A multi-chip package includes a field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip configured to perform a logic function based on a truth table, wherein the field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip comprises multiple non-volatile memory cells therein configured to store multiple resulting values of the truth table, and a programmable logic block therein configured to select, in accordance with one of the combinations of its inputs, one from the resulting values into its output; and a memory chip coupling to the field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip, wherein a data bit width between the field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) integrated-circuit (IC) chip and the memory chip is greater than or equal to 64.

A memory system includes dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) components that include interconnected and redundant component data interfaces. The redundant interfaces facilitate memory interconnect topologies that accommodate considerably more DRAM components per memory channel than do traditional memory systems, and thus offer considerably more memory capacity per channel, without concomitant reductions in signaling speeds. The memory components can be configured to route data around defective data connections to maintain full capacity and continue to support memory transactions.

A semiconductor package structure includes a frontside redistribution layer, a stacking structure, a backside redistribution layer, a first intellectual property (IP) core, and a second IP core. The stacking structure is disposed over the frontside redistribution layer and comprises a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die over the first semiconductor die. The backside redistribution layer is disposed over the stacking structure. The first IP core is disposed in the stacking structure and is electrically coupled to the frontside redistribution layer through a first routing channel. The second IP core is disposed in the stacking structure and is electrically coupled to the backside redistribution layer through a second routing channel, wherein the second routing channel is separated from the first routing channel and electrically insulated from the frontside redistribution layer.

A semiconductor package including a first package substrate, a first semiconductor chip on the first package substrate, a first conductive connector on the first package substrate and laterally spaced apart from the first semiconductor chip, an interposer substrate on the first semiconductor chip and electrically connected to the first package substrate through the first conductive connector, the interposer substrate including a first portion overlapping the first semiconductor chip and a plurality of upper conductive pads in the first portion, a plurality of spacers on a lower surface of the first portion of the interposer substrate and positioned so as not to overlap the plurality of upper conductive pads in a plan view, and an insulating filler between the interposer substrate and the first package substrate may be provided.

In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there is a method of integrating and accessing passive components in three-dimensional fan-out wafer-level packages. One example is a microelectronic die package that includes a die, a package substrate attached to the die on one side of the die and configured to be connected to a system board, a plurality of passive devices over a second side of the die, and a plurality of passive device contacts over a respective passive die, the contacts being configured to be coupled to a second die mounted over the passive devices and over the second side of the die.

A microelectronic assembly having a first side and a second side opposite therefrom is disclosed. The microelectronic assembly may include a microelectronic element having a first face, a second face opposite the first face, a plurality of sidewalls each extending between the first and second faces, and a plurality of element contacts. The microelectronic assembly may also include an encapsulation adjacent the sidewalls of the microelectronic element. The microelectronic assembly may include electrically conductive connector elements each having a first end, a second end remote from the first end, and an edge surface extending between the first and second ends, wherein one of the first end or the second end of each connector element is adjacent the first side of the package. The microelectronic assembly may include a redistribution structure having terminals, the redistribution structure adjacent the second side of the package, the terminals being electrically coupled with the connector elements.

A semiconductor device includes a first passivation layer over a circuit and. conductive pad over the first passivation layer, wherein the conductive pad is electrically connected to the circuit. A second passivation layer is disposed over the conductive pad and the first passivation layer, and has a first opening and a second opening. The first opening exposes an upper surface of a layer that extends underneath the conductive pad, and the second opening exposes the conductive pad. A first insulating layer is disposed over the second passivation layer and filling the first and second openings. A through substrate via extends through the insulating layer, second passivation layer, passivation layer, and substrate. A side of the through substrate via and the second passivation layer have a gap that is filled with the first insulating layer. A conductive via extends through the first insulating layer and connecting to the conductive pad.

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor package may include: forming a photoimageable dielectric layer on a substrate including a pad; forming a preliminary via hole in the photoimageable dielectric layer to expose the pad; forming a hard mask layer on the photoimageable dielectric layer and the pad; etching the photoimageable dielectric layer and the hard mask layer to form a via hole, a first hole, and a trench; forming a metal layer on the photoimageable dielectric layer connected to the pad; planarizing the metal layer to form a wiring pattern; and placing a semiconductor chip electrically connected to the wiring pattern. The first hole may be disposed on the via hole and connected thereto, and a diameter of the first hole may be larger than a diameter of the via hole.

A circuit structure is provided. The circuit structure may include a first die area including an output gate, a second die area including a circuit and an input gate and a die-to-die interconnect. The input gate may include a transistor. The circuit may be connected between the die-to-die interconnect and a gate region of the transistor. The circuit may include a MOS transistor. A first source/drain region of the MOS transistor may be connected to the die-to-die interconnect.

Disclosed are semiconductor devices and semiconductor packages. The semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate that includes a stack region and a pad region, a peripheral circuit structure that includes a plurality of peripheral circuits on the semiconductor substrate, a cell array structure on the peripheral circuit structure, and a redistribution layer on the cell array structure and including a redistribution dielectric layer and a redistribution pattern on the redistribution dielectric layer. The redistribution dielectric layer covers an uppermost conductive pattern of the cell array structure. The redistribution pattern is connected to the uppermost conductive pattern. A thickness in a vertical direction of the redistribution layer on the pad region is greater than that of the redistribution layer on the stack region.