Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor package with increased thermal radiation efficiency, which includes: a first die having signal and dummy regions and including first vias in the signal region, a second die on the first die and including second vias in the signal region, first die pads on a top surface of the first die and coupled to the first vias, first connection terminals on the first die pads which couple the second vias to the first vias, second die pads in the dummy region and on the top surface of the first die, and second connection terminals on the second die pads and electrically insulated from the first vias and the second vias. Each of the second die pads has a rectangular planar shape whose major axis is provided along a direction that leads away from the signal region.

Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device with improved product reliability. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a structure on the substrate and including multilayer metal patterns and multilayer insulating layers, and a pad layer on the structure and including a plurality of bonding pads, wherein a plurality of uppermost patterns at an uppermost layer among the multilayer metal patterns include electrode patterns for transferring signals and alleviation patterns that do not transfer the signals, a first ratio of the alleviation patterns within a first reference shape at a first distance from an edge of the structure is greater than a second ratio of the alleviation patterns within a second reference shape at a second distance from the edge of the structure, and the first distance is greater than the second distance.

Abstract: A semiconductor package including a package substrate, a connection substrate on the package substrate and having on a lower corner of the connection substrate a recession that faces a top surface of the package substrate, a semiconductor chip on the connection substrate, a plurality of first connection terminals connecting the connection substrate to the semiconductor chip, and a plurality of second connection terminals connecting the package substrate to the connection substrate. The recession is laterally spaced apart from the second connection terminals.

Abstract: A semiconductor package may include: a first redistribution substrate; a first die above the first redistribution substrate; a second redistribution substrate on the first die; a first bump formed on the first die, and connecting the first die to the second redistribution substrate; a first molding portion enclosing the first die and surrounding the first bump; and an outer terminal on a bottom surface of the first redistribution substrate, wherein the second redistribution substrate comprises an insulating pattern and a conductive pattern in the insulating pattern to be in contact with the first bump, and wherein, at an interface of the second redistribution substrate and the first bump, the conductive pattern of the second redistribution substrate and the first bump are formed of the same material to form a single body or structure.

Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device comprising a first semiconductor chip which includes a first chip substrate, and a first through via penetrating the first chip substrate, a second semiconductor chip disposed on the first semiconductor chip, and includes a second chip substrate, and a second through via penetrating the second chip substrate, and a connecting terminal disposed between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip to electrically connect the first through via and the second through via. The semiconductor device further comprising an inter-chip molding material which includes a filling portion that fills between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip and encloses the connecting terminal, an extension portion that extends along at least a part of a side surface of the second semiconductor chip, and a protruding portion protruding from the extension portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor package with increased thermal radiation efficiency, which includes: a first die having signal and dummy regions and including first vias in the signal region, a second die on the first die and including second vias in the signal region, first die pads on a top surface of the first die and coupled to the first vias, first connection terminals on the first die pads which couple the second vias to the first vias, second die pads in the dummy region and on the top surface of the first die, and second connection terminals on the second die pads and electrically insulated from the first vias and the second vias. Each of the second die pads has a rectangular planar shape whose major axis is provided along a direction that leads away from the signal region.

Abstract: A semiconductor package may include: a first redistribution substrate; a first die above the first redistribution substrate; a second redistribution substrate on the first die; a first bump formed on the first die, and connecting the first die to the second redistribution substrate; a first molding portion enclosing the first die and surrounding the first bump; and an outer terminal on a bottom surface of the first redistribution substrate, wherein the second redistribution substrate comprises an insulating pattern and a conductive pattern in the insulating pattern to be in contact with the first bump, and wherein, at an interface of the second redistribution substrate and the first bump, the conductive pattern of the second redistribution substrate and the first bump are formed of the same material to form a single body or structure.

Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device comprising a first semiconductor chip which includes a first chip substrate, and a first through via penetrating the first chip substrate, a second semiconductor chip disposed on the first semiconductor chip, and includes a second chip substrate, and a second through via penetrating the second chip substrate, and a connecting terminal disposed between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip to electrically connect the first through via and the second through via. The semiconductor device further comprising an inter-chip molding material which includes a filling portion that fills between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip and encloses the connecting terminal, an extension portion that extends along at least a part of a side surface of the second semiconductor chip, and a protruding portion protruding from the extension portion.

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: A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device may include a bottom structure and a top structure thereon. The bottom structure may include a semiconductor substrate including a cell array region and a connection region extending therefrom, and a first stack including first gate electrodes and first interlayer insulating layers alternately stacked on the semiconductor substrate. The top structure may include a second stack including second gate electrodes and second interlayer insulating layers alternately stacked on the first stack. Respective lengths of the first gate electrodes in a second direction may decrease as a distance in a first direction increases, and respective lengths of the second gate electrodes in the second direction may increase as a distance in the first direction increases. The first direction may be perpendicular to a bottom surface of the semiconductor substrate, and the second direction may be parallel to the bottom surface of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a buffer chip configured to include a first dummy region and a second dummy region and to include first pads on rear surfaces of substrates of the first and second dummy regions; and a first core chip stacked at an upper portion of the buffer to include a bump 116 coupled to the first pad and positioned on an entire surface of the substrate, wherein the first pad is positioned in a line shape having a length including at least two bumps.

Abstract: An embodiment provides a semiconductor package including: a first redistribution layer substrate; a semiconductor chip on the first redistribution layer substrate; a coupling member on the first redistribution layer substrate, wherein the coupling member is spaced apart from the semiconductor chip; an encapsulant on the first redistribution layer substrate, the semiconductor chip, and the coupling member; and a second redistribution layer substrate on the encapsulant, wherein the coupling member includes a vertical wire and a metal portion extending around the vertical wire, and wherein a first end of the coupling member is electrically connected to the first redistribution layer substrate, and a second end of the coupling member is electrically connected to the second redistribution layer substrate.

Abstract: An image sensor package according to an embodiment includes: a substrate including a metal portion; an image sensor chip on the substrate; and a transparent glass cover disposed on the substrate and including an upper plate and sidewalls, the upper plate and the sidewalls defined by a cavity at a lower portion and spaced from the image sensor chip, wherein the sidewalls are directly bonded to the metal portion of the substrate, and the image sensor chip is sealed by the transparent glass cover and the substrate.

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

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor layer including a wire and an electrical element; and a plurality of metal pads on a surface of the semiconductor layer, wherein the plurality of metal pads includes a first metal pad and a second metal pad, wherein the second metal pad is smaller in surface area or diameter on the surface of the semiconductor layer than the first metal pad, and wherein the second metal pad is between a first region of the surface of the semiconductor layer where the first metal pad is and a second region of the surface of the semiconductor layer where a surface metal density is zero (0).

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first structure, a first semiconductor chip on the first structure, a first conductive pad on the first structure between the first structure and the first semiconductor chip, a second conductive pad on a lower surface of the first semiconductor chip and vertically overlapping the first conductive pad, a bump connecting the first conductive pad and the second conductive pad, a first adhesive layer surrounding at least a part of side walls of the bump and side walls of the first conductive pad, and a second adhesive layer surrounding at least a part of the side walls of the bump and side walls of the second conductive pad, the second adhesive layer including a material different from the first adhesive layer, wherein a horizontal width of the first adhesive layer is smaller than a horizontal width of the second adhesive layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are semiconductor packages and their fabrication methods. The semiconductor package comprises a first semiconductor chip, a lower adhesion layer on the first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip on the lower adhesion layer, an upper adhesion layer on the second semiconductor chip, and a third semiconductor chip on the upper adhesion layer. The lower adhesion layer includes a first cutting surface connected to a top surface of the lower adhesion layer. The upper adhesion layer is in contact with the first cutting surface of the lower adhesion layer.

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.