摘要:
A base structure is formed from a green material having first and second opposing sides and having a plurality of via openings therein. The green material is then sintered so that the green material becomes a sintered ceramic material and the base structure becomes a sintered ceramic base structure having the via openings. A conductive via is formed in each via opening of the sintered ceramic base structure. First and second capacitor structures are formed on the sintered ceramic base structure, each on a respective side of the sintered ceramic base structure. The power and ground planes of the capacitor structure are connected to the vias. As such, a capacitor structure can be formed and connected to the vias without the need to drill via openings in brittle substrates such as silicon substrates. Capacitor structures on opposing sides provide more capacitance without manufacturing complexities associated with the manufacture of one capacitor structure having a large number of power and ground planes.
摘要:
An apparatus, and a method for forming, a split thin film capacitor for providing multiple power and reference supply voltage levels to electrical devices such as integrated circuits, may be useful in space restricted applications, and in applications that require very close electrical connections between the power consumer and the power supply. An example of both a space restricted application and a close coupling application may be an integrated circuit (IC) such as a microprocessor. The capacitor supplying and moderating power to the microprocessor needs to be closely coupled in order to respond to instantaneous power demands that may be found in high clock rate microprocessors, and the space inside a microprocessor package is very restricted. The microprocessor may use a lower voltage power supply level for minimum sized fast transistors in the fast core logic portions of the microprocessor, and a more normal voltage power supply voltage level for the cache memory and I/O transistor portions of the microprocessor. Thus a compact capacitor with multiple power and reference supply levels may be needed to provide the required power for a high frequency IC.
摘要:
An electronic device includes a material having a first dielectric constant (K) value, and a material having a second dielectric constant (K) value. The first dielectric constant (K) value is lower than the second dielectric constant (K) value. The electronic device also includes input/output connection conductors for transmitting signals to and from a die. The input/output connection conductors are routed through the material of the interposer having the first dielectric constant. The electronic device also includes power connection conductors for delivering power to the die, and ground connection conductors. The power and ground connection conductors are routed through the material having the second dielectric constant.
摘要:
An apparatus, and a method for forming, a split thin film capacitor for providing multiple power and reference supply voltage levels to electrical devices such as integrated circuits, may be useful in space restricted applications, and in applications that require very close electrical connections between the power consumer and the power supply. An example of both a space restricted application and a close coupling application may be an integrated circuit (IC) such as a microprocessor. The capacitor supplying and moderating power to the microprocessor needs to be closely coupled in order to respond to instantaneous power demands that may be found in high clock rate microprocessors, and the space inside a microprocessor package is very restricted. The microprocessor may use a lower voltage power supply level for minimum sized fast transistors in the fast core logic portions of the microprocessor, and a more normal voltage power supply voltage level for the cache memory and I/O transistor portions of the microprocessor. Thus a compact capacitor with multiple power and reference supply levels may be needed to provide the required power for a high frequency IC.
摘要:
An apparatus includes a split thin film capacitor for providing multiple power and reference supply voltage levels to electrical devices such as integrated circuits. Such capacitor may be useful in space restricted applications, and in applications that require very close electrical connections between the power consumer and the power supply. An example of both a space restricted application and a close coupling application may be an integrated circuit (IC) such as a microprocessor. The capacitor supplying and moderating power to the microprocessor needs to be closely coupled in order to respond to instantaneous power demands that may be found in high clock rate microprocessors, and the space inside a microprocessor package is very restricted. The microprocessor may use a lower voltage power supply level for minimum sized fast transistors in the fast core logic portions of the microprocessor, and a more normal voltage power supply voltage level for the cache memory and I/0 transistor portions of the microprocessor. Thus a compact capacitor with multiple power and reference supply levels may be needed to provide the required power for a high frequency IC.
摘要:
An apparatus, and a method for forming, a split thin film capacitor for providing multiple power and reference supply voltage levels to electrical devices such as integrated circuits, may be useful in space restricted applications, and in applications that require very close electrical connections between the power consumer and the power supply. An example of both a space restricted application and a close coupling application may be an integrated circuit (IC) such as a microprocessor. The capacitor supplying and moderating power to the microprocessor needs to be closely coupled in order to respond to instantaneous power demands that may be found in high clock rate microprocessors, and the space inside a microprocessor package is very restricted. The microprocessor may use a lower voltage power supply level for minimum sized fast transistors in the fast core logic portions of the microprocessor, and a more normal voltage power supply voltage level for the cache memory and I/O transistor portions of the microprocessor. Thus a compact capacitor with multiple power and reference supply levels may be needed to provide the required power for a high frequency IC.
摘要:
A method for forming a split thin film capacitor for providing multiple power and reference supply voltage levels to electrical devices such as integrated circuits, may be useful in space restricted applications, and in applications that require very close electrical connections between the power consumer and the power supply. An example of both a space restricted application and a close coupling application may be an integrated circuit such as a microprocessor, that may need a closely coupled capacitor supplying and moderating power to the microprocessor in order to quickly respond to instantaneous power demands that may be found in high clock rate devices. The method may supply a lower voltage power supply level for minimum sized transistors in the fast core logic portions of the microprocessor, and a higher voltage power supply level for the cache memory and I/O transistors.
摘要:
In some embodiments, a ceramic interposer with silicon voltage regulator and array capacitor combination for integrated circuit packages is presented. In this regard, an apparatus is introduced having a bowl-shaped ceramic interposer containing conductive traces, one or more silicon voltage regulator(s) coupled with contacts on a first surface of the ceramic interposer, and one or more array capacitor(s) coupled with contacts on a second surface of the ceramic interposer. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
摘要:
A thin-film capacitor assembly includes two plates that are accessed through deep and shallow vias. The thin-film capacitor assembly is able to be coupled with a spacer and an interposer. The thin-film capacitor assembly is also able to be stacked with a plurality of thin-film capacitor assemblies. The thin-film capacitor assembly is also part of computing system.