There is provided a computer structure comprising a first silicon substrate and a second silicon substrate. Computer circuitry configured to perform computing operations is formed in the first silicon substrate, which has a self-supporting depth and an inner facing surface. A plurality of distributed capacitance units are formed in the second silicon substrate, which has an inner facing surface located in overlap with the inner facing surface of the first substrate and is connected to the first substrate via a set of connectors arranged extending depthwise of the structure between the inner facing surfaces. The inner facing surfaces have matching planar surface dimensions. The second substrate has an outer facing surface on which are arranged a plurality of connector terminals for connecting the computer structure to a supply voltage. The second substrate has a smaller depth than the first substrate.

A method of forming a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor with copper top and bottom plates may begin with a copper interconnect layer (e.g., Cu MTOP) including a copper structure defining the capacitor bottom plate. A passivation region is formed over the bottom plate, and a wide top plate opening is etched in the passivation region, to expose the bottom plate. A dielectric layer is deposited into the top plate opening and onto the exposed bottom plate. Narrow via opening(s) are then etched in the passivation region. The wide top plate opening and narrow via opening(s) are concurrently filled with copper to define a copper top plate and copper via(s) in contact with the bottom plate. A first aluminum bond pad is formed on the copper top plate, and a second aluminum bond pad is formed in contact with the copper via(s) to provide a conductive coupling to the bottom plate.

According to a first aspect, there is provided a computer structure comprising a first silicon substrate and a second silicon substrate. Computer circuitry configured to perform computing operations is formed in the first silicon substrate, which has a self-supporting depth and an inner facing surface. A plurality of distributed capacitance units are formed in the second silicon substrate, which has an inner facing surface located in overlap with the inner facing surface of the first substrate and is connected to the first substrate via a set of connectors arranged extending depthwise of the structure between the inner facing surfaces. The inner facing surfaces have matching planar surface dimensions. The second substrate has an outer facing surface on which are arranged a plurality of connector terminals for connecting the computer structure to a supply voltage. The second substrate has a smaller depth than the first substrate.

A semiconductor device which prevents a crack from occurring on a pad region is provided. The semiconductor device includes a lower pad, an upper pad which is formed above the lower pad, an insulation layer which is formed between the lower pad and the upper pad, a via net for electrically connecting the lower pad and the upper pad in the insulation layer, the via net having a net shape in which a unit grid is connected with its adjacent unit grids to form a net structure, and at least one via hole for electrically connecting the lower pad and the upper pad in the unit grid of the via net.

An integrated circuit has thermoelectric cooling devices integrated into bondpads. A method for operating the integrated circuit includes turning a thermal switch to a thermoelectric cooler operate position when the integrated circuit is powered up, turning the thermal switch to a thermoelectric cooler operate position to allow the thermoelectric cooler to operate when the integrated circuit powers down, and turning the thermal switch to a thermoelectric cooler off position when a predetermined integrated circuit chip temperature is reached.

A semiconductor package includes a substrate, a first insulation layer, a conductive pad, a second insulation layer and a conductive trace. The first insulation layer is formed on the substrate and having a first through hole. The conductive pad is formed on the substrate through the first through hole. The second insulation layer has a first surface and a second through hole, wherein the second through hole extends to the conductive pad from the first surface. The conductive trace has a second surface and is connected to the conductive pad through the second through hole. The entire of the first surface is in the same level, and the entire of the second surface is in the same level.

A semiconductor package includes: a first semiconductor device including a first pad and a first metal bump structure on the first pad; and a second semiconductor device on the first semiconductor device, and including a third pad and a second metal bump structure on the third pad, wherein the first and second metal bump structures are bonded to each other to electrically connect the first and second semiconductor devices to each other. Each of the first and second metal bumps structures includes first to third metal patterns. The first to third metal patterns of the first metal bump structure are on the first pad. The first to third metal patterns of the second metal bump structure are on the third pad. The first and third metal patterns include a first metal having a first coefficient of thermal expansion less than that of a second metal of the second metal pattern.

A semiconductor package includes a substrate, a first insulation layer, a conductive pad, a second insulation layer and a conductive trace. The first insulation layer is formed on the substrate and having a first through hole. The conductive pad is formed on the substrate through the first through hole. The second insulation layer has a first surface and a second through hole, wherein the second through hole extends to the conductive pad from the first surface. The conductive trace has a second surface and is connected to the conductive pad through the second through hole. The entire of the first surface is in the same level, and the entire of the second surface is in the same level.

A power overlay (POL) structure includes a power device having at least one upper contact pad disposed on an upper surface of the power device, and a POL interconnect layer having a dielectric layer coupled to the upper surface of the power device and a metallization layer having metal interconnects extending through vias formed through the dielectric layer and electrically coupled to the at least one upper contact pad of the power device. The POL structure also includes at least one copper wirebond directly coupled to the metallization layer.

Some embodiments include methods of forming interconnects through semiconductor substrates. An opening may be formed to extend partway through a semiconductor substrate, and part of an interconnect may be formed within the opening. Another opening may be formed to extend from a second side of the substrate to the first part of the interconnect, and another part of the interconnect may be formed within such opening. Some embodiments include semiconductor constructions having a first part of a through-substrate interconnect extending partially through a semiconductor substrate from a first side of the substrate; and having a second part of the through-substrate interconnect extending from a second side of the substrate and having multiple separate electrically conductive fingers that all extend to the first part of the interconnect.