Disclosed herein is a method comprising: forming a first electrically conductive layer on a first surface of a substrate of semiconductor, wherein the first electrically conductive layer is in electrical contact with the semiconductor; bonding, at the first electrically conductive layer, a support wafer to the substrate of semiconductor; thinning the substrate of semiconductor.

A package includes a chip formed in a first area of the package and a molding compound formed in a second area of the package adjacent to the first area. A first polymer layer is formed on the chip and the molding compound, a second polymer layer is formed on the first polymer layer, and a plurality of interconnect structures is formed between the first polymer layer and the second polymer layer. A metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor is formed on the second polymer layer and electrically coupled to at least one of the plurality of interconnect structures. A metal bump is formed over and electrically coupled to at least one of the plurality of interconnect structures.

Provided is a method for manufacturing a conductive pillar capable of bonding a substrate and a bonding member with high bonding strength via a bonding layer without employing an electroplating method, and a method for manufacturing a bonded structure by employing this method. A method for manufacturing a conductive pillar 1 includes, in sequence, the steps of forming a resist layer 16 on a substrate 11 provided with an electrode pad 13, the resist layer 16 including an opening portion 16a on the electrode pad 13, forming a thin Cu film 17 by sputtering or evaporating Cu on a surface of the substrate 11 provided with the resist layer 16 including the opening portion 16a, filling the opening portion 16a with a fine particle copper paste 12c, and sintering the fine particle copper paste 12c by heating the substrate 11 filled with the fine particle copper paste 12c.

A cryo-compatible quantum computing arrangement includes a microelectronic quantum computing component having a substrate structure, a plurality of first contact elements and a plurality of conductive feedthroughs through the substrate structure, wherein the conductive feedthroughs are electrically connected on a first main surface area of the substrate structure to associated first contact elements of the microelectronic quantum computing component, and a further microelectronic component having a plurality of second contact elements, wherein on a second main surface area of the substrate structure, the conductive feedthroughs are electrically connected to associated second contact elements of the further microelectronic component, and wherein the conductive feedthroughs each include, between the first and second contact elements, a layer element including a first material that is superconducting at a quantum computing operating temperature, and a filling element including a second material that is electrically conductive.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a first wiring member, a second wiring member, and a terminal. The semiconductor element includes a first main electrode and a second main electrode on a side opposite from the first main electrode. The first wiring member is connected to the first main electrode. The terminal has a first terminal surface connected to the second main electrode and a second terminal surface. The second terminal has four sides. Two of the four sides are parallel to a first direction intersecting the thickness direction, and other two sides of the four sides are parallel to a second direction perpendicular to the thickness direction and the first direction. The second wiring member is connected to the second terminal surface of the terminal through solder, and has a groove. The groove overlaps one or two of the four sides of the second terminal surface.

Provided is a semiconductor module including a main circuit portion, a plurality of circuit electrodes, a plurality of main terminals, and a plurality of wires, in each of semiconductor chips, transistor portions and diode portions have a longitudinal side in a second direction, each of semiconductor chips has a plurality of end sides including a gate-side end side, each of the gate-side end sides is arranged facing a same side in a top view, the plurality of main terminals are arranged on a same side in relation to the main circuit portion so as not to sandwich the main circuit portion in a top view, each of the plurality of wires has a bonding portion, and a longitudinal direction of the bonding portion has an angle in relation to the second direction.

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.

Provided is a three-dimensional storage device using wafer-to-wafer bonding. A storage device includes a first chip including a first substrate and a peripheral circuit region including a first control logic circuit configured to control operation modes of the non-volatile memory device and a second chip including a second substrate and three-dimensional arrays of non-volatile memory cells. The second chip may be vertically stacked on the first chip so that a first surface of the first substrate faces a first surface of the second substrate, and a second control logic circuit is configured to control operation conditions of the non-volatile memory device and is arranged on a second surface of the second substrate, the second surface of the second substrate being opposite to the first surface of the second substrate of the second chip.

In one example, a semiconductor device can comprise (a) an electronic device comprising a device top side, a device bottom side opposite the device top side, and a device sidewall between the device top side and the device bottom side, (b) a first conductor comprising, a first conductor side section on the device sidewall, a first conductor top section on the device top side and coupled to the first conductor side section, and a first conductor bottom section coupled to the first conductor side section, and (c) a protective material covering the first conductor and the electronic device. A lower surface of the first conductor top section can be higher than the device top side, and an upper surface of the first conductor bottom section can be lower than the device top side. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

A semiconductor device including a substrate; a chip on which a surface electrode is formed; and a lead. The lead includes a first electrode connecting portion disposed on the surface electrode and electrically connected to the surface electrode of the chip via a conductive bonding material; a second electrode connecting portion electrically connected to an electrode portion of a wiring pattern. A lead connected to the first electrode connecting portion and the second electrode connecting portion. The lead further has a thermal shrinking stress equalizing structure on a portion of an outer periphery of the first electrode connecting portion. The lead is configured to make a thermal shrinking stress applied to a conductive bonding material between the first electrode connecting portion and the surface electrode equal.