Disclosed herein is a multi-planar circuit board, as well as related structures and methods. In an embodiment, a circuit board may include a first surface, a first section having the first surface in a first plane, a second section having the first surface in a second plane, and a third section connecting the first and second sections, where the third section defines a gradient between the first and second planes, and where all sections are sections within a contiguous board. In another embodiment, circuit board may further include a first component having a first thickness coupled on the first face of the first section, and a second component having a second thickness, greater than the first component, coupled on the first face of the second section, where the second section is in a lower plane, and where the overall thickness is the circuit board thickness plus the second thickness.