An electronic device includes a multilevel package substrate with first, second, third, and fourth levels, a semiconductor die mounted to the first level, and a conductor backed coplanar waveguide transmission line feed with an interconnect and a conductor, the interconnect including coplanar first, second, and third conductive lines extending in the first level along a first direction from respective ends to an antenna, the second and third conductive lines spaced apart from opposite sides of the first conductive line along an orthogonal second direction, and the conductor extending in the third level under the interconnect and under the antenna.

A printed circuit board may include a substrate body portion, conductive patterns on a top surface of the substrate body portion, and a photosensitive insulating layer on the top surface of the substrate body portion and including an opening exposing at least one of the conductive patterns. The photosensitive insulating layer includes first to third sub-layers stacked sequentially. The first sub-layer includes an amine compound or an amide compound A refractive index of the second sub-layer is lower than a refractive index of the third sub-layer. A photosensitizer content of the second sub-layer is higher than a photosensitizer content of the third sub-layer.

An electronic package includes a patterned conductive layer and at least one conductive protrusion on the patterned conductive layer. The at least one conductive protrusion has a first top surface. The patterned conductive layer and the at least one conductive protrusion define a space. The electronic package further includes a first electronic component disposed in the space and a plurality of conductive pillars on the first electronic component. The conductive pillars have a second top surface. The first top surface is substantially level with the second top surface.

A method of fabricating an integrated fan-out package is provided. The method includes the following steps. An integrated circuit component is provided on a substrate. An insulating encapsulation is formed on the substrate to encapsulate sidewalls of the integrated circuit component. A redistribution circuit structure is formed along a build-up direction on the integrated circuit component and the insulating encapsulation. The formation of the redistribution circuit structure includes the following steps. A dielectric layer and a plurality of conductive vias embedded in the dielectric layer are formed, wherein a lateral dimension of each of the conductive vias decreases along the build-up direction. A plurality of conductive wirings is formed on the plurality of conductive vias and the dielectric layer. An integrated fan-out package of the same is also provided.

A temporary bond method and apparatus for allowing wafers, chips or chiplets. To be tested, the temporary bond method and apparatus comprising: a temporary connection apparatus having one of more knife-edged microstructures, wherein the temporary connection apparatus serves, in use, as a probe device for probing the chiplets, each chiplet including a die having one or more flat contact pads which mate with the one of more knife-edged microstructures of the temporary connection apparatus; a press apparatus for applying pressure between the one or more flat contact pads on the chiplet with the one of more knife-edged microstructures of the temporary connection apparatus thereby forming a temporary bond between the temporary connection pad with the knife-edged microstructure in contact with the one or more flat wafer pads; the press being able to apply a pressure to maintain the temporary bond connection during or prior to testing of the chiplet.

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.

Methods of coupling inductors in an IC device using interconnecting elements with solder caps and the resulting device are disclosed. Embodiments include forming a top inductor structure, in a top inductor area on a lower surface of a top substrate, the top inductor structure having first and second top terminals at its opposite ends; forming a bottom inductor structure, in a bottom inductor area on an upper surface of a bottom substrate, the bottom inductor structure having first and second bottom terminals at its opposite ends; forming top interconnecting elements on the lower surface of the top substrate around the top inductor area; forming bottom interconnecting elements on the upper surface of the bottom substrate around the bottom inductor area; forming solder bumps on lower and upper surfaces, respectively, of the top and bottom interconnecting elements; and connecting the top and bottom interconnecting elements to each other.

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.

The present application discloses a method for fabricating a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes an active interposer including a programmable unit, a first memory die positioned above the active interposer and including a storage unit, and a first logic die positioned below the active interposer. The active interposer, the first memory die, and the first logic die are electrically coupled. method includes providing an active interposer comprising a programmable unit; providing a first logic die and bonding a first side of the active interposer onto the first logic die; providing a first memory die comprising a storage unit; and bonding the first memory die onto a second side of the active interposer, wherein the second side of the active interposer is parallel to the first side of the active interposer.