A semiconductor device has a first semiconductor die and a modular interconnect structure adjacent to the first semiconductor die. An encapsulant is deposited over the first semiconductor die and modular interconnect structure as a reconstituted panel. An interconnect structure is formed over the first semiconductor die and modular interconnect structure. An active area of the first semiconductor die remains devoid of the interconnect structure. A second semiconductor die is mounted over the first semiconductor die with an active surface of the second semiconductor die oriented toward an active surface of the first semiconductor die. The reconstituted panel is singulated before or after mounting the second semiconductor die. The first or second semiconductor die includes a microelectromechanical system (MEMS). The second semiconductor die includes an encapsulant and an interconnect structure formed over the second semiconductor die. Alternatively, the second semiconductor die is mounted to an interposer disposed over the interconnect structure.

A electronic device includes a substrate, a first metal film, an insulating film, a second metal film, and a third metal film. The substrate has one surface. The first metal film is disposed on the one surface. The insulating film is disposed on the one surface in a state covering the first metal film. The insulating film has a contact hole exposing the first metal film. The second metal film is disposed on a portion of the first metal film exposed from the contact hole and a periphery of the contact hole. The third metal film is made of gold and disposed on the second metal film. The first metal film, the second metal film, and the third metal film are stacked as a pad portion.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for forming an integrated chip including an epitaxial layer overlying a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) substrate. The method includes bonding a MEMS substrate to a carrier substrate, the MEMS substrate includes monocrystalline silicon. An epitaxial layer is formed over the MEMS substrate, the epitaxial layer has a higher doping concentration than the MEMS substrate. A plurality of contacts are formed over the epitaxial layer, the plurality of contacts respectively form ohmic contacts with the epitaxial layer.

An inertial sensor according to the present disclosure includes a sensor element having a multilayer structure in which a first substrate, a second substrate, and a sensor substrate are stacked one on top of another. The first substrate includes a substrate body, a first interconnect, an electrode layer, and a silicon member. The first interconnect is provided inside the substrate body. The electrode layer is provided for the substrate body and electrically connected to the first interconnect. The silicon member is provided at an end of the substrate body. The silicon member has, in a cross-sectional view, a curved portion and a linear portion connected to the curved portion. The electrode layer is provided to cover the curved portion and the linear portion.

An embodiment is a MEMS device including a first MEMS die having a first cavity at a first pressure, a second MEMS die having a second cavity at a second pressure, the second pressure being different from the first pressure, and a molding material surrounding the first MEMS die and the second MEMS die, the molding material having a first surface over the first and the second MEMS dies. The device further includes a first set of electrical connectors in the molding material, each of the first set of electrical connectors coupling at least one of the first and the second MEMS dies to the first surface of the molding material, and a second set of electrical connectors over the first surface of the molding material, each of the second set of electrical connectors being coupled to at least one of the first set of electrical connectors.

A semiconductor sensor device includes a lead frame flag having a vent hole, an interposer mounted on the flag and having a vent hole in fluid communication with the vent hole of the flag, and a sensor die having an active region. The sensor die is mounted on and electrically connected to the interposer in a flip-chip manner such that the vent hole of the interposer is in fluid communication with the active region of the sensor die. Bond wires electrically connect the interposer to one or more other components of the device. A molding compound covers the sensor die, the interposer, and the bond wires. The sensor die may be a pressure-sensing (P-cell) die, and the device may also include a micro-controller unit (MCU) die and an acceleration-sensing (G-cell) die, for tire pressure monitoring applications.

Examples provided herein are associated with a molded lead frame of a sensor package. An example sensor package may include a molded lead frame that includes an opening in the molded lead frame, wherein the opening extends from a mount-side of the molded lead frame to a chip-side of the molded lead frame, wherein the chip-side of the molded lead frame is opposite the mount-side; and a sensor mounted to the chip-side of the molded lead frame.

A pressure sensor assembly includes a sensor die and a ceramic substrate. The sensor die has a first side and a second side that is opposite to the first side. The sensor die includes a silicon chip that has a diaphragm configured to be exposed to a working fluid. The sensor die includes one or more electrical sensing elements mounted on the diaphragm and configured to measure a pressure of the working fluid. The sensor die is mounted to the ceramic substrate via a solder layer that engages the ceramic substrate and the second side of the sensor die.

An apparatus includes a sensor assembly and a housing assembly. The sensor assembly may have (i) a package surrounding a sensor and (ii) a plurality of terminals integrated with the package. The housing assembly may have (i) a first cavity configured to receive the sensor assembly, (ii) a second cavity configured to receive an electrical connector, (iii) a plurality of ports in communication between the first cavity and the second cavity and (iv) a location feature configured to orient the housing assembly while the housing assembly is mounted to a structure. At least one rib may apply at least one force on the sensor assembly to hold the sensor assembly in the first cavity. The sensor may be outside a plane of the force. The terminals may extend through the ports from the first cavity to the second cavity.

The present invention is to provide an optical scanner module. An optical scanner apparatus scans laser light by oscillating a mirror with a piezoelectric element. A package that mounts the optical scanner apparatus and electrically is connected to a substrate via a connector. A package cover that is fixed to the package and seals the optical scanner apparatus so that the optical scanner apparatus is not visually recognized from an outside. The package and the package cover are bonded by a heat curing adhesive agent. A vent for releasing gas in a space where the optical scanner apparatus is sealed is formed in the package cover, and the vent is blocked by ultraviolet curing resin.