Avago Technologies General IP (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited

Nitesh Kumbhat

Deog Soon Choi

Li Sun

Sarah Kay Haney

Ashish Alawani

Wei-Shun Wang

Ah Ron Lee

Chris Chung

Jin Jeong

Deog-Soon Choi

Jack Ajoian

Chang Kyu Choi

Hyun-Mo Ku

Lea-Teng Lee

Aaron Lee

Hyun Mo Ku

Dingyou Zhang

An electronic device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) defining a cavity, a first component pad of the PCB positioned outside the cavity, and a second component pad of the PCB positioned on a bottom surface of the cavity. The first component pad has a first thickness, and the second component pad has a second thickness that is less than the first thickness of the first component pad. An electronic component, such as a surface mounted technology (SMT) component, is mounted to the second component pad within the cavity.

Printed circuit board with cavity

A module includes a circuit package and a top external shield layer. The circuit package includes multiple electronic components on a substrate; at least one side shield structure located at a corresponding at least one side edge region of the circuit package and electrically connected to ground, the at least one side shield structure being positioned on the substrate or on a pad on the substrate; and a molded compound disposed over the substrate, the electronic components, and the at least one side shield structure. The top external shield layer is disposed on a top outer surface of the circuit package and is electrically connected to ground. The at least one side shield structure and the top external shield layer provide an external shield of the module configured to protect the circuit package from external electromagnetic radiation and environmental stress.

Module with embedded side shield structures and method of fabricating the same

A module includes a circuit package having multiple electronic components on a substrate, a molded compound disposed over the substrate and the electronic components, and an external shield disposed on at least one outer surface of the circuit package. The external shield is segmented into multiple external shield partitions that are grounded, respectively. Adjacent external shield partitions of the multiple external shield partitions are separated by a corresponding gap located between adjacent electronic components of the multiple electronic components. The external shield is configured to protect the circuit package from external electromagnetic radiation and environmental stress. Each corresponding gap separating the adjacent external shield partitions is configured to provide internal shielding of at least one of the electronic components, between which the corresponding gap is located, from internal electromagnetic radiation generated by the other of the adjacent electronic components.

Circuit package with segmented external shield to provide internal shielding between electronic components

A module includes a PCB including a substrate, a component pad and at least one wire pad, an SMT component mounted to a component pad, a wire fence, a mold compound and a top conductive layer. Each wire pad is connected to ground by a corresponding via extending through the substrate, and the wire fence includes wire loops connected to each wire pad. The mold compound is disposed over the PCB, the SMT component and the wire fence, and defines multiple holes extending partially through the mold compound to top-edges of the wire loops, respectively, where a conductive material fills the holes. The top conductive layer is disposed over the mold compound, and is in electrical contact with the conductive material filling the holes. The wire fence, the conductive material, and the top conductive layer provide shielding of the SMT component from electromagnetic radiation.

Module with internal wire fence shielding

A module includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a substrate, component pads on a top surface of the substrate, and contact pads formed on a bottom surface of the substrate. The module further includes a mold compound disposed over the PCB; an external shield disposed over a top surface of the mold compound and on side surfaces of the mold compound and the PCB, where the external shield is configured to provide shielding of at least one component connected to at least one component pad from electromagnetic radiation; and a back-spill barrier formed on the bottom of the substrate. The back-spill barrier surrounds the contact pads, and is configured to prevent the external shield from making contact with the contact pads.

Module with external shield and back-spill barrier for protecting contact pads

A process for forming an encapsulating mold compound into a molded solder mask on a bottom surface of a PCB is provided that allows the molded solder mask to have a very precise, preselected thickness, or height, while also ensuring that no gaps between the solder mask and side walls of the electrical contact pads exist. A circuit board and circuit board assembly that incorporate the molded solder mask are also provided. The molded solder mask is fabricated in such a way that overlap between the molded solder mask and the electrical contact pads and gaps between the molded solder mask and the side walls of the electrical contact pads are avoided. In addition, the molded solder mask allows the pitch between adjacent electrical contact pads to be greatly reduced compared to the pitch that is possible using a traditional solder mask formed by the traditional photolithographic approach.

Printed circuit board (PCB) and PCB assembly having an encapsulating mold material on a bottom surface thereof and methods for molding an encapsulating mold material on a bottom surface of a PCB

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