IP Library Granted Patent US 7,816,768
Granted Patent B2
US 7,816,768 · App. 12/007,758 · Granted Oct 19, 2010

Semiconductor device including ground and power-supply planes and a dielectric layer between the ground and power-supply planes

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Patent No.
US 7,816,768
App. No.
12/007,758
Granted
Oct 19, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high dielectric loss tangent layer is provided in a dielectric layer between a power-supply plane and a ground plane. The high dielectric loss tangent layer is arranged such that its edge is located between the edge of the power-supply plane and the edge of the ground plane. The edge of the high dielectric loss tangent layer is preferably separated by a predetermined distance or more from the edge of the power-supply plane or the edge of the ground plane which is located on the inner side.

Claims (25)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate having a ground plane and a power-supply plane arranged to face each other with a dielectric layer interposed between the ground plane and the power-supply plane, an edge of the ground plane being offset from an edge of the power-supply plane in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction,

wherein a high dielectric loss tangent layer having a higher tan δ than a periphery is provided in the dielectric layer between the edge of the ground plane and the edge of the power-supply plane in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction, and

an edge of the high dielectric loss tangent layer located outside one of the ground plane and the power-supply plane in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction is positioned between the edge of the ground plane and the edge of the power-supply plane in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the edge of the high dielectric loss tangent layer is located outside of the power-supply plane in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction and is separated by a predetermined distance or more from the edge of the power-supply plane in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the predetermined distance is set to 0.8d where d denotes a thickness of the dielectric layer.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the predetermined distance is set to a greater value as the tan δ of the high dielectric loss tangent layer becomes greater.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the edge of the ground plane is located outside the edge of the power-supply plane in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction, and the high dielectric loss tangent layer is arranged closer, in the thickness direction, to the power-supply plane.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the tan δ of the high dielectric loss tangent layer is set to 0.2 or higher.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the edge of the high dielectric loss tangent layer is located outside of the ground plane in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction and is separated by a predetermined distance or more from the edge of the ground plane in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the edge of the ground plane is located outside the edge of the power-supply plane in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction.

9. A substrate for a semiconductor device, comprising:

a power-supply plane;

a ground plane including an edge which is offset from an edge of the power-supply plane in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the substrate; and

a dielectric formed between the ground plane and the power-supply plane, and including:

a high dielectric loss tangent layer including an edge which is formed outside one of the ground plane and the power-supply plane in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction and between the edge of the ground plane and the edge of the power-supply plane in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction; and

an other layer which is formed outside of the high dielectric loss tangent layer in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction, and includes a tan δ which is less than a tan δ of the high dielectric loss tangent layer.

10. The substrate according to claim 9 , wherein the edge of the high dielectric loss tangent layer is located outside of the power-supply plane in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction and is separated by a predetermined distance from the edge of the power-supply plane in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction.

11. The substrate according to claim 9 , wherein the other layer of the dielectric is formed between the ground plane and the high dielectric loss tangent layer and between the power-supply plane and the high dielectric loss tangent layer.

12. The substrate according to claim 9 , wherein the other layer of the dielectric is formed between the ground plane and the high dielectric loss tangent layer.

13. The substrate according to claim 9 , wherein the edge of the high dielectric loss tangent layer is formed outside the power-supply plane in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction, and the power-supply plane is formed on a surface of the high dielectric loss tangent layer.

14. The substrate according to claim 9 , further comprising:

a first solder resist layer formed on a side of the power-supply plane which is opposite the dielectric; and

a second solder resist layer formed on a side of the ground plane which is opposite the dielectric.

15. The substrate according to claim 14 , wherein the edge of the high dielectric loss tangent layer is formed outside the power-supply plane in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction, and the first solder resist layer is formed outside of the power-supply plane in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction.

Assignments (8)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2019
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 050937/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2018
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 047243/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2018
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REPLACE ERRONEOUSLY FILED PATENT #7358718 WITH THE CORRECT PATENT #7358178 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 038669 FRAME 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded Jun 8, 2017
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 2, 2016
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038954/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2016
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038669/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2014
From: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 032645/0422 →