Abstract: Substrate assemblies having adhesion promotor layers and related methods are disclosed. An example package assembly includes a substrate, a dielectric layer and a conductive layer between the substrate and the dielectric layer. The conductive layer has a surface roughness of less than 1 micrometer (?m). A film is provided between the dielectric layer and the conductive layer, and between exposed surfaces of the substrate adjacent the conductive layer and the dielectric layer. The film including silicon and nitrogen and being substantially free of hydrogen.

Abstract: Substrate assemblies having adhesion promotor layers and related methods are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a substrate, a dielectric layer, a first copper layer between the substrate and the dielectric layer, and a film between the dielectric layer and the first copper layer. The film including silicon and nitrogen and being substantially free of hydrogen. A via in the dielectric layer is to provide access to the first copper layer. A portion of the first copper layer uncovered in the via, a wall of the via and the portion of the first copper layer to be substantially free of fluorine. A seed copper layer positioned on the dielectric layer. The via wall and the portion of the first copper layer. The seed copper layer and the first copper layer define an undercut at an interface between the seed copper layer and the first copper layer.

Abstract: Microelectronic integrated circuit package structures include a first layer over a substrate, the first layer having a matrix material and a filler material within the matrix material. A second layer is on the first layer, the second layer comprising the matrix material or a second material, where the filler material is substantially absent from the second layer. A first portion of a conductive feature is on the second layer and a second portion of the conductive feature is on a sidewall of the first layer.

Abstract: Microelectronic assemblies including photonic integrated circuits (PICs), related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. For example, in some embodiments, a photonic assembly may include an integrated circuit (IC) in a first layer, wherein the first layer includes a substrate having a first surface, an opposing second surface, and a lateral surface substantially perpendicular to the first and second surfaces, wherein the substrate includes a waveguide between the first and second surfaces, and wherein and the IC is nested in a cavity in the substrate; a PIC in a second layer, wherein the second layer is on the first layer and an active surface of the PIC faces the first layer, and wherein the IC is electrically coupled to the active side of the PIC; and an optical component optically coupled to the active surface of the PIC and the waveguide in the substrate at the second surface.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, and techniques directed to a double-sided glass substrate, to which a PIC is hybrid bonded to a first side of the glass substrate. A die is coupled with the second side of the glass substrate opposite the first side, the PIC and the die are electrically coupled with electrically conductive through glass vias that extend from the first side of the glass substrate to the second side of the glass substrate. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, and techniques directed an optical waveguide formed in a glass layer. The optical waveguide may be formed by creating a first trench extending from a surface of the glass layer, and then creating a second trench extending from the bottom of the first trench, then subsequently filling the trenches with a core material which may then be topped with a cladding material. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a semiconductor chip package substrate having alternating metal and dielectric layers. First and second ones of the dielectric layers that are directly above and directly below a first of the metal layers that is patterned to have supply and/or reference voltage structures have respectively higher dielectric constant (Dk) and higher dissipation factor (Df) than third and fourth ones of the dielectric layers that are directly above and directly below a second of the metal layers that is patterned to have signal wires that are to transport signals having a pulse width of 1 ns or less.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, and techniques directed to dense integration of PICs in a substrate using an optical fanout structure that includes waveguides formed within a substrate to optically couple with the PICs at an edge of the substrate. One or more PICs may then be electrically with dies such as processor dies or memory dies. The one or more PICs may be located within a cavity in the substrate. The substrate may be made of glass or silicon. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.