Representative implementations of techniques and devices are used to reduce or prevent conductive material diffusion into insulating or dielectric material of bonded substrates. Misaligned conductive structures can come into direct contact with a dielectric portion of the substrates due to overlap, especially while employing direct bonding techniques. A barrier interface that can inhibit the diffusion is disposed generally between the conductive material and the dielectric at the overlap.

A package structure includes a base material, at least one electronic device, at least one encapsulant and a plurality of dummy pillars. The electronic device is electrically connected to the base material. The encapsulant covers the electronic device. The dummy pillars are embedded in the encapsulant. At least two of the dummy pillars have different heights.

Disclosed are semiconductor packages and methods of fabricating the same. The semiconductor package includes a redistribution substrate that includes a chip region and an edge region around the chip region, and a semiconductor chip on the chip region of the redistribution substrate. The redistribution substrate includes a plurality of dielectric layers that are vertically stacked, a plurality of redistribution patterns on the chip region and in each of the dielectric layers, and a redistribution test pattern on the edge region and at a level the same as a level of at least one of the redistribution patterns.

A semiconductor package includes a first structure having a first insulating layer and a first bonding pad penetrating the first insulating layer, and a second structure on the first structure and having a second insulating layer bonded to the first insulating layer, a bonding pad structure penetrating the second insulating layer and bonded to the first bonding pad, and a test pad structure penetrating the second insulating layer and including a test pad in an opening penetrating the second insulating layer and having a protrusion with a flat surface, and a bonding layer filling the opening and covering the test pad and the flat surface, the protrusion of the test pad extending from a surface in contact with the bonding layer, and the flat surface of the protrusion being within the opening and spaced apart from an interface between the bonding layer and the first insulating layer.

A package structure includes a circuit substrate, a semiconductor package, a thermal interface material, a lid structure and a heat dissipation structure. The semiconductor package is disposed on and electrically connected to the circuit substrate. The thermal interface material is disposed on the semiconductor package. The lid structure is disposed on the circuit substrate and surrounding the semiconductor package, wherein the lid structure comprises a supporting part that is partially covering and in physical contact with the thermal interface material. The heat dissipation structure is disposed on the lid structure and in physical contact with the supporting part of the lid structure.

A system includes a semiconductor substrate having a first cavity. The semiconductor substrate forms a pedestal adjacent the first cavity. A device overlays the pedestal and is bonded to the semiconductor substrate by metal within the first cavity. A plurality of second cavities are formed in a surface of the pedestal beneath the device, wherein the second cavities are smaller than the first cavity. In some of these teachings, the second cavities are voids. In some of these teachings, the metal in the first cavity comprises a eutectic mixture. The structure relates to a method of manufacturing in which a layer providing a mask to etch the first cavity is segmented to enable easy removal of the mask-providing layer from the area over the pedestal.

A package structure including a circuit board and a heat generating element is provided. The circuit board includes a plurality of circuit layers and a composite material layer. A thermal conductivity of the composite material layer is between 450 W/mK and 700 W/mK. The heat generating element is disposed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the circuit layers. Heat generated by the heat generating element is transmitted to an external environment through the composite material layer.

Apparatus and methods are disclosed. In one example, a semiconductor package includes a first die that has a first surface and a first electrical lead at or near the first surface. The semiconductor package also includes a substrate that has a second surface and is coupled to the first die at a first interface. The substrate also includes a first electrode at or near the second surface and at least a first portion of an integrated passive device that is coupled to the first electrode. The first electrode is aligned with and coupled to the first electrical lead across the first interface.

A device structure includes a first interconnect layer, a second interconnect layer, a device layer including a comprising a plurality of devices, where the device layer is between the first interconnect layer and the second interconnect layer. The device structure further includes a dielectric layer adjacent the second interconnect layer, where the dielectric layer includes one or more of metallic dopants or a plurality of metal structures, wherein the plurality of metal structures is electrically isolated from interconnect structures but in contact with a dielectric material of the second interconnect layer, and where the individual ones of the plurality of metal structures is above a region including at least some of the plurality of devices. The device structure further includes a substrate adjacent to the dielectric layer and a heat sink coupled with the substrate.

A display module includes a first substrate; a plurality of micro-pixel packages provided on an upper surface of the first substrate and including a plurality of pixels arranged in two dimensions; a plurality of micro-pixel controllers provided on the upper surface of the first substrate and configured to control the plurality of micro-pixel packages; and a driver integrated chip (IC) configured to transmit a driving signal to the plurality of micro-pixel controllers, wherein upper ends of the plurality of micro-pixel packages are positioned higher than upper ends of the plurality of micro-pixel controllers with respect to the upper surface of the first substrate.