In a described example, an apparatus includes: a metal leadframe including a dielectric die support formed in a central portion of the leadframe, and having metal leads extending from the central portion, portions of the metal leads extending into the central portion contacted by the dielectric die support; die attach material over the dielectric die support; a semiconductor die mounted to the dielectric die support by the die attach material, the semiconductor die having bond pads on a device side surface facing away from the dielectric die support; electrical connections extending from the bond pads to metal leads of the leadframe; and mold compound covering the semiconductor die, the electrical connections, the dielectric die support, and portions of the metal leads, the mold compound forming a package body.

An electronic device includes a multilevel package substrate with a horizontal substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) with a channel, a vertical SIW with an opening, a grounded coplanar waveguide (GCPW), a first transition between the horizontal SIW and the GCPW, and a second transition between the horizontal and vertical SIWs, as well as a semiconductor die having conductive structures coupled to a signal trace and a ground trace of the GCPW, and a package structure that encloses the semiconductor die and a portion of the multilevel package substrate.

A semiconductor package includes: a first redistribution structure including at least one first redistribution layer and at least one first insulating layer; a first semiconductor chip electrically connected to the at least one first redistribution layer and disposed on a first surface of the first redistribution structure; a second semiconductor chip disposed on an upper surface of the first semiconductor chip; a first encapsulant disposed on a second surface of the first redistribution structure opposite the first surface of the first redistribution layer; first conductive posts electrically connected to the first semiconductor chip and penetrating the first encapsulant; and under bump metallurgy (UBM) structures disposed on a lower surface of the first encapsulant, wherein at least a portion of the UBM structures overlap at least a portion of the first conductive posts in a penetration direction of the first conductive posts and are connected to the first conductive posts.

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for fabricating semiconductor packages, and more particularly, for forming features in semiconductor packages by laser ablation. In one embodiment, the laser systems and methods described herein can be utilized to pattern a substrate to be utilized as a package frame for a semiconductor package having one or more interconnections formed therethrough and/or one or more semiconductor dies disposed therein. The laser systems described herein can produce tunable laser beams for forming features in a substrate or other package structure. Specifically, frequency, pulse width, pulse shape, and pulse energy of laser beams are tunable based on desired sizes of patterned features and on the material in which the patterned features are formed. The adjustability of the laser beams enables rapid and accurate formation of features in semiconductor substrates and packages with controlled depth and topography.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a sealing member, and a rewiring layer. The rewiring layer includes an insulating layer covering a front surface of the semiconductor element and a part of the sealing member, an electrode connected to the semiconductor element, and an externally-exposed layer being conductive and covering a portion of the electrode exposed from the insulating layer.

A semiconductor device includes a plurality of semiconductor modules. Each of the plurality of semiconductor modules includes: a base plate having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being exposed to the outside of the semiconductor module, the second surface being on a side opposite to the first surface; an insulated substrate with a circuit pattern provided thereon; a semiconductor chip bonded to the circuit pattern; a sealer that seals the insulated substrate and the semiconductor chip; and a first main electrode and a second main electrode drawn out of the sealer in a direction opposite to a direction from the sealer toward the base plate. The semiconductor module has a planar shape with four corners, and has a rotationally symmetric shape.

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.

A chiplet hub for interconnecting a series of connected chiplets and internal resources. An HBM is mounted on top of the chiplet hub to provide multiple party access to the HBM and to save System in Package (SIP) area. The chiplet hub can form system instances to combine connected chiplets and internal resources, with the system instances being isolated. One type of system instance is a private memory system instance with private memory gathered from multiple different memory devices. The chiplet hubs can be interconnected to form a clustered chiplet hub to provide for a larger number of chiplet connections and more complex system. A DMA controller can receive DMA service requests from devices other than a system hosted, including in cases where the chiplet hub is non-hosted.

A semiconductor package structure and a method for preparing the same are provided. The semiconductor package structure includes: a substrate; a first semiconductor chip located on the substrate, the first semiconductor chip having a first surface that is bare and the first surface having a silicon-containing surface; second semiconductor chip structures located on the first surface of the first semiconductor chip, the second semiconductor chip structures having second surfaces opposite to the first surface; a first package compound structure having a joint surface, the joint surface covering at least the first surface of the first semiconductor chip and the second surfaces of the second semiconductor chip structures. The joint surface has a silicon-containing surface.

A module arrangement for power semiconductor devices, includes two or more heat spreading layers with a first surface and a second surface being arranged opposite to the first surface. At least two or more power semiconductor devices are arranged on the first surface of the heat spreading layer and electrically connected thereto. An electrical isolation stack comprising an electrically insulating layer and electrically conductive layers is arranged in contact with the second surface of each heat spreading layer. The at least two or more power semiconductor devices, the heat spreading layers and a substantial part of each of the electrical isolation stacks are sealed from their surrounding environment by a molded enclosure. Accordingly, similar or better thermal characteristic of the module can be achieved instead of utilizing high cost electrically insulating layers, and double side cooling configurations can be easily implemented, without the use of a thick baseplate.