An electric component comprising a terminal electrode and a hot-melt polymer layer formed on the terminal electrode, wherein the hot-melt polymer layer comprises (i) 100 parts by weight of a metal powder and (ii) 1 to 30 parts by weight of a polymer, wherein melt mass-flow rate (MFR) of the polymer is 0.5 to 20 g/10 min. at 120 to 200° C. and 0.3 to 8 kgf.

A semiconductor device includes a lead frame; a circuit board located on the lead frame; a power device that includes a switching element and is mounted on the circuit board via a bump located between the power device and the circuit board; and a heat releasing member connected to the power device. The circuit board may be a multi-layer wiring board. The circuit board may include a capacitor element, a resistor element, an inductor element, a diode element and a switching element.

The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor package with a lid that includes a lid conductive structure. The semiconductor package includes a substrate with a top surface, a lid over the top surface of the substrate, and at least one substrate-mounted component mounted on the top surface of the substrate. Herein, a cavity is defined within the lid and over the top surface of the substrate. The substrate includes a metal pad over the top surface of the substrate. The lid includes a lid conductive structure, a lid body, and a perimeter wall that extends from a perimeter of the lid body toward the top surface of the substrate. The lid conductive structure includes a body conductor that extends through a portion of the lid body and a wall conductor that is coupled to the body conductor, extends through the perimeter wall, and is electronically coupled to the metal pad.

A semiconductor package including a plurality of stacked semiconductor die, and methods of forming the semiconductor package, are disclosed. In order to ease wirebonding requirements on the controller die, the controller die may be mounted directly to the substrate in a flip chip arrangement requiring no wire bonds or footprint outside of the controller die. Thereafter, a spacer layer may be affixed to the substrate around the controller die to provide a level surface on which to mount one or more flash memory die. The spacer layer may be provided in a variety of different configurations.

An embodiment is a method including forming a first passive device in a first wafer, forming a first dielectric layer over a first side of the first wafer, forming a first plurality of bond pads in the first dielectric layer, planarizing the first dielectric layer and the first plurality of bond pads to level top surfaces of the first dielectric layer and the first plurality of bond pads with each other, hybrid bonding a first device die to the first dielectric layer and at least some of the first plurality of bond pads, and encapsulating the first device die in a first encapsulant.

Embodiments of a method for fabricating System-in-Packages (SiPs) are provided, as are embodiments of a SiP. In one embodiment, the method includes producing a first package including a first molded package body having a sidewall. A first leadframe is embedded within the first molded package body and having a first leadframe lead exposed through the sidewall. In certain implementations, a semiconductor die may also be encapsulated within the first molded package body. A Surface Mount Device (SMD) is mounted to the sidewall of the first molded package body such that a first terminal of the SMD is in ohmic contact with the first leadframe lead exposed through the sidewall.

A microelectronic device includes a metal layer on a first dielectric layer. An etch stop layer is disposed over the metal layer and on the dielectric layer directly adjacent to the metal layer. The etch stop layer includes a metal oxide, and is less than 10 nanometers thick. A second dielectric layer is disposed over the etch stop layer. The second dielectric layer is removed from an etched region which extends down to the etch stop layer. The etched region extends at least partially over the metal layer. In one version of the microelectronic device, the etch stop layer may extend over the metal layer in the etched region. In another version, the etch stop layer may be removed in the etched region. The microelectronic device is formed by etching the second dielectric layer using a plasma etch process, stopping on the etch stop layer.

A method for fabricating an electronic package is provided. A plurality of packaging structures are provided, each of which having a carrier and at least one electronic component disposed on the carrier. The plurality of packaging structures are disposed on a supporting plate. An encapsulation layer is formed on the supporting plate and encapsulates the plurality of packaging structures. Even if there are various types of electronic packages of different specifications in the market, the molds that the encapsulation layer uses can still be developed for a supporting plate of a certain specification. Therefore, the fabrication cost of the electronic package is reduced.

An embodiment is a method including forming a first passive device in a first wafer, forming a first dielectric layer over a first side of the first wafer, forming a first plurality of bond pads in the first dielectric layer, planarizing the first dielectric layer and the first plurality of bond pads to level top surfaces of the first dielectric layer and the first plurality of bond pads with each other, hybrid bonding a first device die to the first dielectric layer and at least some of the first plurality of bond pads, and encapsulating the first device die in a first encapsulant.

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device structure includes forming a bond or joint between a first device and a second device. The first device comprises an integrated passive device (IPD) and a first contact pad disposed over the IPD. The second device comprises a second contact pad. The first contact pad has a first surface with first lateral extents. The second contact pad has a second surface with second lateral extents. The width of the second lateral extents is less than the width of the first lateral extents. The joint structure includes the first contact pad, the second contact pad, and a solder layer interposed therebetween. The solder layer has tapered sidewalls extending in a direction away from the first surface of the first contact pad to the second surface of the second contact pad. At least one of the first surface or the second surface is substantially planar.