A semiconductor memory device includes first and second memory chips, each including a region of a core circuit, a first area adjacent to a first side of the region in a first direction, a second area adjacent to a second side of the region in a second direction, a third area adjacent to the first area in the first direction and to the second area in the second direction, a first pad in the first area, a second pad in the second area, and third pad in the third area. In each memory chip, a first bonding wire connects the first and third pads. In addition, a second bonding wire connects the second pads of the first and second memory chips. The second memory chip is stacked on the first memory chip to expose the first, second, and third areas of the first memory chip in a third direction.

A method for wafer bonding includes receiving a layout of a bonding layer with an asymmetric pattern, determining whether an asymmetry level of the layout is within a predetermined range by a design rule checker, modifying the layout to reduce the asymmetry level of the layout if the asymmetry level is beyond the predetermined range. The method also includes outputting the layout in a computer-readable format.

Provided are an array substrate and a display apparatus thereof. The array substrate includes a display region and a binding region located at a side of the display region; the binding region includes a first conductive layer disposed on the substrate and a planarization layer disposed at a side of the first conductive layer away from the substrate. The binding region includes a binding zone and a vacancy zone alternately disposed along an edge of the display region, the first conductive layer includes a plurality of binding pins disposed in the binding zone, and the planarization layer is provided with first openings exposing the plurality of binding pins and covering the binding zone and the vacancy zone.

Semiconductor device packages may include a die-attach pad and a semiconductor die supported above the die-attach pad. A spacer comprising an electrically conductive material may be supported above the semiconductor die or between the semiconductor die and the die-attach pad. A wire bond may extend from a bond pad on an active surface of the semiconductor die to the spacer. Another wire bond may extend from the spacer to a lead finger or the die-attach pad. An encapsulant material may encapsulate the semiconductor die, the spacer, the wire bond, the other wire bond, the die-attach pad, and a portion of any lead fingers.

Semiconductor devices including stacked semiconductor dies and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor die coupled to a package substrate and a second semiconductor die stacked over the first semiconductor die and laterally offset from the first semiconductor die. The second semiconductor die can accordingly include an overhang portion that extends beyond a side of the first semiconductor die and faces the package substrate. In some embodiments, the second semiconductor die includes bond pads at the overhang portion that are electrically coupled to the package substrate via conductive features disposed therebetween. In certain embodiments, the first semiconductor die can include second bond pads electrically coupled to the package substrate via wire bonds.

A bonded structure can include a first element having a first conductive interface feature and a second element having a second conductive interface feature. An integrated device can be coupled to or formed with the first element or the second element. The first conductive interface feature can be directly bonded to the second conductive interface feature to define an interface structure. The interface structure can be disposed about the integrated device in an at least partially annular profile to connect the first and second elements.

Semiconductor devices including stacked semiconductor dies and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor die coupled to a package substrate and a second semiconductor die stacked over the first semiconductor die and laterally offset from the first semiconductor die. The second semiconductor die can accordingly include an overhang portion that extends beyond a side of the first semiconductor die and faces the package substrate. In some embodiments, the second semiconductor die includes bond pads at the overhang portion that are electrically coupled to the package substrate via conductive features disposed therebetween. In certain embodiments, the first semiconductor die can include second bond pads electrically coupled to the package substrate via wire bonds.

A method for manufacturing electronic chips includes forming, on the side of a first face of a semiconductor substrate, in and on which a plurality of integrated circuits has been formed beforehand, metallizations coupling contacts of adjacent integrated circuits to one another. The method further includes forming, on the side of the first face of the substrate, first trenches extending through the first face of the substrate and laterally separating the adjacent integrated circuits. The first trenches extend through the metallizations to form at least a portion of metallizations at each of the adjacent circuits.

Apparatus and methods are provided for bond bads layout and structure of semiconductor dies. According to various aspects of the subject innovation, the provided techniques may provide a semiconductor die that may comprise an outer bond pad elongated in a first direction parallel to an edge of the semiconductor die and an inner bond pad elongated in a second direction perpendicular to the edge of the semiconductor die. The outer bond pad may have a probing area and two wire bond areas aligned in the first direction and the inner bond pad may have one probing area and one wire bond area aligned in the second direction. The outer bond pad may be positioned closer to the edge of the semiconductor die than the inner bond pad.

Embodiments provide a chip assembly and a chip. The chip assembly includes a substrate, a first chip and a second chip stacked on an upper surface of the substrate, and the first chip is arranged above the second chip. At edges of first sides of the first chip and the second chip there is provided with a first pad pair, and at edges of second sides of the first chip and the second chip there is provided with a second pad pair. The second pad pair is arranged between two adjacent functional units at an outermost side of the edge of the second side of the first chip or the second chip, and a lower edge of the second pad pair is not lower than lower edges of the two adjacent functional units.