Abstract:
A device package with a reduced foot print may include a substrate and a through-substrate via extending from a top surface to a bottom surface of the substrate. The assembly may also include a trace and a contact pad on the top and bottom surfaces of the substrate and electrically coupled to the through-substrate via. An encapsulated die above the substrate may be electrically coupled to the trace. A joint below the substrate may be electrically coupled to the contact pad. A sidewall of the through-substrate via may be exposed. At least a portion of the through-substrate via may be within an outer side boundary of the substrate. Also, the trace and the contact pad may be within the outer side boundary of the substrate.
Abstract:
A three dimensional (3D) multiplexer structure may include a first two dimensional (2D) inductor capacitor (LC) filter layer. The first 2D LC filter layer may include a first 2D spiral inductor and a first capacitor(s). The 3D multiplexer structure may also include a second 2D LC filter layer. The second 2D LC filter layer may include a second 2D spiral inductor and a second capacitor(s) stacked directly on and communicably coupled to the first 2D LC filter.
Abstract:
A multiplexer structure includes a passive substrate. The multiplexer structure may also include a high band filter on the passive substrate. The high band filter may include a 2D planar spiral inductor(s) on the passive substrate. The multiplexer structure may further include a low band filter on the passive substrate. The low band filter may include a 3D through-substrate inductor and a first capacitor(s) on the passive substrate. The multiplexer structure may also include a through substrate via(s) coupling the high band filter and the low band filter.
Abstract:
An exemplary MIM capacitor may include a first metal plate, a dielectric layer on the first metal plate, a second metal plate on the dielectric layer, a via layer on the second metal plate, and a third metal plate on the via layer where the second metal plate has a tapered outline with a first side and a second side longer than the first side such that the second side provides a lower resistance path for a current flow.
Abstract:
A three-dimensional (3D) orthogonal inductor pair is embedded in and supported by a substrate, and has a first inductor having a first coil that winds around a first winding axis and a second inductor having a second coil that winds around a second winding axis. The second winding axis is orthogonal to the first winding axis. The second winding axis intersects the first winding axis at an intersection point that is within the substrate.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit device includes a substrate. The integrated circuit device also includes a first conductive stack including a back-end-of-line (BEOL) conductive layer at a first elevation with reference to the substrate. The integrated circuit device also includes a second conductive stack including the BEOL conductive layer at a second elevation with reference to the substrate. The second elevation differs from the first elevation.
Abstract:
A lateral metal insulator metal (MIM) capacitor includes a first conductive plate, and a dielectric layer on a sidewall(s) and a first surface of the first conductive plate adjacent to the sidewall(s). The capacitor also includes a second conductive plate on a portion of the dielectric layer that is on the sidewall(s) and on a portion of the dielectric layer that covers a portion of the first surface of the first conductive plate. A sidewall capacitance is also greater than a surface capacitance of the capacitor.