Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate with a conductive pattern. A semiconductor die is electrically connected to the substrate and both the semiconductor die and the substrate are at least partially covered by a package body. In some examples, through-mold vias are formed in the package body to provide electrical signal paths from an exterior surface thereof to the conductive pattern of the substrate. In some examples, through-mold vias are included in the package body to provide electrical signal paths between the semiconductor die and an exterior surface of the package body. In some examples, an interposer is electrically connected to the through-mold vias and may be covered by the package body and/or disposed in spaced relation thereto. In some examples, the interposer may not be electrically connected to the through-mold vias but may have one or more semiconductor dies of the semiconductor device electrically connected thereto.

Abstract: A display device is disclosed that includes a substrate, a light emitting device disposed on the substrate, an encapsulation layer covering the light emitting device, a light control film disposed on the encapsulation layer and including a plurality of light control patterns, and each of the light control patterns includes a first metal pattern disposed on the encapsulation layer, a first light transmission pattern disposed on the first metal pattern, a second metal pattern disposed on the first light transmission pattern and overlapping the first metal pattern, a second light transmission pattern disposed on the second metal pattern and overlapping the first light transmission pattern, a first light blocking pattern disposed on the same layer as the first metal pattern and overlapping the first light transmission pattern, and a second light blocking pattern disposed on the same layer as the second metal pattern and overlapping the second light transmission pattern.

Abstract: Hybrid nanomaterials, methods of making the nanomaterials, and methods of using the nanomaterials to detect hydrogen gas.

Abstract: Disclosed are semiconductor packages and their fabrication methods. The semiconductor package comprises a base semiconductor chip, a chip structure on the base semiconductor chip, a connection terminal between the base semiconductor chip and the chip structure, and a molding layer surrounding the chip structure and the connection terminal. The chip structure includes a first semiconductor chip including a first frontside pad and a first backside pad, and a second semiconductor including a second frontside pad and a second backside pad. A lateral surface of the first semiconductor chip is aligned with that of the second semiconductor chip. The first backside pad and the second frontside pad partially overlap each other when viewed in plan while being in direct contact with each other. The first backside pad and the second frontside pad include the same metal and are formed into a single unitary piece.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a substrate, a first semiconductor chip disposed on the substrate, and a second semiconductor chip disposed on a top surface of the first semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip includes a conductive pattern disposed on the top surface of the first semiconductor chip and a first protective layer covering the top surface of the first semiconductor chip and at least partially surrounds the conductive pattern. The second semiconductor chip includes a first pad that contacts a first through electrode on a bottom surface of the second semiconductor chip. A second protective layer surrounds the first pad and covers the bottom surface of the second semiconductor chip. A third protection layer fills a first recess defined in the second protective layer to face the inside of the second protective layer. The first protective layer and the third protective layer contact each other.

Abstract: A semiconductor package including a first stack; a plurality of TSVs passing through the first stack; a second stack on the first stack and including a second surface facing a first surface of the first stack; a first pad on the first stack and in contact with the TSVs; a second pad on the second stack; a bump connecting the first and second pads; a first redundancy pad on the first surface of the first stack, spaced apart from the first pad, and not in contact with the TSVs; a second redundancy pad on the second surface of the second stack and spaced apart from the second pad; and a redundancy bump connecting the first redundancy pad and the second redundancy pad, wherein the first pad and first redundancy pad are electrically connected to each other, and the second pad and second redundancy pad are electrically connected to each other.

Abstract: There is provided a camera module including a plurality of ball bearings to support the driving of a lens barrel at the time of compensating for unintended camera movement due to disturbance such as hand shake. The lens barrel may be driven in first and second directions, independently, by one driving force exerted in the first direction perpendicular to an optical axis and by another driving force exerted in the second direction perpendicular to both the optical axis and the first direction, thereby preventing driving displacement from being generated at the time of compensating for unwanted motion such as hand shake while securing reliability against external impact, and having reduced power consumption at the time of compensating for the disturbance.

Abstract: Disclosed are semiconductor packages and their fabrication methods. The semiconductor package comprises providing a semiconductor substrate, forming a semiconductor element on an active surface of the semiconductor substrate, forming in the semiconductor substrate through vias that extend from the active surface into the semiconductor substrate, forming a first pad layer on the active surface of the semiconductor substrate, performing a first planarization process on the first pad layer, performing on an inactive surface of the semiconductor substrate a thinning process to expose the through vias, forming a second pad layer on the inactive surface of the semiconductor substrate, performing a second planarization process on the second pad layer, and after the second planarization process, performing a third planarization process on the first pad layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor package may include first and second substrates, which are vertically stacked, a semiconductor device layer on a bottom surface of the second substrate to face a top surface of the first substrate, upper chip pads and an upper dummy pad on the top surface of the first substrate, penetration electrodes, which each penetrate the first substrate and are connected to separate, respective upper chip pads, lower chip pads on a bottom surface of the semiconductor device layer and electrically connected to separate, respective upper chip pads, and a lower dummy pad on the bottom surface of the semiconductor device layer and electrically isolated from the upper dummy pad. A distance between the upper and lower dummy pads in a horizontal direction that is parallel to the first substrate may be smaller than a diameter of the lower dummy pad.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a substrate; a substrate pad on the substrate; a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip on the substrate; a connective terminal between the substrate pad and the first semiconductor chip and between the substrate pad and the second semiconductor chip; a dummy pad on the substrate, and spaced apart from the substrate pad, wherein the dummy pad is between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip; and an underfill material layer interposed between the substrate and the first semiconductor chip and between the substrate and the second semiconductor chip, wherein the dummy pad and the substrate pad include a same material.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a redistribution substrate. A first semiconductor chip is disposed on the redistribution substrate. The first semiconductor chip includes a first semiconductor substrate, first through vias penetrating through the first semiconductor substrate, and a first bonding layer disposed on the first semiconductor substrate. The first bonding layer is electrically connected to the first through vias. A second semiconductor chip includes a second semiconductor substrate and a second bonding layer disposed on the second semiconductor substrate. The second bonding layer is bonded to the first bonding layer. A filling insulating film is disposed on the redistribution substrate. The filling insulating film covers the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip. An upper surface of the filling insulating film is disposed on a level above an upper surface of the first semiconductor chip and an upper surface of the second semiconductor chip.

Abstract: In accordance with the present description, there is provided multiple embodiments of a semiconductor device. In each embodiment, the semiconductor device comprises a substrate having a conductive pattern formed thereon. In addition to the substrate, each embodiment of the semiconductor device includes at least one semiconductor die which is electrically connected to the substrate, both the semiconductor die and the substrate being at least partially covered by a package body of the semiconductor device. In certain embodiments of the semiconductor device, through-mold vias are formed in the package body to provide electrical signal paths from an exterior surface thereof to the conductive pattern of the substrate. In other embodiments, through mold vias are also included in the package body to provide electrical signal paths between the semiconductor die and an exterior surface of the package body.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a package substrate having a first side and an opposite second side, a semiconductor chip on the first side of the package substrate, a capacitor on the second side of the package substrate, a plurality of connecting terminals on the second side of the package substrate, and a metal line within a trench in the package substrate. The trench extends in a first direction, and the metal line is between the capacitor and the plurality of connecting terminals. The metal line is spaced apart from the capacitor in a second direction that is transverse to the first direction, and a distance between the metal line and the capacitor is 100 ?m or more and 1000 ?m or less.

Abstract: Disclosed are interconnection structures, semiconductor packages including the same, and methods of fabricating the same.

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: 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: Disclosed is a semiconductor package comprising first and second semiconductor structures spaced apart on a first substrate, a heat sink covering the first and second semiconductor structure and the first substrate, and a thermal interface material layer between the heat sink and the first and second semiconductor structures. The first semiconductor structure includes a first sidewall adjacent to the second semiconductor structure and a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall. The thermal interface material layer includes a first segment between the first and second semiconductor structures and a second segment protruding beyond the second sidewall. A first distance from a top surface of the first substrate to a lowest point of a bottom surface of the first segment is less than a second distance from the top surface of the first substrate to a lowest point of a bottom surface of the second segment.

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 includes a first substrate including a circuit pattern and a dummy pattern on an upper face of the first substrate, a solder ball, a second substrate on the first substrate, and an underfill material layer between the first and second substrates. The underfill material layer wraps around the solder ball. The dummy pattern is not electrically connected to the circuit pattern. The first substrate includes a solder resist layer on the circuit pattern and the dummy pattern. The solder resist layer includes a first opening for exposing at least a part of the circuit pattern. The solder ball is in the first opening and electrically insulated from the dummy pattern by the solder resist layer. The second substrate is electrically connected to the first substrate by the solder ball. The second substrate is electrically insulated from the dummy pattern by the solder resist layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor package comprises a first die having a central region and a peripheral region that surrounds the central region; a plurality of through electrodes that penetrate the first die; a plurality of first pads at a top surface of the first die and coupled to the through electrodes; a second die on the first die; a plurality of second pads at a bottom surface of the second die, the bottom surface of the second die facing the top surface of the first die; a plurality of connection terminals that connect the first pads to the second pads; and a dielectric layer that fills a space between the first die and the second die and surrounds the connection terminals. A first width of each of the first pads in the central region may be greater than a second width of each of the first pads in the peripheral region.