Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic device includes providing a component carrier having a laminate of at least one electrically conductive layer structure and at least one electrically insulating layer structure, providing a mounting base for mounting an electronic component on and/or in the component carrier, and integrally forming a wall structure with the component carrier prior to mounting an electronic component on the mounting base, the integrally formed wall structure at least partially surrounding the mounting base for mounting the electronic component on the mounting base and protected by the wall structure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 14, 2017
Date of Patent:
September 15, 2020
Assignee:
AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
Abstract: A method for embedding a component in a printed circuit board or a printed circuit board intermediate product, wherein the printed circuit board or the printed circuit board intermediate product comprises at least one insulating layer made of a prepreg material, and the component is fixed by the resin of the prepreg material, is characterized by the following steps: providing a combination of the layers of the printed circuit board, or of the printed circuit board intermediate product, wherein this combination includes at least one curable prepreg material; creating a clearance in the combination for accommodating the component to be embedded; covering at least the region of the clearance with a first temporary carrier layer on a first side of the combination; positioning the component to be embedded in the clearance by way of the first temporary carrier layer; covering at least the region of the clearance on the second side of the combination with a second temporary carrier layer; compressing the combinatio
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 12, 2014
Date of Patent:
September 15, 2020
Assignee:
AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Timo Schwarz, Andreas Zluc, Gregor Langer, Johannes Stahr
Abstract: A microelectro-mechanical system (MEMS) device includes a support structure formed of printed circuit board (PCB) materials; and a piezoelectric transducer formed at the support structure. Further, a MEMS assembly is described which shows such a MEMS device mounted at a component carrier. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing such a MEMS device is described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 21, 2017
Date of Patent:
September 1, 2020
Assignee:
AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Jonathan Silvano De Sousa, Nick Renaud-Bezot
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a component carrier is disclosed. The method includes galvanically depositing at least part of at least one electrically conductive pillar on a component, and inserting the at least one electrically conductive pillar and an electrically insulating layer structure into one another.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 24, 2018
Date of Patent:
September 1, 2020
Assignee:
AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Hannes Stahr, Hannes Voraberger, Andreas Zluc, Bettina Schuster
Abstract: A package includes a support structure having an electrically insulating material, a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) component, a cover structure having an electrically insulating material and mounted on the support structure for at least partially covering the MEMS component, and an electronic component embedded in one of the support structure and the cover structure. At least one of the support structure and the cover structure has or provides an electrically conductive contact structure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 10, 2015
Date of Patent:
August 18, 2020
Assignee:
AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
Abstract: A method of embedding a component in a component carrier, wherein the method comprises providing a cured core with a recess on an electrically conductive foil, and mounting the component in the recess on the foil.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 27, 2017
Date of Patent:
August 11, 2020
Assignee:
AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
Abstract: The invention refers to a component carrier comprising at least one heat pipe, wherein the at least one heat pipe has at least a largely cylindrical heat pipe section with a largely cylindrical profile with an outer diameter. The at least one heat pipe is embedded within a recess of at least one inner layer or is surface-mounted on an outer layer of said component carrier, wherein at least the largely cylindrical heat pipe section of the heat pipe is thermoconductively coupled by means of at least one adapter means that directly contacts the heat pipe with at least one layer of the component carrier. Furthermore the invention refers to several methods for producing said component carrier.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 17, 2020
Publication date:
July 30, 2020
Applicant:
AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Jonathan Silvano de Sousa, Bernhard Reitmaier, Erich Schlaffer, Johannes Stahr, Wolfgang Schrittwieser, Gerald Weidinger, Alexander Kasper, Gernot Grober
Abstract: A semifinished product includes a base structure, wafer structures, a cover structure and a further cover structure. The base structure has an electrically conductive layer and/or an electrically insulating layer. The wafer structures are on the base structure and have electronic components. The cover structure has at least one further layer and covers the wafer structures and part of the base structure. Separate electronic components are arranged on the cover structure and a further cover structure is provided to cover the separate electronic components and part of the cover structure. A component carrier includes a bare die with pads. The bare die is laminated between a base laminate and a cover laminate and has a lateral semiconductor surface being exposed from the base laminate and the cover laminate. A redistribution layer increases spacing of external electric contacts relative to spacing between pads of the bare die.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 7, 2017
Date of Patent:
July 21, 2020
Assignee:
AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
Abstract: An ambient backscatter (transmit) communication device includes (a) an antenna arrangement for scattering electromagnetic radiation towards a receive communication device; (b) an electronic circuit having a modulator unit for modulating an impedance of the antenna arrangement in accordance with pieces of information to be communicated; and (c) a component carrier. At least a part of the antenna arrangement and/or the electronic circuit is embedded within the component carrier. An ambient backscatter (receive) communication device includes (a) an antenna arrangement for receiving ambient backscattered radiation; (b) an electronic circuit having a demodulator unit for demodulating the received ambient backscattered radiation to retrieve pieces of information; and (c) a component carrier. At least a part of the antenna arrangement and/or the electronic circuit is embedded within the component carrier.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 11, 2018
Date of Patent:
July 14, 2020
Assignee:
AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
Abstract: The invention relates to a component carrier for an electronic device, the component carrier comprising at least one heat-releasing component that is embedded within at least one carrier layer of the component carrier, and wherein the at least one embedded heat-releasing component is thermoconductively coupled to a heat spreader layer, characterized in that the heat spreader layer forms at least an outside section of a casing of said electronic device. Also an electronic device that comprises at least one component carrier according to the invention, as well as a method to produce a respective component carrier are indicated.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 7, 2017
Date of Patent:
July 14, 2020
Assignee:
AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a circuit board or a circuit board intermediate product, wherein the method comprises providing a carrier structure, applying a layer of flowable low-viscosity adhesive on the carrier structure over a surface area of the carrier structure which is larger than a mounting area in which an electronic component is to be mounted on the carrier structure, and pressing the electronic component into a subsection of the layer of adhesive in the mounting area so that at least part of the electronic component is immersed within the adhesive.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 1, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 7, 2020
Assignee:
AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Gerald Weidinger, Timo Schwarz, Andreas Zluc
Abstract: The invention refers to a component carrier comprising at least one heat pipe, wherein the at least one heat pipe has at least a largely cylindrical heat pipe section with a largely cylindrical profile with an outer diameter. The at least one heat pipe is embedded within a recess of at least one inner layer or is surface-mounted on an outer layer of said component carrier, wherein at least the largely cylindrical heat pipe section of the heat pipe is thermoconductively coupled by means of at least one adapter means that directly contacts the heat pipe with at least one layer of the component carrier. Furthermore the invention refers to several methods for producing said component carrier.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 29, 2017
Date of Patent:
May 26, 2020
Assignee:
AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Jonathan Silvano de Sousa, Bernhard Reitmaier, Erich Schlaffer, Johannes Stahr, Wolfgang Schrittwieser, Gerald Weidinger, Alexander Kasper, Gernot Grober
Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor system. The sensor system comprises a component carrier and a sensor having a control unit and a sensor unit. At least a part of the sensor unit is located within the component carrier.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 22, 2017
Date of Patent:
May 12, 2020
Assignee:
AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
Abstract: A component carrier including an electrically insulating core, at least one electronic component embedded in the core, and a coupling structure with at least one electrically conductive through-connection extending at least partially therethrough and having a component contacting end and a wiring contacting end. The electronic component directly contacts the component contacting end. The wiring contacting end is directly electrically contacted to the wiring structure. The exterior surface portion of the coupling structure has homogeneous ablation properties and surface recesses filled with an electrically conductive wiring structure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 4, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 5, 2020
Assignee:
AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
Abstract: An electronic device having an electronic component with electric terminals and a component carrier in which the electronic component is packaged. The component carrier includes a shielding cage surrounding all sides of the electronic component at least partially.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 30, 2016
Date of Patent:
May 5, 2020
Assignee:
AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Mikael Tuominen, Christian Vockenberger, Wolfgang Schrittwieser
Abstract: A method for contacting and rewiring an electronic component embedded in a PCB in the following manner is disclosed. A first permanent resist layer is applied to one contact side of the PCB. The first permanent resist layer is structured to produce exposures in the area of contacts of the electronic component. A second permanent resist layer is applied onto the structured first permanent resist layer. The second permanent resist layer is structured to expose the exposures in the area of the contacts and to produce exposures in line with the desired conductor tracks. The exposures are chemically coated with copper the copper is electric-plated to the exposures. Excess copper in the areas between the exposures is removed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 23, 2014
Date of Patent:
May 5, 2020
Assignee:
AT&S AUSTRIA TECHNOLOGIE & SYSTEMTECHNIK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Inventors:
Wolfgang Schrittwieser, Mike Morianz, Alexander Kasper, Erich Preiner, Thomas Krivec
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flexible electronic device is described. The method comprises arranging an electronic component on a temporary carrier, providing a flexible laminate comprising an adhesive layer, pressing the temporary carrier and the flexible laminate together with the adhesive layer facing the temporary carrier such that the electronic component is pushed into the adhesive layer, and removing the temporary carrier. Further, a corresponding flexible electronic device is described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 8, 2017
Date of Patent:
April 7, 2020
Assignee:
AT & S AUSTRIA TECHNOLOGIE & SYSTEMTECHNIK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Abstract: There is provided a component carrier comprising: (a) a stack of at least one electrically conductive layer structure and at least one electrically insulating layer structure; and (b) a bypass capacitance structure formed on an/or within the stack. The bypass capacitance structure comprises an electrically conductive film structure having a rough surface, a dielectric film structure formed on the rough surface, and a further electrically conductive film structure formed on the dielectric film structure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 28, 2017
Date of Patent:
February 18, 2020
Assignee:
AT & S AUSTRIA TECHNOLOGIE & SYSTEMTECHNIK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Abstract: An electronic device includes a component carrier with a component carrier body, an electrically conductive layer, and an adhesive structure. The electronic device further includes an electronic component which is arranged within the component carrier body. The adhesive structure is formed between a surface of the electronic component and the electrically conductive layer and covers only a part of the surface of the electronic component. A remaining part of the surface of the electronic component is covered with the component carrier body.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 1, 2016
Date of Patent:
February 18, 2020
Assignee:
AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Christian Galler, Gerhard Stubenberger, Markus Leitgeb, Wolfgang Schrittwieser
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board or a subassembly thereof comprises the following steps: providing at least two elements (1, 3) of insulating material coupling or connecting the elements (1, 3) of insulating material on at least one adjacent side surface covering the elements (1, 3) of insulating material with a layer (4) of conductive material on at least one surface building up at least one further layer (5, 6, 7, 8) of the printed circuit board (10) at least partly on the elements (1, 3) of insulating material, wherein the elements (1, 3) of insulating material are made of insulating material having different mechanical, chemical or physical properties. Furthermore a printed circuit board (10) or sub-assembly thereof is provided.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 17, 2019
Publication date:
February 13, 2020
Applicant:
AT & S AUSTRIA TECHNOLOGIE & SYSTEMTECHNIK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT