External electrical connectors and methods of forming such external electrical connectors are discussed. A method includes forming an external electrical connector structure on a substrate. The forming the external electrical connector structure includes plating a pillar on the substrate at a first agitation level affected at the substrate in a first solution. The method further includes plating solder on the external electrical connector structure at a second agitation level affected at the substrate in a second solution. The second agitation level affected at the substrate is greater than the first agitation level affected at the substrate. The plating the solder further forms a shell on a sidewall of the external electrical connector structure.

The present invention discloses a package structure and a forming method thereof. The package structure includes a substrate and a redistribution layer. The redistribution layer includes a plurality of metal bumps distributed at intervals, at least the periphery of the metal bumps is covered with seed layers, and the seed layers of adjacent metal bumps are disconnected from each other. The seed layers of this embodiment have stable metallic characteristics, which may achieve effective protection of side walls of the metal bumps against metal-to-metal migration due to oxidation and corrosion of the metal bumps, thereby avoiding electrical leakage and failure of a chip and greatly increasing the reliability of the package structure.

A power semiconductor apparatus includes a conductive circuit pattern, a power semiconductor device, a sealing member, a conductive post, and a conductive post. A first conductive post is connected to the conductive circuit pattern. A second conductive post is connected to the power semiconductor device. The first conductive post includes a metal pin and a conductive bonding member. The conductive post includes a metal pin and a conductive bonding member.

A manufacturing method comprises preparing a bonding substrate having bumps thereon; preparing a mounted member having external conductive members; applying a fixing material to the surface of the bonding substrate and/or to a surface of the mounted member; and fixing the bonding substrate and the mounted member with the fixing material such that the bumps contact the external conductive members. The fixing material is prepared to contain a first compound and a second compound, each having respective viscosities which change depending on their respective temperature profiles; and applying the fixing material to the bonding substrate and/or the mounted member at a temperature lower than a first temperature, and the fixing comprises pressing the bonding substrate against the mounted member when the fixing material has a temperature lower than the first temperature; and heating the fixing material to a temperature higher than the second temperature and curing the fixed material.

An integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor structure, a through-silicon-via (TSV) structure that penetrates through the semiconductor structure and a connection terminal connected to the TSV structure. A metal capping layer includes a flat capping portion that covers the bottom surface of the connection terminal and a wedge-shaped capping portion that is integrally connected to the flat capping portion and that partially covers a side wall of the connection terminal. The metal capping layer may be formed by an electroplating process in which the connection terminal is in contact with a metal strike electroplating solution while a pulse-type current is applied.

A stacked semiconductor device encompasses a mother-plate having a mounting-main surface and a bottom-main surface, an onboard-element having a connection face facing to the mounting-main surface, a parent bump provided on the mother-plate, having a mother-site wall made of a layer of conductor, mother-site wall is perpendicular to the mounting-main surface, and a repair bump provided on the onboard-element at a side of the connection face, having a repair-site wall made of a layer of conductor having different hardness from the mother-site wall, the repair-site wall is perpendicular to the connection face, configure to bite each other with the parent bump at an intersection between the mother-site wall and the repair-site wall conductor.

A semiconductor package includes an IC having circuitry configured for at least one function with some nodes connected to bond pads, with first metal posts on the bond pads, and dome support metal posts configured in a ring having a top rim defining an inner cavity with solder on the top rim and extending over an area of the inner cavity for providing a solder dome that covers the inner cavity to provide a covered air cavity over a portion of the circuitry. A leadframe includes a plurality of leads or lead terminals. The IC is flipchip attached with a solder connection to the leadframe so that the first metal posts are attached to the leads or the lead terminals. A mold compound provides encapsulation for the semiconductor package except on at least a bottom side of the leads or lead terminals.

An electronic device includes a semiconductor die having a first side, an orthogonal second side for mounting to a substrate or circuit board, a conductive terminal on the first side, the conductive terminal having a center that is spaced apart from the second side by a first distance along a direction, and a solder structure extending on the conductive terminal, the solder structure having a center that is spaced apart from the center of the conductive terminal by a non-zero second distance along the direction.

A stacked semiconductor device encompasses a mother-plate having a mounting-main surface and a bottom-main surface, an onboard-element having a connection face facing to the mounting-main surface, a parent bump provided on the mother-plate, having a mother-site wall made of a layer of conductor, mother-site wall is perpendicular to the mounting-main surface, and a repair bump provided on the onboard-element at a side of the connection face, having a repair-site wall made of a layer of conductor having different hardness from the mother-site wall, the repair-site wall is perpendicular to the connection face, configure to bite each other with the parent bump at an intersection between the mother-site wall and the repair-site wall conductor.

An electronic assembly and methods of making the assembly are disclosed. The electronic assembly includes a substrate with an elastic member having an intrinsic stress profile. The elastic member has an anchor portion on the surface of the substrate; and a free end biased away from the substrate via the intrinsic stress profile to form an out of plane structure. The substrate includes one or more spacers on the substrate. The electronic assembly includes a chip comprising contact pads. The out of plane structure on the substrate touches corresponding contact pads on the chip, and the spacers on the substrate touch the chip forming a gap between the substrate and the chip.