IP Library Granted Patent US 12,494,468
Granted Patent B2
US 12,494,468 · App. 17/934,409 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

3D system and wafer reconstitution with mid-layer interposer

Inventors: Sanjay Dabral (Cupertino, CA); SivaChandra Jangam (Milpitas, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H01L25/18H01L23/3128H01L23/481H01L23/49827H01L24/08H01L24/05H01L24/80H01L2224/05644H01L2224/05647H01L2224/08225H01L2224/80379H01L2224/80444H01L2224/80447
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Patent No.
US 12,494,468
App. No.
17/934,409
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system in package structure and method of fabrication using wafer reconstitution are described. In an embodiment a 3D system includes a mid-layer interposer a first package level underneath the mid-layer interposer and a second package level over the mid-layer interposer. Second package level components can be bonded to the mid-layer interposer with metal-metal bonds and optionally dielectric-dielectric bonds, while the first package level components can be bonded to the mid-layer interposer with dielectric-dielectric and optionally metal-metal bonds.

Claims (29)

1 . A three-dimensional (3D) system comprising:

a mid-layer interposer;

a first package level underneath the mid-layer interposer, the first package level including a component bonded to the mid-layer interposer with dielectric-dielectric bonds;

a second package level over the mid-layer interposer, the second package level including a first die bonded to the mid-layer interposer with metal-metal bonds; and

a plurality of through vias (TVs), each TV extending completely through the component and at least partially through the mid-layer interposer.

2 . The 3D system of claim 1 , wherein the first die is a logic die.

3 . The 3D system of claim 1 , wherein the component is embedded in an encapsulation layer.

4 . The 3D system of claim 3 , further comprising a second plurality of through vias laterally adjacent the component and extending through the encapsulation layer.

5 . The 3D system of claim 4 , wherein the first die is hybrid bonded to the mid-layer interposer with dielectric-dielectric bonds and the metal-metal bonds.

6 . The 3D system of claim 4 , wherein the first die is thicker than the component.

7 . The 3D system of claim 4 , wherein the component includes a component silicon bulk layer and a component back-end-of-the-line (BEOL) stack-up, and a back side of the silicon bulk layer is bonded to the mid-layer interposer with the dielectric-dielectric bonds.

8 . The 3D system of claim 4 , further comprising a set of through vias extending through the mid-layer interposer.

9 . The 3D system of claim 8 , wherein the mid-layer interposer includes an interposer silicon bulk layer and an interposer back-end-of-the-line (BEOL) stack-up.

10 . The 3D system of claim 9 , wherein the mid-layer interposer includes an array of capacitors, an array of magnet elements, or both.

11 . The 3D system of claim 9 , wherein the mid-layer interposer includes active devices.

12 . The 3D system of claim 1 , further comprising a second die bonded to the mid-layer interposer with dielectric-dielectric bonds and metal-metal bonds.

13 . The 3D system of claim 12 , wherein the component includes a portion of a die-to-die routing path between the first die and the second die.

14 . The 3D system of claim 13 , wherein the die-to-die routing path passes through a portion of a set of through vias extending through the mid-layer interposer.

15 . The 3D system of claim 14 , wherein the first die is a central processor unit (CPU) and the second die is a graphics processor unit (GPU).

16 . The 3D system of claim 1 , wherein the second package level includes a stacked die component bonded to the mid-layer interposer with metal-metal bonds.

17 . The 3D system of claim 1 , wherein the mid-layer interposer includes a dielectric layer with through dielectric vias that extend completely through the mid-layer interposer and form metal-metal bonds with contact pads of the first die.

18 . The 3D system of claim 1 , wherein the mid-layer interposer includes a plurality of banks of devices, wherein the plurality of banks of devices includes a masked bank with a dummy landing pad not connected to devices in the masked bank.

19 . A 3D system comprising:

a mid-layer interposer;

a first package level on a first side of the mid-layer interposer, the first package level including a component bonded to the mid-layer interposer with dielectric-dielectric bonds;

a second package level on a second side of the mid-layer interposer, the second package level including a first die bonded to the mid-layer interposer with dielectric-dielectric bonds; and

a plurality of through vias (TVs), each TV extending completely through the component and at least partially through the mid-layer interposer.

20 . The 3D system of claim 19 , wherein the plurality of through vias extends completely through the mid-layer interposer to landing pads of the first die.

21 . The 3D system of claim 20 , wherein the mid-layer interposer is an intermediate dielectric layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2022
From: JANGAM, SIVACHANDRA; DABRAL, SANJAY
To: APPLE INC.
Reel/Frame 061186/0746 →
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