Abstract:
A substrate that includes an embedded thin-film resistor coupled to one or more relatively thick conductive traces, and its application, are described herein.
Abstract:
A method including forming a barrier material on a surface of an electrode of a capacitor structure; forming a ceramic material on the electrode material; and annealing the ceramic material, wherein the barrier material comprises a material having a property that inhibits the oxidation of a material for the electrode during annealing of the ceramic material. An apparatus including a first electrode; a second electrode; a ceramic material disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a barrier material between the ceramic material and at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode. A method including forming a ceramic material on a surface of an electrode of a capacitor structure; and annealing the ceramic material through a rapid thermal anneal process.
Abstract:
A method including forming a first metal material layer on a dielectric material; transitioning a portion of the first metal material adjacent to the dielectric to a first oxidation state and a portion of the metal material peripheral to the dielectric material to a second different oxidation state; and forming a second metal material layer on the first metal material. An apparatus including an interposer substrate including an adhesion layer including a metal material having respective portions including at least two different oxidation states; and a capacitor on the adhesion layer. A system including a computing device including a microprocessor, the microprocessor coupled to a printed circuit board through an interposer including an interposer substrate, a capacitor, and an adhesion layer between the interposer substrate and the capacitor, the adhesion layer including a metal material having respective portions including at least two different oxidation states.
Abstract:
A method including forming a capacitor structure including an electrode material and a ceramic material on the electrode material; and sintering the ceramic material under a condition where a point defect state of the ceramic material defines the ceramic material as insulating without oxidation of the electrode material. A method including depositing a ceramic material on an electrically conductive foil; and sintering the ceramic material in a reducing atmosphere at a temperature that minimizes the mobility of point defects to transition to a level corresponding to a greater conductivity of the ceramic material. An apparatus including a first electrode; a second electrode; and a ceramic material disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the ceramic material includes a thickness less than one micron and a leakage current corresponding to a thermodynamic state wherein a concentration of mobile point defects have been optimized.
Abstract:
Some embodiments of the invention include thin film capacitors formed on a package substrate of an integrated circuit package. At least one of the film capacitors includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a dielectric layer between the first and second electrode layers. Each of the first and second electrode layers and the dielectric layer is formed individually and directly on the package substrate. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Abstract:
Using die side capacitors and embedded resistors, an advantageous power delivery network may be achieved. In some embodiments, the embedded resistors may be more precisely controllable. The number of die side capacitors may be reduced by combining embedded resistors with these capacitors to reduce costs. The embedded resistors may be provided within the metallization layers either at an upper layer or a lower layer, as two examples.
Abstract:
Some embodiments of the invention include thin film capacitors formed in a package substrate of an integrated circuit package. At least one of the thin film capacitors includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a dielectric layer between the first and second electrode layers. Each of the first and second electrode layers and the dielectric layer is formed individually and directly on the package substrate. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Abstract:
Some embodiments of the invention include thin film capacitors formed in a package substrate of an integrated circuit package. At least one of the thin film capacitors includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a dielectric layer between the first and second electrode layers. Each of the first and second electrode layers and the dielectric layer is formed individually and directly on the package substrate. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Abstract:
A thin-film capacitor assembly includes a first metal bottom electrode, a dielectric layer, a second metal etch-stop layer, and a subsequent metal top electrode. The first metal bottom electrode is in contact with the dielectric layer. The second metal etch-stop layer is in contact with the dielectric layer. The subsequent metal top electrode is in contact with the second metal etch-stop layer. Processing of the thin-film capacitor assembly includes totally removing a stiffener after assembling the first metal bottom electrode as a layer to the dielectric layer and the second metal etch-stop layer. The stiffener is removed from above and on the second metal etch-stop layer. The thin-film capacitor assembly is laminated to a mounting substrate.
Abstract:
A microelectronic device, a method of fabricating the device, and a system including the device. The method includes: providing a substrate including an underlying conductive layer and a polymer build-up layer overlying the underlying conductive layer; providing a passive microelectronic structure; embedding the passive structure in the polymer build-up layer of the substrate; and patterning the passive structure after embedding, patterning including over-etching the bottom electrode layer. The passive microelectronic structure being embedded includes an unpatterned bottom electrode layer; an unpatterned capacitor dielectric layer overlying the bottom electrode layer; and an unpatterned top electrode layer overlying the capacitor dielectric layer.