A printed circuit board (PCB) includes an insulating layer with an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface; a first conductive pattern on the upper surface of the insulating layer; a second conductive pattern on the lower surface of the insulating layer; an aluminum pattern that covers at least a portion of an upper surface of the first conductive pattern; and a first passivation layer that covers at least a portion of sides of the first conductive pattern and that prevents diffusion into the first conductive pattern.

A semiconductor device according to the present embodiment includes a circuit board comprising a plurality of electrodes provided on a first surface, a first resin layer provided on the first surface around the electrodes, and a second resin layer provided on the first resin layer. A first semiconductor chip is connected to a first one of the electrodes. A second semiconductor chip is provided above the first semiconductor chip, being larger than the first semiconductor chip, and is connected to a second one of the electrodes via a metal wire. A third resin layer is provided between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip and between the second resin layer and the second semiconductor chip, and covers the first semiconductor chip.

A semiconductor package includes a first sub-semiconductor package, an interposer substrate, and a second sub-semiconductor package that are sequentially stacked. The first sub-semiconductor package includes a first package substrate, a first semiconductor device, and a first mold member that are sequentially stacked, and the interposer substrate includes at least one hole. The first mold member includes: a mold main portion which covers the first semiconductor device; a mold connecting portion extended from the mold main portion and inserted into the at least one hole; and a mold protruding portion extended from the mold connecting portion to cover a top surface of the interposer substrate outside the at least one hole. The mold main portion, the mold connecting portion, and the mold protruding portion constitute a single object.

PoP devices and methods of forming the same are disclosed. A PoP device includes a first package structure and a second package structure. The first package structure includes a first chip, and a plurality of active through integrated fan-out vias and a plurality of dummy through integrated fan-out vias aside the first chip. The second package structure includes a plurality active bumps bonded to the plurality of active through integrated fan-out vias, and a plurality of dummy bumps bonded to the plurality of dummy through integrated fan-out vias. Besides, a total number of the active through integrated fan-out vias and the dummy through integrated fan-out vias at a first side of the first chip is substantially the same as a total number of the active through integrated fan-out vias and the dummy through integrated fan-out vias at a second side of the first chip.

A semiconductor package includes a frame having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a through-hole, a first semiconductor chip in the through-hole of the frame, a second semiconductor chip on the frame, a first connection structure on the first surface of the frame and including a first redistribution structure electrically connected to the first semiconductor chip and having a third surface contacting the first surface of the frame, the first redistribution structure including a first redistribution layer and a first redistribution via, a first pad on a center portion of a fourth surface of the first redistribution structure opposite the third surface, a second pad on an edge portion of the fourth surface, a second connection structure on the second surface and comprising a second redistribution structure electrically connected to the second semiconductor chip and including a second redistribution layer and a second redistribution via, and an electrical connection metal on the first pad on the fourth surface, wherein the electrical connection metal is not on the second pad.

The reliability of a semiconductor device is improved. During resin injection in a molding step, in a plan view, a plurality of gates of a molding die are arranged at positions different from those over extended lines of a plurality of dicing regions and a resin is injected from the gates. In this way, it becomes possible to reduce entrainment of air in the dicing regions and to lower an occurrence rate of voids. As a consequence, it becomes possible to suppress an occurrence of poor appearance such as formation of voids in a sealing body and to suppress formation of a starting point of a crack which may occur during a reflow process. Thus, the reliability of the semiconductor device can be improved.

A semiconductor package includes a base substrate that includes a first surface and a second surface that face each other, a plurality of first metal line patterns disposed on the first surface, a plurality of second metal line patterns disposed on the second surface, a plurality of vias that penetrate the base substrate and connect the first metal line patterns to the second metal line patterns, a semiconductor chip disposed on the first surface, and a molding member that covers the first surface and the semiconductor chip. The base substrate includes at least one recess at a corner of the base substrate. The recess extends from the first surface toward the second surface. The molding member includes a protrusion that fills the recess.

An electronic part includes a substrate, an insulating film formed over the substrate, a first pillar electrode, a first solder formed over the first pillar electrode, a second pillar electrode, and a second solder formed over the second pillar electrode. The first pillar electrode over which the first solder is formed is formed over a first region of an insulating film including a level difference between a first opening portion and a peripheral portion of the first opening portion. The second pillar electrode over which the second solder is formed is formed over a second region of the insulating film including a second opening portion whose opening area is larger than that of the first opening portion. For example, the second pillar electrode over which the second solder is formed is formed over the second opening portion of the insulating film.

A component package and a method of forming are provided. A first component package may include a first semiconductor device having a pair of interposers attached thereto on opposing sides of the first semiconductor device. Each interposer may include conductive traces formed therein to provide electrical coupling to conductive features formed on the surfaces of the respective interposers. A plurality of through vias may provide for electrically connecting the interposers to one another. A first interposer may provide for electrical connections to a printed circuit board or subsequent semiconductor device. A second interposer may provide for electrical connections to a second semiconductor device and a second component package. The first and second component packages may be combined to form a Package-on-Package (“PoP”) structure.

According to the present invention, a semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first layer formed over the first surface, a second layer thicker than the first layer formed over the first portion of the first layer, the first and second layers being formed of a same material, a first semiconductor chip mounted over a second portion of the first layer; and a second semiconductor chip commonly mounted over the first semiconductor chip and the second layer.