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.

Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, and techniques related to multilevel dies, in particular to photonics integrated circuit dies with a thick portion and a thin portion, where the thick portion is placed within a cavity in a substrate and the thin portion serves as an overhang to physically couple with the substrate, to reduce a distance between electrical contacts on the thin portion of the die and electrical contacts on the substrate. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

A semiconductor package includes a substrate; a semiconductor chip on a first surface of the substrate; and a plurality of external connection terminals on a second surface of the substrate that is opposite to the first surface. The substrate includes a plurality of wirings configured to electrically connect the semiconductor chip and the plurality of external connection terminals. The plurality of wirings includes a first wiring, and the first wiring includes a first portion and a second portion connected to each other, the second portion overlapping an edge of the semiconductor chip in a vertical direction that is perpendicular to the first surface of the substrate. A second width of the second portion is greater than a first width of the first portion.

Microelectronic assemblies, related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a package substrate including a first conductive pathway electrically coupled to a power source; a first microelectronic component embedded in an insulating material on the surface of the package substrate and including a TSV electrically coupled to the first conductive pathway; a redistribution layer (RDL) on the insulating material including a second conductive pathway electrically coupled to the TSV; and a second microelectronic component on the RDL and electrically coupled to the second conductive pathway, wherein the second conductive pathway electrically couples the TSV, the second microelectronic component, and the first microelectronic component.

Microelectronic assemblies, related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a package substrate including a first conductive pathway electrically coupled to a power source; a mold material on the package substrate including a first microelectronic component embedded in the mold material, a second microelectronic component embedded in the mold material, and a TMV, between the first and second microelectronic components, the TMV electrically coupled to the first conductive pathway; a redistribution layer (RDL) on the mold material including a second conductive pathway electrically coupled to the TMV; and a third microelectronic component on the RDL and electrically coupled to the second conductive pathway, wherein the second conductive pathway electrically couples the TMV, the first microelectronic component, and the third microelectronic component.

Embodiments disclosed herein include semiconductor dies with hybrid bonding layers and multi-die modules that are coupled together by hybrid bonding layers. In an embodiment, a semiconductor die comprises a die substrate, a pad layer over the die substrate, where the pad layer comprises first pads with a first dimension and a first pitch and second pads with a second dimension and a second pitch. In an embodiment, the semiconductor die further comprises a hybrid bonding layer over the pad layer. In an embodiment, the hybrid bonding layer comprises a dielectric layer, and an array of hybrid bonding pads in the dielectric layer, wherein the hybrid bonding pads comprise a third dimension and a third pitch.

Techniques and mechanisms for mitigating stress on hybrid bonded interfaces in a multi-tier arrangement of integrated circuit (IC) dies. In an embodiment, first dies are bonded at a host die each via a respective one of first hybrid bond interfaces, wherein a second one or more dies are coupled to the host die each via a respective one of the first dies, and via a respective second hybrid bond interface. Stress at one of the hybrid bond interfaces is mitigated by properties of a first dielectric layer that extends to that hybrid bond interface. In another embodiment, stress at a given one of the hybrid bond interfaces is mitigated by properties of a dummy chip—or alternatively, properties of a patterned encapsulation structure—which is formed on the given hybrid bond interface.

A system in package includes a memory-die stack in memory module that is stacked vertically with respect to a processor die. Each memory die in the memory-die stack includes a vertical bond wire that emerges from a matrix for connection. Some configurations include the vertical bond wire emerging orthogonally beginning from a bond-wire pad. The matrix encloses the memory-die stack, the spacer, and at least a portion of the processor die.