IP Library Granted Patent US 12,469,765
Granted Patent B2
US 12,469,765 · App. 17/934,346 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Thermally enhanced chip-on-wafer or wafer-on-wafer bonding

Inventors: Jiongxin Lu (Cupertino, CA); Kunzhong Hu (Cupertino, CA); Jun Zhai (Cupertino, CA); Sanjay Dabral (Cupertino, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H01L23/3738H01L23/3185H01L24/08H01L24/29H01L24/32H01L25/18H01L24/05H01L24/80H01L2224/05644H01L2224/05647H01L2224/08145H01L2224/08225H01L2224/29109H01L2224/29111H01L2224/29124H01L2224/29139H01L2224/29144H01L2224/29147H01L2224/32245H01L2224/32503H01L2224/80379
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Patent No.
US 12,469,765
App. No.
17/934,346
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Semiconductor packages including an integrated heat spreader and methods of fabrication are described. In an embodiment, a semiconductor package includes a first package level, a second package level including one or more second-level chiplets, and a heat spreader bonded to the second package level with a metallic layer, which may include one or more intermetallic compounds formed by transient liquid phase bonding.

Claims (29)

1 . A semiconductor package comprising:

a first package level;

a second package level including one or more second-level chiplets;

a heat spreader bonded to the second package level with a metallic layer; and

straight package sidewalls spanning the first package level, the second package level, the metallic layer, and the heat spreader;

wherein the metallic layer comprises:

a first element selected from the group consisting of Cu, Al, Ag, and Au; and

a second element selected from the group consisting of In and Sn, and the second element is completely contained within one or more intermetallic compounds.

2 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the heat spreader is a silicon substrate.

3 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the first package level and the second package level are hybrid bonded to one another.

4 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the one or more second-level chiplets is hybrid bonded to the first package level.

5 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , further comprising an interposer between the first package level and the second package level.

6 . The semiconductor package of claim 5 , wherein the interposer is hybrid bonded with the first package level.

7 . The semiconductor package of claim 6 , wherein the second package level is hybrid bonded with the interposer.

8 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the first package level comprises an interposer.

9 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the first package level comprises a single first-level chiplet.

10 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the first package level comprises a plurality of first-level chiplets.

11 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein

the one or more second-level chiplets is embedded in a multiple layer gap fill including a bulk gap fill material and a capping gap fill material comprising silicon; and

the heat spreader is a silicon substrate.

12 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , further comprising an interposer between the first package level and the second package level, wherein the one or more second-level chiplets is hybrid bonded with the interposer, and the first package level comprises one or more first-level chiplets hybrid bonded with the interposer.

13 . The semiconductor package of claim 12 , wherein the heat spreader comprises a silicon substrate, and the interposer comprises a bulk layer formed of a material selected from the group consisting of silicon and glass.

14 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the first package level comprises an interposer with a bulk layer formed of a material selected from the group consisting of silicon and glass, and the one or more second-level chiplets is hybrid bonded with the interposer.

15 . The semiconductor package of claim 2 , wherein the one or more intermetallic compounds comprises the first element and the second element.

16 . The semiconductor package of claim 2 , wherein the one or more second-level chiplets is a plurality of second level chiplets.

17 . The semiconductor package of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of second-level chiplets is embedded in a gap fill material, and the metallic layer spans over and is in direct contact with the gap fill material and the plurality of second-level chiplets.

18 . The semiconductor package of claim 17 , wherein the one or more intermetallic compounds is in direct contact with the heat spreader and the plurality of second-level chiplets.

19 . The semiconductor package of claim 18 , wherein the gap fill material is an organic molding compound material or SiN.

20 . The semiconductor package of claim 18 , wherein the metallic layer comprises a top metal bonding layer directly on the heat spreader, a bottom metal bonding layer directly on the plurality of second-level chiplets and the gap fill material, and a layer of the one or more intermetallic compounds between the top metal bonding layer and the bottom metal bonding layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2022
From: ZHAI, JUN; DABRAL, SANJAY; HU, KUNZHONG; LU, JIONGXIN
To: APPLE INC.
Reel/Frame 061185/0636 →
Continuity (1)
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