An integrated circuit product includes a first chip, a second chip, a third chip, a fourth chip, a fifth chip, a sixth chip, a seventh chip, and an eighth chip. The areas and constituent components of the first chip, the second chip, the third chip, and the fourth chip are substantially the same. The areas and constituent components of the fifth chip, the sixth chip, the seventh chip, and the eighth chip are substantially the same. The first chip, the second chip, the third chip, and the fourth chip are respectively arranged on the four sides of the integrated circuit product. The fifth chip, the sixth chip, the seventh chip, and the eighth chip are arranged in a central area of the integrated circuit product.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip (IC) structure having a conductive blocking structure configured prevent radiation produced by a device within a first die from affecting an image sensing element within a second die. The IC structure has a first IC die with one or more semiconductor devices and a second IC die with an array of image sensing elements. A hybrid bonding interface region is arranged between the first and second IC die. A conductive bonding structure is arranged within the hybrid bonding interface region and is configured to electrically couple the first IC die to the second IC die. A conductive blocking structure is arranged within the hybrid bonding interface region and extends laterally between the one or more semiconductor devices and the array of image sensing elements.

A semiconductor device has a plurality of interconnected modular units to form a 3D semiconductor package. Each modular unit is implemented as a vertical component or a horizontal component. The modular units are interconnected through a vertical conduction path and lateral conduction path within the vertical component or horizontal component. The vertical component and horizontal component each have an interconnect interposer or semiconductor die. A first conductive via is formed vertically through the interconnect interposer. A second conductive via is formed laterally through the interconnect interposer. The interconnect interposer can be programmable. A plurality of protrusions and recesses are formed on the vertical component or horizontal component, and a plurality of recesses on the vertical component or horizontal component. The protrusions are inserted into the recesses to interlock the vertical component and horizontal component. The 3D semiconductor package can be formed with multiple tiers of vertical components and horizontal components.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die having an insulative layer and a conductive feature in the insulative layer, and a shield in contact with a lateral surface of the conductive feature. In some embodiments, the lateral surface of the conductive feature is aligned with an edge of the insulating material.

A package structure and method of manufacturing is provided, whereby heat dissipating features are provided for heat dissipation. Heat dissipating features include conductive vias formed in a die stack, thermal chips, and thermal metal bulk, which can be bonded to a wafer level device. Hybrid bonding including chip to chip, chip to wafer, and wafer to wafer provides thermal conductivity without having to traverse a bonding material, such as a eutectic material. Plasma dicing the package structure can provide a smooth sidewall profile for interfacing with a thermal interface material.

There is provided a solid-state imaging device including: a first substrate including a first semiconductor substrate and a first wiring layer, the first semiconductor substrate having a pixel unit with pixels; a second substrate including a second semiconductor substrate and a second wiring layer, the second semiconductor substrate having a circuit with a predetermined function; and a third substrate including a third semiconductor substrate and a third wiring layer, the third semiconductor substrate having a circuit with a predetermined function, the first, second, and third substrates being stacked in this order, the first substrate and the second substrate being bonded together with the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer opposed to each other, a first coupling structure on bonding surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate, and including an electrode junction structure with electrodes formed on the respective bonding surfaces in direct contact with each other.

An electronic circuit including a surface intended to be attached to another electronic circuit by hybrid molecular bonding. The electronic circuit includes an electrically-insulating layer exposed on the surface, and, distributed in the electrically-insulating layer, first electrically-conductive bonding pads exposed on a first portion of the surface, the density of the first bonding pads on the first portion of the surface being smaller than 30%, and at least one electrically-conductive test pad, exposed on a second portion of the surface containing a square having a side length greater than 30 μm. The density of electrically-conductive material of the test pad exposed on the second portion of the surface is in the range from 40% to 80%.

Direct-bonded LED arrays and applications are provided. An example process fabricates a LED structure that includes coplanar electrical contacts for p-type and n-type semiconductors of the LED structure on a flat bonding interface surface of the LED structure. The coplanar electrical contacts of the flat bonding interface surface are direct-bonded to electrical contacts of a driver circuit for the LED structure. In a wafer-level process, micro-LED structures are fabricated on a first wafer, including coplanar electrical contacts for p-type and n-type semiconductors of the LED structures on the flat bonding interface surfaces of the wafer. At least the coplanar electrical contacts of the flat bonding interface are direct-bonded to electrical contacts of CMOS driver circuits on a second wafer. The process provides a transparent and flexible micro-LED array display, with each micro-LED structure having an illumination area approximately the size of a pixel or a smallest controllable element of an image represented on a high-resolution video display.

Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards an integrated circuit (IC) in which a shield structure blocks the migration of charge to a semiconductor device from proximate a through substrate via (TSV). In some embodiments, the IC comprises a substrate, an interconnect structure, the semiconductor device, the TSV, and the shield structure. The interconnect structure is on a frontside of the substrate and comprises a wire. The semiconductor device is on the frontside of the substrate, between the substrate and the interconnect structure. The TSV extends completely through the substrate, from a backside of the substrate to the wire, and comprises metal. The shield structure comprises a PN junction extending completely through the substrate and directly between the semiconductor device and the TSV.

A semiconductor device includes a first substrate having an attaching surface on which first electrodes and a first insulating film are exposed, an insulating thin film that covers the attaching surface of the first substrate, and a second substrate which has an attaching surface on which second electrodes and a second insulating film are exposed and is attached to the first substrate in a state in which the attaching surface of the second substrate and the attaching surface of the first substrate are attached together sandwiching the insulating thin film therebetween, and the first electrodes and the second electrodes deform and break a part of the insulating thin film so as to be directly electrically connected to each other.