Abstract: The present disclosure includes a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first area and a second area, a vertical insulating film passing through the substrate between the first area of the substrate and the second area of the substrate, an interlayer insulating structure disposed on the substrate, and a conductive pad formed on the interlayer insulating structure and overlapping the first area of the substrate. The semiconductor device also includes a through electrode passing through the conductive pad, the interlayer insulating structure, and the substrate in the first area.

Abstract: Techniques in accordance with embodiments described herein are directed to a MFM structure that includes a resistance component, an inductance component and a capacitance component. The MFM device is equivalent to a series LC circuit with the resistance component coupled in parallel with the capacitance component. The MFM structure is used as a series LC resonant circuit, band-pass circuit, band-stop circuit, low-pass filter, high-pass filter, oscillators, or negative capacitors.

Abstract: The present application provides a method for fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes providing a carrier substrate, forming through semiconductor vias in the carrier substrate for thermally conducting heat, forming a bonding layer on the carrier substrate, providing a first die structure including through semiconductor vias, forming an intervening bonding layer on the first die structure, bonding the first die structure onto the bonding layer through the intervening bonding layer, and bonding a second die structure onto the first die structure. The carrier substrate, the through semiconductor vias, and the bonding layer together configure a carrier structure. The second die structure and the first die structure are electrically coupled by the through semiconductor vias.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor package, the method including: forming a release layer on a first carrier substrate, wherein the release layer includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion has a first thickness, and the second portion has a second thickness thicker than the first thickness; forming a barrier layer on the release layer; forming a redistribution layer on the barrier layer, wherein the redistribution layer includes wirings and an insulating layer; mounting a semiconductor chip on the redistribution layer; forming a molding layer on the redistribution layer to at least partially surround the semiconductor chip; attaching a second carrier substrate onto the molding layer; removing the first carrier substrate and the release layer; removing the barrier layer; and attaching a solder ball onto the redistribution layer exposed by removal of the barrier layer and the second portion of the release layer.

Abstract: Provided are a package structure and a method of forming the same. The package structure includes a first tier, a second tier, and a third tier. The first tier includes an interposer. The second tier is disposed on the first tier and includes a bottom die. The third tier is disposed on the second tier and includes a plurality of first dies and at least one second die. The at least one second die is disposed between the plurality of first dies. The plurality of first dies are electrically connected to the bottom die by a plurality of first connectors to form a signal path, the plurality of first dies are electrically connected to the interposer by a plurality of second connectors to form a power path, and the plurality of first connectors are closer to the at least one second die than the plurality of second connectors.

Abstract: The present application discloses a semiconductor chip, a semiconductor device and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection method for a semiconductor device. The semiconductor chip includes an electrical contact, an application circuit, and an ESD protection unit. The application circuit performs operations according to a one signal received by the electrical contact. The ESD protection unit is coupled to the electrical contact. The capacitance of the ESD protection unit is adjustable.

Abstract: A 3D integrated circuit device can include a substrate, a thermal interface layer and at least one die, at least one device layer bonded between the thermal interface layer and the at least one die, wherein the thermal interface layer enhances conductive heat transfer between the at least one device layer and the at least one die, and a heat sink located adjacent to a heat spreader, wherein the thermal interface layer, the at least one die and the at least one device layer are located between the heat spreader and the substrate.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first stacked body including first semiconductor chips stacked in a first direction and offset relative to each other in a second direction; a first columnar electrode coupled to the first semiconductor chip and extending in the first direction; a second stacked body arranged relative to the first stacked body in the second direction and including second semiconductor chips stacked in the first direction and offset relative to each other in the second direction; a second columnar electrode coupled to the second semiconductor chip and extending in the first direction; and a third semiconductor chip arranged substantially equally spaced to the first columnar electrode and the second columnar electrode.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die, an insulating encapsulation and a warpage control pattern is provided. The first semiconductor die includes an active surface and a rear surface opposite to the active surface. The second semiconductor die is disposed on the active surface of the first semiconductor die. The insulating encapsulation is disposed on the active surface of the first semiconductor die and laterally encapsulates the second semiconductor die. The warpage control pattern is disposed on and partially covers the rear surface of the first semiconductor die.

Abstract: A package includes a semiconductor carrier, a first die, a second die, a first encapsulant, a second encapsulant, and an electron transmission path. The first die is disposed over the semiconductor carrier. The second die is stacked on the first die. The first encapsulant laterally encapsulates the first die. The second encapsulant laterally encapsulates the second die. The electron transmission path is electrically connected to a ground voltage. A first portion of the electron transmission path is embedded in the semiconductor carrier, a second portion of the electron transmission path is aside the first die and penetrates through the first encapsulant, and a third portion of the electron transmission path is aside the second die and penetrates through the second encapsulant.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having cell array and extension regions, a gate electrode structure having gate electrodes stacked in a first direction, a channel through the gate electrode structure on the cell array region, a first division pattern extending in the second direction on the cell array and extension regions, the first division pattern being at opposite sides of the gate electrode structure in a third direction, an insulation pattern structure partially through the gate electrode structure on the extension region, a through via through the insulation pattern structure, and a support layer on the gate electrode structure and extending on the cell array and extension regions, the support layer contacting an upper sidewall of the first division pattern, and the support layer not contacting an upper surface of a portion of the first division pattern on the extension region adjacent to the insulation pattern structure.

Abstract: Structures and formation methods of a chip package structure are provided. The chip package structure includes a semiconductor die bonded over an interposer substrate. The chip package structure also includes a warpage release layer structure. The warpage release layer structure includes an organic material layer and an overlying high coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) material layer with a CTE that is substantially equal to or greater than 9 ppm/° C. The organic material layer is in direct contact with the upper surface of the semiconductor die, and the overlying high CTE material layer covers the upper surface of the semiconductor die.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a flexible substrate and a first insulation layer disposed on the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate includes a bending area. The first insulation layer includes a first unevenness disposed over the bending area. The first unevenness includes two or more steps in at least a portion of the first unevenness.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture which utilize lids in order to constrain thermal expansion during annealing are presented. In some embodiments lids are placed and attached on encapsulant and, in some embodiments, over first semiconductor dies. As such, when heat is applied, and the encapsulant attempts to expand, the lid will work to constrain the expansion, reducing the amount of stress that would otherwise accumulate within the encapsulant.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of manufacture are provided which utilize an air gap to help isolate conductive structures within a dielectric layer. A first etch stop layer is deposited over the conductive structures, and the first etch stop layer is patterned to expose corner portions of the conductive structures. A portion of the dielectric layer is removed to form an opening. A second etch stop layer is deposited to line the opening, wherein the second etch stop layer forms a stepped structure over the corner portions of the conductive structures. Dielectric material is then deposited into the opening such that an air gap is formed to isolate the conductive structures.

Abstract: A semiconductor device, the device including: a first silicon layer including a first single crystal silicon; a first metal layer disposed over the first single crystal silicon layer; a second metal layer disposed over the first metal layer; a first level including a plurality of transistors, the first level disposed over the second metal layer, where the plurality of transistors include a second single crystal silicon; a third metal layer disposed over the first level; a fourth metal layer disposed over the third metal layer, where the fourth metal layer is aligned to the first metal layer with a less than 40 nm alignment error; and a via disposed through the first level, where the fourth metal layer provides a global power distribution, and where a typical thickness of the fourth metal layer is at least 50% greater than a typical thickness of the third metal.

Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display layer which includes an active area and a peripheral area adjacent to the active area, a biometric information sensing layer disposed below the display layer and including a sensor, and an optical pattern layer disposed on an optical pattern plane between the biometric information sensing layer and the display layer and including a light blocking part and a transmission part having higher light transmittance than the light blocking part, wherein an upper surface of the light blocking part is concave, and recessed away from the optical pattern plane.

Abstract: A packaging method includes steps of: forming first and second wiring layers electrically connected to each other on two opposite surfaces of a substrate; then configuring mother substrate interconnecting bumps on the first wiring layer and along perimeter of a daughter substrate unit, and then cutting along the perimeter of the daughter substrate unit to expose lateral faces of the mother substrate interconnecting bumps and configuring solder materials thereon; then configuring first and second chips on the first and the second wiring layers to form electrical interconnection between the two chips. A package structure enables interconnecting two chips through one single daughter substrate unit with its wiring layers directly connecting with lateral face contacts of the mother carrier substrate through the mother substrate interconnecting bumps.

Abstract: A stacked semiconductor package has a substrate, a first chip, at least one spacer, a second chip and an encapsulation. The first chip and the second chip are intersecting stacked on the substrate. The at least one spacer is stacked on the substrate to support the second chip. The encapsulation is formed to encapsulate the substrate, the first chip, the at least one spacer and the second chip. The at least one spacer is made of the material of the encapsulation. Therefore, the adhesion between the at least one spacer and the encapsulation is enhanced to avoid the delamination during the reliability test and enhances the reliability of the stacked semiconductor package.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are related to an integrated circuit including multiple dies stacked along a direction. In one aspect, the integrated circuit includes a first die, a second die, and a third die stacked along the direction. In one aspect, the first die includes a first interface circuit to generate a signal. In one aspect, the second die includes a second interface circuit to receive the signal from the first interface circuit and generate a replicate signal of the signal. In one aspect, the third die includes a third interface circuit to receive the replicate signal from the second interface circuit.