A method of making an assembly can include juxtaposing a top surface of a first electrically conductive element at a first surface of a first substrate with a top surface of a second electrically conductive element at a major surface of a second substrate. One of: the top surface of the first conductive element can be recessed below the first surface, or the top surface of the second conductive element can be recessed below the major surface. Electrically conductive nanoparticles can be disposed between the top surfaces of the first and second conductive elements. The conductive nanoparticles can have long dimensions smaller than 100 nanometers. The method can also include elevating a temperature at least at interfaces of the juxtaposed first and second conductive elements to a joining temperature at which the conductive nanoparticles can cause metallurgical joints to form between the juxtaposed first and second conductive elements.

A manufacturing apparatus of a semiconductor device includes: a stage; a bonding head, including a mounting tool, a tool heater, and a lifting and lowering mechanism; and a controller performing bonding processing. The controller performs, in the bonding processing: first processing in which, after a chip is brought into contact with a substrate, as heating of the chip is started, the chip is pressurized against the substrate; distortion elimination processing in which, after the first processing and before melting of a bump, the lifting and lowering mechanism is driven in a lifting direction, thereby eliminating distortion of the bonding head; and second processing in which, after the distortion elimination processing, position control is performed on the lifting and lowering mechanism so as to cancel thermal expansion and contraction of the bonding head, thereby maintaining a gap amount at a specified target value.

A microelectronic assembly comprises a first microelectronic component; a second microelectronic component under an area of the first microelectronic component and coupled to the first component through first interconnect structures within a central region of the area, and second interconnect structures within a peripheral region of the area, adjacent to the central region. A heterogenous dielectric surface on the first or second component or both and within a gap between the first and second components has a first surface composition within the central region and at least a second surface composition within the peripheral region.

An atmospheric pressure plasma apparatus and method are disclosed that operate with a multigas mixture to provide a high concentration of reactive neutral species for cleaning and activating the surfaces of substrates, including those with metal interconnects embedded in the substrate.

In this mounting device (10) for mounting a semiconductor chip (100) on a substrate (104), a controller (50) is provided with: a mounter for pressing the semiconductor chip (100) to the substrate (104) in a state where a cover film (110) is interposed between the semiconductor chip (100) and a thermocompression tool (16), and for heating and then cooling the thermocompression tool (16) to mount the semiconductor chip (100) on the substrate (104); and a separator for heating the thermocompression tool (16) after the semiconductor chip (100) has been mounted, and for raising a mounting head (17) to be separated from the cover film (110).

An electronic device structure having a shielding structure includes a substrate with an electronic component electrically connected to the substrate. The shielding structure includes conductive spaced-apart pillars that have proximate ends connected to the substrate and distal ends spaced apart from the substrate, and that are laterally spaced apart from the first electronic component. In one embodiment, the conductive pillars are conductive wires. A package body encapsulates the electronic component and the conductive pillars. In one embodiment, the shielding structure further includes a shielding layer disposed adjacent to the package body, which is electrically connected to the conductive pillars. In one embodiment, the electrical connection is made through the package body. In another embodiment, the electrical connection is made through the substrate.

A multi-chip package includes: an interposer; a first IC chip over the interposer, wherein the first IC chip is configured to be programmed to perform a logic operation, comprising a NVM cell configured to store a resulting value of a look-up table, a sense amplifier having an input data associated with the resulting value from the NVM cell and an output data associated with the first input data of the sense amplifier, and a logic circuit comprising a SRAM cell configured to store data associated with the output data of the sense amplifier, and a multiplexer comprising a first set of input points for a first input data set for the logic operation and a second set of input points for a second input data set having data associated with the data stored in the SRAM cell, wherein the multiplexer is configured to select, in accordance with the first input data set, an input data from the second input data set as an output data for the logic operation; and a second IC chip over the interposer, wherein the first IC chip is configured to pass data associated with the output data for the logic operation to the second IC chip through the interposer.

A semiconductor package comprises a base chip, a plurality of semiconductor chips sequentially stacked on the base chip, bump structures between the base chip and a lowermost semiconductor chip of the plurality of semiconductor chips, and between the plurality of semiconductor chips, adhesive layers surrounding the bump structures between the base chip and the lowermost semiconductor chip of the plurality of semiconductor chips and between the plurality of semiconductor chips. The adhesive layers have a width equal to or less than a width of each of the plurality of semiconductor chips in a direction parallel to an upper surface of the base chip. At least one of the adhesive layers comprises a polymer resin having a hydrophilic group, a photosensitive compound physically bonded to the polymer resin, and an ionic material crosslinking the polymer resin.

The present invention discloses an elastic heat spreader for chip packaging, a packaging structure and a packaging method. The heat spreader includes a top cover plate and a side cover plate that extends outward along an edge of the top cover plate, wherein the top cover plate is configured to be placed on a chip, and at least a partial region of the side cover plate is an elastic member; and the elastic member at least enables the side cover plate to be telescopic in a direction perpendicular to the top cover plate. According to the present invention, a following problem is solved: delamination between the heat spreader and a substrate as well as the chip due to stress generated by different thermal expansion coefficients of the substrate, the heat spreader and the chip in a packaging process of a large-size product.

A display includes a wiring pad and a dummy pad on a first substrate. A first planarization layer is disposed on the wiring pad and the dummy pad. A first pad electrode layer is connected to the wiring pad and a second pad electrode layer is connected to the dummy pad. The first and second pad electrode layers are disposed on the first planarization layer. A first insulating layer covers the first and second pad electrode layers. A first pad electrode upper layer is disposed on the first pad electrode layer. A second pad electrode upper layer is disposed on the second pad electrode layer. The wiring pad, the first pad electrode layer, and the first pad electrode upper layer are electrically connected. The dummy pad, the second pad electrode layer, and the second pad electrode upper layer are electrically connected.