A packaged semiconductor includes an electrically insulating encapsulant body having an upper surface, a first semiconductor die encapsulated within the encapsulant body, the first semiconductor die having a main surface with a first conductive pad that faces the upper surface of the encapsulant body, a second semiconductor die encapsulated within the encapsulant body and disposed laterally side by side with the first semiconductor die, the second semiconductor die having a main surface with a second conductive pad that faces the upper surface of the encapsulant body, and a first conductive track that is formed in the upper surface of the encapsulant body and electrically connects the first conductive pad to the second conductive pad. The encapsulant body includes a laser activatable mold compound.

A semiconductor structure including an integrated circuit die and conductive bumps is provided. The integrated circuit die includes bump pads. The conductive bumps are disposed on the bump pads. Each of the conductive bumps includes a first pillar portion disposed on one of the bump pads and a second pillar portion disposed on the first pillar portion. The second pillar portion is electrically connected to one of the bump pads through the first pillar portion, wherein a first width of the first pillar portion is greater than a second width of the second pillar portion. A package structure including the above-mentioned semiconductor structure is also provided.

A voltage regulator having a coil inductor is integrated or embedded in a system-on-chip (SOC) device. The coil inductor is fabricated on an inductor wafer with through vias, and the inductor wafer is joined with an SOC wafer for integration with the SOC device.

Structures and methods for directly testing a semiconductor wafer having micro-solder connections. According to one embodiment, a method forms a pattern of micro-solder connections coupled with a through substrate via (TSV) that can be directly tested by electrical probing, without the use of a testing interposer. According to another embodiment, a method tests the pattern of micro-solder connections. According to another embodiment, a novel electrical probe tip structure has contacts on the same pitch as the pattern of micro-solder connections.

A package structure includes a first die, a die stack structure, a support structure and an insulation structure. The die stack structure is bonded to the first die. The support structure is disposed on the die stack structure. A width of the support structure is larger than a width of the die stack structure and less than a width of the first die. The insulation structure at least laterally wraps around the die stack structure and the support structure.

The present disclosure provides a method for forming a semiconductor package and the semiconductor package. The method comprises attaching an interconnect device to a semiconductor substrate, and flip-chip mounting at least two chips over the interconnect device and the semiconductor substrate. Each chip includes at least one first bump of a first height and at least one second bump of a second height formed on a front surface hereof, the second height being greater than the first height. The method further comprises bonding the at least one second conductive bump of each of the at least two chips to the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate and bonding the first conductive bump of each of the at least two chips to the upper surface of the interconnect device Thus, the method uses a relatively simple and low cost packaging process to achieve high-density interconnection wiring in a package.

A semiconductor package structure and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor package structure are provided. The semiconductor package structure includes a lower conductive structure, a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device. The upper conductive structure is disposed on the lower conductive structure. The second semiconductor device is electrically connected to the first semiconductor device by a first path in the upper conductive structure. The lower conductive structure is electrically connected to the first semiconductor device through a second path in the upper conductive structure under the first path.

A package structure including a first circuit board, a second circuit board, an encapsulant, a plurality of conductive terminals, and a package device is provided. The first circuit board has a first top surface and a first bottom surface opposite to each other. The second circuit board has a second top surface and a second bottom surface opposite to each other. The encapsulant encapsulates the first and second circuit boards. The conductive terminals are disposed on the first or second bottom surface and electrically connected to the first or second circuit board. The package device is disposed on the first or second top surface and electrically connected to the first and second circuit boards. The package device includes a first chip, a second chip, a chip encapsulant, a circuit layer, and a plurality of conductive package terminals. A manufacturing method of a package structure is also provided.

A method for manufacturing a structure includes: supplying an active element provided with a front and rear face connected by a contour; assembling the front face and a main face of a support; filling a space of interconnections between the front face and the main face with glue. The method also includes, before the assembling, forming, by a method other than a plasma method, a first passivation layer covering the contour, and made from a first compound that makes it possible to limit the wetting of said contour by the glue regarding the front face and the main face.

In some examples, a system comprises a set of nanoparticles and a set of nanowires extending from the set of nanoparticles.