A semiconductor device includes a substrate having cell array and extension regions, a gate electrode structure having gate electrodes stacked in a first direction, a channel through the gate electrode structure on the cell array region, a first division pattern extending in the second direction on the cell array and extension regions, the first division pattern being at opposite sides of the gate electrode structure in a third direction, an insulation pattern structure partially through the gate electrode structure on the extension region, a through via through the insulation pattern structure, and a support layer on the gate electrode structure and extending on the cell array and extension regions, the support layer contacting an upper sidewall of the first division pattern, and the support layer not contacting an upper surface of a portion of the first division pattern on the extension region adjacent to the insulation pattern structure.

A discrete three-dimensional (3-D) processor comprises first and second dice. The first die comprises 3-D memory (3D-M) arrays, whereas the second die comprises logic circuits and at least an off-die peripheral-circuit component of the 3D-M array(s). Typical off-die peripheral-circuit component could be an address decoder, a sense amplifier, a programming circuit, a read-voltage generator, a write-voltage generator, a data buffer, or a portion thereof.

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor chip, a resin, and a terminal. The substrate spreads along a first surface. The semiconductor chip is provided above the substrate in a first direction. The resin covers the semiconductor chip. The terminal is provided below the substrate in the first direction. The resin includes a first portion and a second portion. A height of the first portion in the first direction is higher than a height of the second portion in the first direction. An edge of the second portion in a second direction along the first surface is a part of an edge of the resin in the second direction.

A semiconductor package including a package substrate including first and second bonding pads, third bonding pads spaced apart from the first bonding pads, and fourth bonding pads spaced apart from the second bonding pads; a first chip stack including first chips stacked on the package substrate, each first chip including first signal pads and first power/ground pads alternately arranged; a second chip stack including second chips stacked on the first chip stack, each second chip including second signal pads and second power/ground pads alternately arranged; first lower wires that connect the first signal pads to the first bonding pads; second lower wires that connect the first power/ground pads to the second bonding pads; first upper wires that connect the second signal pads of the second chips to the third bonding pads; and second upper wires that connect the second power/ground pads of the second chips to the fourth bonding pads.

A semiconductor package includes a package substrate having a first side portion adjacent to a first edge, and a second side portion adjacent to a second edge opposite the first edge; a plurality of first substrate pads on the package substrate at the first side portion of the package substrate; a first chip on the package substrate; a second chip stacked on the first chip in a step-wise manner to result in a first exposure region exposing a portion of a surface of the first chip with respect to the second chip due to the step-wise stacking, the first exposure region being adjacent to a first edge of the first chip; a plurality of first bonding pads on a first portion of the first exposure region, the first portion of the first exposure region being adjacent to the first edge of the first chip; a plurality of second bonding pads on a second portion of the first exposure region, the second portion of the first exposure region further from the first edge of the first chip than the first portion of the first exposure region is to the first edge of the first chip, the plurality of second bonding pads being electrically insulated from any circuit components in the first chip; a plurality of third bonding pads on a surface of the second chip; and a plurality of bonding wires electrically connecting the third bonding pads to the first substrate pads via the second bonding pads.

A method includes attaching a first anisotropic conductive film including first conductive particles to a front surface of a substrate structure; compressing a first redistribution structure on the front surface of the substrate structure such that a first redistribution conductor of the first redistribution structure that is exposed is electrically connected by the first conductive particles to a connection terminal or a vertical connection conductor that is exposed from the substrate structure, attaching a second anisotropic conductive film including second conductive particles to a rear surface of the substrate structure; and compressing a second redistribution structure on the rear surface of the substrate structure such that a second redistribution conductor of the second redistribution structure that is exposed is electrically connected by the second conductive particles to the vertical connection conductor.

Embodiments described herein provide techniques for testing a semiconductor package by using a diode to couple a test pad to a contact pad. In one scenario, a package comprises a die stack comprising one or more dies and a molding compound encapsulating the die stack. In this package, a substrate is over the molding compound. Also, a test pad and a contact pad are on a surface of the substrate. The contact pad is coupled to the die stack. A diode couples the test pad to the contact pad. In one example, the test pad is coupled to a P side of the diode's P-N junction and the contact pad is coupled to an N side of the diode's P-N junction. In operation, current can flow from the test pad through the contact pad (and the die stack), but current cannot flow from the contact pad through the test pad.

A semiconductor package for effectively arranging devices in a limited space is provided. The semiconductor package includes: a substrate; a semiconductor chip formed on the substrate, the semiconductor chip including a center area, a first edge area, which is disposed on a first side of the center area with respect to a first directional axis, and a second edge area, which is disposed on a second side of the center area opposite the first side with respect to the first directional axis; a first spacer formed on the substrate and spaced apart from the semiconductor chip in a direction along the first directional axis; a second spacer formed on the substrate and spaced apart from the semiconductor chip in a direction along the first directional axis; a first chip stack disposed on the semiconductor chip and the first spacer; and a second chip stack disposed on the semiconductor chip and the second spacer. A lowermost chip of the first chip stack is positioned on the first edge area of the semiconductor chip, but not on the center area of the semiconductor chip, and a lowermost chip of the second chip stack is positioned on the second edge area of the semiconductor chip, but not on the center area of the semiconductor chip.

A semiconductor package structure is provided. The semiconductor package structure includes a carrier, a first electronic component, a second electronic component, a third electronic component, a fourth electronic component, and a connection element. The first electronic component is disposed over a surface of the carrier. The second electronic component is disposed over the first electronic component. The third electronic component is spaced apart from the first electronic component and disposed over the surface of the carrier. The fourth electronic component is disposed over the third electronic component. The connection element is electrically connecting the second electronic component to the fourth electronic component.

A semiconductor package is disclosed. The semiconductor package may include a package substrate, an upper semiconductor chip on the package substrate, and a lower semiconductor chip between the package substrate and the upper semiconductor chip. The upper semiconductor chip may include a core region having a power circuit thereon and a logic cell region having a logic circuit thereon. The lower semiconductor chip may include a power wire region vertically overlapping the core region. The lower semiconductor chip may include a first substrate, a first through electrode, and a second through electrode, the first substrate including an active surface having an integrated circuit thereon, and a first through electrode and a second through electrode penetrating the first substrate in the power wire region. A distance between the first and second through electrodes may be smaller than a width of the first through electrode.