Patent classifications
B81B7/007
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first device and a second device disposed adjacent to the first device; a conductive pillar disposed adjacent to the first device or the second device; a molding surrounding the first device, the second device and the conductive pillar; and a redistribution layer (RDL) over the first device, the second device, the molding and the conductive pillar, wherein the RDL electrically connects the first device to the second device and includes an opening penetrating the RDL and exposing a sensing area over the first device.
STACKED-DIE MEMS RESONATOR
A low-profile packaging structure for a microelectromechanical-system (MEMS) resonator system includes an electrical lead having internal and external electrical contact surfaces at respective first and second heights within a cross-sectional profile of the packaging structure and a die-mounting surface at an intermediate height between the first and second heights. A resonator-control chip is mounted to the die-mounting surface of the electrical lead such that at least a portion of the resonator-control chip is disposed between the first and second heights and wire-bonded to the internal electrical contact surface of the electrical lead. A MEMS resonator chip is mounted to the resonator-control chip in a stacked die configuration and the MEMS resonator chip, resonator-control chip and internal electrical contact and die-mounting surfaces of the electrical lead are enclosed within a package enclosure that exposes the external electrical contact surface of the electrical lead at an external surface of the packaging structure.
Physical quantity sensor, physical quantity sensor device, portable electronic device, electronic device, and mobile body
A physical quantity sensor includes a substrate, a movable section displaceable in a first direction with respect to the substrate, first and second movable electrode sections provided in the movable section, a first fixed electrode section fixed to the substrate and disposed to be opposed to the first movable electrode section in the first direction, a second fixed electrode section fixed to the substrate and disposed to be opposed to the second movable electrode section in the first direction, a restricting section configured to restrict a movable range in the first direction of the movable section, a first wire provided on the substrate and electrically connected to the first fixed electrode section, and a second wire provided on the substrate and electrically connected to the second fixed electrode section. The first wire and the second wire are respectively cross the restricting section in a plan view of the substrate.
BOTTOM ELECTRODE MATERIAL STACK FOR MICROMACHINED ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER DEVICES
An ultrasonic transducer device includes a bottom electrode layer of a transducer cavity disposed over a substrate. The bottom electrode layer includes a bottom layer of a first type metal; a top layer of the first type metal; a second type metal disposed between the bottom layer and the top layer; and at least one intermediate layer of the first type metal disposed between the bottom layer and the top layer, the at least one intermediate layer configured so as to define at least two discrete layers of the second type metal.
MICROELECTRONICS PACKAGE WITH VERTICALLY STACKED MEMS DEVICE AND CONTROLLER DEVICE
The present disclosure relates to a microelectronics package with a vertically stacked structure of a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device and a controller device. The MEMS device includes a MEMS component, a MEMS through-via, and a MEMS connecting layer configured to electrically connect the MEMS component with the MEMS through-via. The controller device includes a controlling component, a controller through-via, and a controller connecting layer configured to electrically connect the controlling component with the controller through-via. The controller through-via is in contact with the MEMS through-via, such that the controlling component in the controller device is configured to control the MEMS component in the MEMS device.
ON-CHIP SIGNAL PATH WITH ELECTRICAL AND PHYSICAL CONNECTION
An exemplary microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device comprises a plurality of stacked layers, including at least one layer that includes micromechanical components that respond to a force to be measured. Two of the layers may include respective first and second external electrical connection points. A plurality of conductive paths may be disposed in a continuous manner over an external surface of each of the plurality of layers between the first and second external electrical connection points.
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING A MICROELECTROMECHANICAL STRUCTURE AND AN ASSOCIATED INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT
An integrated semiconductor device includes: a MEMS structure; an ASIC electronic circuit; and conductive interconnection structures electrically coupling the MEMS structure to the ASIC electronic circuit. The MEMS structure and the ASIC electronic circuit are integrated starting from a same substrate including semiconductor material; wherein the MEMS structure is formed at a first surface of the substrate, and the ASIC electronic circuit is formed at a second surface of the substrate, vertically opposite to the first surface in a direction transverse to a horizontal plane of extension of the first surface and of the second surface.
SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED DEVICE WITH ELECTRICAL CONTACTS BETWEEN STACKED DIES AND CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING PROCESS
An integrated device includes: a first die; a second die coupled in a stacked way on the first die along a vertical axis; a coupling region arranged between facing surfaces of the first die and of the second die, which face one another along the vertical axis and lie in a horizontal plane orthogonal to the vertical axis, for mechanical coupling of the first and second dies; electrical-contact elements carried by the facing surfaces of the first and second dies, aligned in pairs along the vertical axis; and conductive regions arranged between the pairs of electrical-contact elements carried by the facing surfaces of the first and second dies, for their electrical coupling. Supporting elements are arranged at the facing surface of at least one of the first and second dies and elastically support respective electrical-contact elements.
Integrating diverse sensors in a single semiconductor device
In some embodiments a method of manufacturing a sensor system can comprise forming a first structure having a substrate layer and a first sensor that is positioned on a first side of the substrate layer, bonding a cap structure over the first sensor on the first side of the substrate layer, and depositing a first dielectric layer over the cap structure. After bonding the cap structure and depositing the first dielectric layer, a second sensor is fabricated on the first dielectric layer. The second sensor includes material that would be adversely affected at a temperature that is used to bond the cap structure to the first side of the substrate layer.
Methods and apparatuses for packaging an ultrasound-on-a-chip
Described herein are methods and apparatuses for packaging an ultrasound-on-a-chip. An ultrasound-on-a-chip may be coupled to a redistribution layer and to an interposer layer. Encapsulation may encapsulate the ultrasound-on-a-chip device and first metal pillars may extend through the encapsulation and electrically couple to the redistribution layer. Second metal pillars may extend through the interposer layer. The interposer layer may include aluminum nitride. The first metal pillars may be electrically coupled to the second metal pillars. A printed circuit board may be coupled to the interposer layer.