Patent 7495330 was granted and assigned to Intel on February, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In one embodiment, a stack is assembled comprising a first integrated circuit package, and a substrate connector which connects the integrated circuit package to a circuit board. In one embodiment, the substrate connector includes an interposer substrate and a patch substrate bonded to the interposer substrate. Each substrate includes columnar conductors extending through the substrate to connect to another layer. Other embodiments are described and claimed.