An integrated circuit package with improved reliability and methods for creating the same are disclosed. More specifically, integrated circuit packages are created using one or more sacrificial layers that provide support for ink printed wires prior to package processing, but are removed during package processing. Once each of the sacrificial layers is removed, molding compound is placed around each ink printed wire, which may have a substantially rectangular cross section that can vary in dimension along a length of a given wire. While substantially surrounding each wire in and of itself improves reliability, removing non-conductive paste, fillets, or other adhesive materials also minimizes adhesion issues between the molding compound and those materials, which increases the bond of the molding compound to the package and its components. The net result is a more reliable integrated circuit package that is less susceptible to internal cracking and wire damage.

Methods and techniques are provided for using a conductive epoxy to create interconnects across a gap between an embedded integrated circuit chip and a dielectric substrate. The chosen epoxy is adhesive and thixotropic so that it sticks well and won't lose its volume after a drying process. Further, a liquid dielectric ink is used as an underfill material to not only cover and protect the interconnects but also act as a dielectric layer. This allows as for additional dielectric layers with corresponding interconnects and vias to form a multilayer structure with additional embedded chips. The disclosed methods and techniques can be implemented using direct print additive manufacturing processes.