What is claimed is:
1. An electronic gaming station with 3D advertising, the electronic gaming station comprising:
a game display screen;
a computer having a means for operating a game of chance, the computer being operably connected to the game display screen for displaying output images of the game of chance;
an advertising display screen for providing an advertisement image;
an advertisement lens operably spaced apart from the advertising display screen for projecting the advertisement image beyond the advertisement lens to form a projected advertisement image;
the advertising display screen also being operatively connected for receiving the advertisement image from a video source; and
a housing for containing the computer, the housing having an aperture across which is mounted the advertisement lens and through which the projected advertisement image is projected.
2. The electronic gaming station of claim 1 further comprising a modem operably attached to the computer, the computer being operably connected to the advertising display screen, the modem being adapted to be operably connectable to a server that is operably attached to the video source.
3. The electronic gaming station of claim 2 further comprising a gaming card reader operably attached to the electronic gaming station and a card authorizer operably attached to the server.
4. The electronic gaming station of claim 3 wherein the gaming card reader is adapted to read a gaming card that has been authorized by the card authorizer and thereby retrieve information about the customer that has been stored in a customer account accessible by the server.
5. The electronic gaming station of claim 4 wherein a gaming card authorized by the card authorizer further includes a means for unlocking an electronic door.
6. The electronic gaming station of claim 5 wherein the means for unlocking includes an identification strip that is adapted to by read by an electronic door lock scanner.
7. The electronic gaming station of claim 1 further comprising a display lens mounted across a display aperture of the housing and operably spaced in front of the display screen for projecting the output images of the game of chance to form projected output images in front of the gaming station.
8. An electronic gaming station for playing card games, the electronic gaming station comprising:
a dealer display screen for providing a dealer image;
a display lens operably spaced apart from the dealer display screen for projecting the dealer image beyond the display lens to form a projected dealer image;
a dealer card display screen;
a player card display screen;
a computer operably connected to the dealer display screen, the dealer card display screen and the player card display screen, the computer having a means for displaying card images on the dealer card display screen and the player card display screen in coordination with the movements of the projected dealer image;
a housing for containing the computer and the dealer display screen, the housing having an aperture through which the projected dealer image is projected; and
a table portion extending from the housing, the table portion operably supporting the dealer card display screen and the player card display screen.
9. An electronic slot machine comprising:
a computer having a means for generating a plurality of pay line images randomly from a library of pay line images,
a display screen operably connected to the computer for displaying the plurality of pay line images;
a display lens operably spaced apart from the display screen for projecting the plurality of pay line images beyond the display lens to form a plurality of projected pay line images;
a housing for containing the computer and the display screen, the housing having an aperture through which the plurality of projected pay line images are projected;
a means for receiving a payment;
a means for triggering the computer to generate the plurality of pay line images once payment has been received; and
a means for dispensing payment when the plurality of pay line images that are selected from the library occur in one of a plurality of winning combinations.
10. An electronic gaming network comprising:
a plurality of electronic gaming stations having a game display screen, a computer having a means for operating a game of chance, the computer being operably connected to the game display screen for displaying output images of the game of chance;
a server operably connected to each of the plurality of electronic gaming stations;
a gaming card reader operably attached to each of the plurality of electronic gaming stations; and
a card authorizer operably attached to the server for issuing a plurality of gaming cards, each of the gaming cards having a means for unlocking a door.
11. The electronic gaming network of claim 10 further comprising:
an advertising display screen for providing an advertisement image;
an advertisement lens operably spaced apart from the advertising display screen for projecting the advertisement image beyond the advertisement lens to form a projected advertisement image;
the advertising display screen also being operatively connected for receiving the advertisement image from a video source; and
a housing for containing the computer, the housing having an aperture across which is mounted the advertisement lens and through which the projected advertisement image is projected.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a first die that contains an electronic component;
second die that contains a ground shielding structure, wherein the ground shielding structure device includes a first segment and a second segment, and wherein the first and second segments are formed in different layers; and
a layer disposed between the first die and the second die, wherein the layer couples the first die and the second die together.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:
the electronic component and the ground shielding structure each contain a conductive material; and
the electronic component is an inductor coil.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first die and the second die each include a silicon substrate or an interposer substrate.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the interposer substrate includes a dielectric material, a high resistance material, or a glass material.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the layer includes an underfill material.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the layer has a thickness that is at least ten microns.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the layer contains one or more microbumps.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second dies contains one or more dummy metal devices.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:
the first and second segments each have a meandrous shape; and
the first and second segments are positionally offset from one another in a top view.
10. A device, comprising:
an inductor coil formed in a first die;
a patterned ground shielding (PGS) device formed in a second die separate from the first die, wherein the PGS device contains a first elongate winding portion and a second elongate winding portion; and
an underfill material located between the first die and the second die.
11. The device of claim 10, wherein one of the first and second dies includes a silicon substrate, and the other one of the first and second dies includes an interposer substrate.
12. The device of claim 11, wherein:
the silicon substrate includes a plurality of microelectronic devices formed therein; and
the interposer substrate includes one of: a dielectric material and a glass material.
13. The device of claim 10, wherein one of the first and second dies includes at least one dummy metal.
14. The device of claim 10, wherein the underfill material includes at least one dummy microbump.
15. The device of claim 14, wherein the dummy microbump is surrounded by the inductor coil in a top view.
16. The device of claim 10, wherein the first elongate winding portion and the second elongate winding portion are formed in two separate metal layers, the first elongate winding portion and the second elongate winding portion being misaligned with respect to each other in a top view.
17. A microelectronic device, comprising:
a first die that contains a plurality of first interconnect layers, wherein an inductor coil structure is disposed in a subset of the first interconnect layers;
a second die that contains a plurality of second interconnect layers, wherein a patterned ground shielding (PGS) structure is disposed in a subset of the second interconnect layers; and
an underfill layer disposed between the first and second dies, the underfill layer containing one or more microbumps.
18. The microelectronic device of claim 17, wherein the first die and the second die each include a substrate that is one of: a silicon substrate and an interposer substrate.
19. The microelectronic device of claim 17, wherein:
at least one of the first and second dies contains a plurality of dummy metal components; and
the underfill layer contains a plurality of dummy microbumps that are surrounded by the inductor coil structure in a top view.
20. The microelectronic device of claim 17, wherein the PGS structure includes a first segment and a second segment that are formed in different layers of the second interconnect layers, and wherein the first and second segments each have a meandering shape and are misaligned with each other in a top view.