A semiconductor device has a first semiconductor die and second semiconductor die with a conductive layer formed over the first semiconductor die and second semiconductor die. The second semiconductor die is disposed adjacent to the first semiconductor die with a side surface and the conductive layer of the first semiconductor die contacting a side surface and the conductive layer of the second semiconductor die. An interconnect, such as a conductive material, is formed across a junction between the conductive layers of the first and second semiconductor die. The conductive layer may extend down the side surface of the first semiconductor die and further down the side surface of the second semiconductor die. An extension of the side surface of the first semiconductor die can interlock with a recess of the side surface of the second semiconductor die. The conductive layer extends over the extension and into the recess.

A wafer-fixing tape, having: an temporary-adhesive layer provided on a substrate film, wherein the substrate film contains an ionomer resin comprising a terpolymer crosslinked by a metal ion, and wherein an arithmetic average roughness Ra of a surface of the substrate film opposite to the temporary-adhesive layer 5b is from 0.1 to 3.0 μm; a processing method of a semiconductor wafer; and a semiconductor chip.

Provided are a kit and a laminate which are capable of suppressing residues derived from a temporary adhesive in manufacture of a semiconductor. The kit for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a composition which contains a solvent A; a composition which contains a solvent B; and a composition which contains a solvent C, in which the kit is used when a temporary adhesive layer is formed on a first substrate using a temporary adhesive composition containing a temporary adhesive and the solvent A, at least some of an excessive amount of the temporary adhesive on the first substrate is washed using the composition containing the solvent B, a laminate is manufactured by bonding the first substrate and a second substrate through the temporary adhesive layer, one of the first substrate and the second substrate is peeled off from the laminate at a temperature of lower than 40° C., and then the temporary adhesive remaining on at least one of the first substrate or the second substrate is washed using the composition containing the solvent C, and the solvent A, the solvent B, and the solvent C respectively satisfy a predetermined vapor pressure and a predetermined saturated solubility.

Provided is a technique suitable for multilayering thin semiconductor elements via adhesive bonding while avoiding wafer damage in a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method in which semiconductor elements are multilayered through laminating wafers in which the semiconductor elements are fabricated. The method of the present invention includes bonding and removing. In the bonding step, a back surface 1b side of a thinned wafer 1T in a reinforced wafer 1R having a laminated structure including a supporting substrate S, a temporary adhesive layer 2, and the thinned wafer 1T is bonded via an adhesive to an element forming surface 3a of a wafer 3. A temporary adhesive for forming the temporary adhesive layer 2 contains a polyvalent vinyl ether compound, a compound having two or more hydroxy groups or carboxy groups and thus capable of forming a polymer with the polyvalent vinyl ether compound, and a thermoplastic resin. The adhesive contains a polymerizable group-containing polyorganosilsesquioxane. In the removing step, a temporary adhesion by the temporary adhesive layer 2 between the supporting substrate S and the thinned wafer 1T is released to remove the supporting substrate S.

A method includes providing a structure including a carrier wafer, and a first device wafer with an adhesion layer between the carrier wafer and the first device wafer; and forming a plurality of first ablation structures in the structure, each of the plurality of first ablation structures extending through the first device wafer, the adhesion layer and a portion of the carrier wafer. Each of the plurality of first ablation structures has a portion inside the carrier wafer with a depth no greater than one half of a thickness of the carrier wafer. The first device wafer includes a plurality of first dies, each pair of adjacent first dies being separated by one of the plurality of first ablation structures. The plurality of first ablation structures are formed by either laser grooving or mechanical sawing.

The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device that includes a mold device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the mold device die. The mold device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion, and a first mold compound. The FEOL portion includes an active layer formed from a strained silicon epitaxial layer, in which a lattice constant is greater than 5.461 at a temperature of 300K. The first mold compound resides over the active layer. Herein, silicon crystal does not exist between the first mold compound and the active layer. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the mold device die.

A semiconductor package is disclosed. The semiconductor package includes a substrate with a first surface, a second surface and sidewalls. The package also includes backside metallization (BSM) over the second surface of the substrate. The semiconductor package is devoid of metal debris.

A method of fabricating ultra-thin semiconductor devices includes forming an array of semiconductor dielets mechanically suspended on a frame with at least one tether connecting each semiconductor dielet of the array of semiconductor dielets to the frame.

A mask-integrated surface protective tape, containing: a substrate film; a temporary-adhesive layer provided on the substrate film; and a mask material layer provided on the temporary-adhesive layer; wherein the mask material layer and the temporary-adhesive layer each contain a (meth)acrylic copolymer; and wherein the mask-integrated surface protective tape is used for a method of producing a semiconductor chip utilizing a plasma-dicing.

The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a transfer device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the transfer device die. The transfer device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion and a transfer substrate. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. A top surface of the device region is planarized. The transfer substrate resides over the top surface of the device region. Herein, silicon crystal does not exist within the transfer substrate or between the transfer substrate and the active layer. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the transfer device die.