SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING VOLTAGE REGULATORS EMBEDDED IN LAYERED PACKAGE

    公开(公告)号:US20210043620A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-11

    申请号:US17069517

    申请日:2020-10-13

    Inventor: Edward A. Burton

    Abstract: A computing chip can include one or more voltage regulators to decrease a standard voltage, such as twelve volts, to a relatively low operating voltage of its processing cores, typically around one volt. Because the power consumed by the cores can be substantial, such as three hundred watts or more, it is desirable to locate the voltage regulators as close as possible to the cores, to reduce the distances that relatively large currents have to travel in the chip circuitry. The voltage regulators can be embedded within the package, such as in a layered structure, in a layer that electrically connects to the cores. While the cores are typically manufactured using the smallest possible lithographic features, the voltage regulators are less demanding and can instead use relatively large lithographic features, which can be formed using relatively old technology, and can therefore be relatively inexpensive.

    MULTIPLE RETICLE FIELD SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20200066651A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-27

    申请号:US16611129

    申请日:2017-06-29

    Abstract: Techniques are described for fabricating integrated circuit devices that span multiple reticle fields. Integrated circuits formed within separate reticle fields are placed into electrical contact with each other by overlapping reticle fields to form an overlapping conductive interconnect. This overlapping conductive interconnect electrically connects an interconnect layer of a first reticle field with an interconnect layer of a second, laterally adjacent reticle field. The overlapping conductive interconnection extends into a common scribe zone between adjacent reticle fields.

    Semiconductor device having voltage regulators embedded in layered package

    公开(公告)号:US11502071B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-15

    申请号:US17069517

    申请日:2020-10-13

    Inventor: Edward A. Burton

    Abstract: A computing chip can include one or more voltage regulators to decrease a standard voltage, such as twelve volts, to a relatively low operating voltage of its processing cores, typically around one volt. Because the power consumed by the cores can be substantial, such as three hundred watts or more, it is desirable to locate the voltage regulators as close as possible to the cores, to reduce the distances that relatively large currents have to travel in the chip circuitry. The voltage regulators can be embedded within the package, such as in a layered structure, in a layer that electrically connects to the cores. While the cores are typically manufactured using the smallest possible lithographic features, the voltage regulators are less demanding and can instead use relatively large lithographic features, which can be formed using relatively old technology, and can therefore be relatively inexpensive.

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