A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment includes a first chip and a second chip. A first pad is disposed so as to be exposed from a first region on a first surface. A first mark is provided by a first pattern and is disposed so as to be exposed from a second region. The second chip includes a second substrate, a second wire, a second pad, and a second mark. The second wire is disposed on the second substrate. The second pad is disposed so as to be exposed from a third region on a second surface, and is electrically connected to the second wire and the first pad. The second mark is provided by a second pattern corresponding to the first pattern, is disposed so as to be exposed from a fourth region, and has a thinner thickness than the second pad.

A display device including a display panel including a base layer, a circuit layer disposed on the base layer, and a pad part having a plurality of pads disposed on the base layer; and a driving chip disposed on the pad part and including a plurality of chip pads. The plurality of pads include a first pad having a smaller area than a corresponding chip pad among the plurality of chip pads and a second pad electrically connected to the circuit layer.

The present application provides a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a bonding pad disposed over a semiconductor substrate; a first spacer disposed over a top surface of the bonding pad; a second spacer disposed over a sidewall of the bonding pad; a dielectric layer between the bonding pad and the semiconductor substrate. The dielectric layer includes silicon-rich oxide; and a conductive bump disposed over the first passivation layer. The conductive bump is electrically connected to a source/drain (S/D) region in the semiconductor substrate through the bonding pad. The semiconductor device also includes a dielectric liner disposed between the first spacer and the bonding pad; and a first passivation layer covering the second spacer, wherein the dielectric liner is L-shaped, and the first spacer is separated from the bonding pad by the dielectric liner.

In an embodiment, a structure includes: a first device including a first dielectric layer and a first alignment mark in the first dielectric layer, the first alignment mark including a first magnetic cross, the first magnetic cross having a first north pole and a first south pole; and a second device including a second dielectric layer and a second alignment mark in the second dielectric layer, the second alignment mark including a second magnetic cross, the second magnetic cross having a second north pole and a second south pole, the first north pole aligned with the second south pole, the first south pole aligned with the second north pole, the first dielectric layer bonded to the second dielectric layer by dielectric-to-dielectric bonds, the first alignment mark bonded to the second alignment mark by metal-to-metal bonds.

Alignment of a first wafer bonded to a second wafer can be determined using electrical wafer alignment methods. A wafer stack can be formed by overlaying a second wafer over a first wafer such that second metal bonding pads of the second wafer contact first metal bonding pads of the first wafer. A leakage current or a capacitance measurement step is performed between first alignment diagnostic structures in the first wafer and second alignment diagnostic structures in the second wafer for multiple mating pairs of first semiconductor dies in the first wafer and second semiconductor dies in the second wafer to determine the alignment.

A method includes placing a first package component. The first package component includes a first alignment mark and a first dummy alignment mark. A second package component is aligned to the first package component. The second package component includes a second alignment mark and a second dummy alignment mark. The aligning is performed using the first alignment mark for positioning the first package component, and using the second alignment mark for position the second package component. The second package component is bonded to the first package component to form a package, with the first alignment mark being bonded to the second dummy alignment mark.

The present application provides a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a bonding pad disposed over a semiconductor substrate; a first spacer disposed over a top surface of the bonding pad; a second spacer disposed over a sidewall of the bonding pad; a dielectric layer between the bonding pad and the semiconductor substrate. The dielectric layer includes silicon-rich oxide; and a conductive bump disposed over the first passivation layer. The conductive bump is electrically connected to a source/drain (S/D) region in the semiconductor substrate through the bonding pad.

An integrated circuit component includes a semiconductor substrate, conductive pads, a passivation layer and conductive vias. The semiconductor substrate has an active surface. The conductive pads are located on the active surface of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate, and the conductive pads each have a contact region and a testing region, where in each of the conductive pads, an edge of the contact region is in contact with an edge of the testing region. The passivation layer is located on the semiconductor substrate, where the conductive pads are located between the semiconductor substrate and the passivation layer, and the testing regions and the contact regions of the conductive pads are exposed by the passivation layer. The conductive vias are respectively located on the contact regions of the conductive pads.

The present application provides a semiconductor device with an edge-protecting spacer over a bonding pad. The semiconductor device includes a bonding pad disposed over a semiconductor substrate; a first spacer disposed over a top surface of the bonding pad; a dielectric liner disposed between the first spacer and the bonding pad; a dielectric layer between the bonding pad and the semiconductor substrate, wherein the dielectric layer includes silicon-rich oxide; and a conductive bump disposed over the bonding pad and covering the first spacer and the dielectric liner, wherein the conductive bump is electrically connected to a source/drain (S/D) region in the semiconductor substrate through the bonding pad.

A chip bonding alignment structure includes a semiconductor chip, a metal layer, an etching stop layer, at least one metal bump, a dielectric barrier layer, a silicon oxide layer, and a silicon carbonitride layer. The metal layer is disposed on a bonding surface of the semiconductor chip and has a metal alignment pattern. The etching stop layer covers the bonding surface and the metal layer. The metal bump extends upward from the metal layer and penetrates through the etching stop layer. The dielectric barrier layer covers the etching stop layer and the metal bump. The silicon oxide layer covers the dielectric barrier layer. The silicon carbonitride layer covers the silicon oxide layer.