Bond pads for semiconductor die assemblies, and associated methods and systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor die assembly includes a first semiconductor die including a first bond pad on a first side of the first semiconductor die. The semiconductor die assembly further includes a second semiconductor die including a second bond pad on a second side of the second semiconductor die. The first bond pad is aligned and bonded to the second bond pad at a bonding interface between the first and second bond pads, and at least one of the first and second bond pads include a first metal and a second metal different than the first metal. Further, the first metal is located at the bonding interface and the second metal has a first thickness corresponding to at least one-fourth of a second thickness of the first or second bond pad.

A semiconductor package and a method of forming the same are provided. The semiconductor package includes: a semiconductor substrate having a front side and a back side, the semiconductor substrate having a chip area and a dummy area; a front structure below the front side, and including an internal circuit, an internal connection pattern, a guard pattern, and a front insulating structure; a rear protective layer overlapping the chip area and the dummy area, and a rear protrusion pattern on the rear protective layer and overlapping the dummy area, the rear protective layer and the rear protrusion pattern being on the back side; a through-electrode structure penetrating through the chip area and the rear protective layer, and electrically connected to the internal connection pattern; and a rear pad electrically connected to the through-electrode structure. The internal circuit and the internal connection pattern are below the chip area, and the guard pattern is below the chip area adjacent to the dummy area.

After finishing of the front side CMOS manufacturing process, the silicon wafer is permanently bonded with its front side onto a carrier wafer. The carrier wafer is a high resistivity silicon wafer or a wafer of a dielectric or of a ceramic material. The silicon substrate of the device wafer is thinned from the back side such that the remaining silicon thickness is only a few micrometers. In the area dedicated to a spiral inductor, the substrate material is entirely removed by a masked etching process and the resulting gap is filled with a dielectric material. A spiral inductor coil is formed on the backside of the wafer on top of the dielectric material. The inductor coil is connected to the CMOS circuits on the front side by through-silicon vias.

A bonded assembly includes a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die that are bonded to each other by dielectric-to-dielectric bonding. First conductive via structures vertically extend through the second semiconductor die and a respective subset of the first dielectric material layers in the first semiconductor die, and contact a respective first metal interconnect structure in the first semiconductor die. Second conductive via structures vertically extend through a second substrate and a respective subset of the second dielectric material layers in the second semiconductor die, and contacting a respective second metal interconnect structure in the second semiconductor die. Redistribution metal interconnect structures located over a backside surface of the second substrate electrically connect the first conductive via structures and the second conductive via structures, and provide electrical interconnection between the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die.

Embodiments of 3D memory devices and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a method for forming a 3D memory device is disclosed. A sacrificial layer on a substrate, an N-type doped semiconductor layer on the sacrificial layer, and a dielectric stack on the N-type doped semiconductor layer are subsequently formed. A channel structure extending vertically through the dielectric stack and the N-type doped semiconductor layer is formed. The dielectric stack is replaced with a memory stack, such that the channel structure extends vertically through the memory stack and the N-type doped semiconductor layer. The substrate and the sacrificial layer are removed to expose an end of the channel structure. Part of the channel structure abutting the N-type doped semiconductor layer is replaced with a semiconductor plug.

A semiconductor package includes a first connection structure, a first semiconductor chip on an upper surface of the first connection structure, a first molding layer on the upper surface of the first connection structure and surrounding the first semiconductor chip, a first bond pad on the first semiconductor chip, a first bond insulation layer on the first semiconductor chip and the first molding layer and surrounding the first bond pad, a second bond pad directly contacting the first bond pad, a second bond insulation layer surrounding the second bond pad; and a second semiconductor chip on the second bond pad and the second bond insulation layer.

A semiconductor device includes first and second chips that are stacked such that first surfaces of their element layers face each other. Each chip has a substrate, an element layer on a first surface of the substrate, pads on the element layer, and vias that penetrate through the substrate and the element layer. Each via is exposed from a second surface of the substrate and directly connected to one of the pads. The vias include a first via of the first chip directly connected to a first pad of the first chip and a second via of the second chip directly connected to a second pad of the second chip. The pads further include a third pad of the second chip which is electrically connected to the second pad by a wiring in the element layer of the second chip and to the first pad through a micro-bump.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a device. The device includes a substrate comprising a silicon layer disposed over an insulating layer. The substrate includes a transistor device region and a radio-frequency (RF) region. An interconnect structure is disposed over the substrate and includes a plurality of metal layers disposed within a dielectric structure. A handle substrate is disposed over an upper surface of the interconnect structure. A trapping layer separates the interconnect structure and the handle substrate.

An integrated circuit (IC) comprising an enhanced passivation scheme for pad openings and trenches is provided. In some embodiments, an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer covers a substrate and at least partially defines a trench. The trench extends through the ILD layer from a top of the ILD layer to the substrate. A conductive pad overlies the ILD layer. A first passivation layer overlies the ILD layer and the conductive pad, and further defines a pad opening overlying the conductive pad. A second passivation layer overlies the ILD layer, the conductive pad, and the first passivation layer, and further lines sidewalls of the first passivation layer in the pad opening and sidewalls of the ILD layer in the trench. Further, the second passivation layer has a low permeability for moisture or vapor relative to the ILD layer.

In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device first conductive layers are formed over a substrate. A first photoresist layer is formed over the first conductive layers. The first conductive layers are etched by using the first photoresist layer as an etching mask, to form an island pattern of the first conductive layers separated from a bus bar pattern of the first conductive layers by a ring shape groove. A connection pattern is formed to connect the island pattern and the bus bar pattern. A second photoresist layer is formed over the first conductive layers and the connection pattern. The second photoresist layer includes an opening over the island pattern. Second conductive layers are formed on the island pattern in the opening. The second photoresist layer is removed, and the connection pattern is removed, thereby forming a bump structure.