IP Library Granted Patent US 10,681,819
Granted Patent B2
US 10,681,819 · App. 16/224,578 · Granted Jun 9, 2020

Embedding into printed circuit board with drilling

Inventors: Eung San Cho (Torrance, CA); Danny Clavette (Greene, RI); Darryl Galipeau (Warwick, RI)
Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
H05K3/0038H01L23/5389H01L24/19H01L24/20H05K1/113H05K1/142H05K1/185H05K3/0047H05K3/321H05K3/4007H05K3/4694H05K3/4602H05K2201/09536H05K2201/09563
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Patent No.
US 10,681,819
App. No.
16/224,578
Granted
Jun 9, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one example, a method includes drilling a cavity into each contact pad of one or more contact pads of a first printed circuit board to form one or more cavities. The first printed circuit board includes an embedded integrated circuit and one or more metal layers. The method further includes forming one or more first metal layers for a second printed circuit board below a bottom surface of the first printed circuit board. The method further includes forming an electrically conductive material in the one or more cavities. The electrically conductive material electrically couples the one or more contact pads of the first printed circuit board to the second printed circuit board. The method further includes forming one or more second metal layers for the second printed circuit board above a top surface of the first printed circuit board.

Claims (34)

1. A method comprising:

drilling a cavity into each contact pad of one or more contact pads of a first printed circuit board to form one or more cavities, wherein the first printed circuit board comprises an embedded integrated circuit and one or more metal layers and wherein the embedded integrated circuit is electrically connected, by the one or more metal layers, to the one or more contact pads;

forming one or more first metal layers for a second printed circuit board below a bottom surface of the first printed circuit board, wherein one or more first dielectric layers space apart the one or more metal layers of the first printed circuit board from the one or more first metal layers for the second printed circuit board;

forming an electrically conductive material in the one or more cavities, the electrically conductive material electrically coupling the one or more contact pads of the first printed circuit board to the second printed circuit board; and

forming one or more second metal layers for the second printed circuit board above a top surface of the first printed circuit board, wherein the top surface is opposite to the bottom surface, wherein one or more second dielectric layers space apart the one or more metal layers of the first printed circuit board from the one or more second metal layers for the second printed circuit board, and wherein forming the electrically conductive material comprises forming one or more drilled vias, each drilled via of the one or more drilled vias extending through and filling the cavity of a respective contact pad of the one or more contact pads with the electrically conductive material, the electrically conductive material surrounded by and directly contacting the cavity of the respective contact pad such that the respective drilled via electrically couples the respective contact pad of the one or more contact pads of the first printed circuit board to the second printed circuit board, wherein the first printed circuit board is entirely embedded within and surrounded by the second printed circuit board.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electrically conductive material electrically couples the one or more contact pads of the first printed circuit board to the one or more first metal layers.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electrically conductive material electrically couples the one or more contact pads of the first printed circuit board to the one or more second metal layers.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more metal layers of the first printed circuit board have a narrower pitch than the one or more first metal layers for the second printed circuit board and wherein the one or more metal layers of the first printed circuit board have a narrower pitch than the one or more second metal layers for the second printed circuit board.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more metal layers of the first printed circuit board are a plurality of metal layers of the first printed circuit board and wherein drilling the cavity into each contact pad of the one or more contact pads comprises drilling through the plurality of metal layers.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first printed circuit board comprises an inductor and wherein forming the one or more second metal layers comprises embedding the inductor into the second printed circuit board.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the inductor is electrically coupled to the embedded integrated circuit and wherein the inductor is electrically isolated from the second printed circuit board.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first printed circuit board comprises a third printed circuit board that is embedded into the first printed circuit board, the third printed circuit board comprising the embedded integrated circuit.

9. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first printed circuit board comprising an embedded integrated circuit, one or more metal layers, and one or more contact pads, the embedded integrated circuit being electrically connected, by the one or more metal layers, to the one or more contact pads, wherein the first printed circuit board has a top surface and a bottom surface that is opposite to the top surface;

a second printed circuit board comprising:

one or more first metal layers arranged below the bottom surface, wherein one or more first dielectric layers space apart the one or more first metal layers for the second printed circuit board from the one or more metal layers of the first printed circuit board; and

one or more second metal layers arranged above the top surface, wherein one or more second dielectric layers space apart the one or more second metal layers for the second printed circuit board from the one or more metal layers of the first printed circuit board; and

one or more drilled vias, each drilled via of the one or more drilled vias extending through and filling a cavity formed within a respective contact pad of the one or more contact pads with an electrically conductive material, the electrically conductive material surrounded by and directly contacting the cavity of the respective contact pad of the one or more contact pads such that the respective drilled via electrically couples the respective contact pad of the one or more contact pads of the first printed circuit board to the second printed circuit board, wherein the first printed circuit board is entirely embedded within and surrounded by the second printed circuit board.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the electrically conductive material electrically couples the one or more contact pads to the one or more first metal layers.

11. The device of claim 9 , wherein the electrically conductive material electrically couples the one or more contact pads to the one or more second metal layers.

12. The device of claim 9 , wherein the one or more metal layers of the first printed circuit board have a narrower pitch than the one or more first metal layers for the second printed circuit board and wherein the one or more metal layers of the first printed circuit board have a narrower pitch than the one or more second metal layers for the second printed circuit board.

13. The device of claim 9 , wherein the one or more metal layers of the first printed circuit board are a plurality of metal layers of the first printed circuit board and wherein the electrically conductive material extends through the plurality of metal layers.

14. The device of claim 9 , wherein the first printed circuit board comprises a metal core and wherein the one or more second metal layers embed the metal core into the second printed circuit board.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the metal core is electrically coupled to the embedded integrated circuit and wherein the metal core is electrically isolated from the second printed circuit board.

16. The device of claim 9 , wherein the first printed circuit board comprises an inductor and wherein the one or more second metal layers embed the inductor into the second printed circuit board.

17. The device of claim 16 , wherein the inductor is electrically coupled to the embedded integrated circuit and wherein the inductor is electrically isolated from the second printed circuit board.

18. The device of claim 9 , wherein the first printed circuit board comprises a third printed circuit board that is embedded into the first printed circuit board, the third printed circuit board comprising the embedded integrated circuit.

19. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first printed circuit board comprising a first die that includes an embedded integrated circuit, a second die that includes a transistor, one or more metal layers, and one or more contact pads, wherein the first die and the second die are electrically connected, by the one or more metal layers, to the one or more contact pads and wherein the first printed circuit board has a top surface and a bottom surface that is opposite to the top surface;

a second printed circuit board comprising:

one or more first metal layers arranged below the bottom surface, wherein one or more first dielectric layers space apart the one or more first metal layers for the second printed circuit board from the one or more metal layers of the first printed circuit board; and

one or more second metal layers arranged above the top surface, wherein one or more second dielectric layers space apart the one or more second metal layers for the second printed circuit board from the one or more metal layers of the first printed circuit board; and

one or more drilled vias, each drilled via of the one or more drilled vias extending through and filling a cavity formed within a respective contact pad of the one or more contact pads with an electrically conductive material, the electrically conductive material surrounded by and directly contacting the cavity of the respective contact pad of the one or more contact pads such that the respective drilled via electrically couples the respective contact pad of the one or more contact pads of the first printed circuit board to the second printed circuit board, wherein the first printed circuit board is entirely embedded within and surrounded by the second printed circuit board.

20. The device of claim 19 , wherein the first printed circuit board comprises a third printed circuit board that is embedded into the first printed circuit board, the third printed circuit board comprising the first die and the second die.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2019
From: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AMERICAS CORP.
To: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG
Reel/Frame 048654/0860 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2018
From: CHO, EUNG SAN; CLAVETTE, DANNY; GALIPEAU, DARRYL
To: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AMERICAS CORP.
Reel/Frame 047952/0321 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15633154 · Jun 26, 2017
Related Publication 20190124773A1 · Apr 25, 2019