A semiconductor device includes: a first substrate on which a first field effect transistor is provided; and a second substrate on which a second field effect transistor of a second conductive type is provided; the first and second substrates being bonded to each other at the substrate faces thereof on which the first and second field transistors are provided, respectively; the first field effect transistor and the second field effect transistor being electrically connected to each other.

A semiconductor device includes: a first substrate on which a first field effect transistor is provided; and a second substrate on which a second field effect transistor of a second conductive type is provided; the first and second substrates being bonded to each other at the substrate faces thereof on which the first and second field transistors are provided, respectively; the first field effect transistor and the second field effect transistor being electrically connected to each other.

A method for making a semiconductor device includes forming rims on first and second dice. The rims extend laterally away from the first and second dice. The second die is stacked over the first die, and one or more vias are drilled through the rims after stacking. The semiconductor device includes redistribution layers extending over at least one of the respective first and second dice and the corresponding rims. The one or more vias extend through the corresponding rims, and the one or more vias are in communication with the first and second dice through the rims.

An integrated circuit chip includes a front face having an electrical connection pad. An overmolded encapsulation block encapsulates the integrated circuit chip and includes a front layer at least partially covering a front face of the integrated circuit chip. A through-hole the encapsulation block is located above the electrical connection pad of the integrated circuit chip. A wall of the through-hole is covered with an inner metal layer that is joined to the front pad of the integrated circuit chip. A front metal layer covers a local zone of the front face of the front layer, with the front metal layer being joined to the inner metal layer to form an electrical connection. The inner metal layer and the front metal layer are attached or anchored to activated additive particles that are included in the material of the encapsulation block.

Methods for forming a semiconductor device structure are provided. The method includes providing a first semiconductor wafer and a second semiconductor wafer. A first transistor is formed in a front-side of the first semiconductor wafer, and no devices are formed in the second semiconductor wafer. The method further includes bonding the front-side of the first semiconductor wafer to a backside of the second semiconductor wafer and thinning a front-side of the second semiconductor wafer. After thinning the second semiconductor wafer, a second transistor is formed in the front-side of the second semiconductor wafer. At least one first through substrate via (TSV) is formed in the second semiconductor wafer, and the first TSV directly contacts a conductive feature of the first semiconductor wafer.

Methods for forming a semiconductor device structure are provided. The method includes providing a first semiconductor wafer and a second semiconductor wafer. A first transistor is formed in a front-side of the first semiconductor wafer, and no devices are formed in the second semiconductor wafer. The method further includes bonding the front-side of the first semiconductor wafer to a backside of the second semiconductor wafer and thinning a front-side of the second semiconductor wafer. After thinning the second semiconductor wafer, a second transistor is formed in the front-side of the second semiconductor wafer. At least one first through substrate via (TSV) is formed in the second semiconductor wafer, and the first TSV directly contacts a conductive feature of the first semiconductor wafer.

The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The structure includes a first substrate; a first dielectric layer having a first surface in proximity to the first substrate and a second surface away from the first substrate; a first interconnect penetrating the first surface of the first dielectric layer; and a protection layer extending along a portion of a sidewall of the first interconnect. A thickness of the protection layer is in a range of from about 0.02 μm to about 0.2 μm.

In an embodiment, a semiconductor package includes a semiconductor device embedded in an insulating layer and having a first contact pad at a first surface of the semiconductor device. An outer contact pad is positioned on a lower surface of the insulating layer. A vertical redistribution structure electrically couples the first contact pad to the outer contact pad. The first contact pad has a plurality of first via sites. A first subset of the first via sites is occupied by first vias and a second subset of the first via sites remains unoccupied and forms a first via-free zone, such that the first vias are non-uniformly distributed over the first contact pad.

Disclosed in one example is an apparatus including a substrate, a sensor over the substrate including an active surface and a sensor bond pad, a molding layer over the substrate and covering sides of the sensor, the molding layer having a molding height relative to a top surface of the substrate that is greater than a height of the active surface of the sensor relative to the top surface of the substrate, and a lidding layer over the molding layer and over the active surface. The lidding layer and the molding layer form a space over the active surface of the sensor that defines a flow channel.

In a system for aligning at least two semiconductor structures for coupling, an alignment device includes a mounting structure having at least first and second opposing portions. The alignment device also includes a first mounting portion movably coupled to the first portion of the mounting structure, the first mounting portion configured to couple to a first surface of a first semiconductor structure. The alignment device additionally includes a second mounting portion movably coupled to the second portion of the mounting structure, the second mounting portion configured to couple to a second surface of a second semiconductor structure. The alignment device further includes one or more imaging devices disposed above at least one of the first and second mounting portions of the alignment device, the imaging devices configured to capture and/or or detect alignment marks in at least the first semiconductor structure. A corresponding method for aligning two or more semiconductor structures for coupling is also provided.