Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device that includes a semiconductor die and a substrate including a first surface and a second surface. The substrate includes a conductive circuit and an insulative material over the conductive circuit. The semiconductor die is attached to the second surface. The semiconductor device further includes an interconnect joint structure in the substrate creating a capture pad including a middle copper layer, an adjacent top nickel layer, and an adjacent bottom nickel layer. A method for making a semiconductor device is further disclosed.

Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device that includes a semiconductor die and a substrate including a first surface and a second surface. The substrate includes a conductive circuit and an insulative material over the conductive circuit. The semiconductor die is attached to the second surface. The semiconductor device further includes a metal barrier layer plated onto a functional copper layer etched to form the conductive circuit. The conductive circuit has a thickness of less than or equal to 3 m. Further disclosed is a method of making a semiconductor device.

Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device that includes a substrate having a conductive circuit and a first mold material encapsulating the conductive circuit, the first mold material configured to function as an electrical insulator. The semiconductor device further includes a semiconductor die encapsulated with the first mold material or a second mold material. Further disclosed is a method of making a semiconductor device.

Disclosed herein is a releasable carrier that includes a supporting carrier, a carrier conductive layer, and a releasable tape located between the supporting carrier and the carrier conductive layer. The releasable tape attaches the supporting carrier to the carrier conductive layer. The releasable tape is configured to release the supporting carrier from the carrier conductive layer after being exposed to an activating source. The releasable carrier further includes a thin conductive layer attached to the carrier conductive layer, the thin conductive layer creating a surface configured to receive a conductive circuit. Further disclosed is a method for fabricating the releasable carrier and a method for making a semiconductor device using the releasable carrier.

Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device that includes a semiconductor die and a substrate having a first surface and a second surface. The semiconductor die is attached to the second surface. The substrate includes a layer of insulative material and at least a portion of an embedded conductive circuit in the layer of insulative material. The substrate includes an etched layer of a conductive material attached to the portion of the conductive circuit, the etched layer of the conductive material located on the first surface of the substrate.

Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device that includes a semiconductor die and a substrate including a first surface and a second surface. The substrate includes a conductive circuit and an insulative material over the conductive circuit. The semiconductor die is attached to the second surface. The semiconductor device further includes an interconnect joint structure in the substrate creating a capture pad including a middle copper layer, an adjacent top nickel layer, and an adjacent bottom nickel layer. A method for making a semiconductor device is further disclosed.

A semiconductor device includes a first Chip-On-Wafer (CoW) device having a first interposer and a first die attached to a first side of the first interposer; a second CoW device having a second interposer and a second die attached to a first side of the second interposer, the second interposer being laterally spaced apart from the first interposer; and a redistribution structure extending along a second side of the first interposer opposing the first side of the first interposer and extending along a second side of the second interposer opposing the first side of the second interposer, the redistribution structure extending continuously from the first CoW device to the second CoW device.

A 3D microstructure is formed by hybrid bonding a top wafer on a bottom wafer, by a hybrid bond with metal bonding pads at the interface between the upper metallization level (HBM) of the respective interconnect structure of each of the wafers. These interconnect structures further include a horizontal interconnect level (MX) which is directly below the upper interconnect level (HBM). These pads are distributed horizontally substantially homogeneously and with a fine bonding pitch. Out of these pads, purely bonding pads are electrically insulated from any horizontal metallization element of the horizontal interconnect level (MX). Conversely, bonding and electrical connection pads are electrically coupled, without vias, to an underlying horizontal metallization element formed in the horizontal interconnect level (MX).

A semiconductor device and method of manufacturing are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes an optical die, a laser die, and an interposer. The optical die has photonic integrated circuits (PICs), electronic integrated circuits (EICs), and one or more first coupling waveguides. The laser die has at least one laser diode and one or more second coupling waveguides. The optical die and the laser die are bonded to a first side of the interposer using a metal-to-metal bonding, where at least one of the one or more first coupling waveguides is optically aligned with at least one of the one or more second coupling waveguides. An optical glue fills a gap between the aligned at least one of the one or more first coupling waveguides and the at least one of the one or more second coupling waveguides.

A semiconductor device includes a first Chip-On-Wafer (CoW) device having a first interposer and a first die attached to a first side of the first interposer; a second CoW device having a second interposer and a second die attached to a first side of the second interposer, the second interposer being laterally spaced apart from the first interposer; and a redistribution structure extending along a second side of the first interposer opposing the first side of the first interposer and extending along a second side of the second interposer opposing the first side of the second interposer, the redistribution structure extending continuously from the first CoW device to the second CoW device.