A semiconductor device includes a first plurality of dies encapsulated by an encapsulant, an interposer over the first plurality of dies, an interconnect structure over and electrically connected to the interposer, and a plurality of conductive pads on a surface of the interconnect structure opposite the interposer. The interposer includes a plurality of embedded passive components. Each die of the first plurality of dies is electrically connected to the interposer. The interconnect structure includes a solenoid inductor in a metallization layer of the interconnect structure.

A semiconductor structure includes a first semiconductor package, a second semiconductor package, a heat spreader and an underfill layer. The first semiconductor package includes a plurality of lower semiconductor chips and a first dielectric encapsulation layer disposed around the plurality of the lower semiconductor chips. The second semiconductor package is disposed over and corresponds to one of the plurality of lower semiconductor chips, wherein the second semiconductor package includes a plurality of upper semiconductor chips and a second dielectric encapsulation layer disposed around the plurality of upper semiconductor chips. The heat spreader is disposed over and corresponds to another of the plurality of lower semiconductor chips. The underfill layer is disposed over the first semiconductor package and around the second semiconductor package and the heat spreader.

A method of making a micro-module structure comprises providing a substrate, the substrate having a substrate surface and comprising a substrate post protruding from the substrate surface. A component is disposed on the substrate post, the component having a component top side and a component bottom side opposite the component top side, the component bottom side disposed on the substrate post. The component extends over at least one edge of the substrate post. One or more component electrodes are disposed on the component.

A peripheral circuit structure may be formed on a first surface of a first substrate. A cell array structure may be formed on a first surface of a second substrate and may be attached to the peripheral circuit structure such that those first surfaces face each other. The cell array structure may be formed by forming a back-side via and a preliminary contact pad on the second substrate and forming a semiconductor layer. A hole may be formed to penetrate the semiconductor layer and to expose the preliminary contact pad and may be formed by removing an upper portion of the preliminary contact pad, thereby forming a contact pad separated from the semiconductor layer. The method may further include forming a stack on the semiconductor layer, an insulating layer on the stack, and a contact plug penetrating the insulating layer and connected to the contact pad.

Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide correction for a defective die in a wafer-to-wafer stack or a die stack. A correction die is coupled to a die of the stack with the defective die. The correction die electrically replaces the defective die. Optionally, a dummy die can be coupled to other die stacks of a wafer-to-wafer stack to adjust a height of the stacks.

Embodiments of semiconductor devices and fabrication methods thereof are disclosed. In an example, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor structure, a second semiconductor structure, and an interposer structure vertically between the first and second semiconductor structures. The first semiconductor structure includes a plurality of logic process-compatible devices and a first bonding layer comprising a plurality of first bonding contacts. The second semiconductor structure includes an array of NAND memory cells and a second bonding layer comprising a plurality of second bonding contacts. The interposer structure includes a first interposer bonding layer having a plurality of first interposer contacts disposed at a first side of the interposer structure, and a second interposer bonding layer having a plurality of second interposer contacts disposed at a second side opposite of the first side of the interposer structure. The first interposer contacts is conductively connected to the second interposer contacts.

Microelectronic assemblies, related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a first microelectronic component having a first direct bonding region, wherein the first direct bonding region includes first metal contacts and a first dielectric material between adjacent ones of the first metal contacts; a second microelectronic component having a second direct bonding region, wherein the second direct bonding region includes second metal contacts and a second dielectric material between adjacent ones of the second metal contacts, wherein the first microelectronic component is coupled to the second microelectronic component by interconnects, and wherein the interconnects include individual first metal contacts coupled to respective individual second metal contacts; and a void between an individual first metal contact that is not coupled to a respective individual second metal contact, wherein the void is in the first direct bonding region.

A three-dimensional semiconductor package assembly includes a die. The die includes a plurality of through silicon vias (TSVs). The TSVs includes a first TSV and a second TSV. The first TSV supplies power from an active surface of the die to a back surface of the die. The assembly also includes a passive device coupled to the back surface of the die such that conductive contacts of the passive device electrically interface with the TSVs. The first passive device receives power through the first TSV and supplies power to the first die through the second TSV.

A method for fabricating a three-dimensional (3D) stacked integrated circuit. Pick-and-place strategies are used to stack the source wafers with device layers fabricated using standard two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor fabrication technologies. The source wafers may be stacked in either a sequential or parallel fashion. The stacking may be in a face-to-face, face-to-back, back-to-face or back-to-back fashion. The source wafers that are stacked in a face-to-back, back-to-face or back-to-back fashion may be connected using Through Silicon Vias (TSVs). Alternatively, source wafers that are stacked in a face-to-face fashion may be connected using Inter Layer Vias (ILVs).

Microelectronic assemblies, and related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. For example, in some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a package substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface, and a die secured to the package substrate, wherein the die has a first surface and an opposing second surface, the die has first conductive contacts at the first surface and second conductive contacts at the second surface, and the first conductive contacts are coupled to conductive pathways in the package substrate by first non-solder interconnects.