A semiconductor chip, a semiconductor package including the same, and a method of fabricating the same, the semiconductor chip including a substrate that includes a device region and an edge region; a device layer and a wiring layer that are sequentially stacked on the substrate; a subsidiary pattern on the wiring layer on the edge region; a first capping layer that covers a sidewall of the subsidiary pattern, a top surface of the wiring layer, and a sidewall of the wiring layer, the first capping layer including an upper outer sidewall and a lower outer sidewall, the lower outer sidewall being offset from the upper outer sidewall; and a buried dielectric pattern in contact with the lower outer sidewall of the first capping layer and spaced apart from the upper outer sidewall of the first capping layer.

A method of forming a semiconductor package includes attaching a first package component to a first carrier; attaching a second package component to the first carrier, the second package component laterally displaced from the first package component; attaching a third package component to the first package component, the third package component being electrically connected to the first package component; removing the first carrier from the first package component and the second package component; after removing the first carrier, performing a first circuit probe test on the second package component to obtain first test data of the second package component; and comparing the first test data of the second package component with prior data of the second package component.

A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip including a second bonding insulating layer surrounding at least a portion of each of a first bonding pad structure and a second bonding pad structure, in which the first bonding pad structure includes a first contact portion, a first bonding pad, and a first seed layer disposed between the first bonding pad and the first contact portion and extending in a first direction, the second bonding pad structure includes a second contact portion, a second bonding pad, and a second seed layer disposed between the second bonding pad and the second contact portion and extending in the first direction, and the second bonding insulating layer is in contact with a side surface of each of the first and second seed layers and the first and second bonding pads.

Embodiments of 3D memory devices and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a method for forming a 3D memory device is disclosed. A sacrificial layer on a substrate, an N-type doped semiconductor layer on the sacrificial layer, and a dielectric stack on the N-type doped semiconductor layer are subsequently formed. A channel structure extending vertically through the dielectric stack and the N-type doped semiconductor layer is formed. The dielectric stack is replaced with a memory stack, such that the channel structure extends vertically through the memory stack and the N-type doped semiconductor layer. The substrate and the sacrificial layer are removed to expose an end of the channel structure. Part of the channel structure abutting the N-type doped semiconductor layer is replaced with a semiconductor plug.

The present application provides a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method includes: providing a stacked structure, the stacked structure includes a first chip and a second chip; forming a through silicon via (TSV) in the stacked structure, the TSV includes a first part and a second part communicating with the first part, a sidewall of the first part is a vertical sidewall, and a sidewall of the second part is an inclined sidewall; forming an insulating layer on the sidewall of the first part; and forming a conductive layer in the TSV.

A semiconductor memory device includes first memory dies stacked one upon another and electrically connected one to another by first bond wires, and covered with a first encapsulant. Second memory dies are disposed above the first memory dies, stacked one upon another and electrically connected one to another with second bond wires, and covered with a second encapsulant. A control die may be mounted on the top die in the second die stack. Vertical bond wires extend between the stacked die modules. A redistribution layer is formed over the top die stack and the control die to allow for electrical communication with the memory device. The memory device allows for stacking memory dies in a manner that allows for increased memory capacity without increasing the package form factor.

A memory device including a base chip and a memory cube mounted on and connected with the base chip is described. The memory cube includes multiple stacked tiers, and each tier of the multiple stacked tiers includes semiconductor chips laterally wrapped by an encapsulant and a redistribution structure. The semiconductor chips of the multiple stacked tiers are electrically connected with the base chip through the redistribution structures in the multiple stacked tiers. The memory cube includes a thermal path structure extending through the multiple stacked tiers and connected to the base chip. The thermal path structure has a thermal conductivity larger than that of the encapsulant. The thermal path structure is electrically isolated from the semiconductor chips in the multiple stacked tiers and the base chip.

A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a semiconductor chip, connection pins and a molding member. The package substrate includes wiring patterns provided respectively in insulation layers, and has insertion holes extending from an upper surface of the package substrate in a thickness direction that expose portions of the wiring patterns in different insulation layers. The semiconductor chip is disposed on the package substrate, and has a first surface on which chip pads are formed. The connection pins are provided on the chip pads, respectively, and extend through corresponding ones of the insertion holes and electrically connect to the portions of the wiring patterns, respectively, that are exposed by the insertion holes. The molding member is provided on the package substrate to cover the semiconductor chip.

A semiconductor package includes; laterally stacked semiconductor blocks disposed side by side in a first horizontal direction on a redistribution structure, wherein each semiconductor block among the laterally stacked semiconductor blocks includes laterally stacked semiconductor chips, a heat dissipation plate, and a first molding member on the laterally stacked semiconductor chips.

A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a lower semiconductor device arranged on the package substrate and including first through electrodes, first lower connection bumps arranged between the package substrate and the lower semiconductor device and electrically connecting the package substrate to the first through electrodes, a connecting substrate arranged on the package substrate and including second through electrodes, second lower connection bumps arranged between the package substrate and the connecting substrate and electrically connecting the package substrate to the second through electrodes, and an upper semiconductor device arranged on the lower semiconductor device and electrically connected to the first through electrodes and the second through electrodes.