Abstract: An embodiment of the present application provides a semiconductor device, including a substrate, a chip, a latch-up protection circuit, and a redistribution layer. The chip is on the substrate. The latch-up protection circuit is separated from the chip in a direction. The redistribution layer transmits a signal between the latch-up protection circuit and the chip.

Abstract: An IC structure includes a first transistor, a dielectric layer, a plurality of semiconductor pillars, a plurality of semiconductor plugs, a semiconductor structure, and a second transistor. The first transistor is formed on a substrate. The dielectric layer is above the first transistor. The semiconductor pillars extend from the substrate into the dielectric layer. The semiconductor plugs extend from a top surface of the dielectric layer into the dielectric layer to the plurality of semiconductor pillars. The semiconductor structure is disposed over the top surface of the dielectric layer. The second transistor is formed on the semiconductor structure.

Abstract: An antenna package structure is provided. The antenna package structure includes a glass substrate, an interconnect structure, a plurality of semiconductor chips, and an antenna array structure. The glass substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The interconnect structure is disposed over the first surface of the glass substrate. The plurality of semiconductor chips are mounted over the interconnect structure. The antenna array structure is formed on the second surface of the glass substrate. Furthermore, the plurality of semiconductor chips are coupled to the antenna array structure through the interconnect structure and the glass substrate.

Abstract: A bonding element and a method for manufacturing the same thereof are provide, wherein the method comprises the following steps: providing a carrier substrate; forming a first metal layer on the carrier substrate; forming a first insulating layer on the first metal layer, wherein the first insulating layer includes a first through hole; forming a first passivation layer and a first conductive layer in the first through hole, wherein the first passivation layer and the first conductive layer in the first through hole form a first connecting bump; forming a first substrate on the first connection bump and the first insulating layer; removing the carrier substrate and the first metal layer to form a first sub-bonding element; and connecting the first sub-bonding element and a second sub-bonding element with a surface of the first passivation of the first connection bump to form the bonding element.

Abstract: A bonding element and a method for manufacturing the same thereof are provide, wherein the method comprises the following steps: providing a carrier substrate; forming a first metal layer on the carrier substrate; forming a first insulating layer on the first metal layer, wherein the first insulating layer includes a first through hole; forming a first passivation layer and a first conductive layer in the first through hole, wherein the first passivation layer and the first conductive layer in the first through hole form a first connecting bump; forming a first substrate on the first connection bump and the first insulating layer; removing the carrier substrate and the first metal layer to form a first sub-bonding element; and connecting the first sub-bonding element and a second sub-bonding element with a surface of the first passivation of the first connection bump to form the bonding element.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bonding structure includes (a) providing a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a top surface and at least one bonding pad disposed adjacent to the top surface of the substrate, at least one bonding pad having a sloped surface with a first slope; (b) providing a semiconductor element, wherein the semiconductor element includes at least one pillar, and at least one pillar has a sidewall with a second slope, wherein the absolute value of the first slope is smaller than the absolute value of the second slope; and (c) bonding at least one pillar to a portion of the sloped surface of corresponding ones of the at least one bonding pad.

Abstract: A bonding structure and a method of fabricating the same are provided. A first substrate having a first bonding element and a second substrate having a second bonding element are provided, wherein at least one of the first bonding element and the second bonding element is formed with an alloy. A bonding process is performed to bond the first bonding element with the second bonding element, wherein a diffusion liner is generated at the exposed, non-bonded surface of the bonding structure.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bonding structure includes (a) providing a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a top surface and at least one bonding pad disposed adjacent to the top surface of the substrate, at least one bonding pad having a sloped surface with a first slope; (b) providing a semiconductor element, wherein the semiconductor element includes at least one pillar, and at least one pillar has a sidewall with a second slope, wherein the absolute value of the first slope is smaller than the absolute value of the second slope; and (c) bonding at least one pillar to a portion of the sloped surface of corresponding ones of the at least one bonding pad.

Abstract: A bonding structure includes a substrate having a top surface and including at least one bonding pad. Each bonding pad is disposed adjacent to the top surface of the substrate and has a sloped surface. A semiconductor element includes at least one pillar. Each pillar is bonded to a portion of the sloped surface of a corresponding bonding pad, and a gap is formed between a sidewall of the pillar and the sloped surface of the corresponding bonding pad.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to bonding structures useful in semiconductor packages and methods of manufacturing the same. In an embodiment, the bonding structure comprises a substrate, having a top surface and including at least one bonding pad, wherein each bonding pad is disposed adjacent to the top surface of the substrate and has a sloped surface; and a semiconductor element including at least one pillar, wherein each pillar is bonded to a portion of the sloped surface of a corresponding bonding pad, and a gap is formed between a sidewall of the pillar and the sloped surface of the corresponding bonding pad.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a redistribution layer, a plurality of through-silicon vias (TSVs), and a plating seed layer. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, and a plurality of cavities. The redistribution layer is disposed on the first surface, and the TSVs are respectively disposed in the cavities. The plating seed layer is disposed between the inner wall of each of the cavities and the corresponding TSVs. The anti-oxidation layer is disposed between the plating seed layer and the corresponding TSVs. The buffer layer covers the first surface and exposes the redistribution layers. Furthermore, a manufacturing method and a stacking structure of the semiconductor device are also provided.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a redistribution layer, a plurality of through-silicon vias (TSVs), and a plating seed layer. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, and a plurality of cavities. The redistribution layer is disposed on the first surface, and the TSVs are respectively disposed in the cavities. The plating seed layer is disposed between the inner wall of each of the cavities and the corresponding TSVs. The anti-oxidation layer is disposed between the plating seed layer and the corresponding TSVs. The buffer layer covers the first surface and exposes the redistribution layers. Furthermore, a manufacturing method and a stacking structure of the semiconductor device are also provided.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a semiconductor bonding structure and process and a semiconductor chip. The semiconductor bonding structure includes a first pillar, a first interface, an intermediate area, a second interface and a second pillar in sequence. The first pillar, the second pillar and the intermediate area include a first metal. The first interface and the second interface include the first metal and an oxide of a second metal. The content percentage of the first metal in the first interface and the second interface is less than that of the first metal in the intermediate area.

Abstract: A submicron connection layer and a method for using the same to connect wafers is disclosed. The connection layer comprises a bottom metal layer formed on a connection surface of a wafer, an intermediary diffusion-buffer metal layer formed on the bottom metal layer, and a top metal layer formed on the intermediary diffusion-buffer metal layer. The melting point of the intermediary diffusion-buffer metal layer is higher bottom metal layers may form a eutectic phase. During bonding wafers, two top metal layers are joined in a liquid state; next the intermediary diffusion-buffer metal layers are distributed uniformly in the molten top metal layers; then the top and bottom metal layers diffuse to each other to form a low-resistivity eutectic intermetallic compound until the top metal layers are completely exhausted by the bottom metal layers.

Abstract: An interconnection structure of a semiconductor device is provided, where the interconnection structure is constructed in a semiconductor substrate. The interconnection structure includes a first through silicon via and a second through silicon via both penetrating the semiconductor substrate, and the first through silicon via is spaced from the second through silicon via by a distance ranged from 2 ?m to 40 ?m.

Abstract: Bonding of substrates including metal-dielectric patterns on a surface with the metal raised above the dielectric, as well as related structures, are disclosed. One structure includes: a first substrate having a metal-dielectric pattern on a surface thereof, the metal-dielectric pattern including: a metal having a concave upper surface; and a dielectric having a substantially uniform upper surface, wherein the metal on the first substrate is raised above the dielectric on the first substrate; and a second substrate bonded with the first substrate, the second substrate including: a dielectric; and a metal positioned substantially below the dielectric of the second substrate, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded only at the metal from the first substrate and the metal from the second substrate.

Abstract: Graphene-channel based devices and techniques for the fabrication thereof are provided. In one aspect, a semiconductor device includes a first wafer having at least one graphene channel formed on a first substrate, a first oxide layer surrounding the graphene channel and source and drain contacts to the graphene channel that extend through the first oxide layer; and a second wafer having a CMOS device layer formed in a second substrate, a second oxide layer surrounding the CMOS device layer and a plurality of contacts to the CMOS device layer that extend through the second oxide layer, the wafers being bonded together by way of an oxide-to-oxide bond between the oxide layers. One or more of the contacts to the CMOS device layer are in contact with the source and drain contacts. One or more other of the contacts to the CMOS device layer are gate contacts for the graphene channel.

Abstract: Graphene-channel based devices and techniques for the fabrication thereof are provided. In one aspect, a semiconductor device includes a first wafer having at least one graphene channel formed on a first substrate, a first oxide layer surrounding the graphene channel and source and drain contacts to the graphene channel that extend through the first oxide layer; and a second wafer having a CMOS device layer formed in a second substrate, a second oxide layer surrounding the CMOS device layer and a plurality of contacts to the CMOS device layer that extend through the second oxide layer, the wafers being bonded together by way of an oxide-to-oxide bond between the oxide layers. One or more of the contacts to the CMOS device layer are in contact with the source and drain contacts. One or more other of the contacts to the CMOS device layer are gate contacts for the graphene channel.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a semiconductor bonding structure and process and a semiconductor chip. The semiconductor bonding structure includes a first pillar, a first interface, an intermediate area, a second interface and a second pillar in sequence. The first pillar, the second pillar and the intermediate area include a first metal. The first interface and the second interface include the first metal and an oxide of a second metal. The content percentage of the first metal in the first interface and the second interface is less than that of the first metal in the intermediate area.

Abstract: The present invention provides a TSV-based oscillator WLP structure and a method for fabricating the same. The method of the present invention comprises steps: providing a silicon base having an oscillator unit disposed thereon; forming on the silicon base at least one package ring surrounding the oscillator unit; and disposing a silicon cap on the package ring to envelop the oscillator unit. The present invention adopts a cap and a base, which are made of the same material, to effectively overcome the problem of thermal stress occurring in a conventional sandwich package structure. Further, the present invention elaborately designs the wiring on the lower surface of the base to reduce the package size and decrease consumption of noble metals.