IP Library Granted Patent US 12,166,027
Granted Patent B2
US 12,166,027 · App. 18/335,578 · Granted Dec 10, 2024

Copper-bonded memory stacks with copper-bonded interconnection memory systems

Inventor: Thomas Edward Dungan (Fort Collins, CO)
Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
H01L25/18H01L23/367H01L23/481H01L23/5381H01L24/05H01L24/08H01L24/80H01L25/0652H01L25/50H01L2224/05147H01L2224/08145H01L2224/80895H01L2225/06517H01L2225/06541H01L2225/06589H01L2924/1431H01L2924/1436
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Patent No.
US 12,166,027
App. No.
18/335,578
Granted
Dec 10, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A memory system includes a memory stack including a number of memory dies interconnected via copper bonding, a logic die coupled to the memory stack via a copper bonding. The memory system further includes a buffer die extended to provide the copper bonding between the logic die and the memory stack and a silicon carrier layer bonded to the memory stack and the logic die.

Claims (32)

1. A system comprising:

a memory stack comprising a plurality of memory dies connected via copper bonding;

a logic die coupled to the memory stack via copper bonding;

a buffer die located between memory dies of the plurality of memory dies and extended to provide a copper bonding between the logic die and the memory stack; and

a silicon carrier layer bonded to the memory stack and the logic die.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the buffer die is located in a middle of the plurality of memory dies.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the buffer die is located at a bottom of the plurality of memory dies.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the logic die comprises processing circuitry.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a passive bridge die copper bonded to the logic die and the buffer die.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an interposer connected to the memory stack via conductive microbumps.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the memory stack is a high-bandwidth-memory stack.

8. A system comprising:

one or more processors coupled to a memory, the memory comprising a plurality of memory dies connected via copper bonding;

a logic die coupled to the plurality of memory dies via copper bonding, wherein the logic die comprising processing circuitry;

an interposer is coupled to the logic die via one or more support dies and is coupled to the memory through solder bumps;

a buffer die is located at a position within the plurality of memory dies and extended towards the one or more support dies, the buffer die provides copper bonding between the logic die and the memory.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the buffer die is located in the position within a middle of the plurality of memory dies.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the buffer die is located in the position at a bottom of the plurality of memory dies.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the buffer die is connected to the interposer via solder bumps.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more support dies includes one or more through-silicon vias (TSVs) couple to each other via copper bonding.

13. The system of claim 8 , further comprising a silicon carrier layer bonded to the memory and the logic die.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein a heatsink layer is bonded to the silicon carrier layer.

15. A method comprising:

interconnecting a plurality of memory dies via copper bonding to provide a memory stack;

coupling a logic die to the memory stack via copper bonding;

disposing a buffer die in a position within the plurality of memory dies to provide copper bonding between the logic die and the memory stack; and

bonding a heatsink layer to a silicon carrier layer bonded to the memory stack and the logic die.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising disposing the buffer die in the position within a middle of the plurality of memory dies.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising disposing the buffer die in the position at a bottom of the plurality of memory dies.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising coupling an interposer layer to the logic die and the memory stack.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the interposer layer is conductively coupled to at least one of the logic die or the memory stack.

20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising coupling a passive bridge die to the logic die and the buffer die via copper bonding.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2023
From: DUNGAN, THOMAS EDWARD
To: BROADCOM INTERNATIONAL PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 063965/0517 →
MERGER Recorded Jun 15, 2023
From: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIEIS INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. LIMITED; BROADCOM INTERNATIONAL PTE. LTD.
To: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064005/0464 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17331196 · May 26, 2021
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