Patents by Inventor Ram Viswanath

Ram Viswanath has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240136244
    Abstract: Thermal heat spreaders and/or an IC die with solderable thermal structures may be assembled together with a solder array thermal interconnects. A thermal heat spreader may include a non-metallic material and one or more metallized surfaces suitable for bonding to a solder alloy employed as thermal interface material between the heat spreader and an IC die. An IC die may include a metallized back-side surface similarly suitable for bonding to a thermal interconnect comprising a solder alloy. Metallization on the IC die and/or heat spreader may comprise a plurality of solderable structures. A multi-chip package may include multiple IC die having different die thickness that are accommodated by a z-height thickness variation in the thermal interconnects and/or the solderable structures of the IC die or heat spreader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Debendra Mallik, Je-Young Chang, Ram Viswanath, Elah Bozorg-Grayeli, Ahmad Al Mohammad
  • Patent number: 11935808
    Abstract: Thermal heat spreaders and/or an IC die with solderable thermal structures may be assembled together with a solder array thermal interconnects. A thermal heat spreader may include a non-metallic material and one or more metallized surfaces suitable for bonding to a solder alloy employed as thermal interface material between the heat spreader and an IC die. An IC die may include a metallized back-side surface similarly suitable for bonding to a thermal interconnect comprising a solder alloy. Metallization on the IC die and/or heat spreader may comprise a plurality of solderable structures. A multi-chip package may include multiple IC die having different die thickness that are accommodated by a z-height thickness variation in the thermal interconnects and/or the solderable structures of the IC die or heat spreader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Debendra Mallik, Je-Young Chang, Ram Viswanath, Elah Bozorg-Grayeli, Ahmad Al Mohammad
  • Patent number: 11923267
    Abstract: Thermal heat spreaders and/or an IC die with solderable thermal structures may be assembled together with a solder array thermal interconnects. A thermal heat spreader may include a non-metallic material and one or more metallized surfaces suitable for bonding to a solder alloy employed as thermal interface material between the heat spreader and an IC die. An IC die may include a metallized back-side surface similarly suitable for bonding to a thermal interconnect comprising a solder alloy. Metallization on the IC die and/or heat spreader may comprise a plurality of solderable structures. A multi-chip package may include multiple IC die having different die thickness that are accommodated by a z-height thickness variation in the thermal interconnects and/or the solderable structures of the IC die or heat spreader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Debendra Mallik, Je-Young Chang, Ram Viswanath, Elah Bozorg-Grayeli, Ahmad Al Mohammad
  • Publication number: 20240030142
    Abstract: Microelectronic assemblies, related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic component may include a substrate having a first face and an opposing second face, wherein the substrate includes a through-substrate via (TSV); a first mold material region at the first face, wherein the first mold material region includes a first through-mold via (TMV) conductively coupled to the TSV; and a second mold material region at the second face, wherein the second mold material region includes a second TMV conductively coupled to the TSV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sanka Ganesan, Ram Viswanath, Xavier Francois Brun, Tarek A. Ibrahim, Jason M. Gamba, Manish Dubey, Robert Alan May
  • Patent number: 11817390
    Abstract: Microelectronic assemblies, related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic component may include a substrate having a first face and an opposing second face, wherein the substrate includes a through-substrate via (TSV); a first mold material region at the first face, wherein the first mold material region includes a first through-mold via (TMV) conductively coupled to the TSV; and a second mold material region at the second face, wherein the second mold material region includes a second TMV conductively coupled to the TSV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sanka Ganesan, Ram Viswanath, Xavier Francois Brun, Tarek A. Ibrahim, Jason M. Gamba, Manish Dubey, Robert Alan May
  • Publication number: 20230290728
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a first die. The first die includes a first bridge interconnect region. The semiconductor package further includes a second die. The second die includes a second bridge interconnect region. The semiconductor package includes a bridge die. The bridge die includes a first contact area to connect to the first bridge interconnect region and a second contact area to connect to the second bridge interconnect region. In the semiconductor package, the first bridge interconnect region is larger than the second bridge interconnect region. Additionally, each of the first bridge interconnect region and the second bridge interconnect region include a plurality of conductive bumps. An average pitch between adjacent bumps of the first bridge interconnect region is larger than an average pitch between adjacent bumps of the second bridge interconnect region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew COLLINS, Bharat P. PENMECHA, Rajasekaran SWAMINATHAN, Ram VISWANATH
  • Patent number: 11705398
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a first die. The first die includes a first bridge interconnect region. The semiconductor package further includes a second die. The second die includes a second bridge interconnect region. The semiconductor package includes a bridge die. The bridge die includes a first contact area to connect to the first bridge interconnect region and a second contact area to connect to the second bridge interconnect region. In the semiconductor package, the first bridge interconnect region is larger than the second bridge interconnect region. Additionally, each of the first bridge interconnect region and the second bridge interconnect region include a plurality of conductive bumps. An average pitch between adjacent bumps of the first bridge interconnect region is larger than an average pitch between adjacent bumps of the second bridge interconnect region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Collins, Bharat P. Penmecha, Rajasekaran Swaminathan, Ram Viswanath
  • Publication number: 20230134770
    Abstract: Microelectronic assemblies, related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic component may include a substrate having a first face and an opposing second face, wherein the substrate includes a through-substrate via (TSV); a first mold material region at the first face, wherein the first mold material region includes a first through-mold via (TMV) conductively coupled to the TSV; and a second mold material region at the second face, wherein the second mold material region includes a second TMV conductively coupled to the TSV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sanka Ganesan, Ram Viswanath, Xavier Francois Brun, Tarek A. Ibrahim, Jason M. Gamba, Manish Dubey, Robert Alan May
  • Patent number: 11640942
    Abstract: Microelectronic assemblies, related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic component may include a substrate having a first face and an opposing second face, wherein the substrate includes a through-substrate via (TSV); a first mold material region at the first face, wherein the first mold material region includes a first through-mold via (TMV) conductively coupled to the TSV; and a second mold material region at the second face, wherein the second mold material region includes a second TMV conductively coupled to the TSV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sanka Ganesan, Ram Viswanath, Xavier Francois Brun, Tarek A. Ibrahim, Jason M. Gamba, Manish Dubey, Robert Alan May
  • Patent number: 11574851
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a package substrate, an integrated circuit device coupled to a surface of the package substrate, a first material on the surface of the package substrate, the first material contacting one or more lateral sides of the integrated circuit device, the first material extending at least to a surface of the integrated circuit device opposite the package substrate, two or more separate fins over a surface of the integrated circuit device, the two or more fins comprising a second material having a different composition than the first material, and a third material having a different composition than the second material, the third material over the surface of the integrated circuit device and between the two or more fins. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Aastha Uppal, Omkar Karhade, Ram Viswanath, Je-Young Chang, Weihua Tang, Nitin Deshpande, Mitul Modi, Edvin Cetegen, Sanka Ganesan, Yiqun Bai, Jan Krajniak, Kumar Singh
  • Patent number: 11545407
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package may be formed having at least one heat dissipation structure within the integrated circuit package itself. In one embodiment, the integrated circuit package may include a substrate; at least one integrated circuit device, wherein the at least one integrated circuit device is electrically attached to the substrate; a mold material on the substrate and adjacent to the at least one integrated circuit device; and at least one heat dissipation structure contacting the at least one integrated circuit, wherein the at least one heat dissipation structure is embedded either within the mold material or between the mold material and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kumar Abhishek Singh, Omkar Karhade, Nitin Deshpande, Mitul Modi, Edvin Cetegen, Aastha Uppal, Debendra Mallik, Sanka Ganesan, Yiqun Bai, Jan Krajniak, Manish Dubey, Ravindranath Mahajan, Ram Viswanath, James C. Matayabas, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20220181262
    Abstract: Microelectronic assemblies, related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic component may include a substrate having a first face and an opposing second face, wherein the substrate includes a through-substrate via (TSV); a first mold material region at the first face, wherein the first mold material region includes a first through-mold via (TMV) conductively coupled to the TSV; and a second mold material region at the second face, wherein the second mold material region includes a second TMV conductively coupled to the TSV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sanka Ganesan, Ram Viswanath, Xavier Francois Brun, Tarek A. Ibrahim, Jason M. Gamba, Manish Dubey, Robert Alan May
  • Publication number: 20220148968
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a first die. The first die includes a first bridge interconnect region. The semiconductor package further includes a second die. The second die includes a second bridge interconnect region. The semiconductor package includes a bridge die. The bridge die includes a first contact area to connect to the first bridge interconnect region and a second contact area to connect to the second bridge interconnect region. In the semiconductor package, the first bridge interconnect region is larger than the second bridge interconnect region. Additionally, each of the first bridge interconnect region and the second bridge interconnect region include a plurality of conductive bumps. An average pitch between adjacent bumps of the first bridge interconnect region is larger than an average pitch between adjacent bumps of the second bridge interconnect region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew COLLINS, Bharat P. PENMECHA, Rajasekaran SWAMINATHAN, Ram VISWANATH
  • Patent number: 11302643
    Abstract: Microelectronic assemblies, related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic component may include a substrate having a first face and an opposing second face, wherein the substrate includes a through-substrate via (TSV); a first mold material region at the first face, wherein the first mold material region includes a first through-mold via (TMV) conductively coupled to the TSV; and a second mold material region at the second face, wherein the second mold material region includes a second TMV conductively coupled to the TSV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventors: Sanka Ganesan, Ram Viswanath, Xavier Francois Brun, Tarek A. Ibrahim, Jason M. Gamba, Manish Dubey, Robert Alan May
  • Patent number: 11270942
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a first die. The first die includes a first bridge interconnect region. The semiconductor package further includes a second die. The second die includes a second bridge interconnect region. The semiconductor package includes a bridge die. The bridge die includes a first contact area to connect to the first bridge interconnect region and a second contact area to connect to the second bridge interconnect region. In the semiconductor package, the first bridge interconnect region is larger than the second bridge interconnect region. Additionally, each of the first bridge interconnect region and the second bridge interconnect region include a plurality of conductive bumps. An average pitch between adjacent bumps of the first bridge interconnect region is larger than an average pitch between adjacent bumps of the second bridge interconnect region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Collins, Bharat P. Penmecha, Rajasekaran Swaminathan, Ram Viswanath
  • Publication number: 20210305121
    Abstract: Thermal heat spreaders and/or an IC die with solderable thermal structures may be assembled together with a solder array thermal interconnects. A thermal heat spreader may include a non-metallic material and one or more metallized surfaces suitable for bonding to a solder alloy employed as thermal interface material between the heat spreader and an IC die. An IC die may include a metallized back-side surface similarly suitable for bonding to a thermal interconnect comprising a solder alloy. Metallization on the IC die and/or heat spreader may comprise a plurality of solderable structures. A multi-chip package may include multiple IC die having different die thickness that are accommodated by a z-height thickness variation in the thermal interconnects and/or the solderable structures of the IC die or heat spreader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Debendra Mallik, Je-Young Chang, Ram Viswanath, Elah Bozorg-Grayeli, Ahmad Al Mohammad
  • Publication number: 20210305162
    Abstract: Microelectronic assemblies, related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic component may include a substrate having a first face and an opposing second face, wherein the substrate includes a through-substrate via (TSV); a first mold material region at the first face, wherein the first mold material region includes a first through-mold via (TMV) conductively coupled to the TSV; and a second mold material region at the second face, wherein the second mold material region includes a second TMV conductively coupled to the TSV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sanka Ganesan, Ram Viswanath, Xavier Francois Brun, Tarek A. Ibrahim, Jason M. Gamba, Manish Dubey, Robert Alan May
  • Publication number: 20210305119
    Abstract: Thermal heat spreaders and/or an IC die with solderable thermal structures may be assembled together with a solder array thermal interconnects. A thermal heat spreader may include a non-metallic material and one or more metallized surfaces suitable for bonding to a solder alloy employed as thermal interface material between the heat spreader and an IC die. An IC die may include a metallized back-side surface similarly suitable for bonding to a thermal interconnect comprising a solder alloy. Metallization on the IC die and/or heat spreader may comprise a plurality of solderable structures. A multi-chip package may include multiple IC die having different die thickness that are accommodated by a z-height thickness variation in the thermal interconnects and/or the solderable structures of the IC die or heat spreader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Debendra Mallik, Je-Young Chang, Ram Viswanath, Elah Bozorg-Grayeli, Ahmad Al Mohammad
  • Publication number: 20210305120
    Abstract: Thermal heat spreaders and/or an IC die with solderable thermal structures may be assembled together with a solder array thermal interconnects. A thermal heat spreader may include a non-metallic material and one or more metallized surfaces suitable for bonding to a solder alloy employed as thermal interface material between the heat spreader and an IC die. An IC die may include a metallized back-side surface similarly suitable for bonding to a thermal interconnect comprising a solder alloy. Metallization on the IC die and/or heat spreader may comprise a plurality of solderable structures. A multi-chip package may include multiple IC die having different die thickness that are accommodated by a z-height thickness variation in the thermal interconnects and/or the solderable structures of the IC die or heat spreader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Debendra Mallik, Je-Young Chang, Ram Viswanath, Elah Bozorg-Grayeli, Ahmad Al Mohammad
  • Publication number: 20200273772
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a package substrate, an integrated circuit device coupled to a surface of the package substrate, a first material on the surface of the package substrate, the first material contacting one or more lateral sides of the integrated circuit device, the first material extending at least to a surface of the integrated circuit device opposite the package substrate, two or more separate fins over a surface of the integrated circuit device, the two or more fins comprising a second material having a different composition than the first material, and a third material having a different composition than the second material, the third material over the surface of the integrated circuit device and between the two or more fins. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Aastha Uppal, Omkar Karhade, Ram Viswanath, Je-Young Chang, Weihua Tang, Nitin Deshpande, Mitul Modi, Edvin Cetegen, Sanka Ganesan, Yiqun Bai, Jan Krajniak, Kumar Singh