A bonded structure is disclosed. The bonded structure can include a first element that includes a first bonding layer, the first bonding layer that has a first contact pad and a routing trace. The routing trace is formed at the same level as the first contact pad. The bonded structure can include a second element that includes a second bonding layer that has a second contact pad. The first element and the second element are directly bonded such that the first contact pad and the second contact pad are directly bonded without an intervening adhesive

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of semiconductors, and provides a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor structure includes a first chip and a second chip. A first conductive connection wire of the first chip is connected to a first conductive contact pad, and a second conductive connection wire of the second chip is connected to a second conductive contact pad. In addition, the first conductive contact pad includes a first conductor group and a second conductor group, and the second conductive contact pad includes a third conductor group and a fourth conductor group.

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of semiconductors, and provides a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor structure includes a first chip and a second chip, where a first conductive connection wire of the first chip is connected to a first conductive contact pad, a second conductive connection wire of the second chip is connected to a second conductive contact pad, the first conductive contact pad includes a first conductor group and a first connection group, and the second conductive contact pad includes a second conductor group and a second connection group.

A semiconductor device according to some example embodiments includes a substrate, an insulating structure covering the substrate, a transistor between the substrate and the insulating structure, a via insulating layer extending through the insulating structure and the substrate, a plurality of via structures extending through the via insulating layer, a plurality of conductive structures respectively connected to the plurality of via structures, and a plurality of bumps respectively connected to the conductive structures.

A package structure includes a circuit substrate, a semiconductor package, a thermal interface material, a lid structure and a heat dissipation structure. The semiconductor package is disposed on and electrically connected to the circuit substrate. The thermal interface material is disposed on the semiconductor package. The lid structure is disposed on the circuit substrate and surrounding the semiconductor package, wherein the lid structure comprises a supporting part that is partially covering and in physical contact with the thermal interface material. The heat dissipation structure is disposed on the lid structure and in physical contact with the supporting part of the lid structure.

Semiconductor packages and package assemblies having active dies and external die mounts on a silicon wafer, and methods of fabricating such semiconductor packages and package assemblies, are described. In an example, a semiconductor package assembly includes a semiconductor package having an active die attached to a silicon wafer by a first solder bump. A second solder bump is on the silicon wafer laterally outward from the active die to provide a mount for an external die. An epoxy layer may surround the active die and cover the silicon wafer. A hole may extend through the epoxy layer above the second solder bump to expose the second solder bump through the hole. Accordingly, an external memory die can be connected directly to the second solder bump on the silicon wafer through the hole.

A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip including a first body portion, a first bonding layer including a first bonding insulating layer, a first redistribution portion including first redistribution layers, a first wiring insulating layer disposed between the first redistribution layers, and a second bonding layer including a second bonding insulating layer, a second redistribution portion including second redistribution layers, a second wiring insulating layer disposed between the second redistribution layers, and a second semiconductor chip disposed on the second redistribution portion. A lower surface of the first bonding insulating layer is bonded to an upper surface of the second bonding insulating layer, an upper surface of the first bonding insulating layer contacts the first body portion, a lower surface of the second bonding insulating layer contacts the second wiring insulating layer, and the first redistribution portion width is greater than the first semiconductor chip width.

A method of forming a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor with copper top and bottom plates may begin with a copper interconnect layer (e.g., Cu MTOP) including a copper structure defining the capacitor bottom plate. A passivation region is formed over the bottom plate, and a wide top plate opening is etched in the passivation region, to expose the bottom plate. A dielectric layer is deposited into the top plate opening and onto the exposed bottom plate. Narrow via opening(s) are then etched in the passivation region. The wide top plate opening and narrow via opening(s) are concurrently filled with copper to define a copper top plate and copper via(s) in contact with the bottom plate. A first aluminum bond pad is formed on the copper top plate, and a second aluminum bond pad is formed in contact with the copper via(s) to provide a conductive coupling to the bottom plate.

An integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor substrate, first through-silicon-via (TSV) structures penetrating a first region of the semiconductor substrate and spaced apart from each other by a first pitch, a first individual device between the first TSV structures and spaced apart from the first TSV structures by a distance that is greater than a first keep-off distance, and second TSV structures penetrating a second region of the semiconductor substrate and spaced apart from each other by a second pitch that is less than the first pitch. The second region of the semiconductor device does not include an individual device that is homogeneous with the first individual device and between the second TSV structures.

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.