Embodiments of the present disclosure include semiconductor packages and methods of forming the same. An embodiment is a semiconductor package including a first package including one or more dies, and a redistribution layer coupled to the one or more dies at a first side of the first package with a first set of bonding joints. The redistribution layer including more than one metal layer disposed in more than one passivation layer, the first set of bonding joints being directly coupled to at least one of the one or more metal layers, and a first set of connectors coupled to a second side of the redistribution layer, the second side being opposite the first side.

A printed structure comprises a device comprising device electrical contacts disposed on a common side of the device and a substrate non-native to the device comprising substrate electrical contacts disposed on a surface of the substrate. At least one of the substrate electrical contacts has a rounded shape. The device electrical contacts are in physical and electrical contact with corresponding substrate electrical contacts. The substrate electrical contacts can comprise a polymer core coated with a patterned contact electrical conductor on a surface of the polymer core. A method of making polymer cores comprising patterning a polymer on the substrate and reflowing the patterned polymer to form one or more rounded shapes of the polymer and coating and then patterning the one or more rounded shapes with a conductive material.

The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor chip that includes a substrate, a metal layer, and a number of component portions. Herein, the substrate has a substrate base and a number of protrusions protruding from a bottom surface of the substrate base. The substrate base and the protrusions are formed of a same material. Each of the protrusions has a same height. At least one via hole extends vertically through one protrusion and the substrate base. The metal layer selectively covers exposed surfaces at a backside of the substrate and fully covers inner surfaces of the at least one via hole. The component portions reside over a top surface of the substrate base, such that a certain one of the component portions is electrically coupled to a portion of the metal layer at the top of the at least one via hole.

The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor chip that includes a substrate, a metal layer, and a number of component portions. Herein, the substrate has a substrate base and a number of protrusions protruding from a bottom surface of the substrate base. The substrate base and the protrusions are formed of a same material. Each of the protrusions has a same height. At least one via hole extends vertically through one protrusion and the substrate base. The metal layer selectively covers exposed surfaces at a backside of the substrate and fully covers inner surfaces of the at least one via hole. The component portions reside over a top surface of the substrate base, such that a certain one of the component portions is electrically coupled to a portion of the metal layer at the top of the at least one via hole.

A printed structure comprises a device comprising device electrical contacts disposed on a common side of the device and a substrate non-native to the device comprising substrate electrical contacts disposed on a surface of the substrate. At least one of the substrate electrical contacts has a rounded shape. The device electrical contacts are in physical and electrical contact with corresponding substrate electrical contacts. The substrate electrical contacts can comprise a polymer core coated with a patterned contact electrical conductor on a surface of the polymer core. A method of making polymer cores comprising patterning a polymer on the substrate and reflowing the patterned polymer to form one or more rounded shapes of the polymer and coating and then patterning the one or more rounded shapes with a conductive material.

Embodiments of the present disclosure include semiconductor packages and methods of forming the same. An embodiment is a semiconductor package including a first package including one or more dies, and a redistribution layer coupled to the one or more dies at a first side of the first package with a first set of bonding joints. The redistribution layer including more than one metal layer disposed in more than one passivation layer, the first set of bonding joints being directly coupled to at least one of the one or more metal layers, and a first set of connectors coupled to a second side of the redistribution layer, the second side being opposite the first side.

A POP structure of a three-dimensional fan-out memory and a packaging method are disclosed. The POP structure includes a first package unit of three-dimensional fan-out memory device and a system-in-package (SiP) package unit of the two-dimensional fan-out peripheral circuit. The first package unit includes: memory chips laminated in a stepped configuration; first metal connection pillars connected to the memory chips; a first encapsulating layer; a first rewiring layer; and first metal bumps formed on the first rewiring layer. The SiP package unit includes: a second rewiring layer; one peripheral circuit chip; a third rewiring layer bonded to the peripheral circuit chip; second metal connection pillars; a second encapsulating layer on the peripheral circuit chip and the second metal connection pillars; and second metal bumps on the second rewiring layer. Attaching the first package unit and the SiP package unit by bonding first metal bumps to the third rewiring layer.

A semiconductor package and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor package are provided. The semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor device, a second semiconductor device, and an alignment material. The first semiconductor device has a first bonding layer, and the first bonding layer includes a first bond pad contacting an organic dielectric material. The second semiconductor device has a second bonding layer, and the second bonding layer includes a second bond pad contacting the organic dielectric material. The alignment material is between the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer.

Provided herein include various examples of a method for manufacturing aspects of an apparatus, a sensor system. The method may include obtaining a first carrier bonded to an upper surface of the silicon wafer. This wafer includes through silicon vias (TSVs) extended through openings in a passivation stack, with electrical contacts coupled to portions of the TSVs exposed through these openings. The method may include de-bonding the first carrier from the upper surface of the silicon wafer. The method may include dicing the silicon wafer into subsections comprising dies.

A printed structure comprises a device comprising device electrical contacts disposed on a common side of the device and a substrate non-native to the device comprising substrate electrical contacts disposed on a surface of the substrate. At least one of the substrate electrical contacts has a rounded shape. The device electrical contacts are in physical and electrical contact with corresponding substrate electrical contacts. The substrate electrical contacts can comprise a polymer core coated with a patterned contact electrical conductor on a surface of the polymer core. A method of making polymer cores comprising patterning a polymer on the substrate and reflowing the patterned polymer to form one or more rounded shapes of the polymer and coating and then patterning the one or more rounded shapes with a conductive material.