A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a wire portion, a bonding portion, a semiconductor element, and an encapsulation resin. The substrate includes substrate main and back surfaces facing in opposite directions. The wire portion includes a conductive layer formed on the substrate main surface. The bonding portion includes a first plated layer formed on an upper surface of the wire portion and a first solder layer formed on an upper surface of the first plated layer. The semiconductor element includes an element main surface facing the substrate main surface, an element electrode formed on the element main surface, and a second plated layer formed on a lower surface of the element electrode and bonded to the first solder layer. The encapsulation resin covers the semiconductor element. The bonding portion is larger than the element electrode as viewed in a thickness-wise direction that is perpendicular to the substrate main surface.

A display apparatus including a circuit board, at least one LED stack configured to emit light, electrode pads disposed on the at least one LED stack and electrically connected to the at least one LED stack, and electrodes disposed on the electrode pads and electrically connected to the electrode pads, respectively, in which each of the electrodes has a fixed portion that is fixed to one of the electrode pads and an extending portion that is spaced apart from the one of the electrode pads, and the electrodes include at least two metal layers having different thermal expansion coefficients from each other.

A curable resin or adhesive composition includes at least one monomer, a photoinitiator capable of initiating polymerization of the monomer when exposed to light, and at least one energy converting material, preferably a phosphor, capable of producing light when exposed to radiation (typically X-rays). The material is particularly suitable for bonding components at ambient temperature in situations where the bond joint is not accessible to an external light source. An associated method includes: placing a polymerizable adhesive composition, including a photoinitiator and energy converting material, such as a down-converting phosphor, in contact with at least two components to be bonded to form an assembly; and, irradiating the assembly with radiation at a first wavelength, capable of conversion (down-conversion by the phosphor) to a second wavelength capable of activating the photoinitiator, to prepare items such as inkjet cartridges, wafer-to-wafer assemblies, semiconductors, integrated circuits, and the like.

A method includes forming a metal bump on a top surface of a first package component, forming a solder region on a top surface of the metal bump, forming a protection layer extending on a sidewall of the metal bump, reflowing the solder region to bond the first package component to a second package component, and dispensing an underfill between the first package component and the second package component. The underfill is in contact with the protection layer.

A semiconductor device and a semiconductor package including the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element; a protective layer disposed adjacent to the surface of the semiconductor element, the protective layer defining an opening to expose the semiconductor element; a first bump disposed on the semiconductor element; and a second bump disposed onto the surface of the protective layer. The first bump has a larger cross-section surface area than the second bump.

A semiconductor device including a terminal that is formed using copper, that is electrically connected to a circuit element, and that includes a formation face formed with a silver-tin solder bump such that a nickel layer is interposed between the terminal and the solder bump, wherein the nickel layer is formed on a region corresponding to part of the formation face.

A power amplifier circuit includes a first transistor disposed on a semiconductor substrate; a second transistor disposed on the semiconductor substrate and configured to supply a bias current based on a first current which is a part of a control current to the first transistor; a third transistor disposed on the semiconductor substrate and having a collector configured to be supplied with a second current which is a part of the control current and an emitter configured to output a third current based on the second current; a first bump electrically connected to an emitter of the first transistor and disposed so as to overlap a first disposition area in which the first transistor is disposed in plan view of the semiconductor substrate; and a second bump disposed so as to overlap a second disposition area in which the third transistor is disposed in the plan view.

A semiconductor package includes a redistribution structure, a first conductive pillar and a second conductive pillar, and a semiconductor device. The redistribution structure has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first conductive pillar and the second conductive pillar are disposed on the first surface of the redistribution structure and electrically connected with the redistribution structure, wherein a maximum lateral dimension of the first conductive pillar is greater than a maximum lateral dimension of the second conductive pillar, and a topography variation of a top surface of the first conductive pillar is greater than a topography variation of a top surface of the second conductive pillar. The semiconductor device is disposed over the first surface of the redistribution structure, wherein the semiconductor device comprises a third conductive pillar and a fourth conductive pillar, the third conductive pillar is bonded to first conductive pillar through a first joint structure, and the fourth conductive pillar is bonded to second conductive pillar through a second joint structure.

The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip structure having a first copper pillar disposed over a metal pad of an interposer substrate. The first copper pillar has a sidewall defining a recess. A nickel layer is disposed over the first copper pillar and a solder layer is disposed over the first copper pillar and the nickel layer. The solder layer continuously extends from directly over the first copper pillar to within the recess. A second copper layer is disposed between the solder layer and a second substrate.

Semiconductor devices with controllers under stacks of semiconductor packages and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a package substrate, a controller attached to the package substrate, and at least two semiconductor packages disposed over the controller. Each semiconductor package includes a plurality of semiconductor dies. The semiconductor device further includes an encapsulant material encapsulating the controller and the at least two semiconductor packages.