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US 11,862,557 · App. 17/483,535 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Selectable monolithic or external scalable die-to-die interconnection system methodology

Inventors: Sanjay Dabral (Cupertino, CA); Jun Zhai (Cupertino, CA); Jung-Cheng Yeh (Sunnyvale, CA); Kunzhong Hu (Cupertino, CA); Raymundo Camenforte (San Jose, CA); Thomas Hoffmann (Los Gatos, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H01L23/528H01L23/481H01L23/5386H01L23/585H01L25/0652H01L25/0655H01L21/78H01L22/20H01L24/05H01L24/06H01L24/08H01L24/30H01L24/32H01L2224/0557H01L2224/06181H01L2224/08145H01L2224/08225H01L2224/30181H01L2224/32145H01L2224/32225
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Patent No.
US 11,862,557
App. No.
17/483,535
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Multi-die structures and methods of fabrication are described. In an embodiment, a multi-die structure includes a first die, a second die, and die-to-die routing connecting the first die to the second die. The die-to-die interconnection may be monolithically integrated as a chip-level die-to-die routing, or external package-level die-to-die routing.

Claims (20)

1. A multi-die structure comprising:

a first front-end-of-the line (FEOL) die area of a first die patterned into a semiconductor substrate and a second FEOL die area of a second die patterned into the semiconductor substrate, the second FEOL die area separate from the first FEOL die area;

a first selection device within the first FEOL die area;

a second selection device within the second FEOL die area; and

a back-end-of-the-line (BEOL) build-up structure spanning over the first FEOL die area and the second FEOL die area, the BEOL build-up structure comprising:

a chip-level die-to-die routing connecting the first selection device with the second selection device;

a first inter-chip routing connected to the first selection device; and

a second inter-chip routing with the second selection device.

2. The multi-die structure of claim 1 , wherein the first inter-chip routing is electrically connected to an electrically open first terminal, and the second inter-chip routing is electrically connected to an electrically open second terminal.

3. The multi-die structure of claim 2 , wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are both buried within the BEOL build-up structure beneath a face side of the BEOL build-up structure.

4. The multi-die structure of claim 1 , wherein the BEOL build-up structure includes additional routing connecting the first FEOL die and the second FEOL die area to a plurality of chip-level landing pads.

5. The multi-die structure of claim 4 , further comprising a corresponding plurality of solder bumps on the plurality of chip-level landing pads.

6. The multi-die structure of claim 1 , wherein the BEOL build-up structure includes a first metallic seal adjacent the first FEOL die area, and a second metallic seal adjacent the second FEOL die area, wherein the chip-level die-to-die routing extends through a first opening in the first metallic seal and a second opening in the second metallic seal.

7. The multi-die structure of claim 1 , wherein the BEOL build-up structure includes a first metallic seal adjacent the first FEOL die area, and a second metallic seal adjacent the second FEOL die area, wherein the chip-level die-to-die routing extends over the first metallic seal and the second metallic seal.

8. The multi-die structure of claim 7 , wherein:

the first FEOL die area includes a third selection device, and the first BEOL build-up structure includes an open chip-level die-to-die routing connected to the third selection device; and

the open chip-level die-to-die routing extends through a second opening in the first metallic seal.

9. The multi-die structure of claim 8 , wherein the open chip-level die-to-die routing terminates at a side edge of the first die.

10. The multi-die structure of claim 1 , wherein the first FEOL die area includes a transceiver connected to an input of the first selection device, and the second FEOL die area includes a receiver connected to an output of the second selection device.

11. The multi-die structure of claim 1 , further comprising a through silicon via connected to the first selection device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2021
From: DABRAL, SANJAY; ZHAI, JUN; YEH, JUNG-CHENG; HU, KUNZHONG; CAMENFORTE, RAYMUNDO; HOFFMANN, THOMAS
To: APPLE INC.
Reel/Frame 057583/0294 →
Continuity (1)
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