Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to an electronic assembly. The electronic assembly may include a semiconductor package including a first surface, an opposing second surface, and a side wall. The electronic assembly may also include a printed circuit board coupled to the second surface of the semiconductor package. The electronic assembly may further include at least one passive component array including one or more passive components at least partially embedded in a mold layer, each passive component further including a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal of the passive component may be coupled to the printed circuit board and the passive component array may be attached to the side wall of the semiconductor package.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to an electronic assembly. The electronic assembly may include a substrate including a plurality of first contact pads, a plurality of second contact pads, and a plurality of third contact pads. The electronic assembly may include a first device including a first footprint coupled to the substrate at a first surface. The electronic assembly may include a frame arranged between the first device and the substrate, the frame including a dielectric material, the frame further including a main frame extending around the first device, and further including a plurality of sub-frames encircling the plurality of first contact pads and the plurality of second contact pads on the substrate, wherein the frame may further include a conductive layer extending at least partially across the main frame.

Abstract: A device is provided, including a dielectric layer, a plurality of first conductive segments within the dielectric layer and spaced apart from each other by respective first spacings, and a plurality of second conductive segments within the dielectric layer and spaced apart from each other by respective second spacings. The plurality of second conductive segments may be over and spaced apart from the plurality of first conductive segments by the dielectric layer. A respective one of the first conductive segments may at least partially extend across a corresponding one of the second spacings, and a respective one of the second conductive segments may at least partially extend across a corresponding one of the first spacings.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an electronic assembly and method of forming thereof. The electronic assembly may include a package substrate with a top substrate surface and an interposer coupled to the package substrate at the top substrate surface. The interposer may include a plurality of through interposer vias and an opening extending through the interposer. A power module may be arranged in the opening in the interposer and coupled to the package substrate at the top substrate surface. The power module may include a plurality of interconnects including a first interconnect coupled to a first voltage and a second interconnect coupled to a second voltage.

Abstract: A device is provided, including a package substrate including at least one opening extending through the package substrate, and an interconnect structure including a first segment and a second segment. The first segment may extend under a bottom surface of the package substrate and may further extend beyond a footprint of the package substrate. The second segment may extend vertically from the first segment and may extend at least partially through the at least one opening of the package substrate.

Abstract: Semiconductor packages, and methods for making the semiconductor packages, having an interposer structure with one or more interposer and an extension platform, which has an opening for placing the interposer, and the space between the interposer and the extension platform is filled with a polymeric material to form a unitary interposer-extension platform composite structure. A stacked structure may be formed by at least a first semiconductor chip coupled to the interposer and at least a second semiconductor chip coupled to the extension platform, and at least one bridge extending over the space that electrically couples the extension platform and the interposer. The extension platform may include a recess step section that may accommodate a plurality of passive devices to reduced power delivery inductance loop for the high-density 2.5D and 3D stacked packaging applications.

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a module which can be inserted into or removed from a computing device by a user. The module includes an input-output port which is configured for a desired specification, such as USB-A, USB-C, Thunderbolt, DisplayPort or HDMI. The port can be provided on an expansion card such as an M.2 card for communicating with a host platform. The host platform can communicate with different types of modules in a standardized way so that complexity and costs are reduced. In another aspect, with a dual port module, the host platform can concurrently send/receive power through one port and send/receive data from the other port.

Abstract: To address the issue of shrinking volume that can be allocated for electrical components, a system can use an interposer with a flexible portion. A first portion of the interposer can electrically connect to a top side of a motherboard. A flexible portion of the interposer, adjacent to the first portion, can wrap around an edge of the motherboard. A peripheral portion of the interposer, adjacent to the flexible portion, can electrically connect to a bottom side of the motherboard. The peripheral portion can be flexible or rigid. The interposer can define a cavity that extends through the first portion of the interposer. A chip package can electrically connect to the first portion of the interposer. The chip package can be coupled to at least one electrical component that extends into the cavity when the chip package is connected to the interposer.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to semiconductor packages incorporating composite or hybrid bridges that include first and second interconnect bridges positioned on a substrate and a power corridor with a plurality of vertical channels positioned on the substrate between the first and second interconnect bridges, wherein the power corridor integrally joins the first interconnect bridge to the second interconnect bridge.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an electronic assembly and method of forming thereof. The electronic assembly may include a substrate and a first die with first and second opposing surfaces. The first die may be coupled to the substrate at the first surface. At least one first trench may extend partially through the first die from the second surface. A stiffener may be attached to the substrate. The stiffener may have a cavity that accommodates the first die, in which the second surface of the first die faces the stiffener. A thermally conductive layer may be positioned between the stiffener and the first die. The conductive layer at least partially fills the at least one first trench.

Abstract: A semiconductor package substrate includes an encapsulated interconnect on a land side of the substrate. The encapsulated interconnect includes an integral metallic structure that has a smaller contact end against the semiconductor package substrate, and a larger contact end for board mounting.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are integrated circuit (IC) structures with a conductive element coupled to a first surface of a package substrate, where the conductive element has cavities for embedding components and the embedded components are electrically connected to the conductive element, as well as related apparatuses and methods. In some embodiments, embedded components have one terminal end, which may be positioned vertically, with the terminal end facing into the cavity, and coupled to the conductive element. In some embodiments, embedded components have two terminal ends, which may be positioned vertically with one terminal end coupled to the conductive element and the other terminal end coupled to the package substrate. In some embodiments, embedded components include passive devices, such as capacitors, resistors, and inductors. In some embodiments, a conductive element is a stiffener.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a printed circuit board having a first surface and providing a signal pathway using a plurality of plated through hole (PTH) vias including a first set of PTH vias having a first PTH via coupled to a second PTH via and a first vertical separator being configured therebetween, with the first vertical separator extending a first depth from the first surface, and a second set of PTH vias having a third PTH via coupled to a fourth PTH via and a second vertical separator being configured therebetween, with the second vertical separator extending a second depth from the first surface, and a connector trace coupling the second PTH via to the third PTH via being positioned at a third depth from the first surface, for which the third depth is less than the first depth or the second depth.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a silicon die including a first die surface coupled to a package substrate, a second die surface opposite to the first die surface, and at least one die sidewall orthogonal to the first die surface and the second die surface, and a mold layer including a first mold surface, a second mold surface opposite to the first mold surface, and at least one mold sidewall orthogonal to the first mold surface and the second mold surface, the at least one mold sidewall being disposed along the at least one die sidewall, and the mold layer further including a power conductive corridor extending from the first mold surface and coupled to the package substrate through the first mold surface. The semiconductor package further includes a first stacked device coupled to the first die surface and to the power conductive corridor through the first mold surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a printed circuit board having a composite upper surface with a first section of a first-type of printed circuit board and a second section of a second-type of printed circuit board, for which the first section of the first-type of printed circuit board and the second section of the second-type of printed circuit board are coupled, respectively, to at least one device that is configured to abridge the first and second sections of the composite upper surface. In an aspect, the second-type of printed circuit board is configured to be embedded in the first-type of printed circuit board and the first-type of printed circuit board is configured to receive the second-type of printed circuit board.

Abstract: A semiconductor package including: a package substrate including a base die disposed on a top surface of the package substrate, the base die including a plurality of electrical components disposed on a top surface of the base die, the plurality of electrical components including a first electrical component configured adjacent to a second electrical component, wherein the first electrical component and the second electrical component have an asymmetric form-factor; and a stiffener including: a stiffener main portion, wherein the stiffener main portion is affixed to the top surface of the package substrate and configured at least partially surrounding the base die; and a stiffener extension portion configured to extend from the stiffener main portion to be disposed at least partially over the top surface of the base die adjacent to the first electrical component and the second electrical component.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a base die including a first die surface coupled to the package substrate, and a second die surface opposite to the first die surface, and a first device including a first device surface coupled to the package substrate, and a second device surface opposite to the first device surface. The semiconductor package further includes a second device including a third device surface coupled to the second device surface, and a fourth device surface opposite to the third device surface, and a bridge including a first portion coupled to the package substrate, and a second portion coupled to the first portion, the fourth device surface and the second die surface.

Abstract: A computing device includes a flexible display screen, a housing to house at least one processor device and at least one memory element, and a first wing to support a side portion of the display screen. The front face of the housing includes a center portion of the display screen. The first wing is connected to the housing by a hinge, the first wing configured to swivel about an axis defined by the hinge. The hinge is configured to lock the first wing in at least two wing positions, a first of the wing positions supports the side portion of the display screen in a first orientation, a second of the wing positions supports the side portion of the display screen in a second orientation, and the side portion of the display screen is active in the first orientation and hidden in the second orientation.

Abstract: An electronic circuit including a substrate having a first dielectric characteristic. The substrate can include a first side and a second side. An intermediary material can be disposed within the substrate. For instance, the intermediary material can be located between the first side and the second side. The intermediary material can include a second dielectric characteristic, where the second dielectric characteristic is different than the first dielectric characteristic. A first conductive layer can be disposed on the first side, and a second conductive layer can be disposed on the second side. A conductive path can be electrically coupled between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The conductive path can be in contact with at least a portion of the intermediary material.

Abstract: An electronic device comprises an integrated circuit (IC) die. The IC die includes a first bonding pad surface and a first backside surface opposite the first bonding pad surface; a first active device layer arranged between the first bonding pad surface and the first backside surface; and at least one stacked through silicon via (TSV) disposed between the first backside surface and the first bonding pad surface, wherein the at least one stacked TSV includes a first buried silicon via (BSV) portion having a first width and a second BSV portion having a second width smaller than the first width, and wherein the first BSV portion extends to the first backside surface and the second BSV portion extends to the first active device layer.