An integrated circuit package module includes an integrated circuit package device including a contact element, and a bonding system formed on the integrated circuit package device. The bonding system includes a bonding system substrate and a bonding element formed in the bonding system substrate and conductively coupled to the contact element of the integrated circuit package device. The bonding element includes (a) a conduction component conductively connected to the contact element, the conduction component formed from a first metal having a first melting point, and (b) a bonding component formed from a second metal having a second melting point lower than the first melting point of the first metal.

An electronic substrate may be fabricated having at least two glass layers separated by an etch stop layer, wherein a bridge is embedded within one of the glass layers. The depth of a cavity formed for embedding the bridge is control by the thickness of the glass layer rather than by controlling the etching process used to form the cavity, which allows for greater precision in the fabrication of the electronic substrate. In an embodiment of the present description, an integrated circuit package may be formed with the electronic substrate, wherein at least two integrated circuit devices may be attached to the electronic substrate, such that the bridge provides device-to-device interconnection between the at least two integrated circuit devices. In a further embodiment, the integrated circuit package may be electrically attached to an electronic board.

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes bonding a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die to a first substrate, forming a conductive layer over the first semiconductor die, the second semiconductor die, and the first substrate, applying an encapsulant over the conductive layer, and removing a portion of the encapsulant, wherein the removing the portion of the encapsulant exposes the conductive layer.

A silver nano-twinned thin film structure and a method for forming the same are provided. A silver nano-twinned thin film structure, including: a substrate; an adhesive-lattice-buffer layer over the substrate; and a silver nano-twinned thin film over the adhesive-lattice-buffer layer, wherein the silver nano-twinned thin film comprises parallel-arranged twin boundaries, and a cross-section of the silver nano-twinned thin film reveals that 50% or more of all twin boundaries are parallel-arranged twin boundaries, wherein the parallel-arranged twin boundaries include Σ3 and Σ9 boundaries, wherein the Σ3 and Σ9 boundaries include 95% or more crystal orientation.

Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages and methods of assembling such electronic packages. In an embodiment, an electronic package comprises a core, where the core comprises glass. In an embodiment, a hole is through a thickness of the core, and a plug fills the hole, where the plug comprises a polymeric material. In an embodiment, first layers are over the core, where the first layers comprise a dielectric material; and second layers are under the core, where the second layers comprise the dielectric material.

Embodiments include electronic packages and methods of forming such packages. In an embodiment, an electronic package comprises a first substrate, and a second substrate coupled to the first substrate. In an embodiment, the second substrate comprises a core, and the core comprises an organic material. In an embodiment, a third substrate is coupled to the second substrate, and the third substrate comprises a glass layer.

A microelectronic assembly is disclosed, comprising: a substrate having a core made of glass; and a first integrated circuit (IC) die and a second IC die coupled to a first side of the substrate. The core comprises a cavity, a third IC die is located within the cavity, and the core further comprises one or more conductive through-glass via (TGV) that facilitates electrical coupling between the first side of the substrate and an opposing second side of the substrate. In some embodiments, the cavity is a blind cavity; in other embodiments, the cavity is a through-hole. In some embodiments, the third IC die merely provides lateral coupling between the first IC die and the second IC die; in other embodiments, the third IC die also provides electrical coupling between the first side and the second side of the substrate with through-silicon vias.

In various embodiments, a method for forming a bonded structure is disclosed. The method can comprise mounting a first integrated device die to a carrier. After mounting, the first integrated device die can be thinned. The method can include providing a first layer on an exposed surface of the first integrated device die. At least a portion of the first layer can be removed. A second integrated device die can be directly bonded to the first integrated device die without an intervening adhesive.

Provided is a semiconductor device capable of maintaining the flatness of a glass substrate and sufficiently protecting an end portion of the glass substrate. A semiconductor device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a glass substrate including a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a first side surface between the first surface and the second surface; wirings provided on the first and second surfaces; a first insulating film that covers the first surface; a second insulating film that covers the second surface; and a third insulating film that covers the first side surface, the third insulating film being continuous with at least one of the first and second insulating films.

An illumination apparatus comprises a plurality of LEDs aligned to an array of directional optical elements wherein the LEDs are substantially at the input aperture of respective optical elements. An electrode array is formed on the array of optical elements to provide at least a first electrical connection to the array of LED elements. Advantageously such an arrangement provides low cost and high efficiency from the directional LED array.