Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of first defining a scribe line on a front side of a wafer, in which the wafer includes an inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer disposed on a substrate and an alternating stack disposed on the IMD layer. Next, part of the alternating stack is removed to form a trench on the front side of the wafer, a dielectric layer is formed in the trench, and then a dicing process is performed along the scribe line from a back side of the wafer to divide the wafer into chips.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of first providing a wafer, forming a scribe line on a front side of the wafer, performing a plasma dicing process to dice the wafer along the scribe line without separating the wafer completely, performing a laminating process to form a tape on the front side of the wafer, performing a grinding process on a backside of the wafer, and then performing an expanding process to divide the wafer into chips.

Abstract: A capacitor structure comprises a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side; a plurality of first trenches formed on the first side of the substrate; a plurality of second trenches formed on the second side of the substrate; a first capacitor extending along the first side and into the first trenches; and a second capacitor extending along the second side and into the second trenches, wherein a first depth of each of the first trenches or a second depth of each of the second trenches is greater than half of a thickness of the substrate.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a bonding area and a pad area, a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on the substrate, a metal interconnection in the first IMD layer, a first pad on the bonding area and connected to the metal interconnection, and a second pad on the pad area and connected to the metal interconnection. Preferably, the first pad includes a first portion connecting the metal interconnection and a second portion on the first portion, and the second pad includes a third portion connecting the metal interconnection and a fourth portion on the third portion, in which top surfaces of the second portion and the fourth portion are coplanar.

Abstract: A capacitor structure comprises a substrate having a first side, a second side opposite to the first side and an upper surface corresponding to the first side; a plurality of first trenches formed on the first side of the substrate, disposed along a first direction and a second direction parallel to the upper surface, and penetrating the substrate along a third direction, the first direction, the second direction and the third direction orthogonal to each other; a plurality of second trenches formed on the second side of the substrate and penetrating the substrate along the third direction, the first trenches and the second trenches separated from each other in the first direction; a first capacitor extending along the first side and into the first trenches; and a second capacitor extending along the second side and into the second trenches.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a capacitor structure is provided. A substrate having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side is provided. A plurality of first trenches are formed on the first side. A first capacitor is formed extending along the first side and into the first trenches. A plurality of second trenches are formed on the second side. A second capacitor is formed extending along the second side and into the second trenches.

Abstract: A capacitor structure comprises a substrate having a first side, a second side opposite to the first side and an upper surface corresponding to the first side; a plurality of first trenches formed on the first side of the substrate, disposed along a first direction and a second direction parallel to the upper surface, and penetrating the substrate along a third direction, the first direction, the second direction and the third direction orthogonal to each other; a plurality of second trenches formed on the second side of the substrate and penetrating the substrate along the third direction, the first trenches and the second trenches separated from each other in the first direction; a first capacitor extending along the first side and into the first trenches; and a second capacitor extending along the second side and into the second trenches.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a capacitor structure is provided. A substrate having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side is provided. A plurality of first trenches are formed on the first side. A first capacitor is formed extending along the first side and into the first trenches. A plurality of second trenches are formed on the second side. A second capacitor is formed extending along the second side and into the second trenches.

Abstract: A capacitor structure comprises a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side; a plurality of first trenches formed on the first side of the substrate; a plurality of second trenches formed on the second side of the substrate; a first capacitor extending along the first side and into the first trenches; and a second capacitor extending along the second side and into the second trenches.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure, including a substrate and multiple chips, is provided. The chips are stacked on the substrate. Each of the chips has a first side and a second side opposite to each other. Each of the chips includes a transistor adjacent to the first side and a storage node adjacent to the second side. Two adjacent chips are bonded to each other. The transistor of one of the two adjacent chips is electrically connected to the storage node of the other one of the two adjacent chips to form a memory cell.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure, including a substrate and multiple chips, is provided. The chips are stacked on the substrate. Each of the chips has a first side and a second side opposite to each other. Each of the chips includes a transistor adjacent to the first side and a storage node adjacent to the second side. Two adjacent chips are bonded to each other. The transistor of one of the two adjacent chips is electrically connected to the storage node of the other one of the two adjacent chips to form a memory cell.

Abstract: A capacitor structure comprises a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side; a plurality of first trenches formed on the first side of the substrate; a plurality of second trenches formed on the second side of the substrate; a first capacitor extending along the first side and into the first trenches; and a second capacitor extending along the second side and into the second trenches.

Abstract: A semiconductor package structure and a method for forming the same are disclosed. The semiconductor package structure includes a semiconductor die, a molding layer and an inductor. The semiconductor die includes an active surface, a back surface and a sidewall surface between the active surface and the back surface. The molding layer covers the back surface and the sidewall surface of the semiconductor die. The inductor is in the molding layer. The sidewall surface of the semiconductor die faces toward the inductor.

Abstract: A semiconductor package structure and a method for forming the same are disclosed. The semiconductor package structure includes a semiconductor die, a molding layer and an inductor. The semiconductor die includes an active surface, a back surface and a sidewall surface between the active surface and the back surface. The molding layer covers the back surface and the sidewall surface of the semiconductor die. The inductor is in the molding layer. The sidewall surface of the semiconductor die faces toward the inductor.

Abstract: A semiconductor package structure and a method for forming the same are disclosed. The semiconductor package structure includes a semiconductor die, a molding layer and an inductor. The semiconductor die includes an active surface, a back surface and a sidewall surface between the active surface and the back surface. The molding layer covers the back surface and the sidewall surface of the semiconductor die. The inductor is in the molding layer. The sidewall surface of the semiconductor die faces toward the inductor.

Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes providing a preliminary device layer, having a substrate on top and a through substrate via (TSV) structure in the substrate. A top portion of the TSV structure protrudes out from the substrate. A dielectric layer is disposed over the substrate to cover the substrate and the TSV structure. A coating layer is formed over the dielectric layer, wherein the coating layer fully covers over the dielectric layer with a flat surface. An anisotropic etching process is performed to the coating layer and the dielectric layer without etching selection until the TSV structure is exposed.

Abstract: A TSV structure includes a substrate comprising at least a TSV opening formed therein, a conductive layer disposed in the TSV opening, and a bi-layered liner disposed in between the substrate and the conductive layer. More important, the bi-layered liner includes a first liner and a second liner, and a Young's modulus of the first liner is different from a Young's modulus of the second liner.

Abstract: A semiconductor package structure and a method for forming the same are disclosed. The semiconductor package structure includes a semiconductor die, a molding layer and an inductor. The semiconductor die includes an active surface, a back surface and a sidewall surface between the active surface and the back surface. The molding layer covers the back surface and the sidewall surface of the semiconductor die. The inductor is in the molding layer. The sidewall surface of the semiconductor die faces toward the inductor.

Abstract: A semiconductor package structure and a method for forming the same are disclosed. The semiconductor package structure includes a semiconductor die, a molding layer and an inductor. The semiconductor die includes an active surface, a back surface and a sidewall surface between the active surface and the back surface. The molding layer covers the back surface and the sidewall surface of the semiconductor die. The inductor is in the molding layer. The sidewall surface of the semiconductor die faces toward the inductor.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate having a frontside surface and a backside surface. A through-substrate via extends into the substrate from the frontside surface. The through-substrate via comprises a top surface. A metal cap covers the top surface of the through-substrate via. A plurality of cylindrical dielectric plugs is embedded in the metal cap. The cylindrical dielectric plugs are distributed only within a central area of the metal cap. The central area is not greater than a surface area of the top surface of the through-substrate via.