Abstract: Embodiments of mechanisms for forming a package are provided. The package includes a substrate and a contact pad formed on the substrate. The package also includes a conductive pillar bonded to the contact pad through solder formed between the conductive pillar and the contact pad. The solder is in direct contact with the conductive pillar.

Abstract: A method of making a semiconductor device is provided including forming a first opening and a second opening in a first surface of a substrate. A conductive material is formed in the first opening and in the second opening and over the first surface in the first region of the substrate between the openings. A thickness of the substrate may be reduced from a second surface of the substrate, opposite the first surface, to a third surface opposite the first surface which exposes the conductive material in the first opening and the conductive material in the second opening. A light emitting diode (LED) device is connected to the third surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an integrated fan-out (InFO) package includes at least the following steps. A package array is formed. A dielectric layer having a core layer formed thereon is provided. The core layer includes a plurality of cavities penetrating through the core layer. The dielectric layer and the core layer are attached onto the package array such that the core layer is located between the dielectric layer and the package array. A plurality of first conductive patches is formed on the dielectric layer above the cavities.

Abstract: A via or pillar structure, and a method of forming, is provided. In an embodiment, a polymer layer is formed having openings exposing portions of an underlying conductive pad. A conductive layer is formed over the polymer layer, filling the openings. The dies are covered with a molding material and a planarization process is performed to form pillars in the openings. In another embodiment, pillars are formed and then a polymer layer is formed over the pillars. The dies are covered with a molding material and a planarization process is performed to expose the pillars. In yet another embodiment, pillars are formed and a molding material is formed directly over the pillars. A planarization process is performed to expose the pillars. In still yet another embodiment, bumps are formed and a molding material is formed directly over the bumps. A planarization process is performed to expose the bumps.

Abstract: A method includes picking up a first package component, removing an oxide layer on an electrical connector of the first package component, placing the first package component on a second package component after the oxide layer is removed, and bonding the first package component to the second package component.

Abstract: A method for mounting components on a substrate is provided. The method includes providing a positioning plate which has a plurality of through holes. The method further includes supplying components each having a longitudinal portion on the positioning plate. The method also includes performing a component alignment process to put the longitudinal portions of the components in the through holes. In addition, the method includes connecting a substrate to the components which have their longitudinal portions in the through holes and removing the positioning plate.

Abstract: A package structure includes a redistribution circuit structure, at least one semiconductor die, an insulating encapsulation, insulators, and metallic patterns. The at least one semiconductor die is located on and electrically connected to the redistribution circuit structure. The insulating encapsulation encapsulates the at least one semiconductor die and located on the redistribution circuit structure. The insulators are located on the redistribution circuit structure, wherein the insulators are separated and spaced apart from each other, wherein edges of each of the insulators are distant from edges of the at least one semiconductor die by an offset in a stacking direction of the redistribution circuit structure and the insulating encapsulation. Each of the metallic patterns is located on a respective one of the insulators.

Abstract: The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate and a first conductive pad arranged over the substrate. A boundary structure is on an upper surface of the substrate around the first conductive pad. The boundary structure has one or more sidewalls defining an opening with a round shape over the first conductive pad.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an integrated fan-out (InFO) package includes at least the following steps. A package array is formed. A dielectric layer and a core material layer are sequentially formed on a first carrier. A portion of the core material layer is removed to form a core layer having a plurality of cavities. The first carrier, the dielectric layer, and the core layer are attached onto the package array such that the core layer is located between the dielectric layer and the package array. The first carrier is removed from the dielectric layer. A plurality of first conductive patches is formed on the dielectric layer above the cavities.

Abstract: A method for fabricating an integrated fan-out package is provided. The method includes the following steps. A plurality of conductive posts are placed in apertures of a substrate. A carrier having an adhesive thereon is provided. The conductive posts are transferred to the carrier in a standing orientation by adhering the conductive posts in the apertures to the adhesive. An integrated circuit component is mounted onto the adhesive having the conductive posts adhered thereon. An insulating encapsulation is formed to encapsulate the integrated circuit component and the conductive posts. A redistribution circuit structure is formed on the insulating encapsulation, the integrated circuit component, and the conductive posts, wherein the redistribution circuit structure is electrically connected to the integrated circuit component and the conductive posts. The carrier is removed. At least parts of the adhesive are removed (e.g. patterned or entirely removed) to expose surfaces of the conductive posts.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device. In some embodiments, the semiconductor device has a first plurality of conductive pads arranged over a first substrate. A conductive solder material is arranged over and is electrically connected to the first plurality of conductive pads. A first boundary structure separates each conductive pad of the first plurality of conductive pads from an adjacent conductive pad of the first plurality of conductive pads. A die is arranged over the first substrate. The die has outermost sidewalls that are laterally separated from first and second ones of the first plurality of conductive pads by the first boundary structure.

Abstract: A method includes placing a plurality of dummy dies over a carrier, placing a plurality of device dies over the carrier, molding the plurality of dummy dies and the plurality of device dies in a molding compound, forming redistribution line over and electrically coupled to the device dies, and performing a die-saw to separate the device dies and the molding compound into a plurality of packages.

Abstract: A package structure includes a spiral coil, a redistribution layer (RDL) and a molding material. The molding material fills gaps of the spiral coil. The spiral coil is connected to the RDL. A fan-out package structure includes a spiral coil, an RDL and a die. The spiral coil has a depth-to-width ratio greater than about 2. The RDL is connected to the spiral coil. The die is coupled to the spiral coil through the RDL. A semiconductor packaging method includes: providing a carrier; adhering a spiral coil on the carrier; adhering a die on the carrier; dispensing a molding material on the carrier to fill gaps between the spiral coil and the die; and disposing a redistribution layer (RDL) over the carrier so as to connect the spiral coil with the die.

Abstract: A method includes placing a first package component and a second package component over a carrier. The first conductive pillars of the first package component and second conductive pillars of the second package component face the carrier. The method further includes encapsulating the first package component and the second package component in an encapsulating material, de-bonding the first package component and the second package component from the carrier, planarizing the first conductive pillars, the second conductive pillars, and the encapsulating material, and forming redistribution lines to electrically couple to the first conductive pillars and the second conductive pillars.

Abstract: A via or pillar structure, and a method of forming, is provided. In an embodiment, a polymer layer is formed having openings exposing portions of an underlying conductive pad. A conductive layer is formed over the polymer layer, filling the openings. The dies are covered with a molding material and a planarization process is performed to form pillars in the openings. In another embodiment, pillars are formed and then a polymer layer is formed over the pillars. The dies are covered with a molding material and a planarization process is performed to expose the pillars. In yet another embodiment, pillars are formed and a molding material is formed directly over the pillars. A planarization process is performed to expose the pillars. In still yet another embodiment, bumps are formed and a molding material is formed directly over the bumps. A planarization process is performed to expose the bumps.

Abstract: A conductive micro pin includes a body having a first end surface, a second end surface, a first side surface connecting the first end surface and the second end surface, and a first corner between the first end surface and the first side surface, in which the first side surface is substantially flat, and the first corner is substantially rounded.

Abstract: A package structure in accordance with some embodiments may include an RFIC chip, a redistribution circuit structure, a backside redistribution circuit structure, an isolation film, a die attach film, and an insulating encapsulation. The redistribution circuit structure and the backside redistribution circuit structure are disposed at two opposite sides of the RFIC chip and electrically connected to the RFIC chip. The isolation film is disposed between the backside redistribution circuit structure and the RFIC chip. The die attach film is disposed between the RFIC chip and the isolation film. The insulating encapsulation encapsulates the RFIC chip and the isolation film between the redistribution circuit structure and the backside redistribution circuit structure. The isolation film may have a coefficient of thermal expansion lower than the insulating encapsulation and the die attach film.

Abstract: A method of forming an integrated circuit device includes forming a bump structure on a substrate, wherein the bump structure has a top surface and a sidewall surface, and the substrate has a surface region exposed by the bump structure. The method further includes depositing a non-metal protection layer on the top surface and the sidewall surface of the bump structure and the surface region of the substrate. The method further includes removing the non-metal protection layer from the top surface of the bump structure, wherein a remaining portion of the non-metal protection layer forms an L-shaped protection structure, and a top surface of the remaining portion of the non-metal protection layer is farther from the substrate than a top surface of the bump structure.

Abstract: A method includes placing a plurality of dummy dies over a carrier, placing a plurality of device dies over the carrier, molding the plurality of dummy dies and the plurality of device dies in a molding compound, forming redistribution line over and electrically coupled to the device dies, and performing a die-saw to separate the device dies and the molding compound into a plurality of packages.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a carrier having a first central axis extending along a first direction and a second central axis extending along a second direction, a plurality of dies disposed on a surface of the carrier, and a plurality of scribing lines separating the plurality of dies from each other. The plurality of scribing lines include a plurality of continuous lines along the first direction and a plurality of discontinuous lines along the second direction, at least one of the plurality of continuous lines overlaps the first central axis, at least one of the plurality of discontinuous lines overlaps the second central axis. The plurality of dies are symmetrically arranged on the carrier about the first central axis and the second central axis.