An integrated circuit (IC) includes semiconductor substrate with a metal stack including a lower, upper and a top metal layer that includes bond pads and a detection bond pad (DBP). A wirebond damage detector (WDD) includes the DBP over a first and second connected structure. The first and second connected structures both include spaced apart top segments of the upper metal layer coupled to spaced apart bottom segments of the lower metal layer. The DBP is coupled to one end of the first connected structure, and >1 metal trace is coupled to another end extending beyond the DBP to a first test pad. The second connected structure includes metal traces coupled to respective ends each extending beyond the DBP to a second test pad and to a third test pad.

An integrated circuit chip is attached to a support that includes first conductive elements. First conductive pads are located on the integrated circuit chip and are electrically coupled to the first conductive elements by conductive wires. The integrated circuit chip further includes a conductive track. A switch circuit is provided to selectively electrically connect each first conductive pad to the conductive track. To test the conductive wires, a group of first conductive pads are connected by their respective switch circuits to the conductive track and current flow between corresponding first conductive elements is measured.

According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a semiconductor device comprising: a die having a central active region, a top surface, a bottom surface, and sidewalls having a plurality of perforations therein, each perforation extending from a top end at the top surface to a bottom end at the bottom surface; a plurality of die pads on the top surface and extending from the central active region to respective top ends; a patterned back-side-metallization layer on the bottom surface, comprising a plurality of electrically isolated regions extending to respective bottom ends; metal coating partially filling the perforations and providing electrical connection between respective ones of the plurality of die pads and respective ones of the plurality of electrically isolated regions; and a passivation layer covering the top surface and the die pads.

A semiconductor package includes a package substrate, a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip sequentially stacked on the package substrate, the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip being disposed in a form of an offset stack structure, and the second semiconductor chip including an overhang further protruding beyond a side surface of the first semiconductor chip in a first horizontal direction, an adhesive member disposed on a lower surface of the second semiconductor chip, the adhesive member including an extension extending to a lower level than an upper surface of the first semiconductor chip. The extension contacts the side surface of the first semiconductor chip, and overlaps with at least a portion of the overhang in a vertical direction.

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor chip, a plurality of bonding pads on a surface of the semiconductor chip, a plurality of probe pads on a surface of the semiconductor chip, a plurality of connection pads on a surface of the substrate, and a plurality of bonding wires that electrically connect the bonding pads and the connection pads. The plurality of bonding pads include a first bonding pad and a second bonding pad, the plurality of probe pads include a first probe pad and a second probe pad, and a part of the first probe pad is disposed between the second bonding pad and the second probe pad.

A wire bonding includes a capillary that extrudes a wire; a wire clamp assembly disposed on the capillary; a support disposed on the wire clamp assembly; a wire contact member; and a slide rail that provides a slide hole. The wire clamp assembly includes: a first member; a second member spaced apart from the first member; a first contact member coupled to the first member; and a second contact member coupled to the second member and spaced apart from the first contact member. The first member includes a first body that extends in a first direction and a first tilting member that extends at an acute angle relative to the first direction. The second member includes a second body that extends in the first direction and is spaced apart from the first body in a second direction a second tilting member.

A semiconductor package includes: a package substrate, a first stack structure disposed on the package substrate, the first stack structure including first semiconductor chips stacked and connected to each other by bonding wires, a second stack structure disposed on the first stack structure, and including second semiconductor chips stacked, the second stack structure having an overhang region protruding beyond an uppermost first semiconductor chip of the first stack structure among the first semiconductor chips, an adhesive member covering a lower surface of the second stack structure and adhered to a portion of upper surfaces of the first stack structure, and an encapsulant disposed on the package substrate and covering the first stack structure and the second stack structure, wherein at least a portion of the bonding wires are buried in the die adhesive film in the overhang region to support the second stack structure.

An image sensor includes a photodiode generating a charge in response to light, a transfer transistor connecting the photodiode and a floating diffusion, a reset transistor connected between the floating diffusion and a power node, a boosting capacitor connected to the floating diffusion, and adjusting a capacity of the floating diffusion in response to a boosting control signal, and a bias circuit having first and second current circuits for supplying different bias currents to an output node to which a voltage signal corresponding to a charge accumulated in the floating diffusion is output. The boosting control signal decreases from a high level to a low level after the transfer transistor is turned off, and the reset transistor is switched from a turned on state to a turned off state when the bias currents of the first and second current circuits are simultaneously provided to the output node.

A stack package is disclosed. A first semiconductor die and a supporter are disposed on a package substrate. The supporter may include a second side facing a first side of the first semiconductor die having a substantially inclined surface. A second semiconductor die is stacked on the first semiconductor die and on the supporter. An encapsulant layer is formed to fill a portion between the supporter and the first semiconductor die.

A semiconductor package including a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die, a first insulating encapsulation, a dielectric layer structure, a conductor structure and a second insulating encapsulation is provided. The first semiconductor die includes a first semiconductor substrate and a through silicon via (TSV) extending from a first side to a second side of the semiconductor substrate. The second semiconductor die is disposed on the first side of the semiconductor substrate. The first insulating encapsulation on the second semiconductor die encapsulates the first semiconductor die. A terminal of the TSV is coplanar with a surface of the first insulating encapsulation. The dielectric layer structure covers the first semiconductor die and the first insulating encapsulation. The conductor structure extends through the dielectric layer structure and contacts with the through silicon via. The second insulating encapsulation contacts with the second semiconductor die, the first insulting encapsulation, and the dielectric layer structure.