A semiconductor module includes a first power semiconductor device, a conductive wire, and a resin film. The conductive wire is joined to a surface of a first front electrode of the first power semiconductor device. The resin film is formed to be continuous on at least one of an end portion or an end portion of a first joint between the first front electrode and the conductive wire in a longitudinal direction of the conductive wire, a surface of the first front electrode, and a surface of the conductive wire. The resin film has an elastic elongation rate of 4.5% to 10.0%.

This film-shaped firing material is a film-shaped firing material containing sinterable metal particles and a binder component, in which, when the average thickness of the portion of the film-shaped firing material excluding the edge portion is deemed 100%, the average thickness of the edge portion of the film-shaped firing material is at least 5% thicker than the average thickness of the portion of the film-shaped firing material excluding the edge portion.

A method and an apparatus for the pressure-sintering connection of a first and a second connection provide a frame element lowerable onto a frame surface surrounding the supporting surface, having a sintering ram lowerable lowered from the normal direction onto the second connection partner and exerts pressure thereon, and converting a sintering paste between the connection partners into a sintered metal, and having an auxiliary apparatus for the arrangement of a separating film for the peripheral covering of the frame surface and the connection partners. This arrangement of the separating film produces an inner region bounded by the frame element and bounded by a separating film portion within the frame element and by the supporting surface, and injection opening and an outlet opening allow a second gas to flush through said inner region from the injection opening to the outlet opening and displace a first gas.

A method may include forming a first atomic layer deposition (ALD) bonding layer on a surface of a first semiconductor device, and forming a second ALD bonding layer on a surface of a second semiconductor device. The method may include joining the first semiconductor device and the second semiconductor device via the first ALD bonding layer and the second ALD bonding layer. The method may include performing an annealing operation to fuse the first ALD bonding layer and the second ALD bonding layer and form a single ALD bonding layer that bonds the first semiconductor device with the second semiconductor device.

A method includes forming an interconnect component including a plurality of dielectric layers that include an organic dielectric material, and a plurality of redistribution lines extending into the plurality of dielectric layers. The method further includes bonding a first package component and a second package component to the interconnect component, encapsulating the first package component and the second package component in an encapsulant, and precutting the interconnect component using a blade to form a trench. The trench penetrates through the interconnect component, and partially extends into the encapsulant. The method further includes performing a singulation process to separate the first package component and the second package component into a first package and a second package, respectively.

An electronic system is disclosed. In one example, the electronic system comprises an at least partially electrically conductive carrier, an electronic component, and an intermetallic connection structure connecting the carrier and the component. The intermetallic connection structure comprising an intermetallic mesh structure in a central portion of the intermetallic connection structure, and opposing exterior structures without intermetallic mesh and each arranged between the intermetallic mesh structure and the carrier or the component.

A semiconductor device includes an insulating layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The semiconductor device includes at least one semiconductor element located on a side of the first surface. The semiconductor device includes a first metal sinter and a second metal sinter. The first metal sinter is in contact with the first surface of the insulating layer and the semiconductor element, and bonds the insulating layer and the semiconductor element. The second metal sinter is in contact with the second surface of the insulating layer.

A bonding structure is provided, including a first substrate; a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate; a first bonding layer disposed on the first substrate; a second bonding layer disposed on the second substrate and opposite the first bonding layer; and a silver feature disposed between the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer. The silver feature includes a silver nano-twinned structure including parallel twin boundaries. The silver nano-twinned structure includes 90% or more [111] crystal orientation. A method for forming a bonding structure is also provided. Each of steps of forming a first silver feature and second silver feature includes sputtering or evaporation coating. Negative bias ion bombardment is applied to the first silver feature and second silver feature during sputtering or evaporation.

A semiconductor device assembly includes a first remote distribution layer (RDL), the first RDL comprising a lower outermost planar surface of the semiconductor device assembly; a first semiconductor die directly coupled to an upper surface of the first RDL by a first plurality of interconnects; a second RDL, the second RDL comprising an upper outermost planar surface of the semiconductor device assembly opposite the lower outermost planar surface; a second semiconductor die directly coupled to a lower surface of the second RDL by a second plurality of interconnects; an encapsulant material disposed between the first RDL and the second RDL and at least partially encapsulating the first and second semiconductor dies; and a third plurality of interconnects extending fully between and directly coupling the upper surface of the first RDL and the lower surface of the second RDL.

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes attaching a first end of a first bond wire to a first conductive lead and a second end of the first bond wire to a first bond pad of a first semiconductor die. A conductive lead extender is affixed to the first conductive lead by way of a conductive adhesive, the lead extender overlapping the first end of the first bond wire. A first end of a second bond wire is attached to the lead extender, the first end of the second bond wire conductively connected to the first end of the first bond wire.