A method for bonding a first substrate to a second substrate on mutually facing contact surfaces of the substrates, wherein the first substrate is mounted on a first chuck and the second substrate is mounted on a second chuck, and wherein a plate is arranged between the second substrate and the second chuck, wherein the second substrate with the plate is deformed with respect to the second chuck before and/or during the bonding. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a corresponding device and a corresponding plate.

A package structure includes a first die, a die stack structure, a support structure and an insulation structure. The die stack structure is bonded to the first die. The support structure is disposed on the die stack structure. A width of the support structure is larger than a width of the die stack structure and less than a width of the first die. The insulation structure at least laterally wraps around the die stack structure and the support structure.

Representative techniques and devices, including process steps may be employed to mitigate undesired dishing in conductive interconnect structures and erosion of dielectric bonding surfaces. For example, an embedded layer may be added to the dished or eroded surface to eliminate unwanted dishing or voids and to form a planar bonding surface. Additional techniques and devices, including process steps may be employed to form desired openings in conductive interconnect structures, where the openings can have a predetermined or desired volume relative to the volume of conductive material of the interconnect structures. Each of these techniques, devices, and processes can provide for the use of larger diameter, larger volume, or mixed-sized conductive interconnect structures at the bonding surface of bonded dies and wafers.

Provided is packages and methods of fabricating a package and. The method includes bonding a first device die with a second device die. The second device die is over the first device die. A bonding structure is formed in a combined structure including the first and the second device dies. A component is formed in the bonding structure. The component includes a passive device or a transmission line. The method further includes forming a first and a second electrical connectors electrically coupling to a first end and a second end of the component.

Provided is packages and methods of fabricating a package and. The method includes bonding a first device die with a second device die. The second device die is over the first device die. A bonding structure is formed in a combined structure including the first and the second device dies. A component is formed in the bonding structure. The component includes a passive device or a transmission line. The method further includes forming a first and a second electrical connectors electrically coupling to a first end and a second end of the component.

A method of manufacturing a wafer assembly includes forming an array of planar wafer level metal posts extending from a surface of a substrate of a first wafer. After forming the array of posts, an oxide layer is applied over the surface of the first wafer and around the array of posts, the oxide layer being applied at a temperature of below 150 degrees Celsius.

Dies and/or wafers including conductive features at the bonding surfaces are stacked and direct hybrid bonded at a reduced temperature. The surface mobility and diffusion rates of the materials of the conductive features are manipulated by adjusting one or more of the metallographic texture or orientation at the surface of the conductive features and the concentration of impurities within the materials.

Composite integrated circuit (IC) device structures that include two components coupled through hybrid bonded interconnect structure. The two components may be two different monolithic IC structures (e.g., chips) that are bonded over a substantially planar dielectric and metallization layer. A surface of a metallization feature may be augmented with supplemental metal, for example to at least partially backfill a recess in a surface of the metallization feature as left by a planarization process. In some exemplary embodiments, supplemental metal is deposited selectively onto a metallization feature through an autocatalytic (electroless) metal deposition process. A surface of a dielectric material surrounding a metallization feature may also be recessed, for example to at least partially neutralize a recess in an adjacent metallization feature, for example resulting from a planarization process.

Representative techniques and devices, including process steps may be employed to mitigate undesired dishing in conductive interconnect structures and erosion of dielectric bonding surfaces. For example, an embedded layer may be added to the dished or eroded surface to eliminate unwanted dishing or voids and to form a planar bonding surface. Additional techniques and devices, including process steps may be employed to form desired openings in conductive interconnect structures, where the openings can have a predetermined or desired volume relative to the volume of conductive material of the interconnect structures. Each of these techniques, devices, and processes can provide for the use of larger diameter, larger volume, or mixed-sized conductive interconnect structures at the bonding surface of bonded dies and wafers.

Embodiments of this application disclose a hybrid bonding structure and a hybrid bonding method. The hybrid bonding structure includes a first chip and a second chip. A surface of the first chip includes a first insulation dielectric and a first metal, and a first gap area exists between the first metal and the first insulation dielectric. A surface of the second chip includes a second insulation dielectric and a second metal. A surface of the first metal is higher than a surface of the first insulation dielectric. Metallic bonding is formed after the first metal is in contact with the second metal, and the first metal is longitudinally and transversely deformed in the first gap area. Insulation dielectric bonding is formed after the first insulation dielectric is in contact with the second insulation dielectric.