Patent ID: 9064715
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: H01L,H05K

Abstract:
1. A package structure comprising: a networking unit comprising a plurality of switches/routers and a plurality of network interface units coupled to the plurality of switches/routers; an interposer comprising a plurality of metal connections, wherein the interposer is substantially free from active devices built inside the interposer; a functional element outside of, and bonded onto, the interposer, wherein the functional element is electrically coupled to the networking unit through one of the plurality of metal connections in the interposer; a printed circuit board (PCB) bonded to the interposer, wherein the PCB and the functional element are on opposite sides of the interposer, and wherein one of the plurality of network interface units is not directly connected to any functional element external to the interposer; and a plurality of functional elements bonded onto the interposer, wherein each of the plurality of functional elements is connected to one of a plurality of ports of the networking unit through the plurality of metal connections in the interposer.