A semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit, an outer seal ring, and an inner seal ring. The outer seal ring forms a first closed loop surrounding the integrated circuit. The inner seal ring is between the outer seal ring and the integrated circuit. The inner seal ring has a first seal portion surrounding the integrated circuit and a second seal portion spaced apart from the first seal portion, a first connector interconnecting the first seal portion and the second seal portion, and a second connector spaced apart from the first connector and interconnecting the first seal portion and the second seal portion. The first seal portion, the second seal portion, the first connector, and the second connector form a second closed loop.

A package structure include a ground plate, a semiconductor die, a molding compound, and an antenna element. The semiconductor die is located over the ground plate. The molding compound is located over the semiconductor die. The antenna element is located in the molding compound and overlaps with the ground plate along a stacking direction of the ground plate, the semiconductor die and the molding compound. The antenna element has a first side levelled with a first surface of the molding compound, and the ground plate is located between the semiconductor die and the antenna element.

A wafer-level chip-scale package includes: a power semiconductor comprising a first semiconductor device formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a second semiconductor device formed on the semiconductor substrate; a common drain electrode connected to the first semiconductor device and the second semiconductor device; a first source metal bump formed on a surface of the first semiconductor device; and a second source metal bump formed on the surface of the second semiconductor device; wherein the first source metal bump, the common drain electrode, and the second source metal bump form a current path in an order of the first source metal bump, the common drain electrode, and the second source metal bump.

A package structure and the method thereof are provided. The package structure includes a conductive plate, a semiconductor die, a molding compound, and antenna elements. The conductive plate has a first surface, a second surface and a sidewall connecting the first surface and the second surface. The semiconductor die is located on the second surface of the conductive plate. The molding compound laterally encapsulates the semiconductor die and covers the sidewall and a portion of the second surface exposed by the semiconductor die, wherein the first surface of the conductive plate is coplanar with a surface of the molding compound. The antenna elements are located over the first surface of the conductive plate.

A multi-chip package and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The multi-chip package includes: an interposer including a wiring structure and an interposer via electrically connected to the wiring structure; a plurality of semiconductor chips located on a first surface of the interposer and electrically connected to each other through the interposer; an encapsulant located on the first surface of the interposer and encapsulating at least a portion of the plurality of semiconductor chips; and a redistribution circuit structure located on a second surface of the interposer opposite to the first surface, wherein the plurality of semiconductor chips are electrically connected to the redistribution circuit structure through at least the interposer.

Electrical current flow in a ball grid array (BGA) package can be measured by an apparatus including an integrated circuit (IC) electrically connected to the BGA package. Solder balls connect the BGA package to a printed circuit board (PCB) and are arranged to provide a contiguous channel for a current sense wire. A subset of solder balls is electrically connected to supply current from the PCB through the BGA package to the IC. The current sense wire is attached to the upper surface of the PCB, within the contiguous channel, and surrounds the subset of solder balls. An amplifier is electrically connected to the current sense wire ends to amplify a voltage induced on the current sense wire by current flow into the BGA package. A sensing analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is electrically connected to convert a voltage at the output of the amplifier into digital output signals.

A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the semiconductor structure are disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes: a first die including: a fuse structure including a pair of conductive segments, wherein the pair of conductive segments are separated by a void and one of the pair of conductive segments is electrically connected to a bonding pad of the first die; and a second die over and bonded to the first die, the second die including an inductor electrically connected to the one of the pair of conductive segments.

Discussed generally herein are devices that include high density interconnects between dice and techniques for making and using those devices. In one or more embodiments a device can include a bumpless buildup layer (BBUL) substrate including a first die at least partially embedded in the BBUL substrate, the first die including a first plurality of high density interconnect pads. A second die can be at least partially embedded in the BBUL substrate, the second die including a second plurality of high density interconnect pads. A high density interconnect element can be embedded in the BBUL substrate, the high density interconnect element including a third plurality of high density interconnect pads electrically coupled to the first and second plurality of high density interconnect pads.

A semiconductor device and method for forming the semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit having through vias adjacent to the integrated circuit die, wherein a molding compound is interposed between the integrated circuit die and the through vias. The through vias have a projection extending through a patterned layer, and the through vias may be offset from a surface of the patterned layer. The recess may be formed by selectively removing a seed layer used to form the through vias.

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises forming an integrated circuit, surrounding the integrated circuit with an inner seal ring, and surrounding the inner seal ring with a closed-loop outer seal ring. The inner seal ring includes a plurality of metal layers in a stacked configuration, first and second seal portions separated from each other, and third and fourth seal portions spaced apart from the first and second seal portions and separated from each other.