Microelectronic assemblies with cavities, and methods of fabrication
First Claim
1. An assembly comprising:
- a first structure comprising a cavity; and
a second structure attached to the first structure and comprising a first microelectronic component and one or more second microelectronic components, wherein;
the first microelectronic component comprises a first substrate, the first microelectronic component comprising first circuitry, wherein the first substrate comprises a first side and one or more first holes in the first side;
each second microelectronic component comprises one or more respective second substrates, each second microelectronic component comprising respective second circuitry, each second microelectronic component being attached to the first side of the first substrate, wherein the second circuitry of each second microelectronic component is electrically coupled to the first circuitry;
wherein each second microelectronic component is located in the cavity and at least a portion of a sidewall of the cavity is located in a corresponding first hole such that at least a portion of a sidewall of the corresponding first hole extends laterally along a straight line adjacent to at least one second microelectronic component located in said cavity, and such that said at least a portion of a sidewall of the cavity extends laterally along the portion of the corresponding first hole.
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Abstract
Die (110) are attached to an interposer (420), and the interposer/die assembly is placed into a lid cavity (510). The lid (210) is attached to the top of the assembly, possibly to the encapsulant (474) at the top. The lid'"'"'s legs (520) surround the cavity and extend down below the top surface of the interposer'"'"'s substrate (420S), possibly to the level of the bottom surface of the substrate or lower. The legs (520) may or may not be attached to the interposer/die assembly. In fabrication, the interposer wafer (420SW) has trenches (478) which receive the lid'"'"'s legs during the lid placement. The interposer wafer is later thinned to remove the interposer wafer portion below the legs and to dice the interposer wafer. The thinning process also exposes, on the bottom, conductive vias (450) passing through the interposer substrate. Other features are also provided.
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20 Claims
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1. An assembly comprising:
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a first structure comprising a cavity; and a second structure attached to the first structure and comprising a first microelectronic component and one or more second microelectronic components, wherein; the first microelectronic component comprises a first substrate, the first microelectronic component comprising first circuitry, wherein the first substrate comprises a first side and one or more first holes in the first side; each second microelectronic component comprises one or more respective second substrates, each second microelectronic component comprising respective second circuitry, each second microelectronic component being attached to the first side of the first substrate, wherein the second circuitry of each second microelectronic component is electrically coupled to the first circuitry; wherein each second microelectronic component is located in the cavity and at least a portion of a sidewall of the cavity is located in a corresponding first hole such that at least a portion of a sidewall of the corresponding first hole extends laterally along a straight line adjacent to at least one second microelectronic component located in said cavity, and such that said at least a portion of a sidewall of the cavity extends laterally along the portion of the corresponding first hole. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An assembly comprising:
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a first structure comprising a cavity; and a module at least partially located in the cavity, the module comprising a first microelectronic component and one or more second microelectronic components; wherein; the first microelectronic component comprises a first substrate, the first microelectronic component comprising first circuitry comprising one or more conductive vias passing through the first substrate between a top side of the first substrate and a bottom side of the first substrate; and each of the one or more second microelectronic components comprises one or more semiconductor integrated circuits located in the cavity and electrically coupled to one or more of the one or more conductive vias but electrically insulated from the first structure; and the first circuitry comprises one or more contact structures exposed at the bottom of the first microelectronic component, each said contact structure having at least a portion which is not inside the cavity and which is available for direct attachment to a circuit outside of the assembly but is not directly attached to a circuit outside of the assembly. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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