Methods for substrate processing include attaching a plurality of dies to a first carrier, wherein each die has a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the first side is attached to the first carrier and wherein the plurality of dies are spaced horizontally from one another on the first carrier; filling spaces between the plurality of dies and covering the second sides of the plurality of dies with a dielectric or metal; grinding or polishing the dielectric or metal covering the second sides and grinding or polishing the second sides until the second sides are exposed and the plurality of dies have a substantially uniform thickness; and after grinding or polishing, dishing die faces of the plurality of dies to a desired dishing profile.

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package may include: preparing a semiconductor wafer including rear pads and a rear insulating layer surrounding the rear pads, the rear insulating layer including first recesses spaced apart from the rear pads in a first lateral direction; preparing second semiconductor chips including front pads and a front insulating layer surrounding the front pads, the front insulating layer including second recesses spaced apart from the front pads in the first lateral direction; forming an air gap between the first recesses and the second recesses in a vertical direction by disposing the second semiconductor chips on the semiconductor wafer, the rear pads contacting the front pads; and bonding the rear insulating layer and the front insulating layer to each other and bonding the rear pads and the front pads to each other by performing a thermal compression process.

A semiconductor device assembly can include a first semiconductor device comprising CMOS circuitry at a first active surface and a second semiconductor device having a footprint smaller than that of the first semiconductor device and including memory array circuitry at a second active surface hybrid-bonded to the first active surface. The assembly can further include a gapfill material directly contacting the first active surface of the first semiconductor device and having an upper surface coplanar with a back surface of the second semiconductor device, and a metallization layer disposed over the second semiconductor device and the gapfill material. The metallization layer can include conductive structures operably coupled to the second semiconductor device through back-side contacts of the second semiconductor device. The assembly can further include a plurality of bond pads disposed at an upper surface of the metallization layer and coupled to the conductive structures of the metallization layer.

This document discloses techniques, apparatuses, and systems relating to a package substrate for a semiconductor device. A semiconductor device assembly is described that includes a packaged semiconductor device having one or more semiconductor dies coupled to a package-level substrate. The package-level substrate has a first surface at which first contact pads are disposed in a first configuration. The packaged semiconductor device is coupled with an additional package-level substrate that includes a second surface having second contact pads disposed in the first configuration and a third surface having third contact pads disposed in a second configuration different from the first configuration. The additional package-level substrate includes circuitry coupling the second contact pads the third contact pads to provide connectivity at the third contact pads. In doing so, an adaptively compatible semiconductor device may be assembled.

A semiconductor device has a semiconductor wafer or substrate including a plurality of semiconductor die. A plurality of first bumps is formed over an active surface of the semiconductor wafer. A plurality of second bumps is formed within a saw street of the semiconductor wafer separating the plurality of semiconductor die. A top surface of the first bumps is coplanar with a top surface of the second bumps. The second bumps are formed within a first saw street of the semiconductor wafer and further within a second saw street of the semiconductor wafer different from the first saw street. The first bumps are electrically connected to the semiconductor die to provide a function for the semiconductor die. The second bumps are dummy bumps that have no electrical function for the semiconductor die. The semiconductor wafer is singulated through the saw street and second bumps.

A semiconductor package includes a die stack including a first semiconductor die having a first interconnect structure, and a second semiconductor die having a second interconnect structure direct bonding to the first interconnect structure of the first semiconductor die. The second interconnect structure includes connecting pads disposed in a peripheral region around the first semiconductor die. First connecting elements are disposed on the connecting pads, respectively. A substrate includes second connecting elements on a mounting surface of the substrate. The first connecting elements are electrically connected to the second connecting elements through an anisotropic conductive structure.

A method of manufacturing a display device includes forming a thin film transistor layer in an active area of a substrate, forming a metal layer on an edge area of the substrate, transferring first coating patterns to the edge area, the first coating patterns covering a portion of the metal layer corresponding to shapes of side surface lines, etching the metal layer to form the side surface lines, an upper surface of each of the side surface lines being covered by the first coating patterns, transferring a second coating pattern to the edge area, the second coating pattern covering a side surface of each of the side surface lines and the first coating patterns, and transferring light emitting elements to the thin film transistor layer. The second coating pattern includes openings corresponding to the first coating patterns in a plan view.

A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes: a first semiconductor element; a first insulating resin that seals the first semiconductor element; a wiring substrate having a pad; a first wiring that extends from the first semiconductor element toward the wiring substrate, and has a first head portion and a first column portion, the first column portion connected to the first semiconductor element and the first head portion exposed on a surface of the first insulating resin; and a first conductive bonding agent that electrically connects the first head portion of the first wiring and the pad. When a surface of the first head portion facing a side of the first insulating resin is defined as a first surface. A surface of the first insulating resin on a side of the wiring substrate is defined as a second surface. A distance from a surface of the wiring substrate on a side of the first insulating resin to the first surface is defined as a first distance, and a distance from a surface of the wiring substrate on the side of the first insulating resin to the second surface is defined as a second distance. The first distance is shorter than the second distance.

Embodiments of the invention include molded modules and methods for forming molded modules. According to an embodiment the molded modules may be integrated into an electrical package. Electrical packages according to embodiments of the invention may include a die with a redistribution layer formed on at least one surface. The molded module may be mounted to the die. According to an embodiment, the molded module may include a mold layer and a plurality of components encapsulated within the mold layer. Terminals from each of the components may be substantially coplanar with a surface of the mold layer in order to allow the terminals to be electrically coupled to the redistribution layer on the die. Additional embodiments of the invention may include one or more through mold vias formed in the mold layer to provide power delivery and/or one or more faraday cages around components.

A semiconductor package may include a substrate including a plurality of vias and a chip stack on the substrate. The chip stack may include a plurality of semiconductor chips, wherein a first semiconductor chip is a lowermost one of the plurality of semiconductor chips in the chip stack, chip pads of the first semiconductor and substrate pads of the substrate are bonded to each other, and the chip pads and the substrate pads are integrally formed of the same metal material, the first semiconductor chip includes a corner region adjacent to a corner of the first semiconductor chip, and a center region excluding the corner region, the substrate includes a trench on an upper surface of the substrate, and the trench extends along a boundary between the corner region and the center region of the first semiconductor chip.