In a described example, an apparatus includes: a metal leadframe including a dielectric die support formed in a central portion of the leadframe, and having metal leads extending from the central portion, portions of the metal leads extending into the central portion contacted by the dielectric die support; die attach material over the dielectric die support; a semiconductor die mounted to the dielectric die support by the die attach material, the semiconductor die having bond pads on a device side surface facing away from the dielectric die support; electrical connections extending from the bond pads to metal leads of the leadframe; and mold compound covering the semiconductor die, the electrical connections, the dielectric die support, and portions of the metal leads, the mold compound forming a package body.

A semiconductor device includes an insulating layer, a conductive layer stacking with the insulating layer and including a first conductive sublayer and a second conductive sublayer, a memory stack disposed on a side of the conductive layer away from the insulating layer, a spacer structure through the conductive layer, a contact structure in the spacer structure and extending vertically through the insulating layer, and a channel structure including a semiconductor channel. The contact structure includes a first contact portion and a second contact portion in contact with each other. A lateral cross-sectional area of the second contact portion is greater than a lateral cross-sectional area of the first contact portion. A portion of the semiconductor channel is in contact with the first conductive sublayer. The second conductive sublayer is disposed between the first conductive sublayer and the memory stack.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor device having high heat dissipation performance. A semiconductor device includes: a diamond substrate having a recess in an upper surface thereof; a nitride semiconductor layer disposed within the recess in the upper surface of the diamond substrate; and an electrode disposed on the nitride semiconductor layer, wherein the nitride semiconductor layer and the electrode constitute a field-effect transistor, the diamond substrate has a source via hole extending through a thickness of the diamond substrate to expose the source electrode, and the semiconductor device further includes a via metal covering an inner wall of the source via hole and a lower surface of the diamond substrate.

Three-dimensional (3D) devices that include at least two electrically isolated planes of electrically conductive traces and methods of making the same. The 3D device includes an upper level, a lower level electrically isolated from the upper level, and one or more pedestal portions joining the upper level and the lower level. The pedestal portions comprise an undercut. The undercut defines an upper level overhang that is configured to define a mask region to prevent conductive material from being deposited below the undercut.

A holding head structure and a manufacturing method using the same are disclosed. The holding head structure includes a body of a matrix material, a plurality of operating cores embedded in the matrix material of the body, and a plurality of isolators in the body and defining holding units. The holding units are electrically isolated from one another by the plurality of isolators. Each holding unit includes at least one operating core, and each holding unit is configured to be individually controlled and be electrically connected to a power source.

A method for forming a semiconductor structure for wafer level bonding includes the steps of forming a bonding dielectric layer on a substrate, forming an opening in the bonding dielectric layer, wherein an bottom angle between a sidewall and a bottom surface of the opening is smaller than 90 degrees, forming a conductive material layer on the bonding dielectric layer and filling the opening, and performing a chemical mechanical polishing process to remove the conductive material layer outside the opening, thereby forming a bonding pad in the opening.

The present technology relates to hybrid bonding of semiconductor memory wafer and semiconductor CMOS wafer using one or more debondable carriers. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device assembly is disclosed. The semiconductor device assembly includes a first semiconductor wafer having complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) transistor devices, the first semiconductor wafer having a first frontside surface and a first backside surface, and a second semiconductor wafer having one or more memory arrays, the second semiconductor wafer having a second frontside surface and a second backside surface, wherein a bonding interface is formed between the first backside surface of the first semiconductor wafer and the second frontside surface of the second semiconductor wafer, and wherein the first semiconductor wafer has a first dielectric layer disposed on its first frontside surface.

A method of processing a semiconductor element is disclosed. The method can include providing the semiconductor element that has a first nonconductive material. The first nonconductive material is disposed on a device portion of the semiconductor element. The method can include providing a transparent carrier. The method can include providing an intervening structure that has a second nonconductive material, a photolysis layer, and an opaque layer stacked together. The method can include forming a bonded structure such that the second nonconductive material is directly bonded to the first nonconductive material or to the transparent carrier. The intervening structure is disposed between the semiconductor element and the transparent carrier. The method can include decoupling the transparent carrier from the semiconductor element by exposing the photolysis layer to light through the transparent carrier such that the light decomposes the photolysis layer.

A semiconductor device has a leadframe and a first electrical component disposed over the leadframe. A clip bond is disposed over the first electrical component. The clip bond has a plurality of recesses each having a different depth. A first recess is proximate to a first distal end of the first electrical component, and a second recess is proximate to a second distal end of the first electrical component opposite the first distal end of the first electrical component. A depth of the first recess is different from a depth of the second recess. A third recess is over a surface of the first electrical component. A depth of the third recess is different from the depth of the first recess and the depth of the second recess. A second electrical component is disposed over the leadframe. The clip bond extends over the second electrical component.

A method for forming a semiconductor assembly that includes forming a first set of layers on a first wafer, where one or more layers of the first set includes one or more devices of the semiconductor assembly. The method further includes forming a second set of layers on a second wafer, where one or more layers of the second set include connections between one or more of the devices of the semiconductor assembly. The method additionally includes coupling a layer of the first set to a layer of the second set using metal to metal hybrid bonding.