An electronic device includes a semiconductor die having a first side, an orthogonal second side for mounting to a substrate or circuit board, a conductive terminal on the first side, the conductive terminal having a center that is spaced apart from the second side by a first distance along a direction, and a solder structure extending on the conductive terminal, the solder structure having a center that is spaced apart from the center of the conductive terminal by a non-zero second distance along the direction.

This application is directed to a semiconductor system including a substrate, an electronic device, a plurality of compliant interconnects and a support structure. The substrate has a first surface and a plurality of first contacts formed on the first surface. The electronic device has a second surface facing the first surface of the substrate, and a plurality of second contacts formed on the second surface. The compliant interconnects are disposed between the first surface of the substrate and the second surface of the electronic device, and are configured to electrically couple the first contacts on the first surface of the substrate to the second contacts on the second surface of the electronic device. The support structure is coupled to the substrate and the electronic device, and extends beyond a footprint of the electronic device. The support structure is configured to mechanically couple the electronic device to the substrate.

A semiconductor device includes an electric conductor, a semiconductor element, and a bonding layer. The electric conductor has a main surface and a rear surface opposite to the main surface in a thickness direction. The semiconductor element includes a main body and electrodes. The main body has a side facing the main surface of the conductor, and the electrodes each protrude toward the main surface from the side of the main body to be electrically connected to the main surface. The bonding layer is held in contact with the main surface and the electrodes. Each electrode includes a base portion in contact with the main body, and a columnar portion protruding toward the main surface from the base portion to be held in contact with the bonding layer, which is a sintered body of a metal powder.

A package structure includes a first chip, a first redistribution layer, a second chip, a second redistribution layer, a third redistribution layer, a carrier, and a first molding compound layer. The first redistribution layer is arranged on a surface of the first chip. The second redistribution layer is arranged on a surface of the second chip. The third redistribution layer interconnects the first redistribution layer and the second redistribution layer. The carrier is arranged on a side of the third redistribution layer away from the first redistribution layer and the second redistribution layer. The first molding compound layer covers the first chip, the first redistribution layer, the second chip, and the second redistribution layer. A manufacturing method is also disclosed.

A semiconductor device includes two integrated circuit (IC) chips. The first IC chip includes substrate, a spacer connected to the substrate and including holes, wherein at least one of the holes has a first shape, and solder bumps positioned in the holes, respectively. The second IC chip includes a substrate, electrode pads extending from the substrate and connected to the solder bumps, respectively. At least one of the electrode pads that corresponds to the at least one of the solder bumps has a second shape, and the first shape and the second shape are non-coextensive such that there is at least one gap between the first shape and the second shape when projected on each other.

A connection arrangement for forming a component carrier structure is disclosed. The connection arrangement includes a first electrically conductive connection element and a second electrically conductive connection element. The first connection element and the second connection element are configured such that, upon connecting the first connection element with the second connection element along a connection direction, a form fit is established between the first connection element and the second connection element that limits a relative motion between the first connection element and the second connection element in a plane perpendicular to the connection direction. A component carrier and a method of forming a component carrier structure are also disclosed.

A semiconductor package including a first die, through electrodes penetrating the first die, a first pad on a top surface of the first die and coupled to a through electrode, a second die on the first die, a second pad on a bottom surface of the second die, a first connection terminal connecting the first pad to the second pad, and an insulating layer that fills a region between the first die and the second die and encloses the first connection terminal. The first connection terminal includes an intermetallic compound made of solder material and metallic material of the first and second pads. A concentration of the metallic material in the first connection terminal is substantially constant regardless of a distance from the first pad or the second pad.

Stacked semiconductor device encompasses an upper semiconductor substrate, an upper insulating film laminated on a principal surface of the upper semiconductor substrate, an upper sealing-pattern orbiting along a periphery of the upper insulating film, a lower chip defining a chip mounting area in at least a part of a principal surface, the principal surface is facing to the upper insulating film, and a lower sealing-pattern disposed on the principal surface of the lower chip, delineating a pattern mating to a topology of the upper sealing-pattern, orbiting around the chip mounting area, configured to implement a metallurgical connector by solid-phase diffusion bonding to the upper sealing-pattern. Hermetical sealed space is established in an inside of the chip mounting area, the upper insulating film and the metallurgical connector.

A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor chip, a substrate and a plurality of bump segments. The bump segments include a first group of bump segments and a second group of bump segments collectively extended from an active surface of the semiconductor chip toward the substrate. Each bump segment of the second group of bump segments has a cross-sectional area greater than a cross-sectional area of each bump segment of the first group of bump segments. The first group of bump segments includes a first bump segment and a second bump segment. Each of the first bump segment and the second bump segment includes a tapered side surface exposed to an environment outside the bump segments. A portion of a bottom surface of the second bump segment is stacked on the first bump segment, and another portion of the bottom surface of the second bump segment is exposed to the environment.

A microelectronic device has bump bond structures on input/output (I/O) pads. The bump bond structures include copper-containing pillars, a barrier layer including cobalt and zinc on the copper-containing pillars, and tin-containing solder on the barrier layer. The barrier layer includes 0.1 weight percent to 50 weight percent cobalt and an amount of zinc equivalent to a layer of pure zinc 0.05 microns to 0.5 microns thick. A lead frame has a copper-containing member with a similar barrier layer in an area for a solder joint. Methods of forming the microelectronic device are disclosed.