Apparatuses, systems and methods associated with integrated circuit (IC) package design are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an IC package may include a first die and a second die. The IC package may include a spacer located between the first die and the second die, the spacer includes glass, and a molding compound that at least partially encompasses the first die, the second die, and the spacer. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

An adhesive film includes a porous metal layer having a plurality of pores therein, a first adhesive layer on one side of the porous metal layer, an adhesive substance at least partially filling the pores of the porous metal layer, and a plurality of first thermal conductive members distributed in the first adhesive layer.

A method for evaluating pickup property of a dicing/die-bonding integrated film including a base layer, an adhesive, and a bonding adhesive layer in order, the method including preparing a laminate including the dicing/die-bonding integrated film and a wafer having a thickness of 10 to 100 μm laminated on the bonding adhesive layer, singulating the wafer into a plurality of chips having an area of 9 mm.sup.2 or less, pushing a center portion of the chip from a side of the base layer, and measuring a peeling strength when an edge of the chip is peeled off from the adhesive layer.

A method for evaluating pickup property of a dicing/die-bonding integrated film including a base layer, an adhesive, and a bonding adhesive layer in order, the method including preparing a laminate including the dicing/die-bonding integrated film and a wafer having a thickness of 10 to 100 μm laminated on the bonding adhesive layer, singulating the wafer into a plurality of chips having an area of 9 mm.sup.2 or less, pushing a center portion of the chip from a side of the base layer, and measuring a peeling strength when an edge of the chip is peeled off from the adhesive layer.

A printed circuit board assembly of an implantable medical device comprises a printed circuit board and a sensor device that is arranged at the printed circuit board and joined to the printed circuit board by way of an adhesive layer. It is provided in the process that the adhesive layer is formed of an adhesive compound in which glass spheres are embedded. In this way, a printed circuit board assembly is provided which, in a simple, inexpensive manner, allows a sensor device to be joined to a printed circuit board for installation in a medical device, with advantageous mechanical decoupling and improved process reliability.

An embodiment related to a method for forming a device is disclosed. The method includes providing a package substrate having a first die attach pad (DAP) and a first bond pad, forming a first conductive die-substrate bonding layer on the first DAP, and attaching a first major surface of a first die to the first DAP. The first die includes a first die contact pad on a second major surface of the first die. A first conductive clip-die bonding layer with spacers is formed on the first die contact pad of the first die. A first conductive clip-substrate bonding layer is formed on the first bond pad of the package substrate. The method also includes attaching a first clip bond to the first die and the first bond pad. The first clip bond includes a first horizontal planar portion attached to the first die over the first die contact pad and a second vertical portion attached to the first bond pad.

An embodiment related to a method for forming a device is disclosed. The method includes providing a package substrate having a first die attach pad (DAP) and a first bond pad, forming a first conductive die-substrate bonding layer on the first DAP, and attaching a first major surface of a first die to the first DAP. The first die includes a first die contact pad on a second major surface of the first die. A first conductive clip-die bonding layer with spacers is formed on the first die contact pad of the first die. A first conductive clip-substrate bonding layer is formed on the first bond pad of the package substrate. The method also includes attaching a first clip bond to the first die and the first bond pad. The first clip bond includes a first horizontal planar portion attached to the first die over the first die contact pad and a second vertical portion attached to the first bond pad.

Apparatuses, systems and methods associated with integrated circuit (IC) package design are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an IC package may include a first die and a second die. The IC package may include a spacer located between the first die and the second die, the spacer includes glass , and a molding compound that at least partially encompasses the first die, the second die, and the spacer. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

A method of forming a semiconductor device includes applying an adhesive material in a first region of an upper surface of a substrate, where applying the adhesive material includes: applying a first adhesive material at first locations of the first region; and applying a second adhesive material at second locations of the first region, the second adhesive material having a different material composition from the first adhesive material. The method further includes attaching a ring to the upper surface of the substrate using the adhesive material applied on the upper surface of the substrate, where the adhesive material is between the ring and the substrate after the ring is attached.

An alignment mark at a position that overlaps an area in which an anisotropic conductive film is pasted, and to accurately perform alignment using an image captured by a camera. An alignment method in which an electronic component is mounted on the obverse surface of a transparent substrate with a conductive adhesive agent interposed therebetween, a substrate-side alignment mark and a component-side alignment mark are adjusted from the captured image, and the position at which the electronic component is mounted on the transparent substrate is aligned, wherein in the conductive adhesive agent, conductive particles are in a regular arrangement as viewed from a planar perspective, and in the captured image, the outside edges of the alignment marks exposed between the conductive particles are intermittently visible as line segments (S) along the imaginary line segments of the outside edges of the alignment mark.