Intel Corporation

Valery Ouvarov-Bancalero

Brandon C Marin

Tarek A Ibrahim

Dingying David Xu

Patrick Nardi

Karumbu Meyyappan

Malavarayan Sankarasubramanian

Bamidele Daniel Falola

John Harper

Ravi Siddappa

James Mertens

A z-disaggregated integrated circuit package substrate assembly comprises a first substrate component (a coreless patch), a second substrate component (a core patch), and a third substrate component (an interposer). The coreless patch comprises thinner dielectric layers and higher density routing and can comprise an embedded bridge to allow for communication between integrated circuit dies attached to the coreless patch. The core layer acts as a middle layer interconnect between the coreless patch and the interposer and comprises liquid metal interconnects to connect the core patch physically and electrically to the coreless patch and the interposer. Core patch through holes comprise liquid metal plugs. Some through holes can be surrounded by and coaxially aligned with magnetic plugs to provide improved power signal delivery. The interposer comprises thicker dielectric layers and lower density routing. The substrate assembly can reduce cost and provide improved overall yield and electrical performance relative to monolithic substrates.

Package substrate z-disaggregation with liquid metal interconnects

A stiffener for an integrated circuit (IC) package assembly including an IC die electrically interconnected to a substrate. The stiffener is to be mechanically attached to the substrate adjacent to at least one edge of the IC die and have a coefficient of linear thermal expansion (CTE) exceeding that of the substrate. The stiffener may be an 'anti-invar' metallic alloy. Anti-invar alloys display “anti-invar” behavior where thermal expansion of the material is significantly enhanced relative to other compositions of the particular alloy system. A package stiffener may be a high-Mn steel, for example, such as ASTM International A128. In other examples, a package stiffener is a MnCuNi, FeNiMn, or FeNiCr alloy having an average CTE over a range of 25-100° C. of at least 18 ppm, and a room temperature modulus of elasticity of at least 120 GPa.

Integrated circuit die package stiffeners of metal alloys having exceptionally high CTE

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