Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a bottom-up electrolytic via plating method wherein a first carrier substrate and a second substrate having at least one through-via are temporarily bonded together. The method includes applying a seed layer on a surface of the first substrate, forming a surface modification layer on the seed layer or the second substrate, bonding the second substrate to the first substrate with the surface modification layer to create an assembly wherein the seed layer and the surface modification layer are disposed between the first and second substrates, applying conductive material to the through-via, removing the second substrate having the through-via containing conductive material from the assembly.
Abstract:
According to various embodiments described herein, an article comprises a glass or glass-ceramic substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface, and a via extending through the substrate from the first major surface to the second major surface over an axial length in an axial direction. The article further comprises a helium hermetic adhesion layer disposed on the interior surface; and a metal connector disposed within the via, wherein the metal connector is adhered to the helium hermetic adhesion layer. The metal connector coats the interior surface of the via along the axial length of the via to define a first cavity from the first major surface to a first cavity length, the metal connector comprising a coating thickness of less than 12 μm at the first major surface. Additionally, the metal connector coats the interior surface of the via along the axial length of the via to define a second cavity from the second major surface to a second cavity length, the metal connector comprising a coating thickness of less than 12 μm at the second major surface and fully fills the via between the first cavity and the second cavity.
Abstract:
Methods of continuous fabrication of features in flexible substrates are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating features in a substrate web includes providing the substrate web arranged in a first spool on a first spool assembly, advancing the substrate web from the first spool and through a laser processing assembly comprising a laser, and creating a plurality of defects within the substrate web using the laser. The method further includes advancing the substrate web through an etching assembly and etching the substrate web at the etching assembly to remove glass material at the plurality of defects, thereby forming a plurality of features in the substrate web. The method further includes rolling the substrate web into a final spool.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus are provide for an interposer for interconnecting one or more semiconductor chips with an organic substrate in a semiconductor package, the interposer including: a first glass substrate having first and second opposing major surfaces, the first glass substrate having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE1); a second glass substrate having first and second opposing major surfaces, the second glass substrate having a second coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE2); and an interface disposed between the first and second glass substrates and joining the second major surface of the first glass substrate to the first major surface of the second glass substrate, where CTE1 is less than CTE2, the first major surface of the first glass substrate operates to engage the one or more semiconductor chips, and the second major surface of the second glass substrate operates to engage the organic substrate.