Microelectronic assemblies, related devices, and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a die having a first surface and an opposing second surface; a capacitor having a surface, wherein the surface of the capacitor is coupled to the first surface of the die; and a conductive pillar coupled to the first surface of the die. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a capacitor in a first dielectric layer; a conductive pillar in the first dielectric layer; a first die having a surface in the first dielectric layer; and a second die having a surface in a second dielectric layer, wherein the second dielectric layer is on the first dielectric layer, and wherein the surface of the second die is coupled to the capacitor, to the surface of the first die, and to the conductive pillar.

A package includes at least one memory component and an insulating encapsulation. The at least one memory component includes a stacked memory structure and a plurality of conductive posts. The stacked memory structure is laterally encapsulated in a molding compound. The conductive posts are disposed on an upper surface of the stacked memory structure. The upper surface of the stacked memory structure is exposed from the molding compound. The insulating encapsulation encapsulates the at least one memory component. The top surfaces of the conductive posts are exposed form the insulating encapsulation. A material of the molding compound is different a material of the insulating encapsulation.

A substrate that includes a core layer comprising a first surface and a second surface, at least one first dielectric layer located over a first surface of the core layer, at least one second dielectric layer located over a second surface of the core layer, high-density interconnects located over a surface of the at least one second dielectric layer, interconnects located over the surface of the at least one second dielectric layer, and a solder resist layer located over the surface of the at least one second dielectric layer. A first portion of the solder resist layer that is touching the high-density interconnects includes a first thickness that is equal or less than a thickness of the high-density interconnects. A second portion of the solder resist layer that is touching the interconnects includes a second thickness that is greater than a thickness of the interconnects.

A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a semiconductor chip, connection pins and a molding member. The package substrate includes wiring patterns provided respectively in insulation layers, and has insertion holes extending from an upper surface of the package substrate in a thickness direction that expose portions of the wiring patterns in different insulation layers. The semiconductor chip is disposed on the package substrate, and has a first surface on which chip pads are formed. The connection pins are provided on the chip pads, respectively, and extend through corresponding ones of the insertion holes and electrically connect to the portions of the wiring patterns, respectively, that are exposed by the insertion holes. The molding member is provided on the package substrate to cover the semiconductor chip.

A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a lower semiconductor device arranged on the package substrate and including first through electrodes, first lower connection bumps arranged between the package substrate and the lower semiconductor device and electrically connecting the package substrate to the first through electrodes, a connecting substrate arranged on the package substrate and including second through electrodes, second lower connection bumps arranged between the package substrate and the connecting substrate and electrically connecting the package substrate to the second through electrodes, and an upper semiconductor device arranged on the lower semiconductor device and electrically connected to the first through electrodes and the second through electrodes.

Ceramic interposers in a disaggregated-die semiconductor package allow for useful signal integrity and interconnecting components. Low-loss ceramics are used to tune ceramic interposers for a die assembly that may have components from different process-technology nodes.

In an embodiment, a structure includes a core substrate, a redistribution structure coupled, the redistribution structure including a plurality of redistribution layers, the plurality of redistribution layers comprising a dielectric layer and a metallization layer, a first local interconnect component embedded in a first redistribution layer of the plurality of redistribution layers, the first local interconnect component comprising conductive connectors, the conductive connectors being bonded to a metallization pattern of the first redistribution layer, the dielectric layer of the first redistribution layer encapsulating the first local interconnect component, a first integrated circuit die coupled to the redistribution structure, a second integrated circuit die coupled to the redistribution structure, an interconnect structure of the first local interconnect component electrically coupling the first integrated circuit die to the second integrated circuit die, and a set of conductive connectors coupled to a second side of the core substrate.

A semiconductor device includes first and second chips that are stacked such that first surfaces of their element layers face each other. Each chip has a substrate, an element layer on a first surface of the substrate, pads on the element layer, and vias that penetrate through the substrate and the element layer. Each via is exposed from a second surface of the substrate and directly connected to one of the pads. The vias include a first via of the first chip directly connected to a first pad of the first chip and a second via of the second chip directly connected to a second pad of the second chip. The pads further include a third pad of the second chip which is electrically connected to the second pad by a wiring in the element layer of the second chip and to the first pad through a micro-bump.

Microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing such devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a packaged microelectronic device can include an interposer substrate with a plurality of interposer contacts. A microelectronic die is attached and electrically coupled to the interposer substrate. The device further includes a casing covering the die and at least a portion of the interposer substrate. A plurality of electrically conductive through-casing interconnects are in contact with and projecting from corresponding interposer contacts at a first side of the interposer substrate. The through-casing interconnects extend through the thickness of the casing to a terminus at the top of the casing. The through-casing interconnects comprise a plurality of filaments attached to and projecting away from the interposer contacts in a direction generally normal to the first side of the interposer substrate.

Embodiments of a hybrid imaging sensor that optimizes a pixel array area on a substrate using a stacking scheme for placement of related circuitry with minimal vertical interconnects between stacked substrates and associated features are disclosed. Embodiments of maximized pixel array size/die size (area optimization) are disclosed, and an optimized imaging sensor providing improved image quality, improved functionality, and improved form factors for specific applications common to the industry of digital imaging are also disclosed.