In an embodiment, a device includes: a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; an interconnect structure adjacent the first side of the substrate; and an integrated circuit device attached to the interconnect structure; a through via extending from the first side of the substrate to the second side of the substrate, the through via being electrically connected to the integrated circuit device; an under bump metallurgy (UBM) adjacent the second side of the substrate and contacting the through via; a conductive bump on the UBM, the conductive bump and the UBM being a continuous conductive material, the conductive bump laterally offset from the through via; and an underfill surrounding the UBM and the conductive bump.

A semiconductor device includes a first wafer having a deep trench capacitor and a second wafer bonded to the first wafer, in which the second wafer includes a first active device on a first silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate and a first metal interconnection connected to the first active device and the deep trench capacitor. The first wafer further includes the deep trench capacitor disposed in a substrate, a first inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer on the deep trench capacitor, a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on the first ILD layer, and a second metal interconnection in the first ILD layer and the first IMD layer.

Three-dimensional (3D) memory devices and fabricating methods are disclose. A disclosed 3D memory device can comprises, a first semiconductor structure comprising an array of first type memory cells, a second semiconductor structure comprising an array of second type memory cells different from the first type memory cells, a third semiconductor structure comprising a first peripheral circuit, and a fourth semiconductor structure comprising a second peripheral circuit. The first semiconductor structure and the second semiconductor structure are sandwiched between the third semiconductor structure and the fourth semiconductor structure in a vertical direction.

This document discloses techniques, apparatuses, and systems for semiconductor device circuitry formed from remote reservoirs. A semiconductor assembly includes a first semiconductor die with a layer of dielectric material having an opening. The first semiconductor die further includes a reservoir of conductive material having a first portion located adjacent to the opening, a second portion remote from the opening, and a third portion coupling the first portion and the second portion. A second semiconductor die includes a layer of dielectric material and a contact pad corresponding to the opening. The reservoir of conductive material is heated to volumetrically expand the second portion into the third portion, the third portion into the first portion, and the first portion through the opening to form an interconnect electrically coupling the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die at the contact pad. In this way, a connected semiconductor device may be assembled.

This document discloses techniques, apparatuses, and systems for semiconductor device circuitry formed from remote reservoirs. A semiconductor assembly includes a first semiconductor die with a layer of dielectric material having an opening. The first semiconductor die further includes a reservoir of conductive material having a first portion located adjacent to the opening, a second portion remote from the opening, and a third portion coupling the first portion and the second portion. A second semiconductor die includes a layer of dielectric material and a contact pad corresponding to the opening. The reservoir of conductive material is heated to volumetrically expand the second portion into the third portion, the third portion into the first portion, and the first portion through the opening to form an interconnect electrically coupling the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die at the contact pad. In this way, a connected semiconductor device may be assembled.

A semiconductor device is provided. The device comprises first semiconductor wafer comprising first BEOL structure disposed on first side of first substrate, the first BEOL structure comprising first metallization layer disposed over the first substrate, second metallization layer disposed over the first metallization layer, first storage device disposed between the first and second metallization layers, and first transistor contacting the first storage device, and a first bonding layer disposed over the first BEOL structure. The device also comprises second semiconductor wafer comprising second BEOL structure disposed on first side of second substrate, the second BEOL structure comprising third metallization layer disposed over the second substrate, fourth metallization layer disposed over the third metallization layer, second storage device disposed between the third and fourth metallization layers, and second transistor contacting the second storage device, and second bonding layer disposed over the second BEOL structure and contacting the first bonding layer.

Stacked devices and methods of fabrication are provided. Die-to-wafer (D2W) direct-bonding techniques join layers of dies of various physical sizes, form factors, and foundry nodes to a semiconductor wafer, to interposers, or to boards and panels, allowing mixing and matching of variegated dies in the fabrication of 3D stacked devices during wafer level packaging (WLP). Molding material fills in lateral spaces between dies to enable fan-out versions of 3D die stacks with fine pitch leads and capability of vertical through-vias throughout. Molding material is planarized to create direct-bonding surfaces between multiple layers of the variegated dies for high interconnect density and reduction of vertical height. Interposers with variegated dies on one or both sides can be created and bonded to wafers. Logic dies and image sensors from different fabrication nodes and different wafer sizes can be stacked during WLP, or logic dies and high bandwidth memory (HBM) of different geometries can be stacked during WLP.

Implementations of a semiconductor package may include a die; a first pad and a second pad, the first pad and the second pad each including a first layer and a second layer where the second layer may be thicker than the first layer. At least a first conductor may be directly coupled to the second layer of the first pad; at least a second conductor may be directly coupled to the second layer of the second pad; and an organic material may cover at least the first side of the die. The at least first conductor and the at least second conductor extend through openings in the organic material where a spacing between the at least first conductor and the at least second conductor may be wider than a spacing between the second layer of the first pad and the second layer of the second pad.

A method includes forming integrated circuits on a front side of a first chip, performing a backside grinding on the first chip to reveal a plurality of through-vias in the first chip, and forming a first bridge structure on a backside of the first chip using a damascene process. The bridge structure has a first bond pad, a second bond pad, and a conductive trace electrically connecting the first bond pad to the second bond pad. The method further includes bonding a second chip and a third chip to the first chip through face-to-back bonding. A third bond pad of the second chip is bonded to the first bond pad of the first chip. A fourth bond pad of the third chip is bonded to the second bond pad of the first chip.

Methods of hybrid bonding with inspection are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of hybrid bonding with inspection includes: cleaning a substrate via a first cleaning chamber and a tape frame having a plurality of chiplets via a second cleaning chamber; inspecting, via a first metrology system, the substrate for pre-bond defects in a first metrology chamber and the tape frame for pre-bond defects in a second metrology chamber; bonding one or more of the plurality of chiplets to the substrate via a hybrid bonding process in a bonder chamber to form a bonded substrate; and performing, via a second metrology system different than the first metrology system, a post-bond inspection of the bonded substrate via a third metrology chamber for post-bond defects.