Patents by Inventor Robert L. Sankman

Robert L. Sankman 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: 20200312833
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of conductively coupling a plurality of relatively physically small core dies to a relatively physically larger base die using an electrical mesh network that is formed in whole or in part in, on, across, or about all or a portion of the base die. Electrical mesh networks beneficially permit the positioning of the cores in close proximity to support circuitry carried by the base die. The minimal separation between the core circuitry and the support circuitry advantageously improves communication bandwidth while reducing power consumption. Each of the cores may include functionally dedicated circuitry such as processor core circuitry, field programmable logic, memory, or graphics processing circuitry. The use of core dies beneficially and advantageously permits the use of a wide variety of cores, each having a common or similar interface to the electrical mesh network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: WILFRED GOMES, MARK T. BOHR, RAJESH KUMAR, ROBERT L. SANKMAN, RAVINDRANATH V. MAHAJAN, WESLEY D. MC CULLOUGH
  • Publication number: 20200312767
    Abstract: A glass substrate houses an embedded multi-die interconnect bridge that is part of a semiconductor device package. Through-glass vias communicate to a surface for mounting on a semiconductor package substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Srinivas V. Pietambaram, Tarek Ibrahim, Kristof Darmawikarta, Rahul N. Manepalli, Debendra Mallik, Robert L. Sankman
  • Publication number: 20200303822
    Abstract: In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there is an antenna package using a ball attach array to connect an antenna and base substrates of the package. One example is an RF RF module package including an RF antenna package having a stack material in between a top and a bottom antenna layer to form multiple antenna plane surfaces, a base package having alternating patterned conductive and dielectric layers to form routing through the base package, and a bond between a bottom surface of the antenna package and to a top surface of the base package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Jimin YAO, Shawna M. LIFF, William J. LAMBERT, Zhichao ZHANG, Robert L. SANKMAN, Sri Chaitra J. CHAVALI
  • Publication number: 20200303310
    Abstract: An embedded multi-die interconnect bridge apparatus and method includes photolithographically formed interconnects coupled to laser-drilled interconnects. Several structures in the embedded multi-die interconnect bridge apparatus exhibit characteristic planarization during fabrication and assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Amruthavalli Pallavi ALUR, Sri Ranga Sai BOYAPATI, Robert Alan MAY, Islam A. SALAMA, Robert L. SANKMAN
  • Patent number: 10763215
    Abstract: A hybrid microelectronic substrate may be formed by the incorporation of a high density microelectronic patch substrate within a lower density microelectronic substrate. The hybrid microelectronic substrate may allow for direct flip chip attachment of a microelectronic device having high density interconnections to the high density microelectronic patch substrate portion of the hybrid microelectronic substrate, while allowing for lower density interconnection and electrical routes in areas where high density interconnections are not required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Starkston, Robert L. Sankman, Scott M. Mokler, Richard C. Stamey
  • Publication number: 20200273721
    Abstract: A reconstituted wafer includes a rigid mass with a flat surface and a base surface disposed parallel planar to the flat surface. A plurality of dice are embedded in the rigid mass. The plurality of dice include terminals that are exposed through coplanar with the flat surface. A process of forming the reconstituted wafer includes removing some of the rigid mass to expose the terminals, while retaining the plurality of dice in the rigid mass. A process of forming an apparatus includes separating one apparatus from the reconstituted wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Robert L. Sankman, John S. Guzek
  • Publication number: 20200273784
    Abstract: Ultra-thin, hyper-density semiconductor packages and techniques of forming such packages are described. An exemplary semiconductor package is formed with one or more of: (i) metal pillars having an ultra fine pitch (e.g., a pitch that is greater than or equal to 150 ?m, etc.); (ii) a large die to-package ratio (e.g., a ratio that is equal to or greater than 0.85, etc.); and (iii) a thin pitch translation interposer. Another exemplary semiconductor package is formed using coreless substrate technology, die back metallization, and low temperature solder technology for ball grid array (BGA) metallurgy. Other embodiments are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Debendra MALLIK, Robert L. SANKMAN, Robert NICKERSON, Mitul MODI, Sanka GANESAN, Rajasekaran SWAMINATHAN, Omkar KARHADE, Shawna M. LIFF, Amruthavalli ALUR, Sri Chaitra J. CHAVALI
  • Publication number: 20200273783
    Abstract: Embodiments include semiconductor packages and a method of forming the semiconductor packages. A semiconductor package includes a base die disposed on an interposer. The semiconductor package also has a plurality of dies on top of one another to form a stack on the base die. Each die has a top surface and a bottom surface that is opposite from the top surface, and each die has one or more die contacts on at least one of the top surface and the bottom surface that are each electrically coupled to at least one die contact of the base die with one or more wire bonds. The semiconductor package includes a mold layer disposed over and around the plurality of dies, the base die, and the one or more wire bonds. The base die may have a first surface area that exceeds a second surface area of the plurality of stacked dies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Robert L. SANKMAN, Sanka GANESAN
  • Publication number: 20200243956
    Abstract: An RF chip package comprises a housing and one or more conductive contacts designed to electrically connect the RF chip package to other conductive contacts. The housing includes a first substrate, a 3-D antenna on the first substrate, and a second substrate. The second substrate includes a plurality of semiconductor devices and is bonded to the first substrate. An interconnect structure allows for electrical connection between the first and second substrates. In some cases, the first substrate is flip-chip bonded to the second substrate or is otherwise connected to the second substrate by an array of solder balls. By integrating both the 3-D antenna and RF circuitry together in the same chip package, costs are minimized while bandwidth is greatly improved compared to a separately machined 3-D antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: ZHENGUO JIANG, OMKAR KARHADE, SRICHAITRA CHAVALI, ZHICHAO ZHANG, JIMIN YAO, STEPHEN SMITH, XIAOQIAN LI, ROBERT L. SANKMAN
  • Publication number: 20200235047
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are systems, methods, and apparatuses that include conductive pillars that are about co-planar. According to an example, a technique can include growing conductive pillars on respective exposed landing pads of a substrate, situating molding material around and on the grown conductive pillars, removing, simultaneously, a portion of the grown conductive pillars and the molding material to make the grown conductive pillars and the molding material about planar, and electrically coupling a die to the conductive pillars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Robert L. Sankman, Sanka Ganesan
  • Patent number: 10716214
    Abstract: A hybrid microelectronic substrate may be formed by the incorporation of a high density microelectronic patch substrate within a lower density microelectronic substrate. The hybrid microelectronic substrate may allow for direct flip chip attachment of a microelectronic device having high density interconnections to the high density microelectronic patch substrate portion of the hybrid microelectronic substrate, while allowing for lower density interconnection and electrical routes in areas where high density interconnections are not required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Starkston, Richard C. Stamey, Robert L. Sankman, Scott M. Mokler
  • Patent number: 10707168
    Abstract: An embedded multi-die interconnect bridge apparatus and method includes photolithographically formed interconnects coupled to laser-drilled interconnects. Several structures in the embedded multi-die interconnect bridge apparatus exhibit characteristic planarization during fabrication and assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Amruthavalli Pallavi Alur, Sri Ranga Sai Boyapati, Robert Alan May, Islam A. Salama, Robert L. Sankman
  • Patent number: 10700051
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a first die that may include a first set of die contacts. The electronic device may include a second die that may include a second set of die contacts. The electronic device may include a bridge interconnect that may include a first set of bridge contacts and may include a second set of bridge contacts. The first set of bridge contacts may be directly coupled to the first set of die contacts (e.g., with an interconnecting material, such as solder). The second set of bridge contacts may be directly coupled to the second set of die contacts (e.g., with solder). The bridge interconnect may help facilitate electrical communication between the first die and the second die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert L. Sankman, Sairam Agraharam, Shengquan Ou, Thomas J De Bonis, Todd Spencer, Yang Sun, Guotao Wang
  • Patent number: 10685947
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of conductively coupling a plurality of relatively physically small core dies to a relatively physically larger base die using an electrical mesh network that is formed in whole or in part in, on, across, or about all or a portion of the base die. Electrical mesh networks beneficially permit the positioning of the cores in close proximity to support circuitry carried by the base die. The minimal separation between the core circuitry and the support circuitry advantageously improves communication bandwidth while reducing power consumption. Each of the cores may include functionally dedicated circuitry such as processor core circuitry, field programmable logic, memory, or graphics processing circuitry. The use of core dies beneficially and advantageously permits the use of a wide variety of cores, each having a common or similar interface to the electrical mesh network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Wilfred Gomes, Mark T. Bohr, Rajesh Kumar, Robert L. Sankman, Ravindranath V. Mahajan, Wesley D. Mc Cullough
  • Publication number: 20200185289
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a plurality of dielectric layers forming a substrate, a plurality of first conductive contacts on a first surface of the substrate, a cavity in the first surface of the substrate defining a second surface parallel to the first surface, a plurality of second conductive contacts on the second surface of the substrate, one or more integrated circuit die(s) coupled with the second conductive contacts, and mold material at least partially covering the one or more integrated circuit die(s) and the first conductive contacts. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Mitul MODI, Robert L. SANKMAN, Debendra MALLIK, Ravindranath V. MAHAJAN, Amruthavalli P. ALUR, Yikang DENG, Eric J. LI
  • Patent number: 10658279
    Abstract: Electronic assemblies and methods including the formation of interconnect structures are described. In one embodiment an apparatus includes semiconductor die and a first metal bump on the die, the first metal bump including a surface having a first part and a second part. The apparatus also includes a solder resistant coating covering the first part of the surface and leaving the second part of the surface uncovered. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sanka Ganesan, Zhiguo Qian, Robert L. Sankman, Krishna Srinivasan, Zhaohui Zhu
  • Patent number: 10651051
    Abstract: A reconstituted wafer includes a rigid mass with a flat surface and a base surface disposed parallel planar to the flat surface. A plurality of dice are embedded in the rigid mass. The plurality of dice include terminals that are exposed through coplanar with the flat surface. A process of forming the reconstituted wafer includes removing some of the rigid mass to expose the terminals, while retaining the plurality of dice in the rigid mass. A process of forming an apparatus includes separating one apparatus from the reconstituted wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert L. Sankman, John S. Guzek
  • Patent number: 10651116
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are systems, methods, and apparatuses that include conductive pillars that are about co-planar. According to an example, a technique can include growing conductive pillars on respective exposed landing pads of a substrate, situating molding material around and on the grown conductive pillars, removing, simultaneously, a portion of the grown conductive pillars and the molding material to make the grown conductive pillars and the molding material about planar, and electrically coupling a die to the conductive pillars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert L. Sankman, Sanka Ganesan
  • Patent number: 10634594
    Abstract: A membrane test for mechanical testing of wearable devices is described. A mechanical testing system includes an actuation mechanism including a clamp to hold a membrane including stretchable electronics over an opening in the actuation mechanism, wherein the actuation mechanism is to apply pressure to the membrane through the opening; and a testing logic to control the application and release of pressure on the membrane by the actuation mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ravindranth V. Mahajan, Rajendra C. Dias, Pramod Malatkar, Steven A. Klein, Vijay Subramania, Aleksandar Aleksov, Robert L. Sankman
  • Publication number: 20200098727
    Abstract: A wire-bond memory die is coupled to a system-on-chip processor where the processor is flip-chip mounted on a semiconductor package substrate, and the wire-bond memory die is also flip-chip configured through a redistribution layer that pins out to a series of pillars that contact the semiconductor package substrate. The wire-bond memory die is stacked on the processor and the redistribution layer overhangs the processor to contact the series of pillars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Debendra Mallik, Robert L. Sankman, Sanka Ganesan, George Vakanas, Omkar Karhade, Sri Chaitra Jyotsna Chavali, Zhaozhi George Li, Holly A. Sawyer