An integrated circuit assembly may be formed having a substrate, a first integrated circuit device electrically attached to the substrate, a second integrated circuit device electrically attached to the first integrated circuit device, and a heat dissipation device defining a fluid chamber, wherein at least a portion of the first integrated circuit device and at least a portion of the second integrated circuit device are exposed to the fluid chamber. In further embodiments, at least one channel may be formed in an underfill material between the first integrated circuit device and the second integrated circuit device, between the first integrated circuit device and the substrate, and/or between the second integrated circuit device and the substrate, wherein the at least one channel is open to the fluid chamber.

Millimeter wave (mmWave) technology, apparatuses, and methods that relate to transceivers, receivers, and antenna structures for wireless communications are described. The various aspects include co-located millimeter wave (mmWave) and near-field communication (NFC) antennas, scalable phased array radio transceiver architecture (SPARTA), phased array distributed communication system with MIMO support and phase noise synchronization over a single coax cable, communicating RF signals over cable (RFoC) in a distributed phased array communication system, clock noise leakage reduction, IF-to-RF companion chip for backwards and forwards compatibility and modularity, on-package matching networks, 5G scalable receiver (Rx) architecture, among others.

A semiconductor chip has a first transistor that amplifies a first signal and outputs a second signal, a second transistor that amplifies the second signal and outputs a third signal, and a semiconductor substrate having a main surface parallel to a plane defined by first and second directions and which has the first and second transistors formed thereon. The main surface has thereon a first bump connected to a collector or drain of the first transistor, a second bump connected to an emitter or source of the first transistor, a third bump connected to a collector or drain of the second transistor, and a fourth bump connected to an emitter or source of the second transistor. The first bump is circular, the second through fourth bumps are rectangular or oval, and the area of each of the second through fourth bumps is larger than that of the first bump.

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.

A semiconductor package including a first stack; a plurality of TSVs passing through the first stack; a second stack on the first stack and including a second surface facing a first surface of the first stack; a first pad on the first stack and in contact with the TSVs; a second pad on the second stack; a bump connecting the first and second pads; a first redundancy pad on the first surface of the first stack, spaced apart from the first pad, and not in contact with the TSVs; a second redundancy pad on the second surface of the second stack and spaced apart from the second pad; and a redundancy bump connecting the first redundancy pad and the second redundancy pad, wherein the first pad and first redundancy pad are electrically connected to each other, and the second pad and second redundancy pad are electrically connected to each other.

A method of forming a semiconductor package is provided. The method includes forming a metallization stack over a semiconductor die. Polymer particles are mounted over the metallization stack. Each of the polymer particles is coated with a first bonding layer. A heat spreader lid is bonded with the semiconductor die by reflowing the first bonding layer. A composite thermal interface material (TIM) structure is formed between the heat spreader lid and the semiconductor die during the bonding. The composite TIM structure includes the first bonding layer and the polymer particles embedded in the first bonding layer.

A semiconductor package includes a first substrate, a first flow channel and a second flow channel. The first flow channel is on the first substrate. The second flow channel is on the first substrate and in fluid communication with the first flow channel. The second flow channel is spaced from an inlet and an outlet of the first flow channel. The first flow channel and the second flow channel constitute a bonding region of the first substrate.

The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip structure having a first substrate including a plurality of transistor devices disposed within a semiconductor material. An interposer substrate includes vias extending through a silicon layer. A copper bump is disposed between the first substrate and the interposer substrate. The copper bump has a sidewall defining a recess. Solder is disposed over the copper bump and continuously extending from over the copper bump to within the recess. A conductive layer is disposed between the first substrate and the interposer substrate and is separated from the copper bump by the solder.

Disclosed herein are microelectronic packages having thermally conductive layers and methods for manufacturing the same. The microelectronics packages may include a substrate and a plurality of dies connected to the substrate and/or each other to form a die stack. The dies may have a perimeter. A thermally conductive layer may be located in between the respective dies. The thermally conductive layers may extend past at least a portion of the perimeters, thereby providing enhanced cooling of the die stack.

An IC package, comprising a first IC component comprising a first interconnect on a first surface thereof; a second IC component comprising a second interconnect on a second surface thereof. The second component is above the first component, and the second surface is opposite the first surface. A thermoelectric cooling (TEC) device is between the first surface and the second surface. The TEC device is electrically coupled to the first interconnect and to the second interconnect.