According to one embodiment, there is provided a semiconductor device including a support, multiple first chips, a first sealing portion, a second chip, multiple first terminals and a second terminal. The multiple first chips are stacked on the support. The first sealing portion seals multiple first chips and has a recessed portion including a bottom surface separated from multiple first chips on a surface opposite to the support. The second chip is disposed in the recessed portion and has a function different from a function of the first chips. The multiple first terminals correspond to multiple first chips, each of multiple first terminals extending in a stacking direction from a surface of the first chip opposite to the support and penetrating the first sealing portion. The second terminal is disposed on a surface of the second chip opposite to the support.

A package substrate and method of manufacturing a package substrate and a semiconductor device package are provided. The package substrate includes a circuit layer, an optically-cured dielectric layer, a plurality of block layers and a sacrificial layer. The circuit layer includes a plurality of conductive pads. The optically-cured dielectric layer has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface. The optically-cured dielectric layer covers the circuit layer, and first surfaces of the conductive pads are at least partially exposed from the upper surface of the optically-cured dielectric layer. The block layers are respectively disposed on the first surfaces of the conductive pads exposed by the optically-cured dielectric layer. The sacrificial layer is disposed on the optically-cured dielectric layer and covering the block layers.

A semiconductor package includes a circuit board including a wiring structure, first and second semiconductor chips disposed on the circuit board and connected to the wiring structure, a dummy chip disposed on the circuit board and positioned between the first and second semiconductor chips, and a molded member disposed on the circuit board and surrounding the first and second semiconductor chips and the dummy chip. The dummy chip may include a rounded edge between an upper surface and a side surface.

A semiconductor package includes a substrate including a redistribution layer, a chip structure including a first semiconductor chip disposed on the substrate and including a first through-electrode, a second semiconductor chip disposed on the first semiconductor chip and electrically connected to the first semiconductor chip by the first through-electrode, and a first encapsulant at least partially surrounding the second semiconductor chip. A first connection bump disposed between the substrate and the chip structure and electrically connects the first through-electrode to the redistribution layer, a second connection bump disposed below the substrate and electrically connects to the redistribution layer, and a second encapsulant e the chip structure on the substrate. The first semiconductor chip is connected to and faces the second semiconductor chip.

A semiconductor package includes a lower redistribution structure including a wiring layer, and a via connected to the wiring layer; a semiconductor chip on the lower redistribution structure; wiring patterns disposed on the lower redistribution structure and extending in a horizontal direction, the wiring patterns including a first wiring pattern; metal patterns on the wiring patterns, the metal patterns including a first connection pillar and a first dummy pillar disposed on the first wiring pattern; an encapsulant on the lower redistribution structure, the semiconductor chip, the wiring patterns, and the metal patterns; and an upper redistribution structure on the encapsulant. The first connection pillar is directly connected to the upper redistribution structure.

A semiconductor package including a lower substrate, a lower semiconductor chip mounted on the lower substrate, a lower mold layer on the lower substrate and enclosing the lower semiconductor chip, a redistribution layer on the lower mold layer, and a vertical connection terminal around the lower semiconductor chip and connecting the lower substrate to the redistribution layer may be provided. The lower semiconductor chip may include a cognition mark at a top surface thereof. The cognition mark may include a marking pattern having an intaglio shape at the top surface of the lower semiconductor chip, and a molding pattern filling an inner space of the marking pattern. A first material constituting the molding pattern may be the same as a second material constituting the lower mold layer.

Embodiments described herein provide techniques for forming a solder mask having a repeating pattern of features formed therein. The repeating pattern of features can be conceptually understood as a plurality of groove structures formed in the solder mask. The solder mask can be included in a semiconductor package that comprises the solder mask over a substrate and a molding compound over the solder mask that conforms to the repeating pattern of features. Several advantages are attributable to embodiments of the solder mask described herein. One advantage is that the repeating pattern of features formed in the solder mask increase the contact area between the solder mask and the molding compound. Increasing the contact area can assist with increasing adherence and conformance of the molding compound to the solder mask. This increased adherence and conformance assists with minimizing or eliminating interfacial delamination.

Embodiments described herein provide an anisotropic conductive film (ACF) positioned on a semiconductor package and techniques of using the ACF to test semiconductor devices positioned in or on the semiconductor package. In one example, a semiconductor package comprises: a die stack comprising one or more dies; a molding compound encapsulating the die stack; a substrate on the molding compound; a contact pad on a surface of the substrate and coupled to the die stack; a test pad on the surface of the substrate; a conductive path between the contact pad and the test pad, where an electrical break is positioned along the conductive path; and an ACF over the electrical break. Compressing the ACF by a test pin creates an electrical path that replaces the electrical break. Data can be acquired by test pin and provided to a test apparatus, which determines whether the dies in the die stack are operating properly.

A semiconductor package is configured to include a package substrate, a semiconductor chip disposed on the package substrate, and bonding wires. The package substrate includes a first column of bond fingers disposed in a first layer and a second column of bond fingers disposed in a second layer. The semiconductor chip includes a first column of chip pads arrayed in a first column and a second column of chip pads arrayed in a second column adjacent to the first column. The first column of chip pads are connected to the first column of bond fingers, respectively, through first bonding wires, and the second column of chip pads are connected to the second column of bond fingers, respectively, through second bonding wires.

A package carrier including a multi-layer circuit substrate and a silicon wafer is provided. The multi-layer circuit substrate has a first opening and a second opening communicating with each other. A first diameter and a first depth of the first opening are respectively greater than a second diameter and a second depth of the second opening. The silicon wafer is embedded in the first opening of the multi-layer circuit substrate. The silicon wafer has an active surface and includes a connecting circuit layer. The connecting circuit layer is disposed on the active surface and electrically connected to the multi-layer circuit substrate. The second opening of the multi-layer circuit substrate exposes part of the connecting circuit layer.