Abstract: A package structure includes first/second/third package components, a thermal interface material (TIM) structure overlying the first package component opposite to the second package component, and a heat dissipating component disposed on the third package component and thermally coupled to the first package component through the TIM structure. The first package component includes semiconductor dies and an insulating encapsulation encapsulating the semiconductor dies, the second package component is interposed between the first and third package components, and the semiconductor dies are electrically coupled to the third package component via the second package component. The TIM structure includes a dielectric dam and thermally conductive members including a conductive material, disposed within areas confined by the dielectric dam, and overlying the semiconductor dies. A manufacturing method of a package structure is also provided.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a redistribution structure, a plurality of semiconductor devices, and a plurality of heat dissipation films. The plurality of semiconductor devices mounted on the redistribution structure. The plurality of heat dissipation films are respectively disposed on and jointly covering upper surfaces of the plurality of semiconductor devices. A plurality of trenches are respectively extended between each two of the plurality of heat dissipations and extended between each two of the plurality of semiconductor devices.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a package structure, a thermal interface material (TIM) structure, and a lid structure. The package structure is disposed on the substrate. The TIM structure is disposed on the package structure. The TIM structure includes a metallic TIM layer and a non-metallic TIM layer in contact with the metallic TIM layer, and the non-metallic TIM layer surrounds the metallic TIM layer. The lid structure is disposed on the substrate and the TIM structure.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a device includes: a package component including an integrated circuit die and conductive connectors connected to the integrated circuit die, the conductive connectors disposed at a front-side of the package component, the integrated circuit die exposed at a back-side of the package component; a heat dissipation layer on the back-side of the package component and on sidewalls of the package component; an adhesive layer on a back-side of the heat dissipation layer, a portion of a sidewall of the heat dissipation layer being free from the adhesive layer; and a package substrate connected to the conductive connectors.

Abstract: A package assembly includes an interposer module on a package substrate, a thermal interface material (TIM) film on the interposer module, and a package lid that includes a plate portion on the TIM film and a step region projecting away from the plate portion and located over the TIM film and over an edge region of the interposer module.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a package structure, a thermal interface material (TIM) layer, and a lid structure. The package structure is disposed on the substrate. The TIM layer is disposed on the package structure. The TIM layer includes a liquid state metal material. The lid structure is disposed on the substrate and the TIM layer. The lid structure includes a trench facing the package structure. At least a portion of the TIM layer is located in the trench.

Abstract: An integrated circuit package and a method of forming the same are provided. A method includes forming a conductive column over a carrier. An integrated circuit die is attached to the carrier, the integrated circuit die being disposed adjacent the conductive column. An encapsulant is formed around the conductive column and the integrated circuit die. The carrier is removed to expose a first surface of the conductive column and a second surface of the encapsulant. A polymer material is formed over the first surface and the second surface. The polymer material is cured to form an annular-shaped structure. An inner edge of the annular-shaped structure overlaps the first surface in a plan view. An outer edge of the annular-shaped structure overlaps the second surface in the plan view.

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes: attaching a semiconductor device to a first surface of a substrate; placing a thermal interface material (TIM) film over a first side of the semiconductor device distal from the substrate, where the TIM film is pre-formed before the placing, where after the placing, a peripheral portion of the TIM film extends laterally beyond sidewalls of the semiconductor device; and attaching a lid to the first surface of the substrate to form an enclosed space between the lid and the substrate, where after attaching the lid, the semiconductor device and the TIM film are disposed in the enclosed space, where a first side of the TIM film distal from the substrate contacts the lid.

Abstract: A package structure includes a package substrate, a first semiconductor package and a second semiconductor package, an underfill material, a gap filling structure and a heat dissipation structure. The first semiconductor package and the second semiconductor package are electrically bonded to the package substrate. The underfill material is disposed to fill a first space between the first semiconductor package and the package substrate and a second space between the second semiconductor package and the package substrate. The gap filling structure is disposed over the package substrate and in a first gap laterally between the first semiconductor package and the second semiconductor package. The heat dissipation structure is disposed on the package substrate and attached to the first semiconductor package and the second semiconductor package through a thermal conductive layer.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture are provided, in which an adhesive is removed from a semiconductor die embedded within an encapsulant, and an interface material is utilized to remove heat from the semiconductor device. The removal of the adhesive leaves behind a recess adjacent to a sidewall of the semiconductor, and the recess is filled.

Abstract: A method includes forming a release film over a carrier, attaching a device over the release film through a die-attach film, encapsulating the device in an encapsulating material, performing a planarization on the encapsulating material to expose the device, detaching the device and the encapsulating material from the carrier, etching the die-attach film to expose a back surface of the device, and applying a thermal conductive material on the back surface of the device.

Abstract: A method of fabricating an integrated fan-out package is provided. A ring-shaped dummy die and a group of integrated circuit dies are mounted over a carrier, wherein the group of integrated circuit dies are surrounded by the ring-shaped dummy die. The ring-shaped dummy die and the group of integrated circuit dies over the carrier are encapsulated with an insulating encapsulation. A redistribution circuit structure is formed on the ring-shaped dummy die, the group of integrated circuit dies and the insulating encapsulation, wherein the redistribution circuit structure is electrically connected to the group of integrated circuit dies, and the ring-shaped dummy die is electrically floating.

Abstract: A method includes placing a package, which includes a first package component, a second package component, and an encapsulant encapsulating the first package component and the second package component therein. The method further includes attaching a first thermal interface material over the first package component, attaching a second thermal interface material different from the first thermal interface material over the second package component, and attaching a heat sink over both of the first thermal interface material and the second thermal interface material.

Abstract: A method includes bonding a first package and a second package over a package component, adhering a first Thermal Interface Material (TIM) and a second TIM over the first package and the second package, respectively, dispensing an adhesive feature on the package component, and placing a heat sink over and contacting the adhesive feature. The heat sink includes a portion over the first TIM and the second TIM. The adhesive feature is then cured.

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes attaching a first semiconductor device to a first surface of a substrate; forming a sacrificial structure on the first surface of the substrate around the first semiconductor device, the sacrificial structure encircling a first region of the first surface of the substrate; and forming an underfill material in the first region.

Abstract: A package structure includes a circuit substrate, a semiconductor package, a lid structure, a passive device and a barrier structure. The semiconductor package is disposed on and electrically connected to the circuit substrate. The lid structure is disposed on the circuit substrate covering the semiconductor package. The lid structure is attached to the circuit substrate through an adhesive material. The passive device is disposed on the circuit substrate in between the semiconductor package and the lid structure. The barrier structure is separating the passive device from the lid structure and the adhesive material, and the barrier structure is in contact with the adhesive material.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a package includes: an interposer having a first side; a first integrated circuit device attached to the first side of the interposer; a second integrated circuit device attached to the first side of the interposer; an underfill disposed beneath the first integrated circuit device and the second integrated circuit device; and an encapsulant disposed around the first integrated circuit device and the second integrated circuit device, a first portion of the encapsulant extending through the underfill, the first portion of the encapsulant physically disposed between the first integrated circuit device and the second integrated circuit device, the first portion of the encapsulant being planar with edges of the underfill and edges of the first and second integrated circuit devices.

Abstract: A method includes forming a release film over a carrier, attaching a device over the release film through a die-attach film, encapsulating the device in an encapsulating material, performing a planarization on the encapsulating material to expose the device, detaching the device and the encapsulating material from the carrier, etching the die-attach film to expose a back surface of the device, and applying a thermal conductive material on the back surface of the device.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first semiconductor package, a second semiconductor package, a heat spreader and an underfill layer. The first semiconductor package includes a plurality of lower semiconductor chips and a first dielectric encapsulation layer disposed around the plurality of the lower semiconductor chips. The second semiconductor package is disposed over and corresponds to one of the plurality of lower semiconductor chips, wherein the second semiconductor package includes a plurality of upper semiconductor chips and a second dielectric encapsulation layer disposed around the plurality of upper semiconductor chips. The heat spreader is disposed over and corresponds to another of the plurality of lower semiconductor chips. The underfill layer is disposed over the first semiconductor package and around the second semiconductor package and the heat spreader.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and method utilizing a dummy structure in association with a redistribution layer is provided. By providing the dummy structure adjacent to the redistribution layer, damage to the redistribution layer may be reduced from a patterning of an overlying passivation layer, such as by laser drilling. By reducing or eliminating the damage caused by the patterning, a more effective bond to an overlying structure, such as a package, may be achieved.