Semiconductor packages may include a first semiconductor chip including a first through-electrode and a first upper connection pad and on an upper surface of the first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip on the first semiconductor chip and including a second lower connection pad on a lower surface of the second semiconductor chip, a connection bump between the first and second semiconductor chips and connected to the first upper connection pad and the second lower connection pad, a first insulating layer between the first and second semiconductor chips and surrounding the first upper connection pad, the connection bump, and the second lower connection pad, and a second insulating layer between the first semiconductor chip and the first insulating layer and extending on the upper surface of the first semiconductor chip, a side surface of the first upper connection pad, and a portion of a side surface of the connection bump.

A power semiconductor apparatus includes a conductive circuit pattern, a power semiconductor device, a sealing member, a conductive post, and a conductive post. A first conductive post is connected to the conductive circuit pattern. A second conductive post is connected to the power semiconductor device. The first conductive post includes a metal pin and a conductive bonding member. The conductive post includes a metal pin and a conductive bonding member.

A method for forming a direct hybrid bond and a device resulting from a direct hybrid bond including a first substrate having a first set of metallic bonding pads, preferably connected to a device or circuit, capped by a conductive barrier, and having a first non-metallic region adjacent to the metallic bonding pads on the first substrate, a second substrate having a second set of metallic bonding pads capped by a second conductive barrier, aligned with the first set of metallic bonding pads, preferably connected to a device or circuit, and having a second non-metallic region adjacent to the metallic bonding pads on the second substrate, and a contact-bonded interface between the first and second set of metallic bonding pads capped by conductive barriers formed by contact bonding of the first non-metallic region to the second non-metallic region.

Interconnects and methods of fabricating a plurality of interconnects. The method includes depositing a conformal layer of a plating base in each of a plurality of vias, and depositing a photoresist on two portions of a surface of the plating base outside and above the plurality of vias. The method also includes depositing a plating metal over the plating base in each of the plurality of vias, the depositing resulting in each of the plurality of vias being completely filled or incompletely filled, performing a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP), and performing metrology to determine if any of the plurality of vias is incompletely filled following the depositing the plating metal. A second iteration of the depositing the plating metal over the plating base is performed in each of the plurality of vias based on determining that at least one of the plurality of vias is incompletely filled.

An interfacial structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. The structure includes a first interfacial layer having a first dielectric layer, a first conductive feature disposed in the first dielectric layer, and a first thermal conductive layer disposed on the first dielectric layer. The structure further includes a second interfacial layer disposed on the first interfacial layer. The second interfacial layer is a mirror image of the first interfacial layer with respect to an interface between the first interfacial layer and the second interfacial layer. The second interfacial layer includes a second thermal conductive layer disposed on the first thermal conductive layer, a second dielectric layer disposed on the second thermal conductive layer, and a second conductive feature disposed in the second dielectric layer.

A package includes a first die that includes a first metallization layer, one or more first bond pad vias on the first metallization layer, wherein a first barrier layer extends across the first metallization layer between each first bond pad via and the first metallization layer, and one or more first bond pads on the one or more first bond pad vias, wherein a second barrier layer extends across each first bond pad via between a first bond pad and the first bond pad via, and a second die including one or more second bond pads, wherein a second bond pad is bonded to a first bond pad of the first die.

A semiconductor device includes an interconnect structure disposed over a first semiconductor die. The first semiconductor die includes a semiconductor substrate and a first conductive pad disposed over the semiconductor substrate, and the first conductive pad is covered by the interconnect structure. The semiconductor device also includes dielectric spacers surrounding the interconnect structure. An interface between the dielectric spacers and the interconnect structure is curved. The semiconductor device further includes a dielectric layer surrounding the dielectric spacers, and a second semiconductor die bonded to the dielectric layer and the interconnect structure. The second semiconductor die includes a second conductive pad, and the interconnect structure is covered by the second conductive pad.

A first light emission region includes an n-type contact layer, a first light-emitting layer, a p-type contact layer, and a wavelength conversion layer. The second light emission region includes an n-type contact layer, a first light-emitting layer, a first intermediate layer, a second light-emitting layer, and a p-type contact layer. The third light emission region includes an n-type contact layer, a first light-emitting layer, a first intermediate layer, a second light-emitting layer, a second intermediate layer, a third light-emitting layer, and a p-type contact layer. The wavelength conversion layer is disposed between the p-type contact layer of the first light emission region and the driving circuit substrate.

A first conductive portion includes a first pad surrounded by a first insulator film in a plane perpendicular to a first direction, and a first via connected to the first pad so that the first via is positioned between the first pad and a first semiconductor layer in the first direction. A second conductive portion includes a second pad surrounded by a second insulator film in a plane perpendicular to the first direction, and a second via connected to the second pad so that the second via is positioned between the second pad and a second semiconductor layer in the first direction. The first and the second conductive portions are different in dimension.

A first semiconductor device includes: a first wiring layer including a first interlayer insulating film, a first electrode pad, and a first dummy electrode, the first electrode pad being embedded in the first interlayer insulating film and having one surface located on same plane as one surface of the first interlayer insulating film, and the first dummy electrode being embedded in the first interlayer insulating film, having one surface located on same plane as the one surface of the first interlayer insulating film, and being disposed around the first electrode pad; and a second wiring layer including a second interlayer insulating film, a second electrode pad, and a second dummy electrode, the second electrode pad being embedded in the second interlayer insulating film, having one surface located on same surface as one surface of the second interlayer insulating film, and being bonded to the first electrode pad, and the second dummy electrode having one surface located on same plane as the surface located closer to the first interlayer insulating film of the second interlayer insulating film, being disposed around the second electrode pad, and being bonded to the first dummy electrode. A second semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor section including a first electrode, the first electrode being formed on a surface located closer to a bonding interface and extending in a first direction; and a second semiconductor section including a second electrode and disposed to be bonded to the first semiconductor section at the bonding interface, the second electrode being bonded to the first electrode and extending in a second direction that intersects with the first direction.