A semiconductor package includes a first structure having a first insulating layer and a first bonding pad penetrating the first insulating layer, and a second structure on the first structure and having a second insulating layer bonded to the first insulating layer, a bonding pad structure penetrating the second insulating layer and bonded to the first bonding pad, and a test pad structure penetrating the second insulating layer and including a test pad in an opening penetrating the second insulating layer and having a protrusion with a flat surface, and a bonding layer filling the opening and covering the test pad and the flat surface, the protrusion of the test pad extending from a surface in contact with the bonding layer, and the flat surface of the protrusion being within the opening and spaced apart from an interface between the bonding layer and the first insulating layer.

A semiconductor package includes a package substrate having a first side portion adjacent to a first edge, and a second side portion adjacent to a second edge opposite the first edge; a plurality of first substrate pads on the package substrate at the first side portion of the package substrate; a first chip on the package substrate; a second chip stacked on the first chip in a step-wise manner to result in a first exposure region exposing a portion of a surface of the first chip with respect to the second chip due to the step-wise stacking, the first exposure region being adjacent to a first edge of the first chip; a plurality of first bonding pads on a first portion of the first exposure region, the first portion of the first exposure region being adjacent to the first edge of the first chip; a plurality of second bonding pads on a second portion of the first exposure region, the second portion of the first exposure region further from the first edge of the first chip than the first portion of the first exposure region is to the first edge of the first chip, the plurality of second bonding pads being electrically insulated from any circuit components in the first chip; a plurality of third bonding pads on a surface of the second chip; and a plurality of bonding wires electrically connecting the third bonding pads to the first substrate pads via the second bonding pads.

A method for forming a hybrid-bonding structure is provided. The method includes forming a first dielectric layer over a first semiconductor substrate. The first semiconductor substrate includes a conductive structure. The method also includes partially removing the first dielectric layer to form a first dielectric dummy pattern, a second dielectric dummy pattern and a third dielectric dummy pattern and an opening through the first dielectric layer. The first dielectric dummy pattern, the second dielectric dummy pattern and the third dielectric dummy pattern are surrounded by the opening. In addition, the method includes forming a first conductive line in the opening. The first conductive line is in contact with the conductive structure.

A capacitor bank structure includes a plurality of capacitors, a protection material, a first dielectric layer and a plurality of first pillars. The capacitors are disposed side by side. Each of the capacitors has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes. The first electrodes are disposed adjacent to the first surface for external connection, and the second electrodes are disposed adjacent to the second surface for external connection. The protection material covers the capacitors, sidewalls of the first electrodes and sidewalls of the second electrodes, and has a first surface corresponding to the first surface of the capacitor and a second surface corresponding to the second surface of the capacitor. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the first surface of the protection material, and defines a plurality of openings to expose the first electrodes. The first pillars are disposed in the openings of the first dielectric layer and protrude from the first dielectric layer.

A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip including a first body portion, a first bonding layer including a first bonding insulating layer, a first redistribution portion including first redistribution layers, a first wiring insulating layer disposed between the first redistribution layers, and a second bonding layer including a second bonding insulating layer, a second redistribution portion including second redistribution layers, a second wiring insulating layer disposed between the second redistribution layers, and a second semiconductor chip disposed on the second redistribution portion. A lower surface of the first bonding insulating layer is bonded to an upper surface of the second bonding insulating layer, an upper surface of the first bonding insulating layer contacts the first body portion, a lower surface of the second bonding insulating layer contacts the second wiring insulating layer, and the first redistribution portion width is greater than the first semiconductor chip width.

A method for forming a pattern includes at least the following steps. A first material and a second material abutting the first material are provided. The first material and the second material have different radiation absorption rates. A blocking layer is formed over the first material and the second material. The blocking layer is globally irradiated with an electromagnetic radiation to allow part of the blocking layer to turn into a crosslinked portion. The remaining blocking layer forms a non-crosslinked portion. The non-crosslinked portion covers the second material. The non-crosslinked portion of the blocking layer is removed to expose the second material. A third material is formed over the exposed second material. The crosslinked portion of the blocking layer is removed.

An integrated circuit package may be formed having at least one heat dissipation structure within the integrated circuit package itself. In one embodiment, the integrated circuit package may include a substrate; at least one integrated circuit device, wherein the at least one integrated circuit device is electrically attached to the substrate; a mold material on the substrate and adjacent to the at least one integrated circuit device; and at least one heat dissipation structure contacting the at least one integrated circuit, wherein the at least one heat dissipation structure is embedded either within the mold material or between the mold material and the substrate.

A method for forming a chip package structure is provided. The method includes forming a first conductive bump and a first ring-like structure over a chip. The first ring-like structure surrounds the first conductive bump, the first ring-like structure and the first conductive bump are made of a same first material, the chip includes an interconnect structure, and the first ring-like structure is electrically insulated from the interconnect structure and the first conductive bump. The method includes bonding the chip to a substrate through the first conductive bump.

A composite integrated circuit (IC) structure includes at least a first IC die in a stack with a second IC die. Each die has a device layer and metallization layers interconnected to transistors of the device layer and terminating at features. First features of the first IC die are primarily of a first composition with a first microstructure. Second features of the second IC die are primarily of a second composition or a second microstructure. A first one of the second features is in direct contact with one of the first features. The second composition has a thermal conductivity at least an order of magnitude lower than that of the first composition and first microstructure. The first composition may have a thermal conductivity at least 40 times that of the second composition or second microstructure.

Embodiments disclosed herein include semiconductor dies with hybrid bonding layers and multi-die modules that are coupled together by hybrid bonding layers. In an embodiment, a semiconductor die comprises a die substrate, a pad layer over the die substrate, where the pad layer comprises first pads with a first dimension and a first pitch and second pads with a second dimension and a second pitch. In an embodiment, the semiconductor die further comprises a hybrid bonding layer over the pad layer. In an embodiment, the hybrid bonding layer comprises a dielectric layer, and an array of hybrid bonding pads in the dielectric layer, wherein the hybrid bonding pads comprise a third dimension and a third pitch.