IP Library Granted Patent US 12684694
Granted Patent B2
US 12684694 · App. 18/149,660 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Package structure

Inventors: Yu-Wei Huang (Chiayi City, TW); Ching-Feng Yu (Miaoli County, TW); Chih-Cheng Hsiao (Hsinchu County, TW)
Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
H05K1/181H10W90/401H05K2201/10378H05K2201/10515H05K2201/10522H05K2201/1053
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12684694
App. No.
18/149,660
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A package structure, including a circuit board, multiple circuit structure layers, at least one bridge structure, and at least one supporting structure, is provided. The circuit structure layer is disposed on the circuit board. The bridge structure is connected between the two adjacent circuit structure layers. The supporting structure is located between the two adjacent circuit structure layers, and the supporting structure has a first end and a second end opposite to each other and respectively connecting the bridge structure and the circuit board.

Claims (30)

1 . A package structure, comprising:

a circuit board;

a plurality of circuit structure layers, disposed on the circuit board;

at least one bridge structure, connected between the two adjacent circuit structure layers of the plurality of the circuit structure layers; and

at least one supporting structure, located between the two adjacent circuit structure layers, and the at least one supporting structure having a first end and a second end opposite to each other and respectively connecting the at least one bridge structure and the circuit board,

wherein each of the at least one bridge structure comprises a buffer layer, and the buffer layer is a non-conductive elastic material with a Young's modulus ranging from 1 GPa to 100 GPa, and the buffer layer balances connection heights between the two adjacent circuit structure layers and the at least one bridge structure,

wherein the package structure further comprises:

a plurality of first solder joints, disposed between each of the two adjacent circuit structure layers and the circuit board, wherein each of the two adjacent circuit structure layers is electrically connected to the circuit board through the first solder joints; and

a plurality of second solder joints, disposed between each of the at least one bridge structure and the two adjacent circuit structure layers, wherein each of the at least one bridge structure is electrically connected to the two adjacent circuit structure layers through the second solder joints,

wherein each of the at least one bridge structure consists only the buffer layer and directly connects the two adjacent circuit structure layers through the second solder joints.

2 . The package structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one elastic layer, disposed between the second end of the at least one supporting structure and the circuit board.

3 . The package structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one first colloid, disposed between the second end of the at least one supporting structure and the circuit board; and

a plurality of second colloids, disposed between each of the at least one bridge structure and the circuit structure layers.

4 . The package structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first end of the at least one supporting structure is directly connected to the at least one bridge structure, and the second end is directly connected to the circuit board.

5 . The package structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one connecting structure, disposed between the first end of the at least one supporting structure and the at least one bridge structure, and the at least one connecting structure is a non-conductive material.

6 . The package structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one connecting structure, disposed between the first end of the at least one supporting structure and the at least one bridge structure, and the at least one connecting structure is a conductive material.

7 . The package structure according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of the at least one supporting structure comprises a trapezoidal column.

8 . The package structure according to claim 7 , wherein the first end of the at least one supporting structure has a first width, the second end has a second width, and the first width is greater than the second width.

9 . The package structure according to claim 7 , wherein the first end of the at least one supporting structure has a first width, the second end has a second width, and the first width is smaller than the second width.

10 . The package structure according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one supporting structure is a hollow structure.

11 . The package structure according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one supporting structure further comprises an extension section located at the second end of each of the at least one supporting structure, and the extension section has a third end and a fourth end opposite to each other and respectively connected to the two adjacent circuit structure layers.

12 . The package structure according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one supporting structure further comprises a middle section located between the first end and the second end and an extension section located in the middle section, and the extension section has a third end and a fourth end opposite to each other and respectively connected to the two adjacent circuit structure layers.

13 . The package structure according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one supporting structure further comprises a plurality of extension sections respectively located at the first end and the second end, and each of the extension sections has a third end and a fourth end opposite to each other and respectively connected to the two adjacent circuit structure layers.

14 . The package structure according to claim 1 , wherein the two adjacent circuit structure layers are arranged on the circuit board in arrays.

15 . The package structure according to claim 1 , wherein a Young's modulus of each of the at least one supporting structure is between 1 GPa and 150 GPa.

16 . The package structure according to claim 1 , wherein a thermal expansion coefficient of each of the at least one supporting structure is between 1 ppm and 50 ppm.