Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to systems, apparatuses, or processes directed to fabricating passive circuits on a surface of a BEOL of a package, for example on a C4 connection layer of the BEOL. In embodiments, the passive circuits may be fabricated using a standard bump process. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to systems, apparatuses, or processes for packages that include transceivers that are at least partly positioned underneath a waveguide launcher array to decrease the maximum signal transmission time between the transceiver and the waveguide launcher array. This configuration may increase the overall data transmission rate between a die and waveguides coupled with the waveguide launcher array. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a microelectronic device that includes a first substrate having radio frequency (RF) components and a second substrate that is coupled to the first substrate. The second substrate includes a first conductive layer of an antenna unit for transmitting and receiving communications at a frequency of approximately 4 GHz or higher. A mold material is disposed on the first and second substrates. The mold material includes a first region that is positioned between the first conductive layer and a second conductive layer of the antenna unit with the mold material being a dielectric material to capacitively couple the first and second conductive layers of the antenna unit.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a microelectronic device that includes a first substrate having radio frequency (RF) components and a second substrate that is coupled to the first substrate. The second substrate includes a first conductive layer of an antenna unit for transmitting and receiving communications at a frequency of approximately 4 GHz or higher. A mold material is disposed on the first and second substrates. The mold material includes a first region that is positioned between the first conductive layer and a second conductive layer of the antenna unit with the mold material being a dielectric material to capacitively couple the first and second conductive layers of the antenna unit.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages and methods of forming such packages. In an embodiment, an electronic package comprises a core, where the core comprises glass. In an embodiment, a via opening is formed through the core. In an embodiment, the via opening has an aspect ratio (depth:width) that is approximately 5:1 or greater. In an embodiment, the electronic package further comprises a via in the via opening, where the via opening is fully filled.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages. In an embodiment, an electronic package comprises a substrate, where the substrate comprises glass. In an embodiment, a via opening is formed through the substrate, where the via opening has an hourglass shaped profile. In an embodiment, a magnetic layer fills the via opening, and a via is through the magnetic layer. In an embodiment, sidewalls of the via are substantially vertical.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages and methods of forming such packages. In an embodiment, an electronic package comprises a core. In an embodiment, the core comprises glass. In an embodiment, a blind via is provided into the core. In an embodiment, a plate spans across the blind via.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages. In an embodiment, an electronic package comprises a core, where the core comprises glass. In an embodiment, a buildup layer is over the core. In an embodiment, a patch antenna with a first patch is under the core, and a second patch is over a surface of the core opposite from the first patch. In an embodiment, the electronic package further comprises a via through the core and coupled to the patch antenna.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages. In an embodiment, an electronic package comprises a substrate, where the substrate comprises glass. In an embodiment, a via opening is formed through a thickness of the substrate, and a first layer is over sidewalls of the via opening. In an embodiment, the first layer comprises a magnetic material. In an embodiment, a second layer is over the first layer, where the second layer is an insulator. In an embodiment, a third layer fills the via opening, where the third layer is a conductor.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages. In an embodiment, an electronic package comprises a core, where the core comprises glass. In an embodiment, an electromagnetic wave launcher is embedded in the core. In an embodiment, the electromagnetic wave launcher comprises a fin, where the fin is a conductive material, and where the fin comprises a stepped profile.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages. In an embodiment, the electronic package comprises a core with a first surface and a second surface, where the core comprises glass. In an embodiment, a first buildup layer is over the first surface of the core, and a second buildup layer is under the second surface of the core. In an embodiment, the electronic package further comprises a via through the core between the first surface of the core and the second surface of the core, and a plane into the first surface of the core, where a width of the plane is greater than a width of the via.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include an electronic package that comprises a substrate with a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface. In an embodiment, the substrate comprises glass. In an embodiment, the electronic package further comprises an opening through the substrate from the first surface to the second surface, where the opening comprises a first end proximate to the first surface of the substrate, a second end proximate to the second surface of the substrate, and a middle region between the first end and the second end. In an embodiment, the middle region has a discontinuous slope at junctions with the first end and the second end.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages. In an embodiment, the electronic package comprises a substrate with a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface, where the substrate comprises glass. In an embodiment, the electronic package further comprises a trace embedded in the substrate, where a width of the trace is less than a height of the trace. In an embodiment, the electronic package further comprises a first layer on the first surface of the substrate, where the first layer is a dielectric buildup film, and a second layer on the second surface of the substrate, where the second layer is the dielectric buildup film.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a microelectronic device that includes a first substrate having radio frequency (RF) components and a second substrate that is coupled to the first substrate. The second substrate includes a first conductive layer of an antenna unit for transmitting and receiving communications at a frequency of approximately 4 GHz or higher. A mold material is disposed on the first and second substrates. The mold material includes a first region that is positioned between the first conductive layer and a second conductive layer of the antenna unit with the mold material being a dielectric material to capacitively couple the first and second conductive layers of the antenna unit.

Abstract: Embodiments include a sensor node, an active sensor node, and a vehicle with a communication system that includes sensor nodes. The sensor node include a package substrate, a diplexer/combiner block on the package substrate, a transceiver communicatively coupled to the diplexer/combiner block, and a first mm-wave launcher coupled to the diplexer/combiner block. The sensor node may have a sensor communicatively coupled to the transceiver, the sensor is communicatively coupled to the transceiver by an electrical cable and located on the package substrate. The sensor node may include that the sensor operates at a frequency band for communicating with an electronic control unit (ECU) communicatively coupled to the sensor node. The sensor node may have a filter communicatively coupled to the diplexer/combiner block, the transceiver communicatively coupled to the filter, the filter substantially removes frequencies from RF signals other than the frequency band of the sensor.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include package substrates with angled vias and/or via planes. In an embodiment, a package substrate comprises a core with a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface. In an embodiment, a first pad is on the first surface, and a second pad on the second surface, where the second pad is outside a footprint of the first pad. In an embodiment, the package substrate further comprises a via through a thickness of the core, where the via connects the first pad to the second pad.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, and techniques related to positioning signal and ground vias, or ground planes, in a glass core to control impedance within a package. Laser-assisted etching processes may be used to create vertical controlled impedance lines to enhance bandwidth and bandwidth density of high-speed signals on a package. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include a package substrate and methods of fabricating such package substrates. In an embodiment a package substrate comprises a core with a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface, and a via through the core. In an embodiment a first pad is over the via, and the first pad is embedded within the core with a third surface that is substantially coplanar with the first surface of the core. In an embodiment, a second pad is over the via, where the second pad is embedded within the core with a fourth surface that is substantially coplanar with the second surface of the core.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include package substrates and methods of fabricating such substrates. In an embodiment, a package substrate comprises a core with a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface. The package substrate further comprises a via hole through the core. In an embodiment the via hole comprises a first portion, a second portion, and a perforated ledge between the first portion and the second portion. In an embodiment, the package substrate further comprises a via filling the via hole.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, and techniques related to glass interposers or substrates that may be created using a glass etching process to enable highly integrated modules. Planar structures, which may be vertical planar structures, created within the glass interposer may be used to provide shielding for conductive vias in the glass interposer, to increase the signal density within the glass substrate and to reduce cross talk. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.