Disclosed herein are microelectronic structures including bridges, as well as related assemblies and methods. In some embodiments, a microelectronic structure may include a substrate and a bridge.

An encapsulated semiconductor package. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of the present disclosure provide an integrated circuit package comprising a laminate, an integrated circuit die coupled to the laminate, an encapsulant surrounding at least top and side surface of the integrated circuit die, a conductive column extending from the top side of the integrated circuit die to a top side of the encapsulant, and a signal distribution structure on a top side of the encapsulant.

A dual side cooling power module includes: a lower substrate including a recessed portion on at least one surface thereof, a semiconductor chip formed in the recessed portion, lead frames formed at both ends of the lower substrate, and an upper substrate formed on the semiconductor chip, a portion of the lead frames, and the lower substrate.

A semiconductor wafer stack and a method of forming a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes providing a wafer stack with first and second wafers bonded together. The wafers include edge and non-edge regions, and at least one of the first and second wafers includes devices formed in the non-edge region. The first wafer serves as the base wafer while the second wafer serves as the top wafer of the wafer stack, where the base wafer is wider than the top wafer, providing a step edge of the wafer stack. An edge protection seal is formed on the wafer stack, where first and second layers are deposited on the wafer stack including at the top wafer and step edge of the wafer stack. The portion of the first and second layers on the step edge of the wafer stack forms the edge protection seal which protects the devices in the wafer stack in subsequent processing.

In a light emitting device, in a bottom surface of a cavity of a Si substrate, slit-shaped through holes and through electrodes that fill the through holes are provided at a position facing a first element electrode of a light emitting element. A length of an upper surface of the through electrode in a long axis direction is larger than a height of the through electrode in a thickness direction of the Si substrate. A joining layer having a shape corresponding to a shape of the upper surface of the through electrode is disposed between the first element electrode of the light emitting element and the upper surface of the through electrode facing the first element electrode. The entire upper surface of the through electrode is joined to the first element electrode via the joining layer.

A 3D semiconductor device, the device including: a first level, where the first level includes a first layer, the first layer including first transistors, and where the first level includes a second layer, the second layer including first interconnections; a second level overlaying the first level, where the second level includes a third layer, the third layer including second transistors, and where the second level includes a fourth layer, the fourth layer including second interconnections; a plurality of connection paths, where the plurality of connection paths provide first connections from a plurality of the first transistors to a plurality of the second transistors, where the second level is bonded to the first level, where the bonded includes oxide to oxide bond regions, where the bonded includes metal to metal bond regions, and where the third layer includes crystalline silicon; and at least one temperature sensor.

A power semiconductor package includes a power semiconductor chip, an electrical connector arranged at a first side of the power semiconductor chip and having a first surface that is coupled to a power electrode of the power semiconductor chip, an encapsulation body at least partially encapsulating the power semiconductor chip and the electrical connector, and an electrical insulation layer arranged at a second surface of the electrical connector opposite the first surface, wherein parts of the encapsulation body and the electrical insulation layer form a coplanar surface of the power semiconductor package.

A method for manufacturing connection structure, the method includes arranging conductive particles and a first composite on a first electrode located on a first surface of a first member, arranging a second composite on the first electrode and a region other than the first electrode of the first surface, arranging the first surface and a second surface of a second member where a second electrode is located, so that the first electrode and the second electrode are opposed to each other, pressing the first member and the second member, and curing the first composite and the second composite.

The semiconductor device includes first and second semiconductor elements. Each element has an obverse surface and a reverse surface, with a first electrode arranged on the reverse surface, and with a second electrode arranged on the obverse surface. The semiconductor device further includes: a first lead having an obverse surface and a reverse surface; an insulating layer covering the first lead, the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element; a first electrode connected to the second electrode of the first semiconductor element; and a second electrode connected to the first lead. The first semiconductor element and the first lead are bonded to each other with the reverse surface of the first semiconductor element facing the lead obverse surface. The second semiconductor element and the first lead are bonded to each other with the reverse surface of the second semiconductor element facing the lead reverse surface.

Disclosed herein are microelectronic structures including bridges, as well as related assemblies and methods. In some embodiments, a microelectronic structure may include a substrate and a bridge.