A device package includes a first die directly bonded to a second die at an interface, wherein the interface comprises a metal-to-metal bond and a heat dissipation feature over the first die. The heat dissipation feature includes a thermal base over the first die and surrounding the second die, wherein the thermal base is made of a metal; and a plurality of thermal vias on the thermal base; and an encapsulant over first die and surrounding the second die, surrounding the thermal base, and surrounding the plurality of thermal vias.

A semiconductor package, includes: a base chip having a front surface and a back surface opposite to the front surface, the base chip including bump pads, wafer test pads, and package test pads, disposed on the front surface; connection structures disposed on the front surface of the base chip and connected to the bump pads; and semiconductor chips stacked on the back surface of the base chip, wherein each of the wafer test pads is smaller than the package test pads.

A bonded assembly includes a first semiconductor die containing first semiconductor devices and a first bonding pad embedded within a first silicon oxide layer, where the first bonding pad includes a first copper containing portion, a second semiconductor die containing second semiconductor devices and a second bonding pad that is embedded within a second silicon oxide layer and is bonded to the first bonding pad via metal-to-metal bonding, where the second bonding pad includes a second copper containing portion, and at least one metal silicon oxide layer interposed between the first bonding pad and the second silicon oxide layer. In one embodiment, the at least one metal silicon oxide layer is a manganese silicon oxide layer.

An integrated circuit (IC) assembly method is provided. The method includes fabricating a first wafer including a first device with a back end of line (BEOL) and first terminals of first and second types at the BEOL and fabricating a second wafer including a second device for back side power delivery network (BSPDN) processing, second terminals of the first type, first vias and second vias. The first and second wafers are bonded at the BEOL to connect the second terminals of the first type to a subset of the first terminals of the first type, the first vias to remaining first terminals of the first type, and the second vias to the first terminals of the second type. A BSPDN is built onto a backside of the second wafer to include first and second BSPDN terminals connected to the first and second vias, respectively.

The technology relates to a system on chip (SoC). The SoC may include a plurality of network layers which may assist electrical communications either horizontally or vertically among components from different device layers. In one embodiment, a system on chip (SoC) includes a plurality of network layers, each network layer including one or more routers, and more than one device layers, each of the plurality of network layers respectively bonded to one of the device layers. In another embodiment, a method for forming a system on chip (SoC) includes forming a plurality of network layers in an interconnect, wherein each network layer is bonded to an active surface of a respective device layer in a plurality of device layer.

A bonded structure is disclosed. The bonded structure can comprise a first semiconductor element having a first contact pad. An interposer can include a second contact pad on a first side of the interposer and a third contact pad and a fourth contact pad on a second side of the interposer opposite the first side, the second contact pad bonded to the first contact pad; a second semiconductor element having a fifth contact pad bonded to the third contact pad and a sixth contact pad bonded to the fourth contact pad. A switching circuitry can be configured to switch between a first electrical connection between the second and third contact pads and a second electrical connection between the second and fourth contact pads.

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes: a circuit board; a first semiconductor chip mounted on a face of the circuit board; a resin film covering the first semiconductor chip; and a second semiconductor chip having a chip area larger than a chip area of the first semiconductor chip, the second semiconductor chip being stuck to an upper face of the resin film and mounted on the circuit board. The resin film entirely fits within an inner region of a bottom face of the second semiconductor chip when viewed in a stacking direction of the first and second semiconductor chips.

A method includes forming a first sealing layer at a first edge region of a first wafer; and bonding the first wafer to a second wafer to form a wafer stack. At a time after the bonding, the first sealing layer is between the first edge region of the first wafer and a second edge region of the second wafer, with the first edge region and the second edge region comprising bevels. An edge trimming process is then performed on the wafer stack. After the edge trimming process, the second edge region of the second wafer is at least partially removed, and a portion of the first sealing layer is left as a part of the wafer stack. An interconnect structure is formed as a part of the second wafer. The interconnect structure includes redistribution lines electrically connected to integrated circuit devices in the second wafer.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor device structure. The semiconductor device structure comprises a substrate comprising a first trench, wherein the first trench extends into a front side surface of the substrate, a first trench capacitor comprising a plurality of first capacitor electrode layers and a plurality of first capacitor dielectric layers disposed in alternating manner within the first trench and over the front side surface of the substrate, wherein a first air gap is enclosed by the plurality of first capacitor electrode layers and the plurality of first capacitor dielectric layers within the first trench, an interconnect structure disposed over the first trench capacitor, wherein one or more first capacitor electrode layers of the plurality of first capacitor electrode layers are in electrical connection with a first conductive feature in a dielectric layer of the interconnect structure, and a first seal ring structure disposed in the interconnect structure and encircling an interior portion of the substrate, wherein at least a portion of the first seal ring structure is in contact with the first conductive feature.

A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip including a first semiconductor substrate, and a first upper pad arranged on an upper surface of the first semiconductor substrate, a first polymer layer arranged on the upper surface of the first semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor chip mounted on the first semiconductor chip, the second semiconductor chip including a second semiconductor substrate and a second lower pad arranged under a lower surface of the second semiconductor substrate, wherein the first polymer layer has a horizontal width in a direction crossing the first polymer layer in a center region of the second semiconductor chip, as a first length, and has a horizontal width in a direction crossing two corner regions of the first polymer layer in corner regions of the second semiconductor chip, as a second length, wherein the second length is greater than the first length.