Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device including a conductive pattern on a substrate, a passivation layer on the substrate and including an opening that partially exposes the conductive pattern, and a pad structure in the opening of the passivation layer and connected to the conductive pattern. The pad structure includes a first metal layer that fills the opening of the passivation layer and has a width greater than that of the opening, and a second metal layer on the first metal layer. The first metal layer has a first thickness at an outer wall of the first metal layer, a second thickness on a top surface of the passivation layer, and a third thickness on a top surface of the conductive pattern. The second thickness is greater than the first thickness, and the third thickness is greater than the second thickness.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a wiring structure that includes a first insulating layer and a first conductive pattern inside the first insulating layer, a first semiconductor chip disposed on the wiring structure, an interposer that includes a second insulating layer, a second conductive pattern inside the second insulating layer, and a recess that includes a first sidewall formed on a first surface of the interposer that faces the first semiconductor chip and a first bottom surface connected with the first sidewall, where the recess exposes at least a portion of the second insulating layer, a first element bonded to the interposer and that faces the first semiconductor chip inside the recess, and a mold layer that covers the first semiconductor chip and the first element.

Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor package comprising an interposer substrate having first and second surfaces opposite each other and including a wiring layer adjacent to the first surface, a semiconductor chip on the first surface of the interposer substrate, a passivation layer on the first surface of the interposer substrate and covering the semiconductor chip, and redistribution patterns in the passivation layer and connected to the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip has third and fourth surfaces opposite to each other. The third surface of the semiconductor chip faces the first surface of the interposer substrate. The redistribution patterns are connected to the fourth surface of the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip includes chip pads adjacent to the third surface and chip through electrodes connected to the chip pads. Each of the chip pads is directly bonded to a corresponding one of wiring patterns in the wiring layer.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a substrate, a landing pad on the substrate, and a through-via structure passing through the substrate and connected to the landing pad. The through-via structure may include a conductive plug, a first conductive barrier layer covering a sidewall and a lower surface of the conductive plug, and a second conductive barrier layer covering a sidewall of the first conductive barrier layer.

Abstract: There are provided semiconductor packages including a redistribution substrate and a semiconductor chip mounted on the redistribution substrate. The redistribution substrate may include a lower protective layer, a first conductive pattern disposed on the lower protective layer, a first insulating layer surrounding the first conductive pattern and disposed on the lower protective layer, and a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer. The first insulating layer may include a first upper surface that includes a first flat portion extending parallel to an upper surface of the lower protective layer, and a first recess facing the lower protective layer and in contact with the first conductive pattern. The first recess may be directly connected to the first conductive pattern.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices are provided. A semiconductor device includes an insulating layer and a conductive element in the insulating layer. The semiconductor device includes a first barrier pattern in contact with a surface of the conductive element and a surface of the insulating layer. The semiconductor device includes a second barrier pattern on the first barrier pattern. Moreover, the semiconductor device includes a metal pattern on the second barrier pattern. Related semiconductor packages are also provided.

Abstract: A semiconductor package may include a redistribution substrate, a semiconductor chip mounted on a top surface of the redistribution substrate, and a conductive terminal provided on a bottom surface of the redistribution substrate. The redistribution substrate may include an under-bump pattern including a via portion in contact with the conductive terminal and a wire portion on the via portion and an insulating layer covering top and side surfaces of the under-bump pattern. A central portion of a bottom surface of the via portion may be provided at a level higher than an edge portion of the bottom surface of the via portion.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices are provided. A semiconductor device includes an insulating layer and a conductive element in the insulating layer. The semiconductor device includes a first barrier pattern in contact with a surface of the conductive element and a surface of the insulating layer. The semiconductor device includes a second barrier pattern on the first barrier pattern. Moreover, the semiconductor device includes a metal pattern on the second barrier pattern. Related semiconductor packages are also provided.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes; a redistribution substrate including a redistribution pattern, a semiconductor chip mounted on a top surface of the redistribution substrate, and a connection terminal between the semiconductor chip and the redistribution substrate. The redistribution substrate further includes; a pad structure including a pad interconnection and a pad via, disposed between the redistribution pattern and the connection terminal, wherein the pad structure is electrically connected to the redistribution pattern and a top surface of the pad structure contacts the connection terminal, a shaped insulating pattern disposed on a top surface of the redistribution pattern, and a pad seed pattern disposed on the redistribution pattern and covering the shaped insulating pattern.

Abstract: A semiconductor package may include a redistribution substrate having a first surface and a second surface, opposite to each other, a semiconductor chip on the first surface of the redistribution substrate, and a solder pattern on the second surface of the redistribution substrate. The redistribution substrate may include an under-bump pattern coupled to the solder pattern, a first redistribution pattern on the under-bump pattern, the first redistribution pattern including a first via portion and a first wire portion, and a first seed pattern between the under-bump pattern and the first redistribution pattern and on a side surface of the first via portion and a bottom surface of the first wire portion. A bottom surface of the first seed pattern may be at a level lower than a top surface of the under-bump pattern.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a semiconductor package, the device including a first buffer dielectric layer on a first dielectric layer; a second dielectric layer and a second buffer dielectric layer sequentially disposed on the first buffer dielectric layer, the second buffer dielectric layer being in contact with the first buffer dielectric layer; and a pad interconnection structure that penetrates the first buffer dielectric layer and the second buffer dielectric layer, wherein the pad interconnection structure includes copper and tin.

Abstract: Disclosed are semiconductor packages and methods of fabricating the same. The semiconductor package includes a redistribution substrate including redistribution line patterns in a dielectric layer, and a semiconductor chip on the redistribution substrate. The semiconductor chip includes chip pads electrically connected to the redistribution line patterns. Each of the redistribution line patterns has a substantially planar top surface and a nonplanar bottom surface. Each of the redistribution line patterns includes a central portion and edge portions on opposite sides of the central portion. Each of the redistribution line patterns has a first thickness as a minimum thickness at the central portion and a second thickness as a maximum thickness at the edge portions.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a redistribution substrate that includes a first redistribution pattern and a second redistribution pattern that are at different levels from each other, and a semiconductor chip on the redistribution substrate and including a plurality of chip pads electrically connected to the first and second redistribution patterns. The first redistribution pattern includes a first metal pattern on a first dielectric layer, and a first barrier pattern between the first dielectric layer and a bottom surface of the first metal pattern. The second redistribution pattern includes a second metal pattern in a second dielectric layer, and a second barrier pattern between the second dielectric layer and a bottom surface of the second metal pattern and between the second dielectric layer and a sidewall of the second metal pattern.

Abstract: A semiconductor package including a redistribution substrate including an insulating layer and redistribution patterns in the insulating layer may be provided. Each of the redistribution patterns may include a via portion, a pad portion vertically overlapping the via portion, and a line portion extending from the pad portion. The via portion, the pad portion, and the line portion may be connected to each other to form a single object. A level of a bottom surface of the pad portion may be lower than a level of a bottom surface of the line portion. A width of the line portion may have a largest value at a level between a top surface of the line portion and the bottom surface of the line portion.

Abstract: A semiconductor package device may include a redistribution substrate and a semiconductor chip on a top surface of the redistribution substrate. The redistribution substrate may include an under-bump pattern, which includes including a body portion and a protruding portion extended from the body portion to form a single object, an insulating layer covering a side surface of the body portion, and an outer coupling terminal on the protruding portion. The body portion may have a first diameter in a first direction parallel to the top surface of the redistribution substrate, and the protruding portion may have a second diameter in the first direction, which is smaller than the first diameter. A top surface of the protruding portion may be parallel to the first direction, and a side surface of the protruding portion may be inclined at an angle to a top surface of the body portion.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip that includes a first conductive pad whose top surface is exposed; and a second semiconductor chip that includes a second conductive pad whose top surface is exposed and in contact with at least a portion of the top surface of the first conductive pad. The first semiconductor chip may include a first diffusion barrier in contact with a bottom surface of the first conductive pad, and a second diffusion barrier in contact with a lateral surface of the first conductive pad, and the first diffusion barrier and the second diffusion barrier may include different materials from each other.

Abstract: An interconnection structure includes a dielectric layer, and a wiring pattern in the dielectric layer. The wiring pattern includes a via body, a first pad body that vertically overlaps the via body, and a line body that extends from the first pad body. The via body, the first pad body, and the line body are integrally connected to each other, and a level of a bottom surface of the first pad body is lower than a level of a bottom surface of the line body.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a semiconductor package, the device including a pad interconnection structure that penetrates a first buffer dielectric layer and a second buffer dielectric layer, wherein the pad interconnection structure includes copper and tin, the pad interconnection structure includes a central part, a first intermediate part surrounding the central part; a second intermediate part surrounding the first intermediate part, and an outer part surrounding the second intermediate part, a grain size of the outer part is less than a grain size of the second intermediate part, the grain size of the second intermediate part is less than a grain size of the first intermediate part, and the grain size of the first intermediate part is less than a grain size of the central part.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first insulating interlayer disposed on a first surface of a substrate; a pad pattern disposed on a lower surface of the first insulating interlayer, the pad pattern including a first copper pattern; and a through silicon via passing through the substrate and the first insulating interlayer, and contacting the first copper pattern of the pad pattern. The through silicon via includes a first portion passing through the substrate and the first insulating interlayer, and a second portion under the first portion and extending to a portion of the first copper pattern in the pad pattern. A boundary of the through silicon via has a bent portion between the first portion and the second portion.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a conductive component on a substrate, a passivation layer on the substrate and including an opening that exposes at least a portion of the conductive component, and a pad structure in the opening and located on the passivation layer, the pad structure being electrically connected to the conductive component. The pad structure includes a lower conductive layer conformally extending on an inner sidewall of the opening, the lower conductive layer including a conductive barrier layer, a first seed layer, an etch stop layer, and a second seed layer that are sequentially stacked, a first pad layer on the lower conductive layer and at least partially filling the opening, and a second pad layer on the first pad layer and being in contact with a peripheral portion of the lower conductive layer located on the top surface of the passivation layer.