layer from the magnetic material. At least one third pathway extends through at least one of the dielectric layer and the core separate from the at least one electrical transmission pathway.

Magnetic inductor device and method

A semiconductor package may include a semiconductor package first side, an embedded bridge interconnect, a first via, and a second via. The bridge interconnect may include a bridge interconnect first side with a conductive pad and a bridge interconnect second side. The distance between the bridge interconnect first side and the semiconductor package first side may be less than a distance between the bridge interconnect second side and the semiconductor package first side. The first and second vias may each include a first end that is narrower than s second end. The semiconductor package first side may be closer to the first end of the first via than the second end of the first via, and closer to the second end of the second via than the first end of the second via. The first side of the semiconductor package may be configured to electrically couple to a die.

Semiconductor packages with embedded interconnects

Methods/structures of forming embedded inductor structures are described. Embodiments include forming a first interconnect structure on a dielectric material of a substrate, selectively forming a magnetic material on a surface of the first interconnect structure, forming an opening in the magnetic material, and forming a second interconnect structure in the opening. Build up layers are then formed on the magnetic material.

Methods of embedding magnetic structures in substrates

Described herein are magnetic core inductors (MCI) and methods for manufacturing magnetic core inductors. A first embodiment of the MCI can be a snake-configuration MCI. The snake-configuration MCI can be formed by creating an opening in a base material, such as copper, and providing a nonconductive magnetic material in the opening. The inductor can be further formed by forming plated through holes into the core material. The conductive elements for the inductor can be formed in the plated through holes. The nonconductive magnetic material surrounds each conductive element and plated through hole. In embodiments, a layered coil inductor can be formed by drilling a laminate to form a cavity through the laminate within the metal rings of the layered coil inductor. The nonconductive magnetic material can be provided in the cavity.

Magnetic core inductors

A substrate for an integrated circuit package, the substrate comprising a dielectric, at least one conductor plane within the dielectric, and a planar magnetic structure comprising an organic magnetic laminate embedded within the dielectric, wherein the planar magnetic structure is integrated within the at least one conductor plane.

Release layer-assisted selective embedding of magnetic material in cored and coreless organic substrates

Disclosed herein are cavity structures in integrated circuit (IC) package supports, as well as related methods and apparatuses. For example, in some embodiments, an IC package support may include: a cavity in a dielectric material, wherein the cavity has a bottom and sidewalls; conductive contacts at the bottom of the cavity, wherein the conductive contacts include a first material; a first peripheral material outside the cavity, wherein the first peripheral material is at the sidewalls of the cavity and proximate to the bottom of the cavity, and the first peripheral material includes the first material; and a second peripheral material outside the cavity, wherein the second peripheral material is at the sidewalls of the cavity and on the first peripheral material, and the second peripheral material is different than the first peripheral material.

Cavity structures in integrated circuit package supports

Microelectronic assemblies that include a cooling channel, and related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. For example, in some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a package substrate having a surface, a die having a surface, and a fluidic channel between the surface of the die and the surface of the package substrate, wherein a top surface of the fluidic channel is defined by the surface of the die and a bottom surface of the fluidic channel is defined by the surface of the package substrate. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a package substrate having a surface; a die having a surface; and an interposer having a fluidic channel between the surface of the die and the surface of the package substrate.

Microelectronic assemblies having a cooling channel

Embodiments disclosed herein include an electronics package and methods of forming such electronics packages. In an embodiment, the electronics package comprises a plurality of build-up layers. In an embodiment, the build-up layers comprise conductive traces and vias. In an embodiment, the electronics package further comprises a capacitor embedded in the plurality of build-up layers. In an embodiment, the capacitor comprises: a first electrode, a high-k dielectric layer over portions of the first electrode, and a second electrode over portions of the high-k dielectric layer.

Methods to incorporate thin film capacitor sheets (TFC-S) in the build-up films

A semiconductor package may include a semiconductor package first side, an embedded bridge interconnect, a first via, and a second via. The bridge interconnect may include a bridge interconnect first side with a conductive pad and a bridge interconnect second side. The distance between the bridge interconnect first side and the semiconductor package first side may be less than a distance between the bridge interconnect second side and the semiconductor package first side. The first and second vias may each include a first end that is narrower than a second end. The semiconductor package first side may be closer to the first end of the first via than the second end of the first via, and closer to the second end of the second via than the first end of the second via. The first side of the semiconductor package may be configured to electrically couple to a die.

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