Disclosed are semiconductor packages and/or methods of fabricating the same. The semiconductor package comprises a package substrate, a first semiconductor chip mounted on the package substrate, a second semiconductor chip mounted on a top surface of the first semiconductor chip, and a first under-fill layer that fills a space between the package substrate and the first semiconductor chip. The package substrate includes a cavity in the package substrate, and a first vent hole that extends from a top surface of the package substrate and is in fluid communication with the cavity. The first under-fill layer extends along the first vent hole to fill the cavity.

Semiconductor devices with controllers under stacks of semiconductor packages and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a package substrate, a controller attached to the package substrate, and at least two semiconductor packages disposed over the controller. Each semiconductor package includes a plurality of semiconductor dies. The semiconductor device further includes an encapsulant material encapsulating the controller and the at least two semiconductor packages.

An embodiment method for forming a semiconductor package includes attaching a first die to a first carrier, depositing a first isolation material around the first die, and after depositing the first isolation material, bonding a second die to the first die. Bonding the second die to the first die includes forming a dielectric-to-dielectric bond. The method further includes removing the first carrier and forming fan-out redistribution layers (RDLs) on an opposing side of the first die as the second die. The fan-out RDLs are electrically connected to the first die and the second die.

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.

One or more embodiments are directed to stacked packages, such as Package-on-Package (PoP) packages, that are stacked on a flexible folded substrate. The stacked packages have compliant corners. In particular, the stacked packages include an adhesive material at the corners between layers of the folded substrate. The adhesive material has a low modulus of elasticity, such as, for example, a modulus of elasticity of silicone adhesive. The low modulus of elasticity of the adhesive material produces compliant corners of the stacked package. The adhesive material fills openings between the folded substrate that are formed around a bottom semiconductor package of the stack package. In that regard, the bottom semiconductor package may have pulled back or recessed corners and the adhesive material fills the openings formed by the recessed corners. The recessed corners may be any size or shape.

A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes placing a semiconductor die and routing structure on a carrier substrate. At least a portion of the semiconductor die and routing structure are encapsulated with an encapsulant. A cavity formed in the encapsulant. A top portion of the routing structure is exposed through the cavity. A conductive trace is formed to interconnect the semiconductor die with the routing structure.

A chip package includes a sensing chip, a computing chip, and a protective layer annularly surrounding the sensing chip and the computing chip. The sensing chip has a first conductive pad, a sensing element, a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. And the sensing element is disposed on the first surface. The computing chip has a second conductive pad and a computing element. The protective layer is formed by lamination and at least exposes the sensing element. The chip package further includes a conductive layer underneath the second surface of the sensing chip and extending to be in contact with the first conductive pad and the second conductive pad.

Multi-stack package-on-package structures are disclosed. In a method, a first stacked semiconductor device is formed on a first carrier wafer. The first stacked semiconductor device is singulated. The first stacked semiconductor device is adhered to a second carrier wafer. A second semiconductor device is attached on the first stacked semiconductor device. The second semiconductor device and the first stacked semiconductor device are encapsulated. Electrical connections are formed on and electrically coupled to the first stacked semiconductor device and the second semiconductor device.

A PoP semiconductor device has a top semiconductor package disposed over a bottom semiconductor package. The top semiconductor package has a substrate and a first semiconductor die disposed over the substrate. First and second encapsulants are deposited over the first semiconductor die and substrate. A first build-up interconnect structure is formed over the substrate after depositing the second encapsulant. The top package is disposed over the bottom package. The bottom package has a second semiconductor die and modular interconnect units disposed around the second semiconductor die. A second build-up interconnect structure is formed over the second semiconductor die and modular interconnect unit. The modular interconnect units include a plurality of conductive vias and a plurality of contact pads electrically connected to the conductive vias. The I/O pattern of the build-up interconnect structure on the top semiconductor package is designed to coincide with the I/O pattern of the modular interconnect units.

Provided are a chip-on-film (COF) semiconductor package capable of improving connection characteristics and a display apparatus including the package. The COF semiconductor package includes a film substrate, a conductive interconnection located on at least one surface of the film substrate and an output pin connected to the conductive interconnection and located at one edge on a first surface of the film substrate, a semiconductor chip connected to the conductive interconnection and mounted on the first surface of the film substrate, a solder resist layer on the first surface of the film substrate to cover at least a portion of the conductive interconnection, and at least one barrier dam on the solder resist layer between the semiconductor chip and the output pin.