Provided is a semiconductor package including an interposer. The semiconductor package includes: a package base substrate; a lower redistribution line structure disposed on the package base substrate and including a plurality of lower redistribution line patterns; at least one interposer including a plurality of first connection pillars spaced apart from each other on the lower redistribution line structure and connected respectively to portions of the plurality of lower redistribution line patterns, and a plurality of connection wiring patterns; an upper redistribution line structure including a plurality of upper redistribution line patterns connected respectively to the plurality of first connection pillars and the plurality of connection wiring patterns, on the plurality of first connection pillars and the at least one interposer; and at least two semiconductor chips adhered on the upper redistribution line structure while being spaced apart from each other.

A method of making an assembly can include juxtaposing a top surface of a first electrically conductive element at a first surface of a first substrate with a top surface of a second electrically conductive element at a major surface of a second substrate. One of: the top surface of the first conductive element can be recessed below the first surface, or the top surface of the second conductive element can be recessed below the major surface. Electrically conductive nanoparticles can be disposed between the top surfaces of the first and second conductive elements. The conductive nanoparticles can have long dimensions smaller than 100 nanometers. The method can also include elevating a temperature at least at interfaces of the juxtaposed first and second conductive elements to a joining temperature at which the conductive nanoparticles can cause metallurgical joints to form between the juxtaposed first and second conductive elements.

A memory system includes dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) components that include interconnected and redundant component data interfaces. The redundant interfaces facilitate memory interconnect topologies that accommodate considerably more DRAM components per memory channel than do traditional memory systems, and thus offer considerably more memory capacity per channel, without concomitant reductions in signaling speeds. The memory components can be configured to route data around defective data connections to maintain full capacity and continue to support memory transactions.

Embodiments may relate to a method of forming a microelectronic package with an integrated heat spreader (IHS). The method may include placing a solder thermal interface material (STIM) layer on a face of a die that is coupled with a package substrate; coupling the IHS with the STIM layer and the package substrate such that the STIM is between the IHS and the die; performing formic acid fluxing of the IHS, STIM layer, and die; and dispensing, subsequent to the formic acid fluxing, sealant on the package substrate around a periphery of the IHS.

Metal-free frame designs for silicon bridges for semiconductor packages and the resulting silicon bridges and semiconductor packages are described. In an example, a semiconductor structure includes a substrate having an insulating layer disposed thereon, the substrate having a perimeter. A metallization structure is disposed on the insulating layer, the metallization structure including conductive routing disposed in a dielectric material stack. A first metal guard ring is disposed in the dielectric material stack and surrounds the conductive routing. A second metal guard ring is disposed in the dielectric material stack and surrounds the first metal guard ring. A metal-free region of the dielectric material stack surrounds the second metal guard ring. The metal-free region is disposed adjacent to the second metal guard ring and adjacent to the perimeter of the substrate.

Integrated circuit packages with multiple integrated circuit dies are provided. A multichip package may include at least two integrated circuit dies that communicate using an embedded multi-die interconnect bridge (EMIB) in a substrate of the multi-chip package. The EMIB may receive power at contact pads formed at a back side of the EMIB that are coupled to a back side conductor on which the EMIB is mounted. The back side conductor may be separated into multiple regions that are electrically isolated from one another and that each receive a different power supply voltage signal or data signal from a printed circuit board. These power supply voltage signals and data signals may be provided to the two integrated circuit dies through internal microvias or through-silicon vias formed in the EMIB.

Methods/structures of joining package structures are described. Those methods/structures may include a die disposed on a surface of a substrate, an interconnect bridge embedded in the substrate, and at least one vertical interconnect structure disposed through a portion of the interconnect bridge, wherein the at least one vertical interconnect structure is electrically and physically coupled to the die.

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 device includes a semiconductor die including a via, a layer of titanium tungsten (TiW) in contact with the via, and a copper pillar including a top portion and a bottom portion. The bottom portion is in contact with the layer of TiW. The copper pillar includes interdiffused zinc within the bottom portion.

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor package may include: forming a photoimageable dielectric layer on a substrate including a pad; forming a preliminary via hole in the photoimageable dielectric layer to expose the pad; forming a hard mask layer on the photoimageable dielectric layer and the pad; etching the photoimageable dielectric layer and the hard mask layer to form a via hole, a first hole, and a trench; forming a metal layer on the photoimageable dielectric layer connected to the pad; planarizing the metal layer to form a wiring pattern; and placing a semiconductor chip electrically connected to the wiring pattern. The first hole may be disposed on the via hole and connected thereto, and a diameter of the first hole may be larger than a diameter of the via hole.