A semiconductor device package includes a first conductive base, a first insulation layer and a second insulation layer. The first conductive base has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a lateral surface extended between the first surface and the second surface. The lateral surface includes a first portion adjacent to the first surface and a second portion adjacent to the second surface. The first insulation layer comprises a first insulation material. The first insulation layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first insulation layer covers the first portion of the lateral surface of the first conductive base. The second insulation layer comprises a second insulation material and covers the second portion of the lateral surface of the first conductive base. The first insulation material is different from the second insulation material.

In one example, an electronic device includes a substrate comprising a substrate top side, a substrate bottom side, and outward terminals. An electronic component is connected to the outward terminals. External interconnects are connected to the outward terminals and include a first external interconnect connected to a first outward terminal. A lower shield is adjacent to the substrate bottom side and is laterally between the external interconnects. The lower shield is electrically isolated from the first external interconnect by one or more of 1) a dielectric buffer interposed between the lower shield and the first external interconnect; or 2) the lower shield including a first part and a second part, the first part being laterally separated from the second part by a first gap, wherein the first part laterally surrounds lateral sides of the first external interconnect; and the second part is vertically interposed between the first outward terminal and the first external interconnect. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

A system-in-package includes a redistributed line (RDL) structure, a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip, and a bridge die. The RDL structure includes a first RDL pattern to which a first chip pad of the first semiconductor chip is electrically connected. The second semiconductor chip is stacked on the first semiconductor chip such that the second semiconductor chip protrudes past a side surface of the first semiconductor chip, wherein a second chip pad disposed on the protrusion is electrically connected to the first RDL pattern through the bridge die.

Reducing the space occupied by a voltage regulation integrated circuit (IC) that includes an inductor is achieved by implementing the inductor as a 3D inductor having windings formed of conductive elements integrated into a lower substrate, a circuit layer, and an upper substrate, and positioning other components within a core space of the 3D inductor in the circuit layer. The space occupied by the inductor is shared with the other circuit components and with the structural layers of the voltage regulation IC. A voltage regulation IC may be a switched-mode power supply (SMPS) that includes an inductor with a capacitor and/or a switching circuit. The inductor is implemented as upper horizontal traces in an upper substrate, lower horizontal traces in a lower substrate, and vertical interconnects in a circuit layer between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, and the conductive elements form the 3D inductor as a rectangular coil.

A device assembly includes a functional substrate having one or more electronic components formed there. The functional substrate has a cavity extending from a first surface toward a second surface of the functional substrate at a location that lacks the electronic components. The device assembly further includes a semiconductor die placed within the cavity with a pad surface of the semiconductor die being opposite to a bottom of the cavity. The functional substrate may be formed utilizing a first fabrication technology and the semiconductor die may be formed utilizing a second fabrication technology that differs from the first fabrication technology.

A System in Package, SiP semiconductor device includes a substrate of laser direct structuring, LDS, material. First and second semiconductor die are arranged at a first and a second leadframe structure at opposite surfaces of the substrate of LDS material. Package LDS material is molded onto the second surface of the substrate of LDS material. The first semiconductor die and the package LDS material lie on opposite sides of the substrate of LDS material. A set of electrical contact formations are at a surface of the package molding material opposite the substrate of LDS material. The leadframe structures include laser beam processed LDS material. The substrate of LDS material and the package LDS material include laser beam processed LDS material forming at least one electrically-conductive via providing at least a portion of an electrically-conductive line between the first semiconductor die and an electrical contact formation at the surface of the package molding material opposite the substrate.

A method includes placing a plurality of package components over a carrier, encapsulating the plurality of package components in an encapsulant, forming a light-sensitive dielectric layer over the plurality of package components and the encapsulant, exposing the light-sensitive dielectric layer using a lithography mask, and developing the light-sensitive dielectric layer to form a plurality of openings. Conductive features of the plurality of package components are exposed through the plurality of openings. The method further includes forming redistribution lines extending into the openings. One of the redistribution lines has a length greater than about 26 mm. The redistribution lines, the plurality of package components, the encapsulant in combination form a reconstructed wafer.

A semiconductor device and a method of manufacture are provided. In particular, a semiconductor device using blocks, e.g., discrete connection blocks, having through vias and/or integrated passive devices formed therein are provided. Embodiments such as those disclosed herein may be utilized in PoP applications. In an embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a die and a connection block encased in a molding compound. Interconnection layers may be formed on surfaces of the die, the connection block and the molding compound. One or more dies and/or packages may be attached to the interconnection layers.

An integrated circuit chip includes a front face having an electrical connection pad. An overmolded encapsulation block encapsulates the integrated circuit chip and includes a front layer at least partially covering a front face of the integrated circuit chip. A through-hole the encapsulation block is located above the electrical connection pad of the integrated circuit chip. A wall of the through-hole is covered with an inner metal layer that is joined to the front pad of the integrated circuit chip. A front metal layer covers a local zone of the front face of the front layer, with the front metal layer being joined to the inner metal layer to form an electrical connection. The inner metal layer and the front metal layer are attached or anchored to activated additive particles that are included in the material of the encapsulation block.

A semiconductor package includes: a sub semiconductor package disposed over a substrate, the sub semiconductor package including a sub semiconductor chip which has chip pads on its upper surface, a molding layer which surrounds side surfaces of the sub semiconductor chip, and a redistribution layer formed over the sub semiconductor chip and the molding layer, the redistribution layer including redistribution conductive layers which are connected to the chip pads of the sub semiconductor chip and extend onto edges of the molding layer while having redistribution pads on their end portions; first sub package interconnectors connected to the redistribution pads to electrically connect the sub semiconductor chip and the substrate; a capacitor formed in the molding layer and including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a body portion, the first and second electrodes having upper surfaces which are connected to the redistribution conductive layers, respectively.