A terminal structure includes a first wiring layer, an insulation layer covering the first wiring layer, an opening extending through the insulation layer and partially exposing the first wiring layer, a via wiring formed in the opening, a second wiring layer connected to the via wiring on the insulation layer, a protective metal layer on the second wiring layer, a solder layer covering the protective metal layer, and an intermetallic compound layer formed at an interface of the protective metal layer and the solder layer. The protective metal layer includes a projection projecting further outward from a side surface of the second wiring layer. The solder layer covers upper and side surfaces of the protective metal layer through the intermetallic compound layer and exposes a side surface of the second wiring layer. The intermetallic compound layer covers the upper and side surfaces of the protective metal layer.

Provided is an electronic apparatus including a metal wiring. The metal wiring includes a plurality of first regions covered with a solder layer, a second region provided between two first regions of the plurality of first regions, and a third region having a nitrogen amount of 20 atoms % or more. An oxygen amount is largest in the second region, followed by at least one of the plurality of first regions, and then by the third region. The nitrogen amount may be largest in the third region, followed by at least one of the plurality of first regions, and then by the second region.

A package comprising a substrate and an integrated device coupled to the substrate through a plurality of pillar interconnects and a plurality of solder interconnects. The plurality of pillar interconnects includes a first pillar interconnect comprising a first cavity. The plurality of solder interconnects comprises a first solder interconnect located in the first cavity of the first pillar interconnect. A planar cross section that extends through the first cavity of the first pillar interconnect may comprise an O shape. The first pillar interconnect comprises a first pillar interconnect portion comprising a first width; and a second pillar interconnect portion comprising a second width that is different than the first width.

An optoelectronic component includes a radiation side, a contact side opposite the radiation side having at least two electrically conductive contact elements, and a semiconductor layer sequence having an active layer that emits or absorbs the electromagnetic radiation, wherein the at least two electrically conductive contact elements have different polarities, are spaced apart from each other and are completely or partially exposed at the contact side in an unmounted state of the optoelectronic component, a region of the contact side is partially or completely covered with an electrically insulating, contiguously formed cooling element, the cooling element is in direct contact with the contact side and has a thermal conductivity of at least 30 W/(m.Math.K), and in a plan view of the contact side, the cooling element partially covers one or both of the at least two electrically conductive contact elements.

Methods and apparatus to reduce defects in interconnects between semiconductor dies and package substrates are disclosed. An apparatus includes a substrate and a semiconductor die mounted to the substrate. The apparatus further includes bumps to electrically couple the die to the substrate. Ones of the bumps have corresponding bases. The bases have a shape that is non-circular.

A wafer-level chip structure, a multiple-chip stacked and interconnected structure and a fabricating method thereof, wherein the wafer-level chip structure includes: a through-silicon via, which penetrates a wafer; a first surface including an active region, a multi-layered redistribution layer and a bump; and a second surface including an insulation dielectric layer, and a frustum transition structure connected with the through-silicon via. In an embodiment of the present application, a frustum type impedance transition structure is introduced into a position between a TSV exposed area on a backside of a wafer and a UBM so as to implement an impedance matching between TSV and UBM, thereby alleviating the problem of signal distortion that is caused by an abrupt change of impedance.

A structure includes a first package component including a first conductive pad, and a second package component overlying the first package component. The second package component includes a surface dielectric layer, and a conductive bump protruding lower than the surface dielectric layer. The first conductive bump includes a first sidewall facing away from a center of the first package component, and a second sidewall facing toward the center. A solder bump joins the first conductive pad to the first conductive bump. The solder bump contacts the first sidewall. An underfill is between the first package component and the second package component, and the underfill contacts the second sidewall.

A semiconductor device may include a first plate-like element having a first substantially planar connection surface with a first connection pad and a second plate-like element having a second substantially planar connection surface with a second connection pad corresponding to the first connection pad. The device may also include a connection electrically and physically coupling the first and second plate-like elements and arranged between the first and second connection pads. The connection may include a deformed elongate element arranged on the first connection pad and extending toward the second connection pad and solder in contact with the second connection pad and the elongate element.

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor element having an electrode terminal, forming a resist on the semiconductor element, the resist having a first surface facing the electrode terminal and a second surface opposite to the first surface, providing an imprint mold having a third surface and a protrusion protruding from the third surface, forming an opening in the resist by disposing the imprint mold on the second surface of the resist and inserting the protrusion into the resist, the third surface of the imprint mold facing the second surface of the resist, the protrusion being aligned with the electrode terminal, curing the resist by applying energy to the resist, widening the opening in a radial direction of the opening by causing the resist to react with a developer, and forming a bump by filling the opening with metal, in which the forming of the opening in the resist is performed in a state where a gap is provided between the second surface of the resist and the third surface of the imprint mold.

A method of making an assembly can include juxtaposing a top surface of a first electrically conductive element at a first surface of a first substrate with a top surface of a second electrically conductive element at a major surface of a second substrate. One of: the top surface of the first conductive element can be recessed below the first surface, or the top surface of the second conductive element can be recessed below the major surface. Electrically conductive nanoparticles can be disposed between the top surfaces of the first and second conductive elements. The conductive nanoparticles can have long dimensions smaller than 100 nanometers. The method can also include elevating a temperature at least at interfaces of the juxtaposed first and second conductive elements to a joining temperature at which the conductive nanoparticles can cause metallurgical joints to form between the juxtaposed first and second conductive elements.