Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods of fabricating IC devices using layer transfer and resulting IC devices, assemblies, and systems. An example method includes fabricating a device layer over a semiconductor support structure, the device layer comprising a plurality of frontend devices; attaching the semiconductor support structure with the device layer to a carrier substrate so that the device layer is closer to the carrier substrate than the semiconductor support structure; removing at least a portion of the semiconductor support structure to expose the device layer; and bonding a support structure of a non-semiconductor material having a dielectric constant that is smaller than a dielectric constant of silicon (e.g., a glass wafer) to the exposed frontend layer. The carrier substrate may then be removed.

A semiconductor structure for wafer level bonding includes a bonding dielectric layer disposed on a substrate and a bonding pad disposed in the bonding dielectric layer. The bonding pad includes a top surface exposed from the bonding dielectric layer, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and a sidewall between the top surface and the bottom surface. A bottom angle between the bottom surface and sidewall of the bonding pad is smaller than 90 degrees.

A bonded assembly includes a first semiconductor die that includes first semiconductor devices, and a first pad-level dielectric layer and embedding first bonding pads; and a second semiconductor die that includes second semiconductor devices, and a second pad-level dielectric layer embedding second bonding pads that includes a respective second pad base portion. Each of the first bonding pads includes a respective first pad base portion and a respective first metal alloy material portion having a higher coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) than the respective first pad base portion. Each of the second bonding pads is bonded to a respective one of the first bonding pads.

A semiconductor package includes a substrate, a first semiconductor chip disposed on the substrate, and a second semiconductor chip disposed on a top surface of the first semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip includes a conductive pattern disposed on the top surface of the first semiconductor chip and a first protective layer covering the top surface of the first semiconductor chip and at least partially surrounds the conductive pattern. The second semiconductor chip includes a first pad that contacts a first through electrode on a bottom surface of the second semiconductor chip. A second protective layer surrounds the first pad and covers the bottom surface of the second semiconductor chip. A third protection layer fills a first recess defined in the second protective layer to face the inside of the second protective layer. The first protective layer and the third protective layer contact each other.

Embodiments of 3D memory devices and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a 3D memory device includes a substrate, a peripheral circuit on the substrate, a memory stack including interleaved conductive layers and dielectric layers above the peripheral circuit, a first semiconductor layer above the memory stack, a second semiconductor layer above and in contact with the first semiconductor layer, a plurality of channel structures each extending vertically through the memory stack and the first semiconductor layer, and an insulating structure extending vertically through the memory stack, the first semiconductor layer, and the second semiconductor layer.

Disclosed herein are display devices having a left projector and a right projector. According to certain embodiments, a display device includes a first display package having a first LED die, a second LED die, a third LED die, and a first backplane die that is electrically connected to the first LED die, the second LED die, and the third LED die. Each of the first LED die, the second LED die, and the third LED die is symmetric about a first plane that is parallel to an emission direction of the first LED die and perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the first LED die. The first backplane die is symmetric about a second plane that is parallel to the emission direction of the first LED die and parallel to the longitudinal direction of the first LED die.

A device comprises a first chip comprising a first connection pad embedded in a first dielectric layer and a first bonding pad embedded in the first dielectric layer, wherein the first bonding pad comprises a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being in contact with the first connection pad and a second chip comprising a second bonding pad embedded in a second dielectric layer of the second chip, wherein the first chip and the second chip are face-to-face bonded together through the first bonding pad the second bonding pad.

The present application discloses a semiconductor device with stacked dies and the method for fabricating the semiconductor device with the stacked dies. The semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor die including a first substrate including a first and a second region, a first circuit layer on the first substrate, a control circuit on the first region and in the first circuit layer; and through die vias along the first circuit layer and the second region; a second semiconductor die stacked on the first semiconductor die and including second conductive pads connected to the through die vias and the control circuit; and a third semiconductor die stacked under the first semiconductor die and including third conductive pads connected to the through die vias and the control circuit. The through die vias, the second conductive pads, and the third conductive pads configure transmission channels through which the control circuit is capable to access the second and the third semiconductor die.

A hybrid wafer bonding method includes providing a first semiconductor structure and providing a second semiconductor structure. The first semiconductor structure includes a first substrate, a first dielectric, and a first via structure. The first via structure includes a first contact via and first metal impurities doped in the first contact via. The second semiconductor structure includes a second substrate, a second dielectric layer, and a second via structure. The second via structure includes a second contact via and second metal impurities doped in the second contact via. The method further includes bonding the first semiconductor structure with the second semiconductor and forming a self-barrier layer by an alloying process. The self-barrier layer is formed by a multi-component oxide corresponding to the first and second metal impurities.

A device package includes a first die directly bonded to a second die at an interface, wherein the interface comprises a conductor-to-conductor bond. The device package further includes an encapsulant surrounding the first die and the second die and a plurality of through vias extending through the encapsulant. The plurality of through vias are disposed adjacent the first die and the second die. The device package further includes a plurality of thermal vias extending through the encapsulant and a redistribution structure electrically connected to the first die, the second die, and the plurality of through vias. The plurality of thermal vias is disposed on a surface of the second die and adjacent the first die.