A semiconductor device includes a first die, a second die on the first die, and a third die on the second die, the second die being interposed between the first die and the third die. The first die includes a first substrate and a first interconnect structure on an active side of the first substrate. The second die includes a second substrate, a second interconnect structure on a backside of the second substrate, and a power distribution network (PDN) structure on the second interconnect structure such that the second interconnect structure is interposed between the PDN structure and the second substrate.

A semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package includes a lower structure including an upper insulating layer and an upper pad; and a semiconductor chip provided on the lower structure and comprising a lower insulating layer and a lower pad. The lower insulating layer is in contact with and coupled to the upper insulating layer and the lower pad is in contact with and coupled to the upper pad, and a lateral side of the semiconductor chip extends between an upper side and a lower side of the semiconductor chip and comprises a recessed portion.

A substrate debonding apparatus configured to separate a support substrate attached to a first surface of a device substrate by an adhesive layer, the substrate debonding apparatus including a substrate chuck configured to support a second surface of the device substrate, the second surface being opposite to the first surface of the device substrate; a light irradiator configured to irradiate light to an inside of the adhesive layer; and a mask between the substrate chuck and the light irradiator, the mask including an opening through which an upper portion of the support substrate is exposed, and a first cooling passage or a second cooling passage, the first cooling passage being configured to provide a path in which a coolant is flowable, the second cooling passage being configured to provide a path in which air is flowable and to provide part of the air to a central portion of the opening.

The object is to provide a semiconductor device that prevents a snapback operation and has excellent heat dissipation. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, transistor portions, diode portions, a surface electrode, and external wiring. The transistor portions and the diode portions are provided in the semiconductor substrate and are arranged in one direction parallel with the surface of the semiconductor substrate. A bonding portion of the external wiring is connected to the surface electrode. The transistor portions and the diode portions are provided in a first region and a second region and alternately arranged in the one direction. A first transistor width and a first diode width in the first region are smaller than a width of the bonding portion. A second transistor width and a second diode width in the second region are larger than the width of the bonding portion.

A semiconductor package may include an image sensor chip, a transparent substrate spaced apart from the image sensor chip, a joining structure in contact with a top surface of the image sensor chip and a bottom surface of the transparent substrate, on an edge region of the top surface of the image sensor chip, and a circuit substrate electrically connected to the image sensor chip. The image sensor chip may include a penetration electrode which penetrates at least a portion of an internal portion of the image sensor chip, and a terminal pad, which is on the edge region of the top surface of the image sensor chip and is connected to the penetration electrode. The joining structure may include a spacer and an adhesive layer which is between and attached to the spacer and the image sensor chip. The joining structure may the terminal pad.

A semiconductor device has an electronic component assembly with a substrate and a plurality of electrical components disposed over the substrate. A conductive post is formed over the substrate. A molding compound sheet is disposed over the electrical component assembly. A carrier including a first electrical circuit pattern is disposed over the molding compound sheet. The carrier is pressed against the molding compound sheet to dispose a first encapsulant over and around the electrical component assembly and embed the first electrical circuit pattern in the first encapsulant. A shielding layer can be formed over the electrical components assembly. The carrier is removed to expose the first electrical circuit pattern. A second encapsulant is deposited over the first encapsulant and the first electrical circuit pattern. A second electrical circuit pattern is formed over the second encapsulant. A semiconductor package is disposed over the first electrical circuit pattern.

After finishing of the front side CMOS manufacturing process, the silicon wafer is permanently bonded with its front side onto a carrier wafer. The carrier wafer is a high resistivity silicon wafer or a wafer of a dielectric or of a ceramic material. The silicon substrate of the device wafer is thinned from the back side such that the remaining silicon thickness is only a few micrometers. In the area dedicated to a spiral inductor, the substrate material is entirely removed by a masked etching process and the resulting gap is filled with a dielectric material. A spiral inductor coil is formed on the backside of the wafer on top of the dielectric material. The inductor coil is connected to the CMOS circuits on the front side by through-silicon vias.

Disclosed herein is a method comprising: forming a first electrically conductive layer on a first surface of a substrate of semiconductor, wherein the first electrically conductive layer is in electrical contact with the semiconductor; bonding, at the first electrically conductive layer, a support wafer to the substrate of semiconductor; thinning the substrate of semiconductor.

A multi-chip package including a first integrated circuit and a second integrated circuit. The first integrated circuit includes a first side having a first conductive layer, a second side having a second conductive layer, and an edge, the first conductive layer coupled to the second conductive layer at a location adjacent to the edge. The second integrated circuit is coupled to the second conductive layer of the first integrated circuit.

A cryo-compatible quantum computing arrangement includes a microelectronic quantum computing component having a substrate structure, a plurality of first contact elements and a plurality of conductive feedthroughs through the substrate structure, wherein the conductive feedthroughs are electrically connected on a first main surface area of the substrate structure to associated first contact elements of the microelectronic quantum computing component, and a further microelectronic component having a plurality of second contact elements, wherein on a second main surface area of the substrate structure, the conductive feedthroughs are electrically connected to associated second contact elements of the further microelectronic component, and wherein the conductive feedthroughs each include, between the first and second contact elements, a layer element including a first material that is superconducting at a quantum computing operating temperature, and a filling element including a second material that is electrically conductive.