Embodiments pertain to packaging of integrated circuits (ICs). Some embodiments relate to interconnection of ICs using an IC package that includes a glass core.
Electronic systems often include integrated circuits (ICs) that are connected to a subassembly such as a substrate of an electronic package that include many ICs. As electronic system designs become more complex, it is a challenge to route the desired interconnection of the ICs of the systems. Additionally, the signals communicated using the routing are becoming higher frequency, which leads to a need for dense routing with high bandwidth and without crosstalk.
The following description and the drawings sufficiently illustrate specific embodiments to enable those skilled in the art to practice them. Other embodiments may incorporate structural, logical, electrical, process, and other changes. Portions and features of some embodiments may be included in, or substituted for, those of other embodiments. Embodiments set forth in the claims encompass all available equivalents of those claims.
To meet the demand for increased functional complexity in smaller devices, semiconductor substrate packaging can include glass cores. Glass cores enable transmission of high frequency signals within the package. This is particularly useful in an electronic system that includes central processing unit (CPU) tiles and high-bandwidth memory tiles in a disaggregated CPU architecture. Glass cores also allow improved coplanarity over cores made from organic materials.
Formation of TGVs is challenging. Metal seeding and subsequent electrolytic plating of titanium or copper through the TGV is difficult due to the high aspect ratio of the TGVs, which can be ten-to-one (10:1) or greater.
Metal deposition by sputtering, as a line-of-sight process, can have very limited seed deposition on the sidewalls of TGV sidewalls. Stage tilting during seed sputter alleviates this problem somewhat, however the typical size of glass core panels (e.g., 510 millimeters(mm) x 515 mm) requires a tool with a large chamber that is not currently available in the industry. Electroless copper (Cu) seeding is a standard for through-hole metallization on organic cores, but it’s application for glass core would require special pre-treatment which adds additional cost to the process.
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The two portions of the TGV 116 also differ in that the top portion has the seed metallization layer 226 on the sidewall (or sidewalls) and the sidewall of the bottom portion 342 does not have seed metallization on the sidewall. Also, the TGV 116 has a small ridge surface 344 of the seed metallization at the junction of the two portions that remains because it was not removed by the etching to create the bottom portion.
According to some examples, laser activation and etching is not used to form the two cavities that form the complete opening if the TGV in the substrate. According to some examples, blind side drilling is used to form the cavities. In this case, the two portions may have an offset in alignment due to the two different drillings. The center axis of the second portion will be offset from the center axis of the first portion of the TGV.
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The methods, devices, and systems described herein provide interconnect that can accommodate high frequency signals while providing very dense signal routing. An example of an electronic device using assemblies with system level packaging as described in the present disclosure is included to show an example of a higher level device application.
In one embodiment, processor 810 has one or more processing cores 812 and 812N, where N is a positive integer and 812N represents the Nth processor core inside processor 810. In one embodiment, system 800 includes multiple processors including 810 and 805, where processor 805 has logic similar or identical to the logic of processor 810. In some embodiments, processing core 812 includes, but is not limited to, pre-fetch logic to fetch instructions, decode logic to decode the instructions, execution logic to execute instructions and the like. In some embodiments, processor 810 has a cache memory 816 to cache instructions and/or data for system 800. Cache memory 816 may be organized into a hierarchal structure including one or more levels of cache memory.
In some embodiments, processor 810 includes a memory controller 814, which is operable to perform functions that enable the processor 810 to access and communicate with memory 830 that includes a volatile memory 832 and/or a non-volatile memory 834. In some embodiments, processor 810 is coupled with memory 830 and chipset 820. Processor 810 may also be coupled to a wireless antenna 878 to communicate with any device configured to transmit and/or receive wireless signals. In one embodiment, the wireless antenna interface 878 operates in accordance with, but is not limited to, the IEEE 802.11 standard and its related family, Home Plug AV (HPAV), Ultra-Wide Band (UWB), Bluetooth, WiMax, or any form of wireless communication protocol.
In some embodiments, volatile memory 832 includes, but is not limited to, Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), RAMBUS Dynamic Random Access Memory (RDRAM), and/or any other type of random access memory device. Non-volatile memory 834 includes, but is not limited to, flash memory, phase change memory (PCM), read-only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), or any other type of non-volatile memory device.
Memory 830 stores information and instructions to be executed by processor 810. In one embodiment, memory 830 may also store temporary variables or other intermediate information while processor 810 is executing instructions. In the illustrated embodiment, chipset 820 connects with processor 810 via Point-to-Point (PtP or P-P) interfaces 817 and 822. Chipset 820 enables processor 810 to connect to other elements in system 800. In some embodiments of the invention, interfaces 817 and 822 operate in accordance with a PtP communication protocol such as the Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) or the like. In other embodiments, a different interconnect may be used.
In some embodiments, chipset 820 is operable to communicate with processor 810, 805N, display device 840, and other devices 872, 876, 874, 860, 862, 864, 866, 877, etc. Buses 850 and 855 may be interconnected together via a bus bridge 872. Chipset 820 connects to one or more buses 850 and 855 that interconnect various elements 874, 860, 862, 864, and 866. Chipset 820 may also be coupled to a wireless antenna 878 to communicate with any device configured to transmit and/or receive wireless signals. Chipset 820 connects to display device 840 via interface (I/F) 826 Display 840 may be, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma display, cathode ray tube (CRT) display, or any other form of visual display device. In some embodiments of the invention, processor 810 and chipset 820 are merged into a single SOC. In one embodiment, chipset 820 couples with (e.g., via interface 824) a non-volatile memory 860, a mass storage medium 862, a keyboard/mouse 864, and a network interface 866 via I/F 824 and/or I/F 826, I/O devices 874, smart TV 876, consumer electronics 877 (e.g., PDA, Smart Phone, Tablet, etc.).
In one embodiment, mass storage medium 862 includes, but is not limited to, a solid state drive, a hard disk drive, a universal serial bus flash memory drive, or any other form of computer data storage medium. In one embodiment, network interface 866 is implemented by any type of well-known network interface standard including, but not limited to, an Ethernet interface, a universal serial bus (USB) interface, a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Express interface, a wireless interface and/or any other suitable type of interface. In one embodiment, the wireless interface operates in accordance with, but is not limited to, the IEEE 802.11 standard and its related family, Home Plug AV (HPAV), Ultra-Wide Band (UWB), Bluetooth, WiMax, or any form of wireless communication protocol.
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The devices, systems, and methods described can provide improved routing of interconnection between ICs for a multichip package by providing routing through a glass core using TGVs that are formed without the need for special tooling. Examples described herein include two or three IC dice for simplicity, but one skilled in the art would recognize upon reading this description that the examples can include more than three IC dice.
Example 1 includes subject matter (such as an electronic device), comprising a glass core. The glass core includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, at least one through-glass via (TGV) extending through the glass core from the first surface to the second surface, and including an electrically conductive material. The at least one TGV includes a first portion having a first width and a second portion having a second width different from the first width.
In Example 2, the subject matter of Example 1 optionally includes the first portion of the at least one TGV including a first sidewall and the second portion of the at least one TGV including a second sidewall. The first sidewall includes a seed material and the second sidewall excludes the seed material.
In Example 3, the subject matter of Example 2 optionally includes the at least one TGV including a ridge surface at an intermediate depth between the first surface and the second surface, and the ridge surface includes the seed material.
In Example 4, the subject matter of one or both of Examples 2 and 3 optionally includes the first sidewall having a first height, and the second sidewall having a second height different from the first height.
In Example 5, the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 2-4 optionally includes the width of the second portion being less than the width of the first portion.
In Example 6, the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 2-5 optionally includes the glass substrate includes silicate glass, and the seed material includes at least one of titanium or copper.
In Example 7, the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 2-6 optionally includes the first portion of the at least one TGV includes a first center axis and the second portion of the at least one TGV includes a second center axis offset from the first center axis.
In Example 8, the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 1-6 optionally includes electrically conductive interconnect and an IC die having a bonding pad. The electrically conductive interconnect electrically connects the bonding pad of the IC die to a solder bump through the at least one TGV.
Example 9 includes subject matter (such as a method of forming at least one electrically conductive through glass via (TGV) in a glass substrate) or can optionally be combined with one or any combination of Examples 1-8 to include such subject matter, comprising forming a first cavity in a first side of the glass substrate, wherein the first cavity has a first height and a first width, filling the first cavity with an electrically conductive material to form a first portion of the TGV, forming a second cavity in a second side of the glass substrate that extends to the first portion of the TGV, and filling the second cavity with the electrically conductive material to form a second portion of the TGV. The second portion of the TGV has a second width different from the first width of the first portion of the TGV.
In Example 10, the subject matter of Example 9 optionally includes disposing seed metallization in the first cavity, and plating to fill the first cavity with the electrically conductive material prior to forming the second cavity.
In Example 11, the subject matter of one or both of Examples 9 and 10 optionally includes laser activation of a location of the TGV on the glass substrate, forming the first cavity of the first side using single side etching of the first side, and forming the second cavity of the second side using single-side etching of the second side after filling the first cavity.
In Example 12, the subject matter of Example 11 optionally includes filling the second cavity with the conductive material after forming the second cavity and excluding seed metallization from the filling.
In Example 13, the subject matter of one or both of Examples 9 and 10 optionally includes drilling to form the first cavity of the first side, drilling to form the second cavity of the second side after filling the first cavity, and using an electroplating process to fill the second cavity with the conductive material after forming the second cavity and using the filled first cavity as an electrode in the electroplating.
In Example 14, the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 9, 10 and 13 optionally includes filling the first and second cavities using metal plating, and removing the metal plating from the first surface and second surface of the glass substrate.
In Example 15, the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 9-14 optionally includes including connecting the TGV to a pad of an integrated circuit (IC) die using electrically conductive interconnect.
Example 16 includes subject matter (such as an electronic device) or can optionally be combined with one or any combination of Examples 1-15 to include such subject matter, comprising a glass core. The glass core includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, at least one through-glass via (TGV) extending through the glass core from the first surface to the second surface, and including an electrically conductive material, and the at least one TGV includes a first portion having a first center axis and a second portion having a second center axis offset from the first center axis of the first portion.
In Example 17, the subject matter of Example 16 optionally includes the first portion of the at least one TGV including a first sidewall and the second portion of the at least one TGV including a second sidewall, and the first sidewall includes seed metallization and the second sidewall excludes the seed metallization.
In Example 18, the subject matter of one or both of Examples 16 and 17 optionally includes a glass substrate that includes silicate glass, and seed material that includes at least one of titanium or copper.
In Example 19, the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 16-18 optionally includes at least one TGV that includes a ridge surface at an intermediate depth between the first surface and the second surface, and the ridge surface includes the seed material.
In Example 20, the subject matter of one or any combination of Examples 16-19 optionally includes an integrated circuit (IC) die having a bonding pad on one side of the glass core, electrically conductive interconnect, and the electrically conductive interconnect electrically connects the bonding pad of the IC die to a solder bump on another side of the glass core through the at least one TGV.
These non-limiting examples can be combined in any permutation or combination. The Abstract is provided to allow the reader to ascertain the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to limit or interpret the scope or meaning of the claims. The following claims are hereby incorporated into the detailed description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment.