A semiconductor package according to the disclosure includes a terminal, a conductive pattern connected to the terminal, a barrier layer covering a top surface and a first side wall of the conductive pattern, an insulating layer surrounding the barrier layer, a protection layer covering a bottom surface of the insulating layer and a bottom surface of the barrier layer, a redistribution pattern connected to the barrier layer, a semiconductor chip electrically connected to the redistribution pattern, and a molding layer surrounding the semiconductor chip. A top surface of the protection layer includes a first portion contacting the conductive pattern, and a second portion contacting the barrier layer.

A semiconductor package includes a wiring structure that includes a first insulating layer and a first conductive pattern inside the first insulating layer, a first semiconductor chip disposed on the wiring structure, an interposer that includes a second insulating layer, a second conductive pattern inside the second insulating layer, and a recess that includes a first sidewall formed on a first surface of the interposer that faces the first semiconductor chip and a first bottom surface connected with the first sidewall, where the recess exposes at least a portion of the second insulating layer, a first element bonded to the interposer and that faces the first semiconductor chip inside the recess, and a mold layer that covers the first semiconductor chip and the first element.

Flexible modules and methods of manufacture are described. In an embodiment, a flexible module includes a flex board formed in which a passivation layer is applied in liquid form in a panel level process, followed by exposure and development. An electronic component is then mounted onto the flex board and encapsulated in a molding compound that is directly on a top surface of the passivation layer.

Disclosed are semiconductor packages and their fabricating methods. The semiconductor package includes a lower structure and an upper redistribution layer. The lower structure includes a first bump layer, a lower redistribution layer, a semiconductor chip, a molding layer, a conductive pillar, and an under pad layer. The upper redistribution layer includes a second bump layer and second redistribution layers. The first redistribution layer includes a lower redistribution pattern including a first line part and a first via part. A width of the first via part increases in a direction toward the first line part from a bottom surface of the first via part. The second redistribution layer includes an upper redistribution pattern including a second line part and the second via part. A width of the second via part increases in a direction toward the second line part from a top surface of the second via part.

Apparatus and methods are provided for integrated circuit packages having a low z-height. In an example, a method can include mounting a first integrated circuit sub-package to a first package substrate wherein the sub-package substrate spans an opening of the first package substrate, mounting a second integrated circuit package to a second package substrate, and mounting the first package substrate with the second package substrate wherein the mounting includes locating a portion of the second integrated circuit package within the opening of the first package substrate.

A package structure includes the following: a logic die; and a plurality of core dies sequentially stacked on the logic die along a vertical direction, in which the plurality of core dies include a first core die and a second core die interconnected through a hybrid bonding member; the hybrid bonding member includes: a first contact pad located on a surface of the first core die; and a second contact pad located on a surface of the second core die; the first contact pad is in contact bonding with the second contact pad.

A semiconductor device includes an electronic circuit within a device layer; wherein the device layer is between a thin layer of wiring for signal connections having a first thickness and a thick layer of wiring for power having a second thickness, the second thickness being greater than the first thickness; a silicon layer above the device layer, the thin layer of wiring, and the thick layer of wiring; a first via connection from a top of the semiconductor device to the thin layer of wiring; a second via connection from the top of the semiconductor device to the thick layer of wiring; and a packaging substrate with a connection to the thick layer of wiring.

A stacked module arrangement includes: a first molded electronic module; a second molded electronic module; and an interface by which the first molded electronic module and the second molded electronic module are physically and electrically connected to one another in a stacked configuration. The first molded electronic module is a power electronic module having a maximum breakdown voltage of at least 40 V and a maximum DC current of at least 10 A.

A package comprising a first substrate, a first integrated device coupled to the first substrate, and a second substrate, and a plurality of solder interconnects coupled to the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate comprises at least one first dielectric layer; a first plurality of interconnects, wherein the first plurality of interconnects include a first plurality of post interconnects; and a first solder resist layer coupled to a first surface of the first substrate. The second substrate comprises a first surface and a second surface; at least one second dielectric layer; a second plurality of interconnects, wherein the second plurality of interconnects comprises a second plurality of post interconnects; and a second solder resist layer coupled to the second surface of the second substrate. The second surface of the second substrate faces the first substrate. The second solder resist layer includes a cavity.

A method includes forming an insulating layer over a package. The package has a plurality of locations where openings are subsequently formed. A first laser shot is performed, location by location, on each of the locations across the package. A first laser spot of the first laser shot overlaps with each of the locations. The first laser shot removes a first portion of the insulating layer below the first laser spot. Another laser shot is performed, location by location, on each of the locations across the package. Another laser spot of the another laser shot overlaps with each of the locations. The another laser shot removes another portion of the insulating layer below the another laser spot. Performing the another laser shot, location by location, on each of the locations across the package is repeated multiple times, until desired portions of the insulating layer are removed.