A display module and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The manufacturing method may include forming an epitaxial film comprising a light emitting layer, a first type semiconductor layer, and a second type semiconductor layer, attaching the epitaxial film to an intermediate substrate comprising a conductive material, patterning the epitaxial film to form a light emitting diode (LED) and coupling the LED to a driving circuit layer through the conductive material.

A metal sintering preparation containing (A) 50 to 90% by weight of at least one metal that is present in the form of particles having a coating that contains at least one organic compound, and (B) 6 to 50% by weight organic solvent. The mathematical product of tamped density and specific surface of the metal particles of component (A) is in the range of 40,000 to 80,000 cm.sup.−1.

A power semiconductor device includes a substrate and a semiconductor element bonded onto a first surface of the substrate through use of a sintered metal bonding material. The substrate has a plurality of dimples formed in the first surface and located outside a location immediately below a heat generation unit of the semiconductor element. The sintered metal bonding material is supplied onto the substrate after the formation of the dimples, and the semiconductor element is bonded to the substrate through application of heat and a pressure thereto.

A semiconductor device and method is disclosed. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor die comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first metallization layer disposed on the first surface of the semiconductor die, a first solder layer disposed on the first metallization layer, wherein the first solder layer contains the compound Sn/Sb, and a first contact member comprising a Cu-based base body and a Ni-based layer disposed on a main surface of the Cu-based base body, wherein the first contact member is connected with the Ni-based layer to the first solder layer.

Provided is a metal paste for joints, containing: metal particles; and linear or branched monovalent aliphatic alcohol having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, in which the metal particles include sub-micro copper particles having a volume average particle diameter of 0.12 μm to 0.8 μM.

A method utilized at a sintered metal layer bonding a semiconductor element and a support substrate together suppresses cracks appearing in the sintered metal layer, and damage to the semiconductor element. A semiconductor device includes a support substrate, a semiconductor element, and a sintered metal layer bonding the support substrate and the semiconductor element. The sintered metal layer has a low porosity region disposed inward of an outer edge of the semiconductor element with the sintered metal layer bonded to the semiconductor element. The region is lower in porosity than the remaining sintered metal layer, and is formed as a wall-shaped structural body having an elongated string and extending from an upper surface to a lower surface of the sintered metal layer. The low porosity region is disposed to surround a region immediately below a center of the semiconductor element along the outer edge of the semiconductor element.

A power semiconductor device includes a substrate and a semiconductor element bonded onto a first surface of the substrate through use of a sintered metal bonding material. The substrate has a plurality of dimples formed in the first surface and located outside a location immediately below a heat generation unit of the semiconductor element. The sintered metal bonding material is supplied onto the substrate after the formation of the dimples, and the semiconductor element is bonded to the substrate through application of heat and a pressure thereto.

A semiconductor device and method is disclosed. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor die comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first metallization layer disposed on the first surface of the semiconductor die, a first solder layer disposed on the first metallization layer, wherein the first solder layer contains the compound Sn/Sb, and a first contact member comprising a Cu-based base body and a Ni-based layer disposed on a main surface of the Cu-based base body, wherein the first contact member is connected with the Ni-based layer to the first solder layer.

A metal sintering preparation containing (A) 50 to 90% by weight of at least one metal that is present in the form of particles having a coating that contains at least one organic compound, and (B) 6 to 50% by weight organic solvent. The mathematical product of tamped density and specific surface of the metal particles of component (A) is in the range of 40,000 to 80,000 cm.sup.−1.

A metal sintering preparation containing (A) 50 to 90% by weight of at least one metal that is present in the form of particles having a coating that contains at least one organic compound, and (B) 6 to 50% by weight organic solvent. The mathematical product of tamped density and specific surface of the metal particles of component (A) is in the range of 40,000 to 80,000 cm.sup.−1.