Abstract:
A device includes a passive-on-glass (POG) structure and an interface layer. The POG structure includes a passive component and at least one contact pad on a first surface of a glass substrate. The interface layer has a second surface on the first surface of the glass substrate such that the passive component and the at least one contact pad are located between the first surface of the glass substrate and the interface layer. The interface layer includes at least one land grid array (LGA) pad formed on a third surface of the interface layer, where the third surface of the interface layer is opposite the second surface of the interface layer. The interface layer also includes at least one via formed in the interface layer configured to electrically connect the at least one contact pad with the at least one LGA pad.
Abstract:
A radio frequency (RF) integrated circuit may include a die having passive components including at least one pair of capacitors covered by a first dielectric layer supported by the die. The RF integrated circuit may also include an inline pad structure coupled to the at least one pair of capacitors proximate an edge of the die. The inline pad structure may include a first portion and a second portion extending into a dicing street toward the edge of the die and covered by at least a second dielectric layer.
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides circuits and methods for fabricating circuits. A circuit may include an insulator having a first surface, a second surface, a periphery, a first subset of circuit elements disposed on the first surface, a second subset of circuit elements disposed on the second surface, and at least one conductive sidewall disposed on the periphery, wherein the conductive sidewall electrically couples the first subset of circuit elements to the second subset of circuit elements.
Abstract:
A skewed, co-spiral inductor structure may include a first trace arranged in a first spiral pattern that is supported by a substrate. The skewed, co-spiral inductor structure may also include a second trace arranged in a second spiral pattern, in which the second trace is coupled to the first trace. The first trace may overlap with the second trace in orthogonal overlap areas. In addition, each orthogonal overlap area may have a size defined by a width of the first trace and the width of the second trace. Also, parallel edges of the first trace and the second trace may be arranged to coincide.
Abstract:
Provided are space-efficient capacitors that have a higher quality factor than conventional designs and improve coupling of electrical energy from a through-glass via (TGV) to a dielectric. For example, provided is a TGV having a non-rectangular cross-section, where one end of the TGV is coupled to a first metal plate. A dielectric material is formed on the first metal plate. A second metal plate is formed on the dielectric material in a manner that overlaps at least a portion of the first metal plate to form at least one overlapped region of the dielectric material. At least a part of the perimeter of the overlapped region is non-planar. The overlapped region can be formed in a shape of a closed ring, in a plurality of portions of a ring shape, in substantially a quarter of a ring shape, and/or in substantially a half of a ring shape.
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:
Provided are space-efficient capacitors that have a higher quality factor than conventional designs and improve coupling of electrical energy from a through-glass via (TGV) to a dielectric. For example, provided is a TGV having a non-rectangular cross-section, where one end of the TGV is coupled to a first metal plate. A dielectric material is formed on the first metal plate. A second metal plate is formed on the dielectric material in a manner that overlaps at least a portion of the first metal plate to form at least one overlapped region of the dielectric material. At least a part of the perimeter of the overlapped region is non-planar. The overlapped region can be formed in a shape of a closed ring, in a plurality of portions of a ring shape, in substantially a quarter of a ring shape, and/or in substantially a half of a ring shape.
Abstract:
To overcome the deficiencies of conventional rectangular circuit wafers, a glass substrate circuit wafer with an obtuse angle on the perimeter may be used. In one example, a glass substrate wafer may include a first circuit on a first portion of a glass substrate and a second circuit on a second portion of the glass substrate where the first portion has a first obtuse angle and the second portion has a second obtuse angle that is complementary to the first obtuse angle on the perimeter of the first portion to mate together to form an outer perimeter that comprises right angles.
Abstract:
A passive device may include an inductor having interconnected trace segments. The passive device may also include parallel plate capacitors. Each of the plurality of parallel plate capacitors may have a dielectric layer between a pair of conductive plates. The parallel plate capacitors may not overlap more than one of the interconnected trace segments.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device according to some examples of the disclosure may include a package substrate, a semiconductor die coupled to one side of the package substrate with a first set of contacts on an active side of the semiconductor die and coupled to a plurality of solder prints with a second set of contacts on a back side of the semiconductor die. The semiconductor die may include a plurality of vias connecting the first set of contacts to the second set of contacts and configured to allow heat to be transferred from the active side of the die to the plurality of solder prints for a shorter heat dissipation path.