IP Library Granted Patent US 12,444,672
Granted Patent B2
US 12,444,672 · App. 17/957,751 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Hybrid bonding technologies with thermal expansion compensation structures

Inventors: Jeremy Ecton (Gilbert, AZ); Aleksandar Aleksov (Chandler, AZ); Hiroki Tanaka (Gilbert, AZ); Brandon Marin (Gilbert, AZ); Srinivas Pietambaram (Chandler, AZ); Xavier Brun (Hillsboro, OR)
Assignee: Intel Corporation
H01L23/49833H01L21/4803H01L21/481H01L21/4846H01L23/13H01L23/49894H01L24/03H01L24/05H01L24/08H01L24/80H01L24/16H01L2224/0346H01L2224/05647H01L2224/08145H01L2224/08225H01L2224/16146H01L2224/1624H01L2224/80201H01L2224/80379H01L2924/0665
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Patent No.
US 12,444,672
App. No.
17/957,751
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Microelectronic integrated circuit package structures include a first substrate coupled to a second substrate by a conductive interconnect structure and a dielectric material adjacent to the conductive interconnect structure. A cavity in a surface of the first substrate is adjacent to the conductive interconnect structure. A portion of the dielectric material is within the cavity.

Claims (32)

1. An integrated circuit package structure, comprising:

a first substrate coupled to a second substrate by a conductive interconnect structure and a dielectric material adjacent to the conductive interconnect structure; and

a cavity in a surface of the first substrate, wherein the cavity is adjacent to the conductive interconnect structure, and wherein a portion of the dielectric material is within a first portion of the cavity and a second portion of the cavity is free of the dielectric material.

2. The integrated circuit package structure of claim 1 , further comprising a first bonding surface within the conductive interconnect structure and a second bonding surface within the dielectric material, wherein the first and second bonding surfaces are substantially co-planar.

3. The integrated circuit package structure of claim 1 , wherein the second substrate comprises a second cavity in the second substrate, and wherein a second portion of the dielectric material is in the second cavity.

4. The integrated circuit package structure of claim 1 , wherein the cavity comprises a first cavity of a cavity array, the cavity array between the conductive interconnect structure and a second conductive interconnect structure adjacent to the conductive interconnect structure.

5. The integrated circuit package structure of claim 4 , wherein the individual cavities of the cavity array comprise a substantially 1:1 aspect ratio, and wherein the individual cavities comprise a non-uniform spacing.

6. The integrated circuit package structure of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric material comprises a polyimide material, and wherein the conductive interconnect structure comprises copper.

7. The integrated circuit package structure of claim 1 , wherein a total height of the dielectric material in the cavity is less than 30 percent of a height of the cavity.

8. The integrated circuit package structure of claim 1 , wherein a total height of the dielectric material in the cavity is less than 80 percent of a height of the cavity.

9. The integrated circuit package structure of claim 1 , wherein a width of the cavity is between 0.2 microns and 20 microns.

10. The integrated circuit package structure of claim 1 , wherein a height of the cavity is between 0.5 microns and 20 microns.

11. The integrated circuit package structure of claim 1 , wherein a dielectric bond is between a first portion of the dielectric material and a second portion of the dielectric material, wherein the dielectric bond is between the first substrate and the second substrate.

12. The integrated circuit package structure of claim 1 , wherein the first substrate comprises silicon and the second substrate comprises glass, and wherein the cavity comprises one of a rectangular or an oval geometry.

13. A microelectronic package structure, comprising:

a first substrate comprising a first cavity;

a second substrate comprising a second cavity;

a first side of a conductive interconnect structure on a surface of the first substrate;

a second side of the conductive interconnect structure on a surface of the second substrate;

a dielectric material adjacent to the conductive interconnect structure, wherein a portion of the dielectric material is within at least one of the first cavity or the second cavity;

a die coupled to at least one of the first substrate or the second substrate; and

a power supply coupled to the die.

14. The package structure of claim 13 , wherein a first portion of the first cavity is free of the dielectric material, and a second portion of the first cavity comprises the dielectric material.

15. The package structure of claim 13 , wherein the conductive interconnect structure comprises a first conductive interconnect structure, wherein a second conductive interconnect structure is adjacent the first conductive interconnect structure.

16. The package structure of claim 15 , wherein the dielectric material comprises a polyimide material, and wherein the dielectric material is between the first conductive interconnect structure and the second conductive interconnect structure.

17. The package structure of claim 16 , wherein a hybrid bond is between the first substrate and the second substrate.

18. A method of forming a package structure, comprising:

forming one or more openings in a first substrate;

forming a conductive material on the first substrate adjacent to the one or more openings;

forming a dielectric material adjacent to the conductive material and over the one or more openings; and

hybrid bonding a second substrate to the first substrate, wherein a first portion of the dielectric material flows into the one or more openings, and a second portion of the one or more openings is substantially free of the dielectric material.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the first substrate comprises one or more first openings and the second substrate comprises one or more second openings adjacent to the conductive material, wherein bonding the second substrate to the first substrate further comprises wherein a portion of the dielectric material flows into the one or more second openings.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2022
From: ECTON, JEREMY; ALEKSOV, ALEKSANDAR; TANAKA, HIROKI; MARIN, BRANDON; PIETAMBARAM, SRINIVAS; BRUN, XAVIER
To: INTEL CORPORATION
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