Abstract: The present application provides a method for forming chip packages and a chip package. The method comprises arranging a plurality of interconnect devices at intervals on a surface of a carrier and assembling a plurality of chipsets over the interconnect devices. Each chipset comprises at least two chips electrically connected through an interconnect device. A front surface of each chip facing the carrier is provided with a plurality of first bumps. The method further comprises forming a molded package layer whereby the plurality of chipsets and the plurality of interconnect devices are embedded in the molded package layer; removing the carrier and thinning the molded package layer to expose the first bumps; forming second bumps on the surface on one side of the molded package layer where the first bumps are exposed; and dicing the molded package layer to obtain a plurality of package units. Thus, a flexible and low-cost packaging scheme is provided for multi-chip interconnection.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a charged particle source module for generating and emitting a charged particle beam, such as an electron beam, comprising: a frame including a first frame part, a second frame part, and one or more rigid support members which are arranged between said first frame part and said second frame part; a charged particle source arrangement for generating a charged particle beam, such as an electron beam, wherein said charged particle source arrangement, such as an electron source, is arranged at said second frame part; and a power connecting assembly arranged at said first frame part, wherein said charged particle source arrangement is electrically connected to said connecting assembly via electrical wiring.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate; a semiconductor chip provided on the substrate; a resin covering the semiconductor chip; and a metal film provided on the resin. The metal film includes a first metal layer provided on the resin, a second metal layer provided on the first metal layer, and a third metal layer provided on the second metal layer. The first metal layer and the second metal layer contain a same material, and a particle diameter of the second metal layer is smaller than a particle diameter of the first metal layer.

Abstract: A display device and a touch controller are disclosed. The display device includes a protective screen, a display panel, a photosensitive element, and a light-concentrating element. The protective screen is arranged on a light-emitting surface of the display device. The photosensitive element is arranged between the display panel and the protective screen. The photosensitive element includes a photosensitive surface that receives light, and a light-concentrating element is arranged on the photosensitive surface of the photosensitive element.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a buried conductive structure in a semiconductor substrate and a method for forming the structure. The structure includes an epitaxial region disposed on a substrate and adjacent to a nanostructured gate layer and a nanostructured channel layer, a first silicide layer disposed within a top portion of the epitaxial region, and a first conductive structure disposed on a top surface of the first silicide layer. The structure further includes a second silicide layer disposed within a bottom portion of the epitaxial region and a second conductive structure disposed on a bottom surface of the second silicide layer and traversing through the substrate, where the second conductive structure includes a first metal layer in contact with the second silicide layer and a second metal layer in contact with the first metal layer.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, and techniques related to packages that include CPUs and PICs electrically coupled via an interconnect bridge. In embodiments, the PIC are electrically coupled with the EMIB using a fan out RDL to extend reach of the PIC electrical connectors. EICs may be electrically coupled between the PIC and the interconnect bridge. The CPUs may be CPUS, graphical processing units (GPUs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), or other processors. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a switching device includes: forming a trench at a top surface of a semiconductor substrate; forming a gate insulation film for covering an inner surface of the trench; forming a gate electrode inside the trench to locate a top surface of the gate electrode below the top surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming an oxide film by oxidizing the top surface of the gate electrode; forming an interlayer insulation film by vapor phase growth at a top surface of the oxide film to locate a top surface of the interlayer insulation film below the top surface of the semiconductor substrate; and forming an upper electrode in contact with the semiconductor substrate at the top surface of the semiconductor substrate and a side surface of the trench located above the top surface of the interlayer insulation film.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: an active pattern on a substrate, wherein the active pattern includes a plurality of channel layers stacked on one another; a plurality of source/drain patterns spaced apart from each other in a first direction and disposed on the active pattern, wherein the plurality of source/drain patterns are connected to each other through the plurality of channel layers; and first and second gate electrodes at least partially surrounding the channel layers and extending in a second direction, wherein the second direction intersects the first direction, wherein the active pattern has a first sidewall and a second sidewall that faces the first sidewall, and wherein a first distance between the first sidewall of the active pattern and an outer sidewall of the first gate electrode is different from a second distance between the second sidewall of the active pattern and an outer sidewall of the second gate electrode.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of recess portions on a first surface of a support. Each recess portion is between protrusion portions on the first surface. A stacked body is then placed into each of the recess portions. The stacked body is a plurality of semiconductor chips stacked on each other or the like. The recess portions are filled with a resin layer. The resin layer covers the stacked bodies inside the recess portions. A protrusion portion of the support is irradiated with a laser beam to form a modified portion in the protrusion portion. The support is divided along the protrusion portions into separate pieces.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to embodiments of optical sensor packages. For example, at least one embodiment of an optical sensor package includes a light-emitting die, a light-receiving die, and an interconnect substrate within a first resin. A first transparent portion is positioned on the light-emitting die and the interconnect substrate, and a second transparent portion is positioned on the light-receiving die and the interconnect substrate. A second resin is on the first resin, the interconnect substrate, and the first and second transparent portions, respectively. The second resin partially covers respective surfaces of the first and second transparent portions, respectively, such that the respective surfaces are exposed from the second resin.

Abstract: An array of complementary die sets is attached to a carrier substrate. A continuous complementary-level molding compound layer is formed around the array of complementary die sets. An array of primary semiconductor dies is attached to the array of complementary die sets. A continuous primary-level molding compound layer is formed around the array of primary semiconductor dies. The bonded assembly is diced by cutting along directions that are parallel to edges of the primary semiconductor dies. The sidewalls of the complementary dies are azimuthally tilted relative to sidewalls of the primary semiconductor dies, or major crystallographic directions of a single crystalline material in the carrier substrate are azimuthally tilted relative to sidewalls of the primary semiconductor dies.

Abstract: A method of processing a semiconductor wafer includes: forming an electronic device at each die location of the semiconductor wafer; partially forming a frontside metallization over a frontside of the semiconductor wafer at each die location; partially forming a backside metallization over a backside of the semiconductor wafer at each die location; and after partially forming both the frontside metallization and the backside metallization but without completing either the frontside metallization or the backside metallization, singulating the semiconductor wafer between the die locations to form a plurality of individual semiconductor dies, wherein the partially formed frontside metallization and the partially formed backside metallization have a same composition. Semiconductor dies and methods of producing semiconductor modules are also described.

Abstract: Mold chases for molding semiconductor devices and/or components of semiconductor devices, the resulting semiconductor devices and/or their components, and related systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the mold chase includes a first clamp and a second clamp having a substrate engaging surface oriented towards the first clamp. The substrate engaging surface can have a hybrid surface texture that includes a first region and a second region at adjacent the first region (on a lateral side of the first region). The first region can include a first surface texture that is relatively smooth. The second region can include a second surface texture that is relatively rough compared to the first surface texture. The first surface texture can prevent mold bleed during a molding process. The second surface texture can reduce electrostatic discharge events during an ejection from the mold chase.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, a method for designing a semiconductor device includes generating a 2D design for fabricating chiplets on a substrate. The chiplets are component levels for a multi-chip integrated circuit. The 2D design includes a first layout for alignment features and semiconductor structures to be formed on a first surface of a first chiplet and a second layout for alignment features and semiconductor structures to be formed on a first surface of a second chiplet. The first and second chiplets are adjacent on the substrate. The second layout is a mirror image of the first layout across a reference line shared by the first and second chiplets. The first surfaces of the first and second chiplets are both either top or bottom surfaces. The method further includes generating one or more photomasks according to the design.

Abstract: An electronic package structure includes an electronic structure, a wiring structure, an electrical contact and a support layer. The wiring structure is located over the electronic structure. The electrical contact connects the wiring structure and the electronic structure. The support layer is disposed around the electrical contact and has a surface facing the electrical contact. The surface includes at least one inflection point in a cross-sectional view.

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor package includes providing a metal baseplate having a base section and a plurality of metal posts, the base section being a planar pad of substantially uniform thickness, the plurality of metal posts each extending up from a planar upper surface of the base section, mounting a semiconductor die on the upper surface of the metal baseplate, forming an encapsulant body of electrically insulating mold compound on the upper surface of the base section, electrically connecting terminals of the semiconductor die to the metal posts, and removing the base section so as to form package contacts from the metal posts at a first surface of the encapsulant body.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a chip stack comprising semiconductor chips vertically stacked on a substrate in a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate, pillars between the substrate and the chip stack, an adhesive layer on a bottom surface of a lowermost semiconductor chip of the semiconductor chips, a first lower protective layer between the adhesive layer and the pillars, a second lower protective layer between the first lower protective layer and the adhesive layer, and a mold layer covering the chip stack and filling a space between the pillars. A thickness of the second lower protective layer in the first direction is greater than a thickness of the adhesive layer in the first direction.

Abstract: A component carrier which includes a laminated stack having at least one electrically insulating layer structure and/or at least one electrically conductive layer structure, and a component having at least one electrically conductive connection structure and embedded in the stack, wherein the at least one electrically conductive connection structure of the component is exposed with respect to the stack so that a free exposed end of the at least one electrically conductive connection structure of the component is flush with or extends beyond an exterior main surface of the stack.

Abstract: A nitride-based semiconductor device including a first and a second nitride-based semiconductor layers, a source electrode and a drain electrode, and a gate structure. The gate structure includes at least one conductive layer and two or more doped nitride-based semiconductor layers. The at least one conductive layer includes metal, and is in contact with the second nitride-based semiconductor layer to form a metal-semiconductor junction therebetween. The two or more doped nitride-based semiconductor layers are in contact with the second nitride-based semiconductor layer and abut against the conductive layer, so as to form contact interfaces abutting against the metal-semiconductor junction with the second nitride-based semiconductor.

Abstract: A display panel, a display apparatus and a preparation method of a display panel. The display panel includes a substrate, a display region and a non-display region. The non-display region includes a hole region and an isolation region adjoining the display region and the hole region. The isolation region includes at least one second isolation structure at least partially surrounding the hole region. The second isolation structure includes a supporting portion and a partitioning portion located on the supporting portion. An orthographic projection of the partitioning portion on the substrate covers an orthographic projection of the supporting portion on the substrate, and a maximum width of the supporting portion is smaller than a width of the partitioning portion. A tensile stress layer configured to apply a tensile stress to the partitioning portion is disposed on the partitioning portion.