A system includes a semiconductor substrate having a first cavity. The semiconductor substrate forms a pedestal adjacent the first cavity. A device overlays the pedestal and is bonded to the semiconductor substrate by metal within the first cavity. A plurality of second cavities are formed in a surface of the pedestal beneath the device, wherein the second cavities are smaller than the first cavity. In some of these teachings, the second cavities are voids. In some of these teachings, the metal in the first cavity comprises a eutectic mixture. The structure relates to a method of manufacturing in which a layer providing a mask to etch the first cavity is segmented to enable easy removal of the mask-providing layer from the area over the pedestal.

A semiconductor module includes a laminated substrate having an insulating plate, a circuit pattern on an upper surface of the insulating plate and a heat dissipating plate on a lower surface of the insulating plate. The module further includes a semiconductor device having upper and lower surfaces, and including a collector electrode on the device upper surface, an emitter electrode and a gate electrode on the device lower surface, and the emitter electrode and the gate electrode each being bonded to an upper surface of the circuit pattern via a bump, and a block electrode bonded to the collector electrode. The block electrode includes a flat plate portion covering over the semiconductor device, and a pair of projecting portions projecting toward the circuit pattern from both ends of the flat plate portion in a thickness direction orthogonal to a surface of the insulating plate, and being bonded to the circuit pattern.

A semiconductor package for effectively arranging devices in a limited space is provided. The semiconductor package includes: a substrate; a semiconductor chip formed on the substrate, the semiconductor chip including a center area, a first edge area, which is disposed on a first side of the center area with respect to a first directional axis, and a second edge area, which is disposed on a second side of the center area opposite the first side with respect to the first directional axis; a first spacer formed on the substrate and spaced apart from the semiconductor chip in a direction along the first directional axis; a second spacer formed on the substrate and spaced apart from the semiconductor chip in a direction along the first directional axis; a first chip stack disposed on the semiconductor chip and the first spacer; and a second chip stack disposed on the semiconductor chip and the second spacer. A lowermost chip of the first chip stack is positioned on the first edge area of the semiconductor chip, but not on the center area of the semiconductor chip, and a lowermost chip of the second chip stack is positioned on the second edge area of the semiconductor chip, but not on the center area of the semiconductor chip.

A semiconductor package includes a substrate; a semiconductor chip on a first surface of the substrate; and a plurality of external connection terminals on a second surface of the substrate that is opposite to the first surface. The substrate includes a plurality of wirings configured to electrically connect the semiconductor chip and the plurality of external connection terminals. The plurality of wirings includes a first wiring, and the first wiring includes a first portion and a second portion connected to each other, the second portion overlapping an edge of the semiconductor chip in a vertical direction that is perpendicular to the first surface of the substrate. A second width of the second portion is greater than a first width of the first portion.

A system in package includes a memory-die stack in memory module that is stacked vertically with respect to a processor die. Each memory die in the memory-die stack includes a vertical bond wire that emerges from a matrix for connection. Some configurations include the vertical bond wire emerging orthogonally beginning from a bond-wire pad. The matrix encloses the memory-die stack, the spacer, and at least a portion of the processor die.

A bonding structure formed on a substrate includes an indium layer and a passivating nickel plating formed on the indium layer. The nickel plating serves to prevent a reaction involving the indium layer.

A semiconductor package includes: a base substrate; a semiconductor chip stack including a plurality of semiconductor chips stacked on the base substrate in a first direction and each having an upper surface on which a plurality of pads are disposed; and bonding wire structures electrically connecting the base substrate and the semiconductor chips. The semiconductor chip stack includes a lower semiconductor chip stack and an upper semiconductor chip stack on the lower semiconductor chip stack. The plurality of semiconductor chips include a first semiconductor chip at an uppermost portion of the lower semiconductor chip stack and second semiconductor chips. The plurality of pads include first pads, aligned in a second direction, and second pads, spaced apart from the first pads in a third direction. The first pad on the first semiconductor chip, has an area larger than an area of each of the first pads on the second semiconductor chips.

A copper paste for pressureless bonding is a copper paste for pressureless bonding, containing: metal particles; and a dispersion medium, in which the metal particles include sub-micro copper particles having a volume average particle diameter of greater than or equal to 0.01 μm and less than or equal to 0.8 μm, and micro copper particles having a volume average particle diameter of greater than or equal to 2.0 μm and less than or equal to 50 μm, and the dispersion medium contains a solvent having a boiling point of higher than or equal to 300° C., and a content of the solvent having a boiling point of higher than or equal to 300° C. is greater than or equal to 2 mass % on the basis of a total mass of the copper paste for pressureless bonding.

A method includes bonding an antenna substrate to a redistribution structure. The antenna substrate has a first part of a first antenna, and the redistribution structure has a second part of the first antenna. The method further includes encapsulating the antenna substrate in an encapsulant, and bonding a package component to the redistribution structure. The redistribution structure includes a third part of a second antenna, and the package component includes a fourth part of the second antenna.

RF transistor amplifiers include an RF transistor amplifier die having a Group III nitride-based semiconductor layer structure and a plurality of gate terminals, a plurality of drain terminals, and at least one source terminal that are each on an upper surface of the semiconductor layer structure, an interconnect structure on an upper surface of the RF transistor amplifier die, and a coupling element between the RF transistor amplifier die and the interconnect structure that electrically connects the gate terminals, the drain terminals and the source terminal to the interconnect structure.