The invention provides a portable electronic system. The portable electronic system includes a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a substrate. A semiconductor die is coupled to the substrate. A thermoelectric device chip is disposed close to the semiconductor die, coupled to the substrate. The thermoelectric device chip is configured to detect a heat energy generated from the semiconductor die and to convert the heat energy into a recycled electrical energy. A power system is coupled to the semiconductor package, configured to store the recycled electrical energy.

A transistor amplifier includes a group III-nitride based amplifier die including a gate terminal, a drain terminal, and a source terminal on a first surface of the amplifier die and an interconnect structure electrically bonded to the gate terminal, drain terminal and source terminal of the amplifier die on the first surface of the amplifier die and electrically bonded to an input path and output path of the transistor amplifier.

A package comprising an electronic chip with at least one electric contact structure, an electrically conductive chip carrier having at least one coupling cavity, and a coupling structure located at least partially in the at least one coupling cavity and electrically contacting the at least one electric contact structure with the chip carrier.

An apparatus relates generally to a three-dimensional stacked integrated circuit. In such an apparatus, the three-dimensional stacked integrated circuit has at least a first die and a second die interconnected to one another using die-to-die interconnects. A substrate of the first die has at least one thermal via structure extending from a lower surface of the substrate toward a well of the substrate without extending to the well and without extending through the substrate. A first end of the at least one thermal via structure is at least sufficiently proximate to the well of the substrate for conduction of heat away therefrom. The substrate has at least one through substrate via structure extending from the lower surface of the substrate to an upper surface of the substrate. A second end of the at least one thermal via structure is coupled to at least one through die via structure of the second die for thermal conductivity.

Semiconductor die assemblies having interconnect structures with redundant electrical connectors are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor die assembly includes a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die, and an interconnect structure between the first and the second semiconductor dies. The interconnect structure includes a first conductive film coupled to the first semiconductor die and a second conductive film coupled to the second semiconductor die. The interconnect structure further includes a plurality of redundant electrical connectors extending between the first and second conductive films and electrically coupled to one another via the first conductive film.

RF transistor amplifiers include an RF transistor amplifier die having a Group III nitride-based semiconductor layer structure and a plurality of gate terminals, a plurality of drain terminals, and at least one source terminal that are each on an upper surface of the semiconductor layer structure, an interconnect structure on an upper surface of the RF transistor amplifier die, and a coupling element between the RF transistor amplifier die and the interconnect structure that electrically connects the gate terminals, the drain terminals and the source terminal to the interconnect structure.

A semiconductor package including a first stack; a plurality of TSVs passing through the first stack; a second stack on the first stack and including a second surface facing a first surface of the first stack; a first pad on the first stack and in contact with the TSVs; a second pad on the second stack; a bump connecting the first and second pads; a first redundancy pad on the first surface of the first stack, spaced apart from the first pad, and not in contact with the TSVs; a second redundancy pad on the second surface of the second stack and spaced apart from the second pad; and a redundancy bump connecting the first redundancy pad and the second redundancy pad, wherein the first pad and first redundancy pad are electrically connected to each other, and the second pad and second redundancy pad are electrically connected to each other.

Structures and methods are disclosed for fabricating optoelectronic solid state array devices. In one case a backplane and array of micro devices is aligned and connected through bumps.

A semiconductor device and an amplifier assembly implementing the semiconductor device are disclosed. The semiconductor device, which is a type of Doherty amplifier, includes first transistor elements for a carrier amplifier of the Doherty amplifier and second transistor elements for a peak amplifier. A feature of the Doherty amplifier is that the first transistor elements and the second transistor elements are disposed alternatively on a common semiconductor substrate.

Semiconductor die assemblies having interconnect structures with redundant electrical connectors are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor die assembly includes a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die, and an interconnect structure between the first and the second semiconductor dies. The interconnect structure includes a first conductive film coupled to the first semiconductor die and a second conductive film coupled to the second semiconductor die. The interconnect structure further includes a plurality of redundant electrical connectors extending between the first and second conductive films and electrically coupled to one another via the first conductive film.