Abstract: An integrated circuit package may be formed including at least one die side integrated circuit device having an active surface electrically attached to an electronic interposer, wherein the at least one die side integrated circuit device is at least partially encased in a mold material layer and wherein a back surface of the at least one die side integrated circuit device is in substantially the same plane as an outer surface of the mold material layer. At least one stacked integrated circuit device may be electrically attached to the back surface of the at least one die side integrated circuit through an interconnection structure formed between the at least one die side integrated circuit device and the at least one stacked integrated circuit device.

Abstract: Light responsive photoresists, and methods of using light responsive photoresists in processes, such as lithography processes. The light responsive photoresists may include a polymer featuring a photocleavable group. Due to the photocleavable group, the polymer may depolymerize when irradiated with one or more wavelengths of light. The depolymerized products may be in the gas phase.

Abstract: A device package and a method of forming a device package are described. The device package includes an interposer with interconnects on an interconnect package layer and a conductive layer on the interposer. The device package has dies on the conductive layer, where the package layer includes a zero-misalignment two-via stack (ZM2VS) and a dielectric. The ZM2VS is directly coupled to the interconnect. The ZM2VS may further include the dielectric on a conductive pad, a first via on a first seed, and the first seed on a top surface of the conductive pad, where the first via extends through dielectric. The ZM2VS may also have a conductive trace on dielectric, and a second via on a second seed, the second seed is on the dielectric, where the conductive trace connects to first and second vias, where second via connects to an edge of conductive trace opposite from first via.

Abstract: Embedded batteries within glass cores are disclosed. Example apparatus include a glass core layer having opposing first and second surfaces, the glass core layer including a cavity extending from the first surface toward the second surface, and a battery including a first conductive material positioned in the cavity, a second conductive material positioned in the cavity, and an electrolyte to separate the first conductive material from the second conductive material.

Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for integrated circuit package substrates with high aspect ratio through glass vias. An example microelectronic package including a glass substrate including a via, the via including a high aspect ratio. The example microelectronic package further including a seed layer extending substantially evenly along an inner wall of the via.

Abstract: An lithographic reticle may be formed comprising a transparent substrate, a substantially opaque mask formed on the transparent substrate that defines at least one exposure window, wherein the at least one exposure window has a first end, a first filter formed on the transparent substrate within the at least one exposure window and abutting the first end thereof, and a second filter formed on the transparent substrate within the at least one exposure window and abutting the first filter, wherein an average transmissivity of the first filter is substantially one half of a transmissivity of the second filter. In another embodiment, the at least one exposure window includes a third filter abutting the second end and is adjacent the second filter. Further embodiments of the present description include interconnection structures and systems fabricated using the lithographic reticle.

Abstract: A device package and a method of forming a device package are described. The device package includes a dielectric on a conductive pad, and a first via on a first seed on a top surface of the conductive pad. The device package further includes a conductive trace on the dielectric, and a second via on a second seed layer on the dielectric. The conductive trace connects to the first via and the second via, where the second via connects to an edge of the conductive trace opposite from the first via. The dielectric may include a photoimageable dielectric or a buildup film. The device package may also include a seed on the dielectric prior to the conductive trace on the dielectric, and a second dielectric on the dielectric, the conductive trace, and the first and second vias, where the second dielectric exposes a top surface of the second via.

Abstract: An integrated circuit package having an electronic interposer comprising an upper section, a lower section and a middle section, a die side integrated circuit device electrically attached to the upper section of the electronic interposer, a die side heat dissipation device thermally contacting the die side integrated circuit device, a land side integrated circuit device electrically attached to the lower section of the electronic interposer, and a land side heat dissipation device thermally contacting the at least one die side integrated circuit device. The upper section and the lower section may each have between two and four layers and the middle section may be formed between the upper section and the lower section, and comprises up to eight layers, wherein a thickness of each layer of the middle section is thinner than a thickness of any of the layers of the upper section and the lower section.

Abstract: Generally, this disclosure provides apparatus and systems for coupling waveguides to a server package with a modular connector system, as well as methods for fabricating such a connector system. Such a system may be formed with connecting waveguides that turn a desired amount, which in turn may allow a server package to send a signal through a waveguide bundle in any given direction without bending waveguides.

Abstract: A device package and method of forming the device package are described. The device package includes a dielectric on a conductive pad, a first via on a top surface of conductive pad, where the first via extends through dielectric, and a conductive trace on dielectric. The device package has a second via on dielectric, where the conductive trace connects to first and second vias, and the second via connects to an edge of conductive trace opposite from first via. The device package may have a seed on dielectric, where the seed electrically couples to conductive trace, a first seed on the top surface of conductive pad, where the first via is on first seed, and a second seed on a top surface of first via, the second seed on surfaces of second via, where the conductive trace is on second seed disposed on both first and second vias.

Abstract: Device package and a method of forming a device package are described. The device package includes an interposer with interconnects on an interconnect package layer and a conductive layer on the interposer. The device package has dies on the conductive layer, where the package layer includes a zero-misalignment two-via stack (ZM2VS) and a dielectric. The ZM2VS directly coupled to the interconnect. The ZM2VS further includes the dielectric on a conductive pad, a first via on a first seed, and first seed on a top surface of the conductive pad, where the first via extends through dielectric. The ZM2VS also has a conductive trace on dielectric, and a second via on a second seed, the second seed is on the dielectric, where the conductive trace connects to first and second vias, where second via connects to an edge of conductive trace opposite from first via.

Abstract: An integrated circuit package may be formed including at least one die side integrated circuit device having an active surface electrically attached to an electronic interposer, wherein the at least one die side integrated circuit device is at least partially encased in a mold material layer and wherein a back surface of the at least one die side integrated circuit device is in substantially the same plane as an outer surface of the mold material layer. At least one stacked integrated circuit device may be electrically attached to the back surface of the at least one die side integrated circuit through an interconnection structure formed between the at least one die side integrated circuit device and the at least one stacked integrated circuit device.

Abstract: An lithographic reticle may be formed comprising a transparent substrate, a substantially opaque mask formed on the transparent substrate that defines at least one exposure window, wherein the at least one exposure window has a first end, a first filter formed on the transparent substrate within the at least one exposure window and abutting the first end thereof, and a second filter formed on the transparent substrate within the at least one exposure window and abutting the first filter, wherein an average transmissivity of the first filter is substantially one half of a transmissivity of the second filter. In another embodiment, the at least one exposure window includes a third filter abutting the second end and is adjacent the second filter. Further embodiments of the present description include interconnection structures and systems fabricated using the lithographic reticle.

Abstract: An integrated circuit package may be formed including at least one die side integrated circuit device having an active surface electrically attached to an electronic interposer, wherein the at least one die side integrated circuit device is at least partially encased in a mold material layer and wherein a back surface of the at least one die side integrated circuit device is in substantially the same plane as an outer surface of the mold material layer. At least one stacked integrated circuit device may be electrically attached to the back surface of the at least one die side integrated circuit through an interconnection structure formed between the at least one die side integrated circuit device and the at least one stacked integrated circuit device.

Abstract: An lithographic reticle may be formed comprising a transparent substrate, a substantially opaque mask formed on the transparent substrate that defines at least one exposure window, wherein the at least one exposure window has a first end, a first filter formed on the transparent substrate within the at least one exposure window and abutting the first end thereof, and a second filter formed on the transparent substrate within the at least one exposure window and abutting the first filter, wherein an average transmissivity of the first filter is substantially one half of a transmissivity of the second filter. In another embodiment, the at least one exposure window includes a third filter abutting the second end and is adjacent the second filter. Further embodiments of the present description include interconnection structures and systems fabricated using the lithographic reticle.

Abstract: An electronic interposer may be formed using organic material layers, while allowing for the fabrication of high density interconnects within the electronic interposer without the use of embedded silicon bridges. This is achieved by forming the electronic interposer in three sections, i.e. an upper section, a lower section and a middle section. The middle section may be formed between the upper section and the lower section, wherein a thickness of each layer of the middle section is thinner than a thickness of any of the layers of the upper section and the lower section, and wherein conductive routes within the middle section have a higher density than conductive routes within the upper section and the lower section.

Abstract: An electronic interposer may be formed comprising an upper section, a lower section and a middle section. The upper section and the lower section may each have between two and four layers, wherein each layer comprises an organic material layer and at least one conductive route comprising at least one conductive trace and at least one conductive via. The middle section may be formed between the upper section and the lower section, wherein the middle section comprises up to eight layers, wherein each layer comprises an organic material and at least one conductive route comprising at least one conductive trace and at least one conductive via, and wherein a thickness of each layer of the middle section is thinner than a thickness of any of the layers of the upper section and thinner than a thickness of any of the layers of the lower section.

Abstract: An integrated circuit package having an electronic interposer comprising an upper section, a lower section and a middle section, a die side integrated circuit device electrically attached to the upper section of the electronic interposer, a die side heat dissipation device thermally contacting the die side integrated circuit device, a land side integrated circuit device electrically attached to the lower section of the electronic interposer, and a land side heat dissipation device thermally contacting the at least one die side integrated circuit device. The upper section and the lower section may each have between two and four layers and the middle section may be formed between the upper section and the lower section, and comprises up to eight layers, wherein a thickness of each layer of the middle section is thinner than a thickness of any of the layers of the upper section and the lower section.

Abstract: An integrated circuit package may be formed including at least one die side integrated circuit device having an active surface electrically attached to an electronic interposer, wherein the at least one die side integrated circuit device is at least partially encased in a mold material layer and wherein a back surface of the at least one die side integrated circuit device is in substantially the same plane as an outer surface of the mold material layer. At least one stacked integrated circuit device may be electrically attached to the back surface of the at least one die side integrated circuit through an interconnection structure formed between the at least one die side integrated circuit device and the at least one stacked integrated circuit device.

Abstract: An lithographic reticle may be formed comprising a transparent substrate, a substantially opaque mask formed on the transparent substrate that defines at least one exposure window, wherein the at least one exposure window has a first end, a first filter formed on the transparent substrate within the at least one exposure window and abutting the first end thereof, and a second filter formed on the transparent substrate within the at least one exposure window and abutting the first filter, wherein an average transmissivity of the first filter is substantially one half of a transmissivity of the second filter. In another embodiment, the at least one exposure window includes a third filter abutting the second end and is adjacent the second filter. Further embodiments of the present description include interconnection structures and systems fabricated using the lithographic reticle.