A semiconductor package including a first semiconductor chip having an upper surface, a lower surface that is opposite to the upper surface, and a sidewall between the upper surface and the lower surface; a capping insulation layer covering the upper surface and the sidewall of the first semiconductor chip; and a shielding layer on the capping insulation layer, wherein a lower portion of the capping insulation layer includes a laterally protruding capping protrusion contacting a lower surface of the shielding layer.

A semiconductor package includes a first package substrate; a first semiconductor chip on the first package substrate; a first conductive connector on the first package substrate; and an interposer including a central portion on the first semiconductor chip and an outer portion having the first conductive connector attached thereto. The central portion of the interposer includes a bottom surface defining a recess from a bottom surface of the outer portion of the interposer in a vertical direction that is perpendicular to a top surface of the first package substrate. A thickness in the vertical direction of the outer portion of the interposer is greater than a thickness in the vertical direction of the central portion of the interposer.

A contoured package on package joint and a method for making the same are disclosed herein. A method for forming a device comprises providing a substrate having a package land and forming a mounting stud on the package land. A molded underfill is applied to the substrate and in contact with the mounting stud. A contoured stud surface is formed on the mounting stud is contoured and connecting member attached to the contoured stud surface with a second package attached to the connecting member. The connecting member may be solder and have a spherical shape. The contoured stud surface may be etched or mechanically formed to have a hemispherical shape conforming to the connecting member shape.

The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for forming a thin-form-factor semiconductor package. In one embodiment, a glass or silicon substrate is structured by micro-blasting or laser ablation to form structures for formation of interconnections therethrough. The substrate is thereafter utilized as a frame for forming a semiconductor package with embedded dies therein.

In one example, a semiconductor structure comprises a redistribution structure comprising a conductive structure, a cavity substrate on a top side of the redistribution structure and having a cavity and a pillar contacting the redistribution structure, an electronic component on the top surface of the redistribution structure and in the cavity, wherein the electronic component is electrically coupled with the conductive structure, and an encapsulant in the cavity and on the top side of the redistribution structure, contacting a lateral side of the electronic component, a lateral side of the cavity, and a lateral side of the pillar. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

Double side mounted package structures and memory modules incorporating such double side mounted package structures are described in which memory packages are mounted on both sides of a module substrate. A routing substrate is mounted to a bottom side of the module substrate to provide general purpose in/out routing and power routing, while signal routing from the logic die to double side mounted memory packages is provided in the module routing. In an embodiment, module substrate is a coreless module substrate and may be thinner than the routing substrate.

A method of fabricating a semiconductor package may include forming a lower redistribution layer, forming a stack on a portion of the lower redistribution layer, and stacking a semiconductor chip on a top surface of the lower redistribution layer. The forming of the stack may include coating a photo imagable dielectric material to form a first insulating layer on the top surface of the lower redistribution layer, forming a first via to penetrate the first insulating layer, coating a photo imagable dielectric material to form a second insulating layer on a top surface of the first insulating layer, and forming a second via to penetrate the second insulating layer.

A manufacturing method for a semiconductor package structure, which includes the steps of providing a circuit build-up substrate, which has a first surface that exposes multiple flip-chip bonding pads and multiple first bonding pads located around the flip-chip bonding pads; forming a conductive substrate embedded with a chip and multiple conductive pillars on the first surface of the circuit build-up substrate, in which the first surface of the chip is disposed corresponding to the flip-chip bonding pads and the second end of the conductive pillars is disposed corresponding to the first bonding pads; a second surface of the chip and a first end of each conductive pillars are exposed from an upper surface of the conductive substrates; and arranging a memory module on the conductive substrate, corresponding to the first end of the conductive pillars, wherein the memory module and the chip do not overlap in an orthographic projection direction.

Presented herein are a package-on-package device having a molded underfill and a method for forming the same, the method comprising applying a package mount mounting a die to the first side of a carrier package. A molded underfill may be applied first side of the carrier package, and be in contact with a portion of the package mount a portion of a sidewall of the die. A top package having at least one land may be mounted to the first side of the carrier package above the die, and, optionally separated from the top of the die. The package mount may be coined prior to, during or after applying the molded underfill to optionally be level with the underfill surface. The underfill region contacting the package mount may be below or above the surface of the underfill region contacting the die sidewall.

A semiconductor device package is described that includes a power consuming device (such as an SOC device). The power consuming device may include one or more current consuming elements. A passive device may be coupled to the power consuming device. The passive device may include a plurality of passive elements formed on a semiconductor substrate. The passive elements may be arranged in an array of structures on the semiconductor substrate. The power consuming device and the passive device may be coupled using one or more terminals. The passive device and power consuming device coupling may be configured in such a way that the power consuming device determines functionally the way the passive device elements will be used.