Abstract:
An integrated circuit (IC) package product, e.g., system-on-chip (SoC) or system-in-package (SiP) product, may include at least one integrated inductor having a core magnetic field (B field) that extends parallel to the substrate major plane of at least one die or chiplet included in or mounted to the product, which may reduce the eddy currents within each die/chiplet substrate, and thereby reduce energy loss of the indictor. The IC package product may include a horizontally-extending IC package substrate, a horizontally-extending die mount base arranged on the IC package substrate, at least one die mounted to the die mount base in a vertical orientation, and an integrated inductor having a B field extending in a vertical direction parallel to the silicon substrate of each vertically-mounted die, thereby providing a reduced substrate loss in the integrated inductor, which provides an increased quality factor (Q) of the inductor.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit package module includes an integrated circuit package device including a contact element, and a bonding system formed on the integrated circuit package device. The bonding system includes a bonding system substrate and a bonding element formed in the bonding system substrate and conductively coupled to the contact element of the integrated circuit package device. The bonding element includes (a) a conduction component conductively connected to the contact element, the conduction component formed from a first metal having a first melting point, and (b) a bonding component formed from a second metal having a second melting point lower than the first melting point of the first metal.
Abstract:
An electronic device includes an integrated circuit package including a die mounted on a die carrier, a mold structure at least partially encapsulating the mounted die, and a heat transfer chimney formed on the die. The heat transfer chimney extends at least partially through the mold structure to transfer heat away from the die. The heat transfer chimney is formed from a thermally conductive compound including thermally conductive nanoparticles.
Abstract:
A mixed-orientation multi-die (“MOMD”) integrated circuit package includes dies mounted in different physical orientations. An MOMD package includes both (a) one or more dies horizontally-mounted dies (HMDs) mounted horizontally to a horizontally-extending die mount base and (b) one or more vertically-mounted dies (VMDs) mounted vertically to the horizontally-extending die mount base. HMDs may include FPGAs or other high performance chips, while VMDs may include low performance chips and other physical structures such as heat dissipators, memory, high voltage/analog devices, sensors, or MEMS, for example. The die mount base of an MOMD package may include structures for aligning and mounting VMD(s), for example, VMD slots for receiving each mounted VMD, and VMD alignment structures that facilitate aligning and/or guiding a vertical mounting of each VMD to the die mount base. MOMD packages may provide a reduced lateral footprint and increased die integration per unit area, as compared with conventional multi-die packages.
Abstract:
A method of forming an integrated DMOS transistor/EEPROM cell includes forming a first mask over a substrate, forming a drift implant in the substrate using the first mask to align the drift implant, simultaneously forming a first floating gate over the drift implant, and a second floating gate spaced apart from the drift implant, forming a second mask covering the second floating gate and covering a portion of the first floating gate, forming a base implant in the substrate using an edge of the first floating gate to self-align the base implant region, and simultaneously forming a first control gate over the first floating gate and a second control gate over the second floating gate. The first floating gate, first control gate, drift implant, and base implant form components of the DMOS transistor, and the second floating gate and second control gate form components of the EEPROM cell.
Abstract:
An electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) cell may include a substrate including at least one active region, a floating gate adjacent the substrate, a write/erase gate defining a write/erase path for performing high voltage write and erase operations, and a read gate defining a read path for performing low voltage read operations, wherein the read path is distinct from the write/erase path. This allows for a smaller read gate oxide, thus allowing the cell size to be reduced. Further, the EEPROM cell may include two independently controllable read gates, thereby defining two independent transistors which allows better programming voltage isolation. This allows the memory array to be drawn using a common source instead of each column of EEPROM cells needing its own source line. This makes the array more scalable because the cell x-dimension would otherwise be limited by each column needing two metal 1 pitches.
Abstract:
A sidewall-type memory cell (e.g., a CBRAM, ReRAM, or PCM cell) may include a bottom electrode, a top electrode layer defining a sidewall, and an electrolyte layer arranged between the bottom and top electrode layers, such that a conductive path is defined between the bottom electrode and a the top electrode sidewall via the electrolyte layer, wherein the bottom electrode layer extends generally horizontally with respect to a horizontal substrate, and the top electrode sidewall extends non-horizontally with respect to the horizontal substrate, such that when a positive bias-voltage is applied to the cell, a conductive path grows in a non-vertical direction (e.g., a generally horizontal direction or other non-vertical direction) between the bottom electrode and the top electrode sidewall.
Abstract:
A method of forming an integrated DMOS transistor/EEPROM cell includes forming a first mask over a substrate, forming a drift implant in the substrate using the first mask to align the drift implant, simultaneously forming a first floating gate over the drift implant, and a second floating gate spaced apart from the drift implant, forming a second mask covering the second floating gate and covering a portion of the first floating gate, forming a base implant in the substrate using an edge of the first floating gate to self-align the base implant region, and simultaneously forming a first control gate over the first floating gate and a second control gate over the second floating gate. The first floating gate, first control gate, drift implant, and base implant form components of the DMOS transistor, and the second floating gate and second control gate form components of the EEPROM cell.
Abstract:
An inductive sensor device includes at least one die mounted in or on a substrate, a redistribution layer (RDL) region formed over the at least one die and including multiple RDL metal layers, and at least one inductive coil formed in the RDL region and including at least one conductive coil element formed in at least one RDL metal layer of the multiple RDL metal layers, wherein the at least one die includes sensor circuitry connected to the at least one inductive coil to perform sensor measurements.
Abstract:
An electronic device includes a first interposer, a first integrated circuit (IC) device affixed to the first interposer, a second interposer, and a second IC device affixed to the second interposer. he second interposer is bonded to the first interposer. The first interposer includes first interposer circuitry and a first connection element electrically connected to the first interposer circuitry. The second interposer includes second interposer circuitry and a second connection element electrically connected to the second interposer circuitry. The second connection element is bonded to the first connection element to define a connection element pair. The connection element pair provides an electrical connection between the first interposer circuitry and the second interposer circuitry.