Abstract: A semiconductor device assembly can include a first semiconductor device and an interposer. The interposer can include a substrate and through vias in which individual vias include an exposed portion and an embedded portion, the exposed portions projecting from one or both of the first surface and the second surface of the substrate, and the embedded portions extending through at least a portion of the substrate. The interposer can include one or more test pads, a first electrical contact, and a second electrical contact. The semiconductor device assembly can include a controller positioned on an opposite side of the interposer from the first semiconductor device and operably coupled to the interposer via connection to the second electrical contact.

Abstract: A cavity printed circuit board (PCB) that allows electronic components with different dimensions disposed therein is provided. A cavity with a desired dimension is formed in the cavity PCB where the electronic components may be mounted and soldered therein. The cavity formed in the cavity PCB may also provide additional flexibility regarding placements and locations where the electronic components may be disposed in the 3D vertical stacking and packaging of the IC devices so as to provide alternatives of using different types of wiring or interconnection structures or fine-pitch connection lines among the electronic components.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes; a dual stiffener including an upper stiffener and a lower stiffener, an upper package including an upper package substrate, a semiconductor chip centrally mounted on an upper surface of the upper package substrate, and the upper stiffener disposed along an outer edge of the upper package substrate, and a lower package substrate that centrally mounts the upper package and includes the lower stiffener disposed on an upper surface of the lower package substrate to surround the upper package substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a base substrate. The base substrate is provided with bonding electrodes, Micro-LEDs are disposed on a side of the plurality of bonding electrodes facing away from the base substrate; and the plurality of Micro-LEDs are electrically connected to bonding electrodes in one-to-one correspondence. On a plane parallel to a plane where the base substrate is located, along a direction from a center of the base substrate to an edge of the base substrate, a size of each bonding electrode of the plurality of bonding electrodes gradually increases and/or a distance between centers of adjacent two of the plurality of bonding electrodes gradually increases to enable each Micro-LED of the plurality of Micro-LEDs to be bonded with a corresponding bonding electrode.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an integrated circuit board; a printed circuit board electrically coupled to first and second external circuits; and a ball grid array that couples the integrated circuit board and the printed circuit board, includes a first group including pieces of first ball grid, and includes a second group including pieces of second ball grid. The first group couples the first circuit block and the first external circuit. The second group couples the second circuit block and the second external circuit. The number of the pieces of first ball grid is larger than the number of the pieces of second ball grid. The minimum distance between the first group and the first side is shorter than the minimum distance between the group and the first side and is shorter than the minimum distance between the second group and the second side.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a chip scale package (CSP) comprising: a first set of CSP contact balls or bumps; a second set of CSP contact balls or bumps; and a channel routing region, the channel routing region being devoid of any CSP contact balls or bumps.

Abstract: In some examples a wafer chip scale package (WCSP) includes a semiconductor die having a device side in which a circuit is formed, and a redistribution layer (RDL) coupled to the device side that is positioned within an insulating member. In addition, the WCSP includes a scribe seal circumscribing the circuit along the device side, wherein the RDL abuts the scribe seal. Further, the WCSP includes a conductive member coupled to the RDL. The conductive member is configured to receive a solder member, and the insulating member does not extend along the device side of the semiconductor die between the conductive member and a portion of an outer perimeter of the WCSP closest to the conductive member.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a main surface, a plurality of first wirings, each having a first embedded part embedded in the substrate and exposed from the main surface, and a mounted part which is in contact with the main surface and is connected to the first embedded part, a semiconductor element having an element rear surface and a plurality of electrodes bonded to the mounted parts, a plurality of second wirings, each having a second embedded part embedded in the substrate and exposed from the main surface and a columnar part protruding from the second embedded part in the thickness direction, and being located outward from the semiconductor element as viewed in the thickness direction; and a passive element located on the side facing the main surface in the thickness direction more than the semiconductor element, and electrically connected to the plurality of second wirings.

Abstract: A bonding pad structure includes a substrate, a flexible printed circuit board, and a plurality of bonding pins. The bonding pins include at least one central bonding pin and at least two first bonding pins. The at least one central bonding pin is located at a center of bonding pins. The at least two first bonding pins are located farthest away from the at least one central bonding pin and have mirror symmetry with respect to the at least one central bonding pin. The at least one central bonding pin includes a first end and a second end. A first width A of the first end and a second width B of the second end satisfy 0<A/B?1. A tilt angle ? is formed between one of the at least two first bonding pins and one side of the substrate and satisfies 0<??90.

Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods are described herein for determining mechanical properties of an electronic assembly. An input specification for a model of the electronic assembly is received, wherein the input specification includes a compressible body and a surrounding component in the electronic assembly. A geometric interference between the compressible body and the surrounding component is identified. A displacement is generated for the compressible body to account for the geometric interference. A non-linear contact is then generated between the displaced compressible body and the surrounding component. The model is updated with the displacement and the non-linear contact. Then, a resulting force equilibrium is determined within the electronic assembly based on the updated model, wherein the resulting force equilibrium is determined by removing the displacement from the updated model.

Abstract: A chip-on-film package includes a base substrate on which a first pad region, a second pad region, and a third region located between the first pad region and the second pad region are defined, a dummy pad disposed on the first pad region, input pads disposed on the first pad region, output pads disposed on the second region, a first detection line disposed on the base substrate, and a second detection line disposed on the base substrate. The first detection line is connected to a first input pad and a second input pad via the second pad region to form a first loop between the first input pad and the second input pad, and the second detection line is connected to the dummy pad and the first detection line via the third region to form a second loop between the dummy pad and the first input pad.

Abstract: A semiconductor chip includes a mounting surface having a plurality of first conductive contacts and a second conductive contact, wherein each of the first contacts in the plurality is arranged in a regularly spaced apart array such that centroids of immediately adjacent ones of the first contacts are separated from one another in a first direction by a first distance, each of the first contacts in the plurality have an identical first lateral extent, and the second conductive contact is arranged between two of the first conductive contacts in the first direction such that first and second distances between the at least one second conductive contact and the two of the first conductive contacts are each less than the first distance.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages and methods of forming such packages. In an embodiment, an electronic package comprises a package substrate, a first die over the package substrate, the first die having a first bump pitch, a second die over the package substrate, the second die having a second bump pitch that is greater than the first bump pitch, and a plurality of conductive traces over the package substrate, the plurality of conductive traces electrically coupling the first die to the second die. In an embodiment, a first end region of the plurality of conductive traces proximate to the first die has a first line space (L/S) dimension, and a second end region of the plurality of conductive traces proximate to the second die has a second L/S dimension. In an embodiment, the second L/S dimension is greater than the first L/S dimension.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a flexible circuit board including a plurality of first substrate pads and a plurality of second substrate pads, a main circuit board connected to the flexible circuit board, and a display panel including a plurality of first display pads and a plurality of second display pads, where the plurality of first display pads is connected to the main circuit board through the flexible circuit board and each of the plurality of first display pads at least partially overlaps corresponding substrate pad of the plurality of first substrate pads, respectively, and each of the plurality of second display pads at least partially overlaps corresponding substrate pad of the plurality of second substrate pads, respectively.

Abstract: A semiconductor package including a package substrate, a semiconductor chip on a top surface of the package substrate, a connection terminal between the package substrate and the semiconductor chip, the connection terminal connecting the package substrate to the semiconductor chip, a non-conductive film (NCF) between the package substrate and semiconductor chip, the NCF surrounding the connection terminal and bonding the semiconductor chip to the package substrate, and a side encapsulation material covering a side surface of the semiconductor chip, contacting the package substrate, and including a first portion between a bottom surface of the semiconductor chip and the top surface of the package substrate may be provided. At least a portion of the NCF includes a second portion that horizontally protrudes from the semiconductor chip when viewed, and a portion of the side encapsulation material is in contact with the bottom surface of the semiconductor chip.

Abstract: A hybrid sensor shift platform for an optical image stabilization (OIS) actuator mechanism in compact camera modules includes two or more substrates. A top substrate is composed of an organic material (e.g., a resin) to reduce mass, reduce magnetic interaction with permanent magnets, and improve reliability. One or more lower substrates of the hybrid sensor shift platform are ceramic substrates that provide the benefits of ceramics for connection to the image sensor. The organic substrate is connected via a solder bond process to the lower ceramic substrate(s). The connection between the substrates is reinforced with an under-fill of epoxy that surrounds the solder bonds, thus creating a full interface between the substrates within the overlap.

Abstract: This semiconductor device is provided with a device substrate in which a semiconductor circuit including two high frequency amplifiers; a cap substrate and a sealing frame of a conductor which forms and air-tightly seals space surrounding an area, in which the semiconductor circuit is formed, between the device substrate and the cap substrate, wherein the sealing frame is configured as a line of a 90-degree hybrid circuit or a line of a rat-race circuit.

Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a base sheet in a folded state, a first conductor pattern disposed on a first principal surface of the base sheet, a second conductor pattern disposed on a second principal surface of the base sheet opposite to the first principal surface, an RFIC chip disposed on the base sheet so as to electrically connect to the first conductor pattern, and a sheet-shaped connection conductor coupled to a turning part of the base sheet so as to partially overlap with an end portion of the first conductor pattern near the turning part and an end portion of the second conductor pattern near the turning part.

Abstract: A method includes forming a first through-via from a first conductive pad of a first device die, and forming a second through-via from a second conductive pad of a second device die. The first and second conductive pads are at top surfaces of the first and the second device dies, respectively. The first and the second conductive pads may be used as seed layers. The second device die is adhered to the top surface of the first device die. The method further includes encapsulating the first and the second device dies and the first and the second through-vias in an encapsulating material, with the first and the second device dies and the first and the second through-vias encapsulated in a same encapsulating process. The encapsulating material is planarized to reveal the first and the second through-vias. Redistribution lines are formed to electrically couple to the first and the second through-vias.

Abstract: The display device includes a flexible base layer including a first region and a second region located around the first; a display unit on one surface of the first region and including a light emitting element; a driving circuit on the second region and including a plurality of first bumps arranged in a first row and a plurality of second bumps arranged in a second row, the driving circuit includes a third bump in the first row and disposed outward relative to the plurality of first bumps, a first and second reference bump each disposed at a center of the plurality of first and second bumps that are disposed along a reference line defined in a column direction vertically intersecting a row direction, the remaining first and second bumps excluding the first reference bump and the second reference bump arranged to have a preset slope with respect to the reference line.

Abstract: A package includes a corner, a device die, a plurality of redistribution lines underlying the device die, and a plurality of non-solder electrical connectors underlying and electrically coupled to the plurality of redistribution lines. The plurality of non-solder electrical connectors includes a corner electrical connector. The corner electrical connector is elongated. An electrical connector is farther away from the corner than the corner electrical connector, wherein the electrical connector is non-elongated.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a packaged radiofrequency (RF) power amplifier. The present disclosure further relates to a semiconductor die that is used in such a power amplifier and to an electronic device or system that comprises the semiconductor die and/or power amplifier. According to the disclosure, the semiconductor die comprises a second drain bond assembly arranged spaced apart from the first drain bond assembly and electrically connected thereto, wherein the second drain bond assembly is arranged closer to the input side of the semiconductor die than the first drain bond assembly. The RF power amplifier comprises a first plurality of bondwires which extend between the first drain bond assembly and the output lead, and a second plurality of bondwires which extend from the second drain bond assembly to a first terminal of a grounded capacitor.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a heat-dissipating base, a first conductive layer bonded to the top surface of the heat-dissipating base, an AlN insulating substrate bonded to the top surface of the first conductive layer, and an electrode terminal having one edge bending to form a bonding edge whose bottom surface faces the top surface of the second conductive layer and is solid-state bonded to a portion of the top surface of the second conductive layer. The crystal grain diameter at the bonded interface of the second conductive layer and electrode terminal is less than or equal to 1 ?m, and indentations from the ultrasonic horn are left in the top surface of the bonding edge.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a board, a sealing portion, a controller, a semiconductor chip, and solder balls. The board includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The controller and the semiconductor chip are covered with the sealing portion. The solder balls are on the second surface of the board. The solder balls include a plurality of solder ball sets each corresponding to a pair of differential input and differential output signals, and the plurality of solder ball sets are arranged substantially parallel to a side of the board.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) system includes an IC coupled to a package. The package, in turn, is coupled to a ball grid array. The integrated circuit is electrically coupled to the ball grid array by a plurality of package through-hole (PTH) vias that penetrate through the package. Each PTH via includes a conductive element associated with a differential signaling pair. The conductive elements within a given differential signaling pair are disposed in the package at specific locations, relative to other conductive elements in other differential signaling pairs, to reduce crosstalk between those differential signaling pairs. At least one advantage of technique described herein is that the conductive elements within the package can be densely packed together without inducing excessive crosstalk. Therefore, the package can support a large number of differential signaling pairs, allowing high-throughput data communication.

Abstract: An Integrated Circuit device, including: a base wafer including single crystal, the base wafer including a plurality of first transistors; at least one metal layer providing interconnection between the plurality of first transistors; and a second layer of less than 2 micron thickness, the second layer including a plurality of second single crystal transistors, and the second layer overlying the at least one metal layer; wherein the material composition of at least one of the plurality of second single crystal transistors is substantially different than the material composition of at least one of the plurality of first transistors.

Abstract: Generally discussed herein are systems, apparatuses, and methods that relate to reducing crosstalk in a differential signal pair. According to an example, a device may include a first pair of differential signal lines comprising a first signal line and a second signal line proximate the first signal line, the first signal line and the second signal line separated from each other along a first line, and a second pair of differential signal lines comprising a third signal line proximate a fourth signal, the third signal line and the fourth signal separated from each other along a second line generally perpendicular to the first line.

Abstract: An electronic device including a plurality of interconnects are orthogonally arranged in a grid pattern and evenly spaced by a first distance, the plurality of interconnects include: a first conductor pair with conductors arranged next to each other in a first direction, the first direction is oriented diagonally relative to the orthogonal grid pattern, a second conductor pair with conductors arranged next to each other in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, each conductor of the second conductor pair is spaced by the first distance from each signal conductor of the first conductor pair, and a third conductor pair with conductors arranged next to each other in a third direction substantially parallel to the first direction, each conductors of the third conductor pair is spaced by the first distance from one of the signal elements of the second conductor pair.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a housing extending between a mating end and a mounting end. The housing defines plural contact cavities extending through the housing. Signal contacts are disposed in corresponding contact cavities of the housing. The signal contacts are arranged in rows along row axes extending in a longitudinal direction and in columns along column axes extending in a lateral direction. The signal contacts are arranged in pairs. A first set of pairs of signal contacts defining column pairs being arranged in-column along the corresponding column axis and a second set of pairs of signal contacts define cross pairs being arranged across the corresponding column axis. Adjacent pairs of signal contacts along the column axes alternate between column pairs and cross pairs. Adjacent pairs of signal contacts along row axes alternate between column pairs and cross pairs.

Abstract: Provided are a printed circuit board (PCB) having hexagonally aligned bump pads as a substrate of a semiconductor package, and a semiconductor package including the same. The PCB includes: a PCB body; a bottom metal layer at a bottom of the PCB body; and a top metal layer at a top of the PCB body, and the top metal layer includes: vias vertically connected to the PCB body; bump pads hexagonally aligned in a horizontal direction around the vias; and connection patterns connecting the vias to two or more of the bump pads. Accordingly, the number of bump pads in a unit area of the PCB may be increased.

Abstract: A motor control multilayer printed wiring board includes: a multilayer printed wiring board having a plurality of laminated conductor layers; an upper-row FET connected to the conductor layers and configured to control a motor; a lower-row FET connected to the conductor layers and arranged at a location at which the lower-row FET overlaps with the upper-row FET in a laminated direction in which the conductor layers are laminated, the lower-row FET being configured to control the motor; and a heat dissipation mechanism arranged on the multilayer printed wiring board and arranged at a location at which the heat dissipation mechanism overlaps with at least one of the upper-row FET and the lower-row FET in the laminated direction.

Abstract: A printed wiring board includes a substrate, a first buildup formed on a first surface of the substrate and including the outermost conductive layer, and a second buildup layer formed on a second surface of the substrate and including the outermost conductive layer. The outermost layer of the first buildup has pads positioned to connect a semiconductor component, the first buildup has a component mounting region directly under the component such that the outermost layer of the first buildup has a portion in the region, the outermost layer of the second buildup has a portion directly under the region, and the portions satisfy the ratio in the range of from 1.1 to 1.35, where the ratio is obtained by dividing a planar area of the portion of the second buildup by a planar area of the portion of the first buildup.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a leadframe, a semiconductor chip, a packaging compound. The leadframe has a pad with straps. Leads on the leadframe include first and second portions. The pad, the straps, and the leads have a mechanically rough surface. The semiconductor chip is attached to the pad and wire bonded to the first lead portions. A packaging compound encapsulates the chip, the pad, the straps, the bonding wires and the first lead portions. The second lead portions are left un-encapsulated. The strap ends are exposed on the surface of the package. At least one of the straps includes a portion adjacent to the exposed end. This portion having a mechanically smooth surface transitioning by a step into the rough surface of the remainder of the strap.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die with a plurality of bumps formed over a surface of the semiconductor die. A first conductive layer having first and second segments is formed over a surface of the substrate with a first vent separating an end of the first segment and the second segment and a second vent separating an end of the second segment and the first segment. A second conductive layer is formed over the surface of the substrate to electrically connect the first segment and second segment. The thickness of the second conductive layer can be less than a thickness of the first conductive layer to form the first vent and second vent. The semiconductor die is mounted to the substrate with the bumps aligned to the first segment and second segment. Bump material from reflow of the bumps is channeled into the first vent and second vent.

Abstract: A conductive pillar for a semiconductor device is provided. The conductive pillar is formed such that a top surface is non-planar. In embodiments, the top surface may be concave, convex, or wave shaped. An optional capping layer may be formed over the conductive pillar to allow for a stronger inter-metallic compound (IMC) layer. The IMC layer is a layer formed between solder material and an underlying layer, such as the conductive pillar or the optional capping layer.

Abstract: A chip package comprising a carrier, a chip, a plurality of first conductive elements, an encapsulation, and a conductive film is provided. The carrier has a carrying surface and a back surface opposite to the carrying surface. Furthermore, the carrier has a plurality of common contacts in the periphery of the carrying surface. The chip is disposed on the carrying surface and electrically connected to the carrier. In addition, the first conductive elements are disposed on the common contacts respectively. The encapsulation is disposed on the carrying surface and encapsulating the chip. Moreover, the conductive film is disposed over the encapsulation and the first conductive elements, so as to electrically connect with the common contacts via the first conductive elements. A process for fabricating the chip package is further provided. The chip package is capable of preventing the EMI problem and thus provides superior electrical performance.

Abstract: A semiconductor device permitting the reduction of cost is disclosed. In a semiconductor package wherein electrode pads of a semiconductor chip and corresponding inner leads are electrically coupled with each other through a plurality of bonding wires, sensing wires (second and fourth bonding wires) are made thinner than other bonding wires (first and third bonding wires) coupled to inner leads same as those with the sensing wires coupled thereto, thereby reducing the cost of gold wires to attain the reduction in cost of the semiconductor package.

Abstract: A conductive pillar for a semiconductor device is provided. The conductive pillar is formed such that a top surface is non-planar. In embodiments, the top surface may be concave, convex, or wave shaped. An optional capping layer may be formed over the conductive pillar to allow for a stronger inter-metallic compound (IMC) layer. The IMC layer is a layer formed between solder material and an underlying layer, such as the conductive pillar or the optional capping layer.

Abstract: A power device includes a semiconductor chip provided over a substrate, and a patterned lead. The patterned lead includes a raised portion located between a main portion and an end portion. At least part of the raised portion is positioned over the semiconductor chip at a larger height than both the main portion and the end portion. A bonding pad may also be included. The end portion may include a raised portion, bonded portion, and connecting portion. At least part of the bonded portion is bonded to the bonding pad and at least part of the raised portion is positioned over the bonding pad at a larger height than the bonded portion and connecting portion. The end portion may also include a plurality of similarly raised portions.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a header, a semiconductor chip fixed to the header constituting a MOSFET, and a sealing body of insulating resin which covers the semiconductor chip, the header and the like, and further includes a drain lead contiguously formed with the header and projects from one side surface of the sealing body, and a source lead and a gate lead which project in parallel from one side surface of the sealing body, and wires which are positioned in the inside of the sealing body and connect electrodes on an upper surface of the semiconductor chip and the source lead and the gate lead, with a gate electrode pad arranged at a position from the gate lead and the source lead farther than a source electrode pad.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: leads (5) in each of which a cutout (5a) is formed; a die pad (11); a power element (1) held on the die pad (11); and a package (6) made of a resin material, and configured to encapsulate inner end portions of the leads (5), and the die pad (11) including the power element (1). The cutout (5a) is located in a region of each of the leads (5) including a portion of the lead (5) located at a boundary between the lead (5) and the package (6), and is filled with a resin material.

Abstract: A semiconductor wafer including an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protective device, and methods for fabricating the same. In one aspect, the method includes forming a first semiconductor device in a first semiconductor die region on the semiconductor wafer; forming a second semiconductor device in a second semiconductor die region on the semiconductor wafer; and forming a protective device in a scribe line region between (i) the first semiconductor die region and (ii) the second semiconductor die region.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a package substrate having a plurality of conductive elements, each of the conductive elements including a conductive trace and a bond finger positioned at an end of the conductive trace. The bond fingers can be arranged on the package substrate in at least three groups. A first group of the three groups can include a first number of the bond fingers. A third group of the three groups can include a third number of the bond fingers. A second group of the three groups can include an intermediate number of the bond fingers. The intermediate number is between the first and the third numbers. Spacing between the conductive elements along the length of the conductive elements is approximately the same.

Abstract: A method includes forming a patterned buildup layer on a first surface of a dielectric layer, the patterned buildup layer including a patterned buildup layer opening exposing a trace coupled to the dielectric layer. A conductor layer is flash plated on the patterned buildup layer and within the patterned buildup layer opening. The patterned buildup layer opening is filled with a blanket conductive filler layer. The blanket conductive filler layer and the conductor layer are planarized to form a flip chip bump.

Abstract: When forming a trench of a narrow width in a thick semiconductor layer, a trench can be formed without the occurrence of semiconductor residue. In this Specification, a semiconductor device in which a trench is formed in a semiconductor layer is disclosed. In the semiconductor layer of the semiconductor device, a compensation pattern which compensates for sudden changes in the width of the trench is formed at a place at which the width of the trench changes suddenly. In the semiconductor layer of the above-described semiconductor device, since a compensation pattern is formed at a place at which the trench width changes suddenly, in the case where forming the trench using a deep RIE method, the occurrence of steep inclined portions arising from semiconductor residue can be prevented. Consequently, when forming a trench of a narrow width in a thick semiconductor layer, the occurrence of semiconductor residue can be prevented.

Abstract: A fan-out wafer level package is provided with a semiconductor die embedded in a reconstituted wafer. A redistribution layer is positioned over the semiconductor die, and includes a land grid array on a face of the package. A copper heat spreader is formed in the redistribution layer over the die in a same layer as a plurality of electrical traces configured to couple circuit pads of the semiconductor die to respective contact lands of the land grid array. In operation, the heat spreader improves efficiency of heat transfer from the die to the circuit board.

Abstract: The present invention relates to structure and manufacture method for multi-row lead frame and semiconductor package, the method characterized by forming a pad portion on a metal material (first step); performing a surface plating process or organic material coating following the first pattern formation (second step); forming a second pattern on the metal material (third step); and packaging a semiconductor chip following the second pattern formation (fourth step), whereby an under-cut phenomenon is minimized by applying a gradual etching.

Abstract: Stress barrier structures for semiconductor chips, and methods of fabrication thereof are described. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate that includes active circuitry and an interconnect metallization structure over the active circuitry, wherein the interconnect metallization structure includes a layer of low-k insulating layer. A first metal bump is disposed over the semiconductor substrate and coupled to the active circuitry of the semiconductor substrate. A first stress barrier structure is disposed under the metal bump, and disposed over the low-k insulating layer, and a second substrate is disposed over the first metal bump.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor chip is disclosed. A die having a plurality of die-pads is attached to a substrate in a semiconductor package which includes a plurality of substrate-pads. The method involves forming conductive column bumps of differing volumes extending from the die-pads; attaching each of the column bumps to a corresponding substrate-pad to form a subassembly; and reflowing the subassembly so that the column bumps form robust electrical and mechanical connections between the die pads and the substrate pads.

Abstract: A chip structure and a chip package structure are disclosed herein. The chip structure includes a chip and a bump. The chip includes at least one pad. The bump is disposed on a bounding region of the pad. The shape of the bump is triangular pillar or trapezoidal pillar. A surface area of connection between the bump and the pad is less than or equal to the bounding region. Therefore, the material usage and the cost of the bump can be reduced. In addition, such shape of the bump has directional characteristic so that it is easy to perform the chip testing via the identifiable pads, and perform the package process of bonding the chip to a circuit board or any carriers.