When a semiconductor element and a wiring board are connected to each other, connection at a minute pitch is performed while securing reliability.

In a semiconductor device, a semiconductor element and a wiring board are connected to each other. A bump is formed on an electrode in either the semiconductor element or the wiring board. This bump contains metal nanoparticles as a component. The bump may be formed by sintering the metal nanoparticles that are applied. Furthermore, the metal nanoparticles may be applied and sintered a plurality of times to form a plurality of layers. A connection between the semiconductor element and the wiring board may be formed by sintering the other metal nanoparticles that are applied.

A method for producing an optoelectronic component and an optoelectronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes providing a semiconductor chip having an active region for radiation emission, applying a seed layer on the semiconductor chip, wherein the seed layer includes a first metal and a second metal being different from the first metal, and wherein the second metal is less noble than the first metal, applying a structured photoresist layer directly to the seed layer, applying a solder layer at least to regions of the seed layer which are not covered by the photoresist layer and wherein a proportion of the second metal in the seed layer is between 0.5 wt % and 10 wt %.

Provided are a light emitting device and a method of fabricating the same. The light emitting device includes: a light emitting structure including a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a second conductivity type semiconductor layer, and an active layer and including a first surface and a second surface; first and second contact electrodes each ohmic-contacting the first and second conductivity type semiconductor layers; and first and second electrodes disposed on the first surface of the light emitting structure, in which the first and second electrodes each include sintered metal particles and the first and second electrodes each include inclined sides of which the tangential gradients with respect to sides of vertical cross sections thereof are changing.

Provided is a semiconductor element mounting structure, including: a semiconductor element including an element electrode, and a substrate including a substrate electrode that is provided on a surface facing the semiconductor element at a position facing the element electrode, the semiconductor element and the substrate being connected via the element electrode and the substrate electrode, in which: one of the element electrode or the substrate electrode is a first protruding electrode including a solder layer at a tip portion thereof, the other of the element electrode or the substrate electrode is a first electrode pad including one or more metal protrusions on a surface thereof, the one or more metal protrusions of the first electrode pad extend into the solder layer of the first protruding electrode, and a bottom area of each of the one or more metal protrusions of the first electrode pad is 70% or less with respect to an area of the first electrode pad, or 75% or less with respect to a maximum cross-sectional area of the solder layer of the first protruding electrode.

Provided are a hybrid bonding structure, a solder paste composition, a semiconductor device, and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device. The hybrid bonding structure includes a solder ball and a solder paste bonded to the solder ball. The solder paste includes a transient liquid phase. The transient liquid phase includes a core and a shell on a surface of the core. A melting point of the shell may be lower than a melting point of the core. The core and the shell are configured to form an intermetallic compound in response to the transient liquid phase at least partially being at a temperature that is within a temperature range of about 20° C. to about 190° C.

Provided is a method of fabricating a semiconductor package. The method of fabricating the semiconductor package include preparing a lower element including a lower substrate, a lower electrode, an UBM layer, and a reducing agent layer, providing an upper element including an upper substrate, an upper electrode, and a solder bump layer, providing a pressing member on the upper substrate to press the upper substrate to the lower substrate, and providing a laser beam passing through the pressing member to bond the upper element to the lower element.

A method for producing an optoelectronic component and an optoelectronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes providing a semiconductor chip having an active region for radiation emission, applying a seed layer on the semiconductor chip, wherein the seed layer includes a first metal and a second metal being different from the first metal, and wherein the second metal is less noble than the first metal, applying a structured photoresist layer directly to the seed layer, applying a solder layer at least to regions of the seed layer which are not covered by the photoresist layer and wherein a proportion of the second metal in the seed layer is between 0.5 wt % and 10 wt %.

A method for producing an optoelectronic component and an optoelectronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes providing a semiconductor chip having an active region for radiation emission, applying a seed layer on the semiconductor chip, wherein the seed layer includes a first metal and a second metal being different from the first metal, and wherein the second metal is less noble than the first metal, applying a structured photoresist layer directly to the seed layer and applying a solder layer at least to regions of the seed layer which are not covered by the photoresist layer, wherein a ratio of the first metal to the second metal in the seed layer is between 95:5 to 99:1.

A semiconductor device according to the embodiment may include a light emitting structure including a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a second conductivity type semiconductor layer; a first bonding pad disposed on the light emitting structure and electrically connected to the first conductivity type semiconductor layer; a second bonding pad disposed on the light emitting structure and spaced apart from the first bonding pad, and electrically connected to the second conductivity type semiconductor layer; and a reflective layer disposed on the light emitting structure and disposed between the first bonding pad and the second bonding pad. According to the semiconductor device of the embodiment, each of the first bonding pad and the second bonding pad includes a porous metal layer having a plurality of pores and a bonding alloy layer disposed on the porous metal layer.

A semiconductor device according to the embodiment may include a light emitting structure including a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a second conductivity type semiconductor layer; a first bonding pad disposed on the light emitting structure and electrically connected to the first conductivity type semiconductor layer; a second bonding pad disposed on the light emitting structure and spaced apart from the first bonding pad, and electrically connected to the second conductivity type semiconductor layer; and a reflective layer disposed on the light emitting structure and disposed between the first bonding pad and the second bonding pad. According to the semiconductor device of the embodiment, each of the first bonding pad and the second bonding pad includes a porous metal layer having a plurality of pores and a bonding alloy layer disposed on the porous metal layer.