An integrated circuit and method of making an integrated circuit is provided. The integrated circuit includes an electrically conductive connector and a die that has an active side and a non-active side. The active side of the die is connected to the electrically conductive connector via interconnects. A molding compound encapsulates the die and portions of the electrically conductive connector. A thermally conductive contact extends from a thermal hotspot on the die to an entry surface of the molding compound.

A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a first semiconductor chip disposed on the package substrate, at least one second semiconductor chip disposed on a region of an upper surface of the first semiconductor chip, a heat dissipation member disposed in another region of the upper surface of the first semiconductor chip and at least a region of an upper surface of the second semiconductor chip, and having an upper surface in which at least one trench is formed, and a molding member covering the first semiconductor chip, the second semiconductor chip, an upper surface of the package substrate, and side surfaces of the heat dissipation member, and filling the at least one trench while exposing the upper surface of the heat dissipation member.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor module, a substrate, and a filler. The semiconductor module includes a semiconductor chip, a control integrated circuit (IC) configured to control driving of the semiconductor chip, and a package sealing the semiconductor chip and the control IC with an insulation material. On the substrate, the semiconductor module is mounted. The filler is provided between a lower surface of the package of the semiconductor module and the substrate. The substrate includes a through hole being provided at a position below the package and closer to the control IC than to the semiconductor chip in the package.

A first chip includes a first surface, a second surface, a first semiconductor layer including a nitride semiconductor layer, a first electrode pad located at the first surface, a second electrode pad located at the first surface, a first gate pad located at the first surface, and a third electrode pad located at the first surface. A second chip is located on the first surface of the first chip. The second chip includes a third surface facing the first surface of the first chip, a fourth surface, a second semiconductor layer including a channel of a second conductivity type, a fourth electrode pad located at the fourth surface, a fifth electrode pad located at the third surface and bonded to the second electrode pad of the first chip, and a second gate pad located at the third surface and bonded to the third electrode pad of the first chip.

A multi-chip unit suitable for chip-level packaging may include multiple IC chips that are interconnected through a metal redistribution structure, and that are directly bonded to an integrated heat spreader. Bonding of the integrated heat spreader to the multiple IC chips may be direct so that no thermal interface material (TIM) is needed, resulting in a reduced bond line thickness (BLT) and lower thermal resistance. The integrated heat spreader may further serve as a structural member of the multi-chip unit, allowing a second side of the redistribution structure to be further interconnected to a host by solder interconnects. The redistribution structure may be fabricated on a sacrificial interposer that may facilitate planarizing IC chips of differing thickness prior to bonding the heat spreader. The sacrificial interposer may be removed to expose the RDL for further interconnection to a substrate without the use of through-substrate vias.

A package for integrated circuits includes a base substrate having a mounting face. A first electronic chip has a top face electrically connected to the mounting face and a bottom face mounted to the mounting face by an adhesive layer. A second electronic chip has a bottom face covered with a thermal interface layer and a top face electrically connected to the mounting face. A heat sink includes a first part embedded in the adhesive layer, a second part having a bottom face in contact with the layer of thermal interface material and a top face, and a connection part between the first part and the second part. A coating encapsulates the first and second electronic chips and the heat sink. The top face of the second part of the heat sink exposed from the encapsulating coating.

Provide is a highly reliable semiconductor device in which stress generated in a semiconductor chip is reduced and an increase in thermal resistance is suppressed. The semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip including a first main electrode on one surface thereof and a second main electrode and a gate electrode on the other surface thereof; a first electrode connected to the one surface of the semiconductor chip via a first bonding material; and a second electrode connected to the other surface of the semiconductor chip via a second bonding material. The first electrode is a plate-shaped electrode and has a groove in a region overlapping with the semiconductor chip. The groove penetrates in a thickness direction of the first electrode and reaches an end portion of the first electrode when viewed in a plan view.

A radio frequency (“RF”) transistor amplifier die includes a semiconductor layer structure having a plurality of transistor cells, and an insulating layer on a surface of the semiconductor layer structure. Conductive pillar structures protrude from the insulating layer opposite the surface of the semiconductor layer structure, and are configured to provide input signal, output signal, or ground connections to the transistor cells. The ground connections are arranged between the input and/or output signal connections to the transistor cells. Related devices and packages are also discussed.

A semiconductor device includes: an insulating layer; a circuit pattern on an upper surface of the insulating layer; a semiconductor element bonded to an upper surface of the circuit pattern through a first bonding material; an insulating component bonded to the upper surface of the circuit pattern through a second bonding material; and a lead electrode connecting the semiconductor element to the insulating component, wherein an upper surface of the semiconductor element is bonded to a lower surface of the lead electrode through a third bonding material, an upper surface of the insulating component is bonded to the lower surface of the lead electrode through a fourth bonding material, and the first bonding material, the second bonding material, the third bonding material, and the fourth bonding material are made of a same material.

A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip including a first semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of first through electrodes penetrating at least a portion of the first semiconductor substrate. A plurality of second semiconductors include a second semiconductor substrate, the plurality of second semiconductor chips being stacked on the first semiconductor chip. A plurality of bonding pads are arranged between the first semiconductor chip and the plurality of second semiconductor chips. A chip bonding insulating layer is arranged between the first semiconductor chip and the plurality of second semiconductor chips. At least one supporting dummy substrate is stacked on the plurality of second semiconductor chips and having a support bonding insulating layer arranged on a lower surface thereof.