Apple Inc.

SivaChandra Jangam

Sanjay Dabral

Jun Zhai

Vidhya Ramachandran

Kunzhong Hu

Chi Nung Ni

Long Huang

Chip sealing designs to accommodate die-to-die communication are described. In an embodiment, a chip structure includes a split metallic seal structure including a lower metallic seal and an upper metallic seal with overlapping metallization layers, and a through seal interconnect navigating through the split metallic seal structure.

Seal ring designs supporting efficient die to die routing

Chip sealing structures and methods of manufacture are described. In an embodiment, a chip structure includes a main body area formed of a substrate, a back-end-of-the-line (BEOL) build-up structure spanning over the substrate, and chip edge sidewalls extending from a back surface of the substrate to a top surface of the BEOL build-up structure and laterally surrounding the substrate and the BEOL build-up structure. In accordance with embodiments, the chip structure may further include a conformal sealing layer covering at least a first chip edge sidewall of the chip edge sidewalls and a portion of the top surface of the BEOL build-up structure, and forming a lip around the top surface of the BEOL build-up structure.

Structure and method for sealing a silicon IC

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SivaChandra Jangam