A nonvolatile memory device includes first and second semiconductor layers. The first semiconductor layer includes wordlines extending in a first direction, bitlines extending in a second direction, and a memory cell array connected to the wordlines and the bitlines. The second semiconductor layer is beneath the first semiconductor layer in a third direction, and includes a substrate and an address decoder on the substrate. The address decoder controls the memory cell array, and includes pass transistors connected to the wordlines, and drivers control the pass transistors. In the second semiconductor layer, the drivers are arranged by a first layout pattern along the first and second directions, and the pass transistors are arranged by a second layout pattern along the first and second directions. The first layout pattern is different from the second layout pattern, and the first layout pattern is independent of the second layout pattern.

A semiconductor chip may include: a semiconductor substrate; a through silicon via that vertically penetrates the semiconductor substrate; an integrated device layer on a first surface of the semiconductor substrate and including integrated devices; a multi-wiring layer on the integrated device layer and including layers of wires; an upper metal layer on the multi-wiring layer and connected to the wires; and a lower metal layer on a second surface of the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate may include a lower bump area on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate, the lower bump area including bump pads thereon, and the lower metal layer may be on a periphery of the lower bump area.

A semiconductor structure includes an interposer that includes: a substrate; a redistribution structure (RDS) on the substrate; a passivation film on the RDS, where the passivation film includes a first etch stop layer (ESL) on the RDS and a first dielectric layer on the first ESL; a via embedded in the passivation film, where the via is electrically coupled to a conductive feature of the RDS; a bonding film on the passivation film, where the bonding film includes a second ESL on the passivation film and a second dielectric layer on the second ESL; and a bonding pad and a first dummy bonding pad that are embedded in the bonding film, where the bonding pad is electrically coupled to the via, and the first dummy bonding pad is electrically isolated; and a die attached to the interposer, where a die connector of the die is bonded to the bonding pad.

The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. A semiconductor structure includes a first chip. The first chip includes a first interconnect layer, a first conductive layer disposed on the first interconnect layer, a first dielectric layer covering the first conductive layer, and a first bonding pad embedded in the first dielectric layer and extending into the first conductive layer. The method of manufacturing the semiconductor structure includes the following operations. A first conductive layer is formed on a first interconnect layer. A first dielectric layer is formed on the first conductive layer and the first interconnect layer. The first dielectric layer is etched to form a first trench on the first conductive layer. A portion of the first conductive layer is etched to form a second trench. A first bonding pad is formed in the second trench.

A display device includes a display panel including a display area and a pad area. The display panel includes a base substrate, a pixel, a pad group, an alignment mark, and a protective layer. The pad group includes a plurality of pads arranged in a first direction. The alignment mark is spaced apart from the pad group in the first direction. The protective layer covers the pads and the alignment mark and a plurality of openings respectively exposing upper surfaces of the pads is defined in the protective layer. Each of the pads includes at least one pad pattern, and the alignment mark is disposed in a same layer as a pad pattern spaced farthest from the base substrate among the at least one pad pattern.

A vertical solid state device comprising: a connection pad; and side walls comprising a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) structure; wherein a gate of the MIS structure is shorted to at least one contact of the vertical solid state device and a threshold voltage (VT) of the MIS structure is adjusted to increase the efficiency of the device.

An electronic device includes: a first substrate; an element layer disposed on the first substrate and including an active area and a peripheral area surrounding the active area; a first bonding pad disposed on the peripheral area of the element layer; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate; a second bonding pad disposed on the second substrate and including a first part and a second part surrounding the first part; and a bonding material disposed between the first part of the second bonding pad and the first bonding pad and between the second part of the second bonding pad and the first bonding pad.

A semiconductor chip including a semiconductor substrate having first and second surfaces, a transistor on the first surface, a first interlayer dielectric layer on the transistor, a second interlayer dielectric layer on the first interlayer dielectric layer, a wiring line in the second interlayer dielectric layer, a first conductive pad on the second interlayer dielectric layer, a first passivation layer on the second interlayer dielectric layer, a second conductive pad in the first passivation layer, a through via penetrating the semiconductor substrate and the first interlayer dielectric layer to come into connection with the wiring line, a second passivation layer on the second surface, and a third conductive pad in the second passivation layer and connected to the through via. The first passivation layer has a first thickness 0.4 to 0.6 times a second thickness between the first surface and a top surface of the second passivation layer.

A transistor device includes: a plurality of transistor cells in a semiconductor substrate; and a source pad above the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to a source region and a body region of the transistor cells. A first group of the transistor cells has a first body region average doping concentration. A second group of the transistor cells has a second body region average doping concentration higher than the first body region average doping concentration. The transistor cells of the first and second groups are interleaved. The transistor cells have a first source region density in a first area of the semiconductor substrate underneath a region of the source pad designated for clip contacting, and a second source region density lower than the first source region density in a second area of the semiconductor substrate outside the first area.

According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first chip including a substrate, and a second chip bonded to the first chip at a first surface. Each of the first chip and the second chip includes an element region, and an end region including a chip end portion. The first chip includes a plurality of first electrodes that are arranged on the first surface in the end region and are in an electrically uncoupled state. The second chip includes a plurality of second electrodes that are arranged on the first surface in the end region, are in an electrically uncoupled state, and are respectively in contact with the first electrodes.