Abstract: A radiation imaging device according to one embodiment includes a radiation detection panel having a first surface on which a detection region is formed and an electrode pad is formed outside the detection region, and a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface, a base substrate having a support surface configured to face the second surface of the radiation detection panel and configured to support the radiation detection panel, and a flexible circuit substrate connected to the electrode pad via a connecting member, wherein an end portion of the base substrate is located further inward than an inner end portion of the connection region in which the electrode pad, the connecting member, and the flexible circuit substrate overlap each other when seen in an Z direction orthogonal to the support surface.

Abstract: A package structure and a formation method of a package structure are provided. The method includes disposing a chip structure over a substrate. The chip structure has an inclined sidewall, the inclined sidewall is at an acute angle to a vertical, the vertical is a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the chip structure, and the acute angle is in a range from about 12 degrees to about 45 degrees. The method also includes forming a protective layer to surround the chip structure.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages and methods of forming such packages. In an embodiment, the electronic package comprises a glass substrate, with a plurality of first pads on a first surface of the glass substrate, a plurality of second pads on a second surface of the glass substrate that is opposite from the first surface, a plurality of through glass vias (TGVs), wherein each TGV electrically couples a first pad to a second pad, wherein the plurality of first pads have a first pitch, and wherein the plurality of second pads have a second pitch that is greater than the first pitch, a bridge substrate over the glass substrate, a first die electrically coupled to first pads and the bridge substrate, and a second die electrically coupled to first pads and the bridge substrate, wherein the bridge substrate electrically couples the first die to the second die.

Abstract: A base material is provided. A first patterned circuit layer and a second patterned circuit layer are formed on a first surface and a second surface of the base material. A first insulation layer and a metal reflection layer are provided on the first patterned circuit layer and a portion of the first surface exposed by the first patterned circuit layer, wherein the metal reflection layer covers the first insulation layer, and a reflectance of the metal reflection layer is substantially greater than or equal to 85%, there is no conductive material between the first patterned circuit layer and the metal reflection layer. A first ink layer is formed on the first insulation layer before the metal reflection layer is formed.

Abstract: Methods of forming a back side image sensor device, as well as back side image sensor devices formed, are disclosed. In one such a method, an image sensor wafer having a first dielectric layer with a first surface is obtained. A reconstituted wafer having a processor die and a second dielectric layer with a second surface is obtained. The reconstituted wafer and the image sensor wafer are bonded to one another including coupling the first surface of the first dielectric layer and the second surface of the second dielectric layer. In another method, such formation is for a processor die bonded to an image sensor wafer. In yet another method, such formation is for a processor die bonded to an image sensor die.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first pad defined on one surface of a first chip; a second pad defined on one surface of a second chip which is stacked on the first chip, and bonded to the first pad; a first resistor element defined in the first chip, and coupled to the first pad; and a second resistor element defined in the second chip, and coupled to the second pad.

Abstract: A die assembly is disclosed. The die assembly includes a die, one or more die pads on a first surface of the die and a die attach film on the die where the die attach film includes one or more openings that expose the one or more die pads and that extend to one or more edges of the die.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure is disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes: a polymer base layer, a backside redistribution layer (RDL) over the polymer base layer; a molding layer over the backside RDL; a polymer layer over the molding layer; a front side RDL over the polymer layer; and a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor vertically passing through the molding layer, the MIM capacitor including a first electrode, an insulation layer and a second electrode, wherein the insulation layer surrounds the first electrode, and the second electrode surrounds the insulation layer, and the molding layer surrounds the second electrode. An associated method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure is also disclosed.

Abstract: A power control unit includes a plurality of power devices, a heat dissipation member disposed to face the power device with an insulating resin member interposed therebetween, and a plurality of plate-shaped bus bars each of which has one end connected to the power device, in which at least one of the plurality of bus bars is erected so that a direction along a plate width is aligned with a direction along a normal line of a surface of the heat dissipation member facing the power device, the power devices are arranged in a row along one direction in a straight line, an input bus bar is disposed on one side of the power device in a direction orthogonal to an arrangement direction of the power device, and an output bus bar is disposed on the other side of the power device in the orthogonal direction.

Abstract: A package structure includes a wiring structure and a first electronic device. The wiring structure includes at least one dielectric layer and at least one circuit layer in contact with the dielectric layer. The first electronic device is electrically connected to the wiring structure, and has a first surface, a second surface and at least one lateral side surface extending between the first surface and the second surface. The first electronic device includes a first active circuit region and a first protrusion portion. The first protrusion portion protrudes from the at least one lateral side surface of the first electronic device. A portion of the first active circuit region is disposed in the first protrusion portion.

Abstract: A semiconductor package including a first semiconductor chip including a logic structure and a second semiconductor chip bonded to the first semiconductor chip may be provided. The first semiconductor chip may include signal lines on a first surface of a first semiconductor substrate and connected to the logic structure, a power delivery network on a second surface of the first semiconductor substrate, the second surface being opposite to the first surface, and penetration vias penetrating the first semiconductor substrate and connecting the power delivery network to the logic structure. The second semiconductor chip may include a capacitor layer that is on a second semiconductor substrate and is adjacent to the power delivery network.

Abstract: A protective assembly includes a cover plate, a buffer layer, and a flexible substrate. The buffer layer is disposed on the cover plate and made of transparent polymer. The buffer layer has a light transmittance greater than about 85%, a thickness ranging from about 3 ?m to about 15 ?m, and a Poisson's ratio greater than about 0.4. The flexible substrate is disposed on the buffer layer and doped with an inorganic compound. The flexible substrate has a thickness ranging from about 3 ?m to about 10 ?m and a Young's coefficient ranging from about 1 GPa to about 10 GPa.

Abstract: Semiconductor packages with pass-through clock traces and associated devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a package substrate including a first surface having a plurality of substrate contacts, a first semiconductor die having a lower surface attached to the first surface of the package substrate, and a second semiconductor die stacked on top of the first semiconductor die. The first semiconductor die includes an upper surface including a first conductive contact, and the second semiconductor die includes a second conductive contact. A first electrical connector electrically couples a first one of the plurality of substrate contacts to the first and second conductive contacts, and a second electrical connector electrically couples a second one of the plurality of substrate contacts to the first and second conductive contacts.

Abstract: A semiconductor package substrate includes a substrate having a bottom surface including a cavity structure defined therein. The cavity structure includes a floor surface. A passive device structure has at least a partial portion of the passive device structure disposed in the cavity structure. The passive device structure includes a first passive device and a second passive device that are each electrically connected to the floor surface of the cavity structure. At least partial portions of the first passive device and the second passive device vertically overlap each other.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first chip, a second chip, a third chip, a fourth chip, and a substrate. The first to fourth chips are mounted on the substrate. The first chip is placed adjacent to the second chip and the fourth chip. The third chip is placed adjacent to the second chip and the fourth chip at a position different from that of the first chip. The second chip has a first transferring circuit that transfers data from the first chip to the third chip, and the fourth chip has a second transferring circuit that transfers data from the third chip to the first chip.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a lead frame having a first principal surface which includes a recess, and a second principal surface opposite to the first principal surface, a relay board, disposed in the recess, and having a third principal surface, and a fourth principal surface opposite to the third principal surface, wherein the fourth principal surface opposes a bottom surface of the recess, a first semiconductor chip disposed on the third principal surface, a first conductive material connecting the lead frame and the relay board, and a second conductive material connecting the relay board and the first semiconductor chip. A distance between the second principal surface and the third principal surface is less than or equal to a distance between the second principal surface and the first principal surface.

Abstract: A carrier structure is provided. A spacer is formed in an insulation board body provided with a circuit layer, and is not electrically connected to the circuit layer. The spacer breaks the insulation board body, and a structural stress of the insulation board body will not be continuously concentrated on a hard material of the insulation board body, thereby preventing warpage from occurring to the insulation board body.

Abstract: An electronic module has a first substrate 11; a first electronic element 13 provided on one side of the first substrate 11; a first connection body 60 provided on the one side of the first electronic element 13; a second electronic element 23 provided on the one side of the first connection body 60; and a second connection body 70 provided on the one side of the second electronic element 23. The first electronic element 13 and the second electronic element 23 do not overlap in a plane direction.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic device includes a preparation step of preparing a substrate to which a lead is bonded, and a molding step of mounting a cap in a mold in a state in which the cap is disposed on the substrate and forming a mold portion by filling a mold material into the mold. The mold includes a first mold including a cap mounting portion, and a second mold including a lead pressing portion. The molding step includes a step of mounting the cap in the cap mounting portion, a step of mounting the substrate on the cap, a step of pressing the lead with the lead pressing portion to elastically deform the lead, and biasing the substrate toward the cap by a restoring force generated in the lead, and a step of filling the mold material into the mold.

Abstract: A chip on film package includes: a flexible base film having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, and having a chip mounting region on the first surface; a plurality of wirings extending in a first direction toward the chip mounting region; a semiconductor chip mounted in the chip mounting region on the first surface of the base film and electrically connected to the wirings; a pair of first heat dissipation members on the first surface of the base film and spaced apart from the semiconductor chip, and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a second heat dissipation member on the first surface of the base film and covering the semiconductor chip and the pair of first heat dissipation members.

Abstract: A method includes bonding a first package component and a second package component to an interposer. The first package component includes a core device die, and the second package component includes a memory die. An Independent Passive Device (IPD) die is bonded directly to the interposer. The IPD die is electrically connected to the first package component through a first conductive path in the interposer. A package substrate is bonded to the interposer die. The package substrate is on an opposing side of the interposer than the first package component and the second package component.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) package product, e.g., system-on-chip (SoC) or system-in-package (SiP) product, may include at least one integrated inductor having a core magnetic field (B field) that extends parallel to the substrate major plane of at least one die or chiplet included in or mounted to the product, which may reduce the eddy currents within each die/chiplet substrate, and thereby reduce energy loss of the indictor. The IC package product may include a horizontally-extending IC package substrate, a horizontally-extending die mount base arranged on the IC package substrate, at least one die mounted to the die mount base in a vertical orientation, and an integrated inductor having a B field extending in a vertical direction parallel to the silicon substrate of each vertically-mounted die, thereby providing a reduced substrate loss in the integrated inductor, which provides an increased quality factor (Q) of the inductor.

Abstract: A fan-out packaging method includes: prepare circuit patterns on one side or both sides of a substrate; install electronic parts on one side or both sides of the substrate; prepare packaging layers on both sides of the substrate; the packaging layers on both sides of the substrate package the substrate, the circuit patterns, and the electronic parts, the packaging layers being made of a thermal-plastic material; wherein the substrate is provided with a via hole; both sides of the substrate are communicated by means of the via hole; a part of the packaging layers penetrate through the via hole when the packaging layers are prepared on both sides of the substrate; and the packaging layers on both sides of the substrate are connected by means of the via hole.

Abstract: Provided are a MEMS pressure sensor and a method for forming the same. The method includes: preparing a first substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; preparing a second substrate including a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to each other; bonding the first surface and the third surface with each other and forming a cavity between the first substrate and the pressure sensing region of the second substrate; thinning the second substrate from the fourth surface by partially removing the second base, to form a fifth surface opposite to the third surface; and forming a first conductive plug passing through the second substrate from the side of the fifth surface of the second substrate to the at least one conductive layer.

Abstract: An electronic device module includes a first board including a first side and a second side facing in opposite directions, the first side of the first board being configured to have a first electronic device mounted thereon; a second board adhered to the second side of the first board, and including a device accommodating portion that is a space formed by removing a central portion of the second board; a second electronic device disposed in the device accommodating portion and mounted on the second side of the first board so that the second electronic device is adjacent to an internal edge side of the second board defining a boundary of the device accommodating portion; and a bonding layer disposed in a gap between the first board and the second board and extending into a gap between the second side of the first board and the second electronic device, the bonding layer bonding the second board and the second electronic device to the first board.

Abstract: A device including a stack of dies. Each of the dies can have unit stair-step conductive paths of connection features which include through-die via structures and routing structures. The unit stair-step conductive paths of one of the dies can be interconnected to another one of the unit stair-step conductive paths of another one of the dies to form one of a plurality conductive stair-case structures through two or more of the dies. The unit stair-step conductive paths can be connected to reduce signal cross talk between the conductive stair-case structures whereby at least some of the conductive stair-case structures are connected to transmit a same polarity of electrical signals are spatially separated in a dimension that is perpendicular to a major surface of the dies. A method of manufacturing the device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip mounted on the package substrate, a second semiconductor mounted on the package substrate and set apart from the first semiconductor chip in a horizontal direction thereby forming a gap between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip. The semiconductor package further includes a first thermal interface material layer formed in the gap and having a first modulus of elasticity and a second thermal interface material layer formed on each of the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip and having a second modulus of elasticity, wherein the first modulus of elasticity is less than the second modulus of elasticity.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first area including a logic circuit, a second area including a functional circuit, a first power line, a second power line that supplies a power to the logic circuit and the functional circuit, and a first power switch circuit connected to the first power line and the second power line, wherein the first power switch circuit includes a first transistor larger than a transistor provided in the logic circuit and being connected to the first power line and the second power line, an end cap provided in an area next to the functional circuit, and a second transistor provided between the end cap and an area including the first transistor, the second transistor being of a same size as the transistor provided in the logic circuit and being connected to the first power line and the second power line.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method for fabricating a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes an active interposer including a programmable unit, a first memory die positioned above the active interposer and including a storage unit, and a first logic die positioned below the active interposer. The active interposer, the first memory die, and the first logic die are electrically coupled. method includes providing an active interposer comprising a programmable unit; providing a first logic die and bonding a first side of the active interposer onto the first logic die; providing a first memory die comprising a storage unit; and bonding the first memory die onto a second side of the active interposer, wherein the second side of the active interposer is parallel to the first side of the active interposer.

Abstract: Optical sensor modules and methods of fabrication are described. In an embodiment, an optical component is mounted on a module substrate. In an embodiment, a pillar of stacked wireballs adjacent the optical component is used for vertical connection between the module substrate and a top electrode pad of the optical component.

Abstract: In some examples, a direct current (DC)-DC power converter package comprises a controller, a conductive member, and a first field effect transistor (FET) coupled to the controller and having a first source and a first drain, the first FET coupled to a first portion of the conductive member. The package also comprises a second FET coupled to the controller and having a second source and a second drain, the second FET coupled to a second portion of the conductive member, the first and second portions of the conductive member being non-overlapping in a horizontal plane. The first and second FETs are non-overlapping.

Abstract: A method includes forming a through-via from a first conductive pad of a first device die. The first conductive pad is at a top surface of the first device die. A second device die is adhered to the top surface of the first device die. The second device die has a surface conductive feature. The second device die and the through-via are encapsulated in an encapsulating material. The encapsulating material is planarized to reveal the through-via and the surface conductive feature. Redistribution lines are formed over and electrically coupled to the through-via and the surface conductive feature.

Abstract: A first microchip includes holes or sockets along or in a top face or surface of the first microchip and a second microchip includes nodules extending from a edge of the second microchip. The nodules of the second microchip are received in the holes or sockets along or in the top face or surface of the first microchip, whereupon the first and second microchips are positioned transverse or perpendicular to each other.

Abstract: A multi-die integrated circuit device and a method of fabricating the multi-die integrated circuit device involve a substrate. Two or more dice include components that implement functionality of the multi-die integrated circuit. The components include logic gates. The multi-die integrated circuit device also includes a spacer disposed between the substrate and each of the two or more dice. Each of the two or more dice makes direct electrical contact with the substrate without making direct electrical contact with the spacer through holes in the spacer.

Abstract: The present application provides a pixel circuit, a display panel, and a temperature compensation method for a display panel. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel units. At least one of the plurality of pixel units includes: a display layer comprising a light emitting element; and a thermoelectric conversion layer comprising a thermoelectric element having a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal is disposed adjacent to the light emitting element and in thermal contact with the light emitting element, and the second terminal is disposed away from the light emitting element. The thermoelectric element has a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal, and is configured to generate a temperature difference voltage signal between the first signal terminal and the second signal terminal according to a temperature difference between the first terminal and the second terminal.

Abstract: Semiconductor packages with pass-through clock traces and associated devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a package substrate including a first surface having a plurality of substrate contacts, a first semiconductor die having a lower surface attached to the first surface of the package substrate, and a second semiconductor die stacked on top of the first semiconductor die. The first semiconductor die includes an upper surface including a first conductive contact, and the second semiconductor die includes a second conductive contact. A first electrical connector electrically couples a first one of the plurality of substrate contacts to the first and second conductive contacts, and a second electrical connector electrically couples a second one of the plurality of substrate contacts to the first and second conductive contacts.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a device includes: a package component including: a first integrated circuit die; an encapsulant at least partially surrounding the first integrated circuit die; a redistribution structure on the encapsulant, the redistribution structure physically and electrically coupling the first integrated circuit die; a first module socket attached to the redistribution structure; an interposer attached to the redistribution structure adjacent the first module socket, the outermost extent of the interposer extending beyond the outermost extent of the redistribution structure; and an external connector attached to the interposer.

Abstract: Hybrid fanouts for semiconductor device assemblies, and associated methods and systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, at least one edge a first semiconductor die is attached to a molding including through mold vias (TMVs). Conductive traces may be formed on a first side of the first semiconductor die, where the first side includes integrated circuitry coupled to the conductive traces. Moreover, conductive pads may be formed on a surface of the molding, which is coplanar with the first side. The conductive pads are coupled to first ends of the TMVs, where second ends of the TMVs are coupled to bond wires connected to one or more second semiconductor dies that the first semiconductor die carries. Conductive bumps can be formed on the conductive traces and pads such that the first semiconductor die and the molding attached thereto can be directly attached to a printed circuit board.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) package is described. The IC package includes a power delivery network. The IC package also includes a first die having a first surface and a second surface, opposite the first surface. The second surface is on a first surface of the power delivery network. The IC package further includes a second die having a first surface on the first surface of the first die. The IC package also includes package bumps on a second surface of the power delivery network, opposite the first surface of the power delivery network. The package bumps are coupled to contact pads of the power delivery network.

Abstract: A semiconductor device disclosed herein may include: a semiconductor element including an electrode on a surface of the semiconductor element; and a terminal bonded to the electrode via a bonding material, wherein the electrode may include a protrusion portion that protrudes toward the terminal and is in contact with the bonding material.

Abstract: A package packaged with a cap. The package features trenches, through holes, and a non-conductive coupling element forming a locking mechanism integrated embedded or integrated within a substrate. The package has a cap coupled to the non-conductive coupling element through ultrasonic plastic welding. The package protects the dice from an outside environment or external stresses or both. A method is desired to form package to reduce glue overflow defects in the package. Fabrication of the package comprises drilling holes in a substrate; forming trenches in the substrate; forming a non-conductive coupling element in the through holes and the trenches to form a locking mechanism; allowing the non-conductive coupling element to harden and cure; coupling a die or dice to the substrate; and coupling a cap to the non-conductive coupling element to protect the die or dice from an outside environment or external stresses or both.

Abstract: A wireless connection is established between at least two electronic modules (M1, M2) disposed separate from one another in a smartcard having a coupling frame so that the two modules may communicate (signals, data) with each other. The two modules may each have module antennas (MA-1, MA-2), and may be disposed in respective two openings (MO-1, MO-2) of a coupling frame (CF). A coupling antenna (CPA) having two coupler coils (CC-1, CC-2) disposed close to the two modules antennas of the two modules. The coupling antenna may have only the two coupler coils (CC-1, CC-2), connected with one another, without the peripheral card antenna (CA) component of a conventional booster antenna (BA). Energy harvesting is disclosed.

Abstract: Monolithic multi-dimensional integrated circuits and memory architecture are provided. Exemplary integrated circuits comprise an electronic board having a first side and a second side, a multi-dimensional electronic package having multiple planes, and one or more semiconductor wafers mounted on the first side and the second side of the electronic board and on the multiple planes of the electronic package. Exemplary monolithic multi-dimensional memory architecture comprises one or more tiers, one or more monolithic inter-tier vias spanning the one or more tiers, at least one multiplexer disposed in one of the tiers, and control logic determining whether memory cells are active and which memory cells are active and controlling usage of the memory cells based on such determination. Each tier has a memory cell, and the inter-tier vias act as crossbars in multiple directions. The multiplexer is communicatively coupled to the memory cell in the respective tier.

Abstract: Proximity coupling interconnect packaging systems and methods. A semiconductor package assembly comprises a substrate, a first semiconductor die disposed adjacent the substrate, and a second semiconductor die stacked over the first semiconductor die. There is at least one proximity coupling interconnect between the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die, the proximity coupling interconnect comprising a first conductive pad on the first coupling face on the first semiconductor die and a second conductive pad on a second coupling face of the second semiconductor die, the second conductive pad spaced apart from the first conductive pad by a gap distance and aligned with the first conductive pad. An electrical connector is positioned laterally apart from the proximity coupling interconnect and extends between the second semiconductor die and the substrate, the position of the electrical connector defining the alignment of the first conductive pad and the second conductive pad.

Abstract: An RFID system includes an antenna of a reader/writer and an antenna of an RFID tag. Transmission and reception of a high-frequency signal of a UHF band is performed between the antenna of the reader/writer and the antenna of the RFID tag that are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other. A loop antenna including a loop conductor is used as the antenna of the reader/writer, and coil antennas including a plurality of laminated coil conductors are used as the antenna of an RFID tag. In addition, the conductor width of the loop conductor in the loop antenna is greater than the conductor widths of the coil conductors in the coil antennas.

Abstract: Integrated circuit packages and methods of forming the same are disclosed. A first die is mounted on a first side of a workpiece, the workpiece including a second die. The workpiece is mounted to a front side of a package substrate, where the first die is at least partially disposed in a through hole in the package substrate. A heat dissipation feature may be attached on a second side of the workpiece. An encapsulant may be formed on the front side of the package substrate around the workpiece.

Abstract: A circuit assembly includes an integrated circuit (IC) die and a first capacitor die. The IC die provides an IC and includes a plurality of first conductive pads. The first capacitor die provides a plurality of capacitors, and includes a plurality of second conductive pads at the first side and a plurality of conductive vias at the second side. At least one of the second conductive pads electrically connects to the capacitors. The conductive vias is adapted to form a plurality of external signal connections of the IC die and the first capacitor die. The IC die is stacked with the first capacitor die in such a way that the first conductive pads electrically connect to the second conductive pads, and surfaces of the IC die and the first capacitor die attaching to each other are substantially of the same size.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a substrate with a first opening and second opening formed in the substrate. A first semiconductor component is disposed on the substrate. The substrate is disposed on a carrier. A second semiconductor component is disposed on the carrier in the first opening of the substrate. A third semiconductor component is disposed in the second opening. The third semiconductor component is a semiconductor package in some embodiments. A first shielding layer may be formed over the semiconductor package. An encapsulant is deposited over the substrate, first semiconductor component, and second semiconductor component. A shielding layer may be formed over the encapsulant.

Abstract: A radio frequency module includes a module board including a first principal surface and a second principal surface on opposite sides thereof; a transmission power amplifier; a control circuit configured to control the transmission power amplifier; a first transmission filter and a second transmission filter; and a first switch configured to switch connection of an output terminal of the transmission power amplifier between the first transmission filter and the second transmission filter. The control circuit is disposed on the first principal surface, and the first switch is disposed on the second principal surface.

Abstract: Tools and systems for processing semiconductor devices, and methods of processing semiconductor devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of using a tool for processing semiconductor devices includes a tool with a second material disposed over a first material, and a plurality of apertures disposed within the first material and the second material. The second material comprises a higher reflectivity than the first material. Each of the apertures is adapted to retain a package component over a support during an exposure to energy.