Patent ID: 9673179
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H01L,H05K

Claim:
1. A method for embedding a discrete electronic device in a chip module, the method comprising: providing the chip module comprising a multilayer substrate with a horizontal top surface, a horizontal bottom surface and at least one vertical side surface extending peripherally between the top surface and the bottom surface, the chip module being configured to receive one or more discrete electronic device to be mounted onto the horizontal top surface, the chip module further being configured to be mounted on a printed circuit board, the chip module further comprising a plurality of horizontal sections stacked above each other between the horizontal top surface and the horizontal bottom surface, each section of the plurality of horizontal sections comprising a lower and an upper horizontal electrically conductive layer, each section of the plurality of horizontal sections further comprising a horizontal electrically non-conductive layer arranged between the lower and the upper electrically conductive layer, each of the lower and the upper horizontal electrically conductive layers comprising one or more electrically conductive structures, the discrete electronic device comprising a first and a second electrical contact spaced apart from each other; providing a recess in the vertical side surface, the recess extending vertically within a plurality of horizontal sections; inserting the discrete electronic device into the recess, the discrete electronic device extending within a plurality of horizontal sections; establishing a first electrically conductive connection between the first electrical contact and a first electrically conductive structure of the or more electrically conductive structures; and establishing a second electrically conductive connection between the second electrical contact and a second electrically conductive structure of one or more electrically conductive structures.