A metal composition that includes a first metal; and a second metal containing a first transition metal element added to a first alloy having a melting point higher than a melting point of the first metal, and the second metal is an alloy capable of producing an intermetallic compound with the first metal.

Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide interconnect structures and components for coupling various carriers, printed circuit board (PCB) components, integrated circuit (IC) dice, and the like, using tall and/or fine pitch physical connections. Multiple layers of conductive structures or materials are arranged to form the interconnect structures and components. Nonwettable barriers may be used with one or more of the layers to form a shape, including a pitch of one or more of the layers.

An electronic system assembly can include a plurality of first circuit boards including a plurality of electronic components provided on first surfaces of the plurality of first circuit boards, a second circuit board including a set of first connectors on a second surface, and a third circuit board including a set of second connectors on a third surface. The first surfaces, a fourth surface of the second circuit board opposite to the second surface, and a fifth surface of the third circuit board opposite to the third surface can define a cavity containing the plurality of electronic components. The set of first connectors and the set of second connectors can be electrically coupled to the plurality of electronic components.

A bonding member that includes a base material that has a spiral shape when viewing a cross section thereof orthogonal to a longitudinal direction thereof, and contains a low melting point metal; and a coating film in a gap between opposed surfaces of the base material when the base material is in the spiral shape. The coating film contains metal particles of a high melting point metal that forms an intermetallic compound having a melting point higher than that of the low melting point metal by reaction of the high melting point metal with a melt of the low melting point metal. The low melting point metal is, for example, Sn or a Sn alloy. The high melting point metal is, for example, a CuNi alloy, a CuMn alloy, a CuCr alloy, or a CuAl alloy.

Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide interconnect structures and components for coupling various carriers, printed circuit board (PCB) components, integrated circuit (IC) dice, and the like, using tall and/or fine pitch physical connections. Multiple layers of conductive structures or materials are arranged to form the interconnect structures and components. Nonwettable barriers may be used with one or more of the layers to form a shape, including a pitch of one or more of the layers.

Embodiments of integrated circuit (IC) assemblies and related techniques are disclosed herein. For example, in some embodiments, an IC assembly may include a first printed circuit board (PCB) having a first face and an opposing second face; a die electrically coupled to the first face of the first PCB; a second PCB having a first face and an opposing second face, wherein the second face of the second PCB is coupled to the first face of the first PCB via one or more solder joints; and a molding compound. The molding compound may be in contact with the first face of the first PCB and the second face of the second PCB. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

A wiring substrate includes a wiring layer, an insulating layer covering the wiring layer, and a protruding electrode including a protruding metal layer and a surface metal layer. The protruding metal layer is connected to the wiring layer in an opening of the insulating layer, extends from within the opening to be stepped at the edge of the opening to extend outward onto the insulating layer, and includes a first surface contacting a surface of the insulating layer around the opening, a second surface, and a peripheral surface extending between the first and second surfaces, and bent inward to form a space between the peripheral surface and the surface of the insulating layer. The surface metal layer covers the protruding metal layer without contacting the surface of the insulating layer, and is formed of a metal having a lower melting point than the protruding metal layer.

An electronic component package includes a substrate having an upper surface. Traces on the upper surface of the substrate extend in a longitudinal direction. The traces have a first latitudinal width in a latitudinal direction, the latitudinal direction being perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Rectangular copper pillars are attached to bond pads of an electronic component, the copper pillars having a longitudinal length and a latitudinal second width. The latitudinal second width of the copper pillars is equal to and aligned with the first latitudinal width of the traces. Further, the longitudinal length of the copper pillars is parallel with the longitudinal direction of the trace and equal to the length of the bond pads. The copper pillars are mounted to the traces with solder joints.

The present disclosure relates to a high-precision multilayer PCB and a 3D printing preparation method thereof. The method includes: S1, forming a 3D circuit layer on an upper surface of a substrate; S2, forming a metal pillar at a preset position of the current 3D circuit layer by stacking; S3, forming an insulating layer on an upper surface of the current 3D circuit layer, and leading the corresponding metal pillar out of the formed insulating layer in advance by drilling a hole in the insulating layer and filling the drilled hole with the nanoscale metal slurry; S4, forming a pad layer on an upper surface of the current insulating layer and executing step S5 if the current insulating layer is a top layer; repeatedly executing steps S1 and S2 by using the current insulating layer as a new substrate and executing step S6 if not; S5, connecting the corresponding metal pillar or leading it out in advance and connecting to the pad layer, to complete the preparation of the multilayer PCB; and S6, connecting the corresponding metal pillar or leading it out in advance and connecting to the current 3D circuit layer, and returning to step S3. According to the present disclosure, the high-precision multilayer PCB with high interconnect precision can be prepared.

Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide interconnect structures and components for coupling various carriers, printed circuit board (PCB) components, integrated circuit (IC) dice, and the like, using tall and/or fine pitch physical connections. Multiple layers of conductive structures or materials are arranged to form the interconnect structures and components. Nonwettable barriers may be used with one or more of the layers to form a shape, including a pitch of one or more of the layers.