A method of manufacturing semiconductor devices, such as integrated circuits includes arranging one or more semiconductor dice on a support surface. Laser direct structuring material is molded onto the support surface having the semiconductor die/dice arranged thereon. Laser beam processing is performed on the laser direct structuring material molded onto the support surface having the semiconductor die/dice arranged thereon to provide electrically conductive formations for the semiconductor die/dice arranged on the support surface. The semiconductor die/dice provided with the electrically-conductive formations are separated from the support surface.

An electronic package and method includes a substrate including a plurality of pads on a major surface. An electronic component including a plurality of pads on a major surface facing the major surface of the substrate. A stud bump electrically couples one of the plurality of pads of the substrate to one of the plurality of pads of the electronic component.

A semiconductor package includes a substrate, a preformed feeding element, a preformed shielding element, and an encapsulant. The preformed feeding element is disposed on the substrate and the preformed feeding element is disposed on the substrate and adjacent to the preformed feeding element. The encapsulant encapsulates the preformed feeding element and the preformed shielding element.

A semiconductor device includes: a first insulating circuit substrate; a first semiconductor chip mounted on a top surface of the first insulating circuit substrate; a printed circuit board arranged over the first insulating circuit substrate; a first external terminal inserted to the printed circuit board and having one end bonded to the top surface of the first insulating circuit substrate; and a first pin inserted to the printed circuit board and having one end bonded to a top surface of the first semiconductor chip, wherein the first insulating circuit substrate and the printed circuit board having warps complimentary to each other.

A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes curing a shape memory polymer in a first shape. The shape memory polymer is coupled to a conductive layer. The method further includes folding the shape memory polymer from the first shape into a second shape. The method also includes bonding a semiconductor wafer to the conductive layer while the shape memory polymer is in the second shape. The semiconductor wafer has first and second dies. The semiconductor wafer is then singulated to separate the first die from the second die. The method further includes expanding the shape memory polymer to its first shape and singulating the shape memory polymer to separate the first and second dies.

Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages and methods of forming such packages. In an embodiment, an electronic package comprises a package substrate, a first die over the package substrate, the first die having a first bump pitch, a second die over the package substrate, the second die having a second bump pitch that is greater than the first bump pitch, and a plurality of conductive traces over the package substrate, the plurality of conductive traces electrically coupling the first die to the second die. In an embodiment, a first end region of the plurality of conductive traces proximate to the first die has a first line space (L/S) dimension, and a second end region of the plurality of conductive traces proximate to the second die has a second L/S dimension. In an embodiment, the second L/S dimension is greater than the first L/S dimension.

Embodiments include semiconductor packages and methods to form the semiconductor packages. A semiconductor package includes a bridge over a glass patch. The bridge is coupled to the glass patch with an adhesive layer. The semiconductor package also includes a high-density packaging (HDP) substrate over the bridge and the glass patch. The HDP substrate is conductively coupled to the glass patch with a plurality of through mold vias (TMVs). The semiconductor package further includes a plurality of dies over the HDP substrate, and a first encapsulation layer over the TMVs, the bridge, the adhesive layer, and the glass patch. The HDP substrate includes a plurality of conductive interconnects that conductively couple the dies to the bridge and glass patch. The bridge may be an embedded multi-die interconnect bridge (EMIB), where the EMIB is communicatively coupled to the dies, and the glass patch includes a plurality of through glass vias (TGVs).

Embodiments described herein provide techniques for forming an interconnect structure that includes a bowl shaped pad. Such embodiments can assist with improving interconnect joint reliability when compared to conventional pads that have a flat surface. An interconnect structure may comprise: a substrate (e.g., a semiconductor package, a PCB, etc.); and a metal pad over the substrate. The metal pad has a center region and an edge region. A thickness of the center region is smaller than a thickness of the edge region. A thickness of the center region may be non-uniform. The center region may have a bowl shape characterized by a stepped profile. The stepped profile is formed from metal layers arranged as steps. Alternatively, or additionally, the center region may have a bowl shape characterized by a curved profile. A pattern may be formed on or in a surface of the metal pad.

A chip package including a first semiconductor die, a support structure and a second semiconductor die is provided. The first semiconductor die includes a first dielectric layer and a plurality of conductive vias, the first dielectric layer includes a first region and a second region, the conductive vias is embedded in the first region of the first dielectric layer; a plurality of conductive pillars is disposed on and electrically connected to the conductive vias. The second semiconductor die is stacked over the support structure and the second region of the first dielectric layer; and an insulating encapsulant encapsulates the first semiconductor die, the second semiconductor die, the support structure and the conductive pillars, wherein the second semiconductor die is electrically connected to the first semiconductor die through the conductive pillars.

This invention provides a fan-out semiconductor package, the fan-out semiconductor package includes a frame including one or more insulating layers and having a penetration portion, a semiconductor chip disposed in the penetration portion of the frame and having a connection pad, a connection structure disposed on a lower side of the frame and the semiconductor chip and including a redistribution layer, a first encapsulant covering a back surface of the semiconductor chip and a first region of a top surface of an uppermost insulating layer among the one or more insulating layers of the frame and extending between a sidewall of the penetration portion and a side surface of the semiconductor chip, and a second encapsulant covering a second region of the top surface of the uppermost insulating layer among the one or more insulating layers of the frame and being in contact with a side surface of the first encapsulant on the frame.