Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include die modules, electronic packages, and systems. In an embodiment, a die module comprises a first substrate and a first die over the first substrate. In an embodiment, the die module further comprises a second die over the first substrate adjacent to the first die. In an embodiment, the die module further comprises a via module through the first substrate. In an embodiment, the via module comprises a second substrate, where the second substrate comprises glass, and a via through the second substrate.

Abstract: An integrated circuit assembly may be formed having a substrate, a first integrated circuit device electrically attached to the substrate, a second integrated circuit device electrically attached to the first integrated circuit device, and a heat dissipation device defining a fluid chamber, wherein at least a portion of the first integrated circuit device and at least a portion of the second integrated circuit device are exposed to the fluid chamber. In further embodiments, at least one channel may be formed in an underfill material between the first integrated circuit device and the second integrated circuit device, between the first integrated circuit device and the substrate, and/or between the second integrated circuit device and the substrate, wherein the at least one channel is open to the fluid chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: one or more first conductive contacts on a first substrate surface, one or more second conductive contacts on a second substrate surface opposite the first substrate surface, a core layer comprising glass between the first and the second substrate surfaces, and one or more thin film capacitors on the glass core conductively coupled with one of the first conductive contacts and one of the second conductive contacts, wherein the thin film capacitor comprises a first metal layer on a surface of the glass core, a thin film dielectric material on a surface of the first metal layer, and a second metal layer on a surface of the thin film dielectric material. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: A microelectronic assembly is provided comprising: a first plurality of integrated circuit (IC) dies arranged in an array of rows and columns in a first layer; and a second plurality of IC dies in a second layer not coplanar with the first layer. A first IC die in the first plurality is differently sized than surrounding IC dies in the first plurality, and a second IC die in the second plurality coupled to the first IC die comprises at least one of: a repeater circuitry and a fanout structure in an electrical pathway coupling the first IC die with an adjacent IC die in the first plurality.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a microelectronic assembly comprising: a first integrated circuit (IC) die, the first IC die comprising an input/output (IO) circuit; and a plurality of IC dies, the plurality of IC dies comprising a second IC die, the second IC die comprising a microcontroller circuit to control the IO circuit, wherein the first IC die and the plurality of IC dies are coupled with interconnects having a pitch of less than 10 micrometers between adjacent ones of the interconnects.

Abstract: A microelectronic assembly is provided, comprising: a first integrated circuit (IC) die having a first connection to a first serializer/deserializer (SERDES) circuit and a second connection to a second SERDES circuit; a second IC die having the first SERDES circuit; and a third IC die having the second SERDES circuit, in which the first IC die is in a first layer, the second IC die and the third IC die are in a second layer not coplanar with the first layer, the first layer and the second layer are coupled by interconnects having a pitch of less than 10 micrometers between adjacent ones of the interconnects, and the first SERDES circuit and the second SERDES circuit are coupled by a conductive pathway.

Abstract: A microelectronic assembly is provided, comprising: a first plurality of integrated circuit (IC) dies in a first layer; a second plurality of IC dies in a second layer; and a third plurality of IC dies in a third layer, in which: the second layer is between the first layer and the third layer, an interface between two adjacent layers comprises interconnects having a pitch of less than 10 micrometers between adjacent ones of the interconnects, and each of the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer comprises a dielectric material, and further comprises conductive traces in the dielectric material.

Abstract: A microelectronic assembly is provided comprising: a first plurality of integrated circuit (IC) dies in a first layer; a second plurality of IC dies in a second layer between the first layer and a third layer; and a third plurality of IC dies in the third layer. In some embodiments, the second plurality of IC dies comprises IC dies in an array of rows and columns, each IC die of the second plurality of IC dies is coupled to more than one IC die of the first plurality of IC dies, and the third plurality of IC dies is to provide electrical coupling between adjacent ones of the second plurality of IC dies.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are structures, devices, and methods for electrostatic discharge protection (ESDP) in integrated circuits (ICs). For example, in some embodiments, an IC package support may include: a first conductive structure in a dielectric material; a second conductive structure in the dielectric material; and a material in contact with the first conductive structure and the second conductive structure, wherein the material includes a polymer, and the material is different from the dielectric material. The material may act as a dielectric material below a trigger voltage, and as a conductive material above the trigger voltage.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a microelectronic assembly comprising: a first plurality of integrated circuit (IC) dies in a first layer; a second plurality of IC dies in a second layer; and a third layer between the first layer and the second layer, the third layer comprising conductive routing traces in a dielectric. A first interface is between the first layer and the third layer and includes first interconnects having a first pitch of less than 10 micrometers between adjacent ones of the first interconnects, a second interface is between the second layer and the third layer and includes second interconnects having a second pitch of less than 10 micrometers between adjacent ones of the second interconnects, and the routing traces in the third layer are to provide lateral electrical coupling between the first interconnects and the second interconnects.

Abstract: A microelectronic assembly is provided, comprising: a first IC die coupled to a surface with first interconnects having a first pitch; and a second IC die coupled to the surface with second interconnects having a second pitch. The second pitch is greater than the first pitch, and the first pitch is less than 10 micrometers. In another embodiment, a microelectronic assembly is provided, comprising: a first stack coupled to a surface, the first stack comprising a first number of IC dies; and a second stack coupled to the surface, the second stack comprising a second number of IC dies, in which: the first stack and the second stack are laterally surrounded by a dielectric, the first stack and the second stack have a same thickness, and the first number is less than the second number.

Abstract: Microelectronic assemblies that include a lithographically-defined substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) component, and related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a package substrate portion having a first face and an opposing second face; and an SIW component that may include a first conductive layer on the first face of the package substrate portion, a dielectric layer on the first conductive layer, a second conductive layer on the dielectric layer, and a first conductive sidewall and an opposing second conductive sidewall in the dielectric layer, wherein the first and second conductive sidewalls are continuous structures.

Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for high interconnect density communication with an interposer. In some embodiments, an interposer comprises a substrate and portions disposed thereon, wherein respective inorganic dielectrics of said portions adjoin each other at a material interface, which extends to each of the substrate and a first side of the interposer. A first hardware interface of the interposer spans the material interface at the first side, wherein a first one of said portions comprises first interconnects which couple the first hardware interface to a second hardware interface at the first side. A second one of said portions includes second interconnects which couple one of first hardware interface or the second hardware interface to a third hardware interface at another side of the interposer. In another embodiment, a metallization pitch feature of the first hardware interface is smaller than a corresponding metallization pitch feature of the second hardware interface.

Abstract: A microelectronic assembly is provided comprising: a first IC die in a first layer comprising an array of radio frequency (RF) patch antennas on a side opposite to a second layer; a second IC die in the second layer between the first layer and a third layer; and a third IC die in the third layer. The first IC die comprises RF and analog circuitry, the first IC die is part of an array of IC dies having similar size and circuitry as the first IC die, the second layer and the third layer comprise a dielectric with through-dielectric vias (TDVs) therein surrounding the second IC die and the third IC die, respectively, and an interface between adjacent layers comprises interconnects having a pitch of 10 micrometers between adjacent interconnects.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a plurality of first conductive contacts having a first pitch spacing on a substrate surface, a plurality of second conductive contacts having a second pitch spacing on the substrate surface, and a plurality of conductive interconnects disposed within the substrate to couple a first grouping of the plurality of second conductive contacts associated with a first die site with a first grouping of the plurality of second conductive contacts associated with a second die site and to couple a second grouping of the plurality of second conductive contacts associated with the first die site with a second grouping of the plurality of second conductive contacts associated with the second die site, wherein the conductive interconnects to couple the first groupings are present in a layer of the substrate above the conductive interconnects to couple the second groupings. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: An integrated circuit structure may be formed having a substrate, at least one integrated circuit device embedded in and electrically attached to the substrate, and a heat dissipation device in thermal contact with the integrated circuit device, wherein a first portion of the heat dissipation device extends into the substrate and wherein a second portion of the heat dissipation device extends over the substrate. In one embodiment, the heat dissipation device may comprise the first portion of the heat dissipation device formed from metallization within the substrate.

Abstract: Microelectronic assemblies, related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a package substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface; a first die having a first surface and an opposing second surface embedded in a first dielectric layer, where the first surface of the first die is coupled to the second surface of the package substrate by first interconnects; a second die having a first surface and an opposing second surface embedded in a second dielectric layer, where the first surface of the second die is coupled to the second surface of the first die by second interconnects; and a third die having a first surface and an opposing second surface embedded in a third dielectric layer, where the first surface of the third die is coupled to the second surface of the second die by third interconnects.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device may be formed including an electronic substrate and a metallization structure on the electronic substrate, wherein the metallization structure includes a first level comprising a first dielectric material layer, a second level on the first level, wherein the second level comprises a second dielectric material layer, a third level on the second level, wherein the third level comprises a third dielectric material layer, at least one power/ground structure in the second level, and at least one skip level via extending at least partially through the first dielectric material layer of the first level, through the second dielectric layer of the second level, and at least partially through the third dielectric material layer of the third level, wherein the at least one skip level via comprises a continuous conductive material.

Abstract: Microelectronic assemblies, and related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. For example, in some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a package substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface, and a die secured to the package substrate, wherein the die has a first surface and an opposing second surface, the die has first conductive contacts at the first surface and second conductive contacts at the second surface, and the first conductive contacts are coupled to conductive pathways in the package substrate by first non-solder interconnects.

Abstract: An integrated circuit assembly may be formed having a substrate, a first integrated circuit device electrically attached to the substrate, a second integrated circuit device electrically attached to the first integrated circuit device, and a heat dissipation device comprising at least one first thermally conductive structure proximate at least one of the first integrated circuit device, the second integrated circuit device, and the substrate; and a second thermally conductive structure disposed over the first thermally conductive structure(s), the first integrated circuit device, and the second integrated circuit device, wherein the first thermally conductive structure(s) have a lower electrical conductivity than an electrical conductivity of the second thermally conductive structure. The first thermally conductive structure(s) may be formed by an additive process or may be pre-formed and attached to at least one of the first integrated circuit device, the second integrated circuit device, and the substrate.