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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2021
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Onur Ozkan, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Edvin Cetegen, Chandler, AZ (US);
Steve Cho, Chandler, AZ (US);
Nicholas S. Haehn, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Jacob Vehonsky, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes I/O structures having pads and solder balls to couple with a semiconductor chip, wherein, a first subset of pads and/or solder balls of the pads and solder balls that approach the semiconductor chip during coupling of the semiconductor chip to the I/O structures are thinner than a second subset of pads and/or solder balls of the pads and solder balls that move away from the semiconductor chip during the coupling of the semiconductor chip to the I/O structures.