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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2016
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kristof Darmawikarta, Chandler, AZ (US);
Robert A. May, Chandler, AZ (US);
Yikang Deng, Chandler, AZ (US);
Ji Yong Park, Chandler, AZ (US);
Maroun D. Moussallem, Chandler, AZ (US);
Amruthavalli P. Alur, Tempe, AZ (US);
Sri Ranga Sai Boyapati, Chandler, AZ (US);
Lilia May, Chandler, AZ (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided which comprises: a cavity made in a substrate of a printed circuit board (PCB); a plurality of solder balls embedded in the cavity; and a horizontal trace within the substrate, wherein the horizontal trace is partially directly under the plurality of solder balls and is coupled to the plurality of solder balls and another trace or via in the substrate such that a substrate region under the plurality of solder balls is independent of a stop layer under the cavity.