Coaxial wire and optical fiber trace via hybrid structures and methods to manufacture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10613283-B2
Application number	US-201816052184-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 1, 2018
Priority date	Nov 9, 2016
Publication date	Apr 7, 2020
Grant date	Apr 7, 2020

Abstract

The sacrificial trace structure may be removed and a first interconnect metal layer may be formed on the continuous seed layer. An electrically insulative layer may then be formed on the first interconnect metal layer, and a second interconnect metal layer is formed on the electrically insulative layer. Thereafter, a dielectric material is formed on the second interconnect metal layer to encapsulate a majority of an assembly of the first interconnect metal layer, electrically insulative layer and second interconnect metal layer that provides said coaxial wire. Ends of the coaxial wire may be exposed through opposing surfaces of the dielectric material to provide that the coaxial wire extends through that dielectric material.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A coaxial wire structure comprising:
a rigid dielectric base material; and
a metal based interconnect structure extending through said rigid dielectric base material from a first side of the dielectric base material to an opposing second side of the rigid dielectric base material, wherein at least one metal line of the metal based interconnect structure that extends from the first side of the rigid dielectric base material to the second side of said rigid dielectric base material has at least one non-linear portion, the metal based interconnect structure being an assembly of a first metal interconnect layer and a second metal interconnect layer separated from each other by an electrically insulating layer.

2. The coaxial wire structure of claim 1 , wherein said at least one non-linear portion is a single arc extending continuously from a first side to a second side of the dielectric base material.

3. The coaxial wire structure of claim 1 , wherein said at least one non-linear portion comprises multiple arcs.

4. The coaxial wire structure of claim 1 , wherein said at least one non-linear portion comprises two linear portions intersecting at an angle.

5. The coaxial wire structure of claim 1 , wherein said electrically insulating layer comprises a dielectric comprised of an oxide, nitride or oxynitride material, or said electrically insulating layer comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of parylene, organosiloxanes, epoxies, acrylates, urethanes, silicones, polyimide, poly(phenylene oxide), polyamide, polyester, PEEK, polyethelyene naphthalate, polyetherimide, fluoropolymers, and combinations thereof.

6. The coaxial wire structure of claim 1 , wherein the first metal interconnect layer is comprised of a metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, aluminum, copper, tantalum, titanium, platinum and combinations thereof.

7. The coaxial wire structure of claim 1 , wherein the second metal interconnect layer is comprised of a metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, aluminum, copper, tantalum, titanium, platinum and combinations thereof.

8. A structure including an optical fiber comprising:
a rigid dielectric base material; and
a polymeric optical fiber extending through said rigid dielectric base material from a first side of the rigid dielectric base material to an opposing second side of the rigid dielectric base material, wherein at least one polymeric optical fiber has at least one non-linear portion, the polymeric optical fiber and the rigid dielectric base material separated from each other by at least one metal cladding layer.

9. The structure of claim 8 , wherein said at least one non-linear portion comprises at least one curvature.

10. The structure of claim 8 , wherein said at least one non-linear portion comprises at least one angled portion.

11. The structure of claim 10 , wherein the optical fiber carries an optical signal, and the cladding layer carries an electrical signal.

12. The structure of claim 10 , wherein said polymer for said optical fiber comprises optical fiber comprises PMMA, polystyrene, silicone resin and combinations thereof.

13. The structure of claim 8 , wherein the at least one metal cladding layer is comprised of a metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, aluminum, copper, tantalum, titanium, platinum and combinations thereof.

14. The structure of claim 8 , wherein the polymeric optical fiber is formed using an additive forming method that is selected from the group consisting of stereolithography, self-propagating waveguide formation, fused deposition modeling (FDM), selective laser sintering (SLS), continuous liquid interface production (CLIP), digital light processing (DLP), material jetting and combinations thereof.

15. A coaxial wire structure comprising:
a rigid dielectric base material; and
a metal based interconnect structure extending through said rigid dielectric base material from a first side of the rigid dielectric base material to an opposing second side of the dielectric base material, wherein at least one metal line of the metal based interconnect structure that extends from the first side of the rigid dielectric base material to the second side of said dielectric base material has at least one non-linear portion that is a single arc extending continuously from a first side to a second side of the rigid dielectric base material, the metal based interconnect structure being an assembly of a first metal interconnect layer and a second metal interconnect layer separated from each other by an electrically insulating layer.

16. The coaxial wire structure of claim 15 , wherein said electrically insulating coating comprises a dielectric comprised of an oxide, nitride or oxynitride material, or said electrically insulating coating comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of parylene, organosiloxanes, epoxies, acrylates, urethanes, silicones, polyimide, poly(phenylene oxide), polyamide, polyester, PEEK, polyethelyene naphthalate, polyetherimide, fluoropolymers, and combinations thereof.

17. The coaxial wire structure of claim 15 , wherein the first metal interconnect layer is comprised of a metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, aluminum, copper, tantalum, titanium, platinum and combinations thereof.

18. The coaxial wire structure of claim 15 , wherein the second metal interconnect layer is comprised of a metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, aluminum, copper, tantalum, titanium, platinum and combinations thereof.

19. The coaxial wire structure of claim 15 , wherein the metal based interconnect structure carries an electrical signal.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Buvid Daniel J
• Campbell Eric J
• Czaplewski Sarah K
• Steffen Christopher W

Classifications

• B33Y80/00

  Products made by additive manufacturing · CPC title

• B33Y10/00

  Processes of additive manufacturing · CPC title

• G02B6/4274

  Electrical aspects (G02B6/4263 and G02B6/4265 take precedence) · CPC title

• G02B6/43

  Arrangements comprising a plurality of opto-electronic elements and associated optical interconnections · CPC title

• Y10T29/49123

  Co-axial cable · CPC title