A device and method of manufacture is provided that utilize a dummy pad feature adjacent contact pads. The contact pads may be contact pads in an integrated fan-out package in which a molding compound is placed along sidewalls of a die and the contact pads extend over the die and the molding compound. The contact pads are electrically coupled to the die using one or more redistribution layers. The dummy pad features are electrically isolated from the contact pads. In some embodiments, the dummy pad features partially encircle the contact pads and are located in a corner region of the molding compound, a corner region of the die, and/or an interface region between an edge of the die and the molding compound.

A chip packaging includes a substrate, a first chip, a molding material, a first circuit, and a second circuit. The substrate includes a bottom surface, a first top surface disposed above the bottom surface with a first height, and a second top surface disposed above the bottom surface with a second height. The first height is smaller than the second height. The first chip is disposed on the first top surface. The molding material is disposed on the substrate and covers the first chip. The first and second circuits are disposed on the molding material, and are respectively and electrically connected to the first chip and the second top surface of the substrate. The substrate is made of copper material with huge area and has the properties of high current withstand capacity and high thermal efficiency. The second top surface protects the first chip from damage.

An integrated circuit packaging method, including: a top surface of a substrate, a bottom surface of the substrate, or the interior of the substrate is provided with circuit layers, and the circuit layers are provided with circuit pins; a component element is mounted on the substrate, and a surface of the component element facing the substrate is provided with component pins; connection through holes are formed on the substrate, the connection through holes are made to abut on the circuit pins, and a first opening of the connection through holes is abutted on the component pins; conductive layers are fabricated inside of the connection through holes by means of a second opening of the connection through holes, and the conductive layers electrically connect the component pins with the circuit pins.

A device and method of manufacture is provided that utilize a dummy pad feature adjacent contact pads. The contact pads may be contact pads in an integrated fan-out package in which a molding compound is placed along sidewalls of a die and the contact pads extend over the die and the molding compound. The contact pads are electrically coupled to the die using one or more redistribution layers. The dummy pad features are electrically isolated from the contact pads. In some embodiments, the dummy pad features partially encircle the contact pads and are located in a corner region of the molding compound, a corner region of the die, and/or an interface region between an edge of the die and the molding compound.

A chip connection method and structure are provided. The method includes: providing a first connection line and a second connection line on a substrate, wherein, in the thickness direction of the substrate, a distance between the first connection line and the chip is smaller than a distance between the second connection line and the chip providing the chip on a top surface of the substrate, the chip being provided with at least two chip pins; and providing the substrate with a second through hole corresponding to the second connecting line, and provided therein with a second conductive layer, at least one chip pin being electrically connected to the first connection line, and at least one of the remaining chip pin being corresponding to a first opening of the second through hole, and the second conductive layer electrically connecting the chip pin and the second connection line.

A die structure includes a first die having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first die includes sidewalls extending between the first and second surfaces. The die structure includes conductive ink printed traces including a first group of the conductive ink printed traces on the first surface of the first semiconductor die. A second group of the conductive ink printed traces are on the second surface of the semiconductor die, and a third group of the conductive ink printed traces are on the sidewalls of the semiconductor die.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die having a top surface that has one or more electrical contacts formed thereon, and an opposite bottom surface. A molding material encapsulates the top surface and at least a part of a side surface of the semiconductor die. The molding material defines a package body that has a top surface and a side surface. Openings are formed on the top surface of the package body, and the electrical contacts are partially exposed from the molding material through the openings. A metal layer is formed over and electrically connected to the electrical contacts through the openings. The metal layer extends to and at least partially covers the side surface of the package body.

A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die with a plurality of bumps or interconnect structures formed over an active surface of the die. The bumps can have a fusible portion and non-fusible portion, such as a conductive pillar and bump formed over the conductive pillar. A plurality of conductive traces with interconnect sites is formed over a substrate. The bumps are wider than the interconnect sites. A masking layer is formed over an area of the substrate away from the interconnect sites. The bumps are bonded to the interconnect sites under pressure or reflow temperature so that the bumps cover a top surface and side surfaces of the interconnect sites. An encapsulant is deposited around the bumps between the die and substrate. The masking layer can form a dam to block the encapsulant from extending beyond the semiconductor die. Asperities can be formed over the interconnect sites or bumps.

The present disclosure is related to a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a substrate and a semiconductor chip. The substrate includes a window through a center portion of the substrate, in which the substrate has an inner sidewall surrounding the window and a conductive foil located on a top surface of the substrate, in which the conductive foil extends beyond the inner sidewall of the substrate. The semiconductor chip is located on the top surface of the substrate, in which the conductive foil is located between the substrate and the semiconductor chip, and the semiconductor chip has a bonding pad electrically connected to the conductive foil.

Packaged semiconductor components having substantially rigid support member are disclosed. The packages can include a semiconductor die and a support member proximate to the semiconductor die. The support member is at least substantially rigid. The packages can further include an adhesive between the support member and the semiconductor die and adhesively attaching the support member to the semiconductor die. The packages can also include a substrate carrying the semiconductor die and the support member attached to the semiconductor die.