A semiconductor device, including a cooling body, a semiconductor unit including a wiring portion electrically connected to a semiconductor chip, and a sealing member sealing the entire semiconductor unit over a cooling surface of the cooling body. The sealing member includes a first portion and a second portion which surrounds the first portion in a plan view. The first portion seals a central portion of a main electrode of the semiconductor chip, and has a first sealing surface opposite the cooling surface of the cooling body. The second portion seals a wiring portion to thereby surround the first portion in the plan view, and has a second sealing surface opposite the cooling surface. A distance in a thickness direction of the semiconductor device from the cooling surface to the first sealing surface, is smaller than a distance in the thickness direction from the cooling surface to the second sealing surface.

This application is directed to packaging technology for providing an electronic device (e.g., a memory device). A memory device includes a stack of memory chips, a device substrate, and a conductive wire. The stack of memory chips includes a first memory chip having a chip pad that is formed on a surface of the first memory chip. The device substrate includes a plurality of substrate pads formed on a front surface of the device substrate. The front surface has a front opening, and the device substrate receives the stack of memory chips via the front opening of the front surface. The conductive wire is coupled to the front surface and the stack of memory chips, and is configure to couple the chip pad and one of the substrate pads electrically. In some embodiments, the device substrate includes a cutout opening that goes through an entire thickness of the device substrate.

Disclosed are embodiments of a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package may include: a first substrate; a chip stack on the first substrate, wherein the chip stack comprises one or more semiconductor chips that are stacked to be inclined at a first angle relative to a top surface of the first substrate; a tilt support structure, wherein the tilt support structure is between a first portion of the chip stack and the first substrate; and an anti-slip structure in contact with an end portion of the chip stack.

A package and method is disclosed. In one example, the package comprises a carrier comprising a component mounting area from which a tie bar extends, the tie bar being configured for being clamped by an encapsulation tool pin during encapsulation, an electronic component mounted on the component mounting area, and an encapsulant encapsulating at least part of the electronic component and at least part of the carrier, wherein a sidewall of the package has a step between a first vertical sidewall section and a second vertical sidewall section; wherein the first vertical sidewall section has a notch in the encapsulant and a part of the second vertical sidewall section exposes the tie bar.

A semiconductor module may include a package substrate including a first surface and an opposite second surface, a semiconductor chip on the first surface of the package substrate, a plurality of pads on the second surface of the package substrate, and a plurality of solder balls connected to the plurality of pads, respectively, where the package substrate may include a slit in or on the second surface, at least a portion of the slit is disposed between the plurality of solder balls, the slit is spaced apart from the plurality of pads, and a filling layer is in the slit.

The present disclosure as an embodiment is to provide a wiring structure including a first wiring pattern; an insulation layer covering at least a portion of the first wiring pattern; a second wiring pattern disposed on the insulation layer; a via penetrating at least a portion of the insulation layer and electrically connecting the first wiring pattern and the second wiring pattern; and a protruding pattern extending into the insulation layer and having at least a portion thereof embedded in the insulation layer, the protruding pattern disposed on the first wiring pattern and connected thereto, and positioned spaced apart from the via and surrounding at least a portion of the via on the first wiring pattern.

A power semiconductor module arrangement comprises a substrate comprising a dielectric insulation layer, and a first metallization layer attached to the dielectric insulation layer, at least one semiconductor body mounted on the first metallization layer, and a first layer comprising an encapsulant, the first layer being arranged on the substrate and covering the first metallization layer the at least one semiconductor body, wherein the first layer is configured to release liquid or oil at temperatures exceeding a defined threshold temperature.

Integrated circuit assemblies can be fabricated on a wafer scale, wherein a base template, having a plurality of openings, may cover a base substrate, such as a die wafer, wherein the base substrate has a plurality of first integrated circuit devices formed therein and wherein at least one second integrated circuit device is electrically attached to a corresponding first integrated circuit device through a respective opening in the base template. Thus, when the base substrate and base template are singulated into individual integrated circuit assemblies, the individual integrated circuit assemblies will each have a first integrated circuit that is edge aligned to a singulated portion of the base template. The singulated portion of the base template can provide an improved thermal path, mechanical strength, and/or electrical paths for the individual integrated circuit assemblies.

A method is provided for fabricating a semiconductor wafer having a device side, a back side opposite the device side and an outer periphery edge. Suitably, the method includes: forming a top conducting layer on the device side of the semiconductor wafer; forming a passivation layer over the top conducting layer, the passivation layer being formed so as not to extend to the outer periphery edge of the semiconductor wafer; and forming a protective layer over the passivation layer, the protective layer being spin coated over the passivation layer so as to have a smooth top surface at least in a region proximate to the outer periphery edge of the semiconductor wafer.

A semiconductor device has a substrate and an electrical component disposed over the substrate. An encapsulant is deposited over the electrical component and substrate. A shielding layer has a graphene core shell formed on a surface of the encapsulant. The shielding layer can be printed on the encapsulant. The graphene core shell includes a copper core. The shielding layer has a plurality of cores covered by graphene and the graphene is interconnected within the shielding layer to form an electrical path. The shielding layer also has thermoset material or polymer or composite epoxy type matrix and the graphene core shell is embedded within the matrix. A shielding material can be disposed around the electrical component. The electrical path dissipates any charge incident on shielding layer, such as an ESD event, to reduce or inhibit the effects of EMI, RFI, and other inter-device interference.