Abstract: A microelectronic structure includes a semiconductor having conductive elements at a first surface. Wire bonds have bases joined to the conductive elements and free ends remote from the bases, the free ends being remote from the substrate and the bases and including end surfaces. The wire bonds define edge surfaces between the bases and end surfaces thereof. A compliant material layer extends along the edge surfaces within first portions of the wire bonds at least adjacent the bases thereof and fills spaces between the first portions of the wire bonds such that the first portions of the wire bonds are separated from one another by the compliant material layer. Second portions of the wire bonds are defined by the end surfaces and portions of the edge surfaces adjacent the end surfaces that are extend from a third surface of the compliant later.

Abstract: Package-on-package (“PoP”) devices with upper RDLs of WLP (“WLP”) components and methods therefor are disclosed. In a PoP device, a first IC die is surface mount coupled to an upper surface of the package substrate. Conductive lines are coupled to the upper surface of the package substrate in a fan-out region with reference to the first IC. A molding layer is formed over the upper surface of the package substrate. A first and a second WLP microelectronic component is located at a same level above an upper surface of the molding layer respectively surface mount coupled to sets of upper portions of the conductive lines. Each of the first and the second WLP microelectronic components have a second IC die located below a first RDL respectively thereof. A third and a fourth IC die are respectively surface mount coupled over the first and the second WLP microelectronic components.

Abstract: Package-on-package (“PoP”) devices with same level wafer-level packaged (“WLP”) components and methods therefor are disclosed. In a PoP device, a first integrated circuit die is surface mount coupled to an upper surface of a package substrate. Conductive lines are coupled to the upper surface of the package substrate in a fan-out region. The first conductive lines extend away from the upper surface of the package substrate. A molding layer is formed over the upper surface of the package substrate, around sidewall surfaces of the first integrated circuit die, and around bases and shafts of the conductive lines. WLP microelectronic components are located at a same level above an upper surface of the molding layer respectively surface mount coupled to sets of upper portions of the conductive lines.

Abstract: A method of making a microelectronic assembly can include molding a dielectric material around at least two conductive elements which project above a height of a substrate having a microelectronic element mounted thereon, so that remote surfaces of the conductive elements remain accessible and exposed within openings extending from an exterior surface of the molded dielectric material. The remote surfaces can be disposed at heights from said surface of said substrate which are lower or higher than a height of the exterior surface of the molded dielectric material from the substrate surface. The conductive elements can be arranged to simultaneously carry first and second different electric potentials: e.g., power, ground or signal potentials.

Abstract: Package-on-package (“PoP”) devices with multiple levels and methods therefor are disclosed. In a PoP device, a first integrated circuit die is surface mount coupled to an upper surface of a package substrate. First and second conductive lines are coupled to the upper surface of the package substrate respectively at different heights in a fan-out region. A first molding layer is formed over the upper surface of the package substrate. A first and a second wafer-level packaged microelectronic component are located above an upper surface of the first molding layer respectively surface mount coupled to a first and a second set of upper portions of the first conductive lines. A third and a fourth wafer-level packaged microelectronic component are located above the first and the second wafer-level packaged microelectronic component respectively surface mount coupled to a first and a second set of upper portions of the second conductive lines.

Abstract: Package-on-package (“PoP”) devices with WLP (“WLP”) components with dual RDLs (“RDLs”) for surface mount dies and methods therefor. In a PoP, a first IC die surface mount coupled to an upper surface of a package substrate. Conductive lines are coupled to the upper surface of the package substrate in a fan-out region. A molding layer is formed over the upper surface of the package substrate. A first and a second WLP microelectronic component are located at a same level above an upper surface of the molding layer respectively surface mount coupled to sets of upper portions of the conductive lines. Each of the first and the second WLP microelectronic components have a second IC die located between a first RDL and a second RDL. A third and a fourth IC die are respectively surface mount coupled over the first and the second WLP microelectronic components.

Abstract: Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide reinforcement for a carrier or a package. A reinforcement layer is added to a surface of the carrier, often a bottom surface of the carrier that is generally under-utilized except for placement of terminal connections. The reinforcement layer adds structural support to the carrier or package, which can be very thin otherwise. In various embodiments, the addition of the reinforcement layer to the carrier or package reduces warpage of the carrier or package.

Abstract: Wafer-level packaged components are disclosed. In a wafer-level-packaged, an integrated circuit die has first contacts in an inner third region of a surface of the integrated circuit die. A redistribution layer has second contacts in an inner third region of a first surface of the redistribution layer and third contacts in an outer third region of a second surface of the redistribution layer opposite the first surface thereof. The second contacts of the redistribution layer are coupled for electrical conductivity to the first contacts of the integrated circuit die with the surface of the integrated circuit die face-to-face with the first surface of the redistribution layer. The third contacts are offset from the second contacts for being positioned in a fan-out region for association at least with the outer third region of the second surface of the redistribution layer, the third contacts being surface mount contacts.

Abstract: An adhesive with self-connecting interconnects is provided. The adhesive layer provides automatic 3D joining of microelectronic components with a conductively self-adjusting anisotropic matrix. In an implementation, the adhesive matrix automatically makes electrical connections between two surfaces that have opposing electrical contacts, and bonds the two surfaces together. Conductive members in the adhesive matrix are aligned to automatically establish electrical connections between at least partially aligned contacts on each of the two surfaces while providing nonconductive adhesion between parts of the two surfaces lacking aligned contacts. An example method includes forming an adhesive matrix between two surfaces to be joined, including conductive members anisotropically aligned in an adhesive medium, then pressing the two surfaces together to automatically connect corresponding electrical contacts that are at least partially aligned on the two surfaces.

Abstract: A foldable microelectronic assembly and a method for forming the same are provided. One or more packages comprising encapsulated microelectronic elements are formed, along with a compliant layer. The packages and the compliant layer are coupled to a redistribution layer. The compliant layer and the redistribution layer are bent such that the redistribution layer is non-planar.

Abstract: A structure including a first semiconductor chip with front and rear surfaces and a cavity in the rear surface. A second semiconductor chip is mounted within the cavity. The first chip may have vias extending from the cavity to the front surface and via conductors within these vias serving to connect the additional microelectronic element to the active elements of the first chip. The structure may have a volume comparable to that of the first chip alone and yet provide the functionality of a multi-chip assembly. A composite chip incorporating a body and a layer of semiconductor material mounted on a front surface of the body similarly may have a cavity extending into the body from the rear surface and may have an additional microelectronic element mounted in such cavity.

Abstract: A microelectronic unit can include a carrier structure having a front surface, a rear surface remote from the front surface, and a recess having an opening at the front surface and an inner surface located below the front surface of the carrier structure. The microelectronic unit can also include a microelectronic element having a top surface adjacent the inner surface, a bottom surface remote from the top surface, and a plurality of contacts at the top surface. The microelectronic unit can also include terminals electrically connected with the contacts of the microelectronic element. The terminals can be electrically insulated from the carrier structure. The microelectronic unit can also include a dielectric region contacting at least the bottom surface of the microelectronic element. The dielectric region can define a planar surface located coplanar with or above the front surface of the carrier structure.

Abstract: A microelectronic assembly including first and second laminated microelectronic elements is provided. A patterned bonding layer is disposed on a face of each of the first and second laminated microelectronic elements. The patterned bonding layers are mechanically and electrically bonded to form the microelectronic assembly.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor assembly can include providing a semiconductor element having a front surface, a rear surface, and a plurality of conductive pads, forming at least one hole extending at least through a respective one of the conductive pads by processing applied to the respective conductive pad from above the front surface, forming an opening extending from the rear surface at least partially through a thickness of the semiconductor element, such that the at least one hole and the opening meet at a location between the front and rear surfaces, and forming at least one conductive element exposed at the rear surface for electrical connection to an external device, the at least one conductive element extending within the at least one hole and at least into the opening, the conductive element being electrically connected with the respective conductive pad.

Abstract: Embedded vialess bridges are provided. In an implementation, discrete pieces containing numerous conduction lines or wires in a 3-dimensional bridge piece are embedded where needed in a main substrate to provide dense arrays of signal, power, and electrical ground wires below the surface of the main substrate. Vertical conductive risers to reach the surface plane of the main substrate are also included in the discrete piece, for connecting to dies on the surface of the substrate and thereby interconnecting the dies to each other through the dense array of wires in the discrete piece. The discrete piece to be embedded may have parallel planes of conductors at regular intervals within itself, and thus may present a working surface homogeneously covered with the ends of vertical conductors available to connect surface components to each other and to ground and power at many places along the embedded piece.

Abstract: Deformable conductive contacts are provided. A plurality of deformable contacts on a first substrate may be joined to a plurality of conductive pads on a second substrate during die level or wafer level assembly of microelectronics. Each deformable contact complies to a degree that is related to the amount of joining pressure between the first substrate and the second substrate. Since an individual contact can make the conductive coupling within a range of distances from a target pad, an array of the deformable contacts provides tolerance and compliance when there is some variation in height of the conductive elements on either side of the join. A flowable underfill may be provided to press the deformable contacts against opposing pads and to permanently join the surfaces at a fixed distance. The deformable contacts may include a wiping feature to clear their target pads for establishing improved metal-to-metal contact or a thermocompression bond.

Abstract: Flipped radio frequency (RF) and microwave filters and components for compact package assemblies are provided. An example RF filter is constructed by depositing a conductive trace, such as a redistribution layer, onto a flat surface of a substrate, to form an RF filter element. The substrate is vertically mounted on a motherboard, thereby saving dedicated area. Multiple layers of substrate can be laminated into a stack and mounted so that the RF filter elements of each layer are in vertical planes with respect to a horizontal motherboard, providing dramatic reduction in size. Deposited conductive traces of an example flipped RF filter stack can provide various stub configurations of an RF filter and emulate various distributed filter elements and their configuration geometries. The deposited conductive traces can also form other electronic components to be used in conjunction with the RF filter elements. A wirebond or bond via array (BVA™) version can provide flipped RF and microwave filters.

Abstract: A microelectronic package can include a substrate having first and second surfaces, first, second, and third microelectronic elements each having a surface facing the first surface, terminals exposed at the second surface, and leads electrically connected between contacts of each microelectronic element and the terminals. The substrate can have first, second, and third spaced-apart apertures having first, second, and third parallel axes extending in directions of the lengths of the apertures. The contacts of the first, second, and third microelectronic elements can be aligned with one of the first, second, or third apertures. The terminals can include first and second sets of first terminals configured to carry address information. The first set can be connected with the first and third microelectronic elements and not with the second microelectronic element, and the second set can be connected with the second microelectronic element and not with the first or third microelectronic elements.

Abstract: An interconnection component includes a first support portion, a second support portion, a redistribution layer and a passive device, wherein at least one of the first and second support portions is comprised of a semiconductor material. The first support portion includes first and second opposed major surfaces and a plurality of first conductive vias extending through the first support portion substantially perpendicular to major surfaces. The second support portion includes first and second opposed major surfaces and a plurality of second conductive vias extending through the second support portion substantially perpendicular to the first and second major surfaces of the second support. The redistribution layer can be disposed between the second surfaces of the first and second support portions. The passive device can be positioned at least partially within the redistribution layer and electrically connected with one or more of the first conductive vias and the second conductive vias.

Abstract: A dielectric element has a plurality of contacts at a first surface and a plurality of first traces coupled thereto which extend in directions parallel to the first surface. A circuit structure made of a plurality of dielectric layers and electrically conductive features thereon includes a plurality of bumps at a first surface which face the contacts of the dielectric element and are joined thereto. Circuit structure contacts at a second surface opposite the first surface are electrically coupled with the bumps through second traces on the circuit structure, the circuit structure contacts configured for connection with a plurality of element contacts of each of a plurality of microelectronic elements, wherein the microelectronic elements can be assembled therewith such that element contacts thereof face and are joined with the circuit structure contacts.