A display backplane is provided, including a base, wherein pixel circuits, bonding electrodes, and bonding connection wires are on the base; the bonding electrodes are coupled to the bonding connection wires in a one-to-one correspondence; the bonding electrodes and the bonding connection wires are on two opposite surfaces of the base; the pixel circuits and the bonding connection wires are on a same side of the base; one end of each bonding connection wire is coupled to the bonding electrode through the first via in the base; the other end of each of at least some bonding connection wires is coupled to the pixel circuit; and an orthographic projection of at least one of the bonding electrodes and the bonding connection wires on the base is not coincident with an orthographic projection of the pixel circuit on the base.

Provided is a semiconductor module including a main circuit portion, a plurality of circuit electrodes, a plurality of main terminals, and a plurality of wires, in each of semiconductor chips, transistor portions and diode portions have a longitudinal side in a second direction, each of semiconductor chips has a plurality of end sides including a gate-side end side, each of the gate-side end sides is arranged facing a same side in a top view, the plurality of main terminals are arranged on a same side in relation to the main circuit portion so as not to sandwich the main circuit portion in a top view, each of the plurality of wires has a bonding portion, and a longitudinal direction of the bonding portion has an angle in relation to the second direction.

In an embodiment, a method includes attaching a first package component to a first carrier, the first package component comprising: an aluminum pad disposed adjacent to a substrate; a sacrificial pad disposed adjacent to the substrate, the sacrificial pad comprising a major surface opposite the substrate, a protrusion of the sacrificial pad extending from the major surface; and a dielectric bond layer disposed around the aluminum pad and the sacrificial pad; attaching a second carrier to the first package component and the first carrier, the first package component being interposed between the first carrier and the second carrier; removing the first carrier; planarizing the dielectric bond layer to comprise a top surface being coplanar with the protrusion; and etching a portion of the protrusion.

A method of forming a semiconductor package includes attaching a first package component to a first carrier; attaching a second package component to the first carrier, the second package component laterally displaced from the first package component; attaching a third package component to the first package component, the third package component being electrically connected to the first package component; removing the first carrier from the first package component and the second package component; after removing the first carrier, performing a first circuit probe test on the second package component to obtain first test data of the second package component; and comparing the first test data of the second package component with prior data of the second package component.

A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip including a second bonding insulating layer surrounding at least a portion of each of a first bonding pad structure and a second bonding pad structure, in which the first bonding pad structure includes a first contact portion, a first bonding pad, and a first seed layer disposed between the first bonding pad and the first contact portion and extending in a first direction, the second bonding pad structure includes a second contact portion, a second bonding pad, and a second seed layer disposed between the second bonding pad and the second contact portion and extending in the first direction, and the second bonding insulating layer is in contact with a side surface of each of the first and second seed layers and the first and second bonding pads.

A semiconductor package includes a chip level unit including a semiconductor chip; a medium level unit; and a solder ball unit. The solder ball unit is to be connected to a circuit substrate. The medium level unit includes: a wiring pad layer on a first protection layer; a second protection layer including a pad-exposing hole on the first protection layer, a post layer in the pad-exposing hole on the wiring pad layer; and a third protection layer including a post-exposing hole on the second protection layer. A width or diameter of the post-exposing hole is smaller than a width or diameter of the pad-exposing hole; and a barrier layer is disposed in the post-exposing hole on the post layer. The solder ball unit includes a solder ball on the barrier layer.

Disclosed herein are cavity structures in integrated circuit (IC) package supports, as well as related methods and apparatuses. For example, in some embodiments, an IC package support may include: a cavity in a dielectric material, wherein the cavity has a bottom and sidewalls; conductive contacts at the bottom of the cavity, wherein the conductive contacts include a first material; a first peripheral material outside the cavity, wherein the first peripheral material is at the sidewalls of the cavity and proximate to the bottom of the cavity, and the first peripheral material includes the first material; and a second peripheral material outside the cavity, wherein the second peripheral material is at the sidewalls of the cavity and on the first peripheral material, and the second peripheral material is different than the first peripheral material.

In one example, a semiconductor device can comprise (a) an electronic device comprising a device top side, a device bottom side opposite the device top side, and a device sidewall between the device top side and the device bottom side, (b) a first conductor comprising, a first conductor side section on the device sidewall, a first conductor top section on the device top side and coupled to the first conductor side section, and a first conductor bottom section coupled to the first conductor side section, and (c) a protective material covering the first conductor and the electronic device. A lower surface of the first conductor top section can be higher than the device top side, and an upper surface of the first conductor bottom section can be lower than the device top side. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

A semiconductor device including a substrate; a chip on which a surface electrode is formed; and a lead. The lead includes a first electrode connecting portion disposed on the surface electrode and electrically connected to the surface electrode of the chip via a conductive bonding material; a second electrode connecting portion electrically connected to an electrode portion of a wiring pattern. A lead connected to the first electrode connecting portion and the second electrode connecting portion. The lead further has a thermal shrinking stress equalizing structure on a portion of an outer periphery of the first electrode connecting portion. The lead is configured to make a thermal shrinking stress applied to a conductive bonding material between the first electrode connecting portion and the surface electrode equal.

Disclosed is a flip-chip device. The flip-chip device includes a die having a plurality of under bump metallizations (UBMs); and a package substrate having a plurality of bond pads. The plurality of UBMs include a first set of UBMs having a first size and a first minimum pitch and a second set of UBMs having a second size and a second minimum pitch. The first set of UBMs and the second set of UBMs are each electrically coupled to the package substrate by a bond-on-pad connection.