A heat spreading material is integrated into a composite die structure including a first IC die having a first dielectric material and a first electrical interconnect structure, and a second IC die having a second dielectric material and a second electrical interconnect structure. The composite die structure may include a composite electrical interconnect structure comprising the first interconnect structure in direct contact with the second interconnect structure at a bond interface. The heat spreading material may be within at least a portion of a dielectric area through which the bond interface extends. The heat spreading material may be located within one or more dielectric materials surrounding the composite interconnect structure, and direct a flow of heat generated by one or more of the first and second IC dies.

An electrical connecting structure and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The electrical connecting structure comprises: a first substrate; a second substrate; and an interconnect element disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the interconnect element has a width, and no joint surface is present in the interconnect element in a range of 50% or more of the width.

A semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package includes a first conductive layer, a plurality of first conductive pads, a plurality of second conductive pads, and a first dielectric layer. The first conductive pads are electrically connected to the first conductive layer. The second conductive pads are electrically disconnected from the first conductive layer.

A metal-dielectric bonding method includes providing a first semiconductor structure including a first semiconductor layer, a first dielectric layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a first metal layer on the first dielectric layer, where the first metal layer has a metal bonding surface facing away from the first semiconductor layer; planarizing the metal bonding surface; applying a plasma treatment on the metal bonding surface; providing a second semiconductor structure including a second semiconductor layer, and a second dielectric layer on the second semiconductor layer, where the second dielectric layer has a dielectric bonding surface facing away from the second semiconductor layer; planarizing the dielectric bonding surface; applying a plasma treatment on the dielectric bonding surface; and bonding the first semiconductor structure with the second semiconductor structure by bonding the metal bonding surface with the dielectric bonding surface.

A method of forming an integrated circuit package includes attaching a first die to an interposer. The interposer includes a first die connector and a second die connector on the interposer and a first dielectric layer covering at least one sidewall of the first die connector and at least one sidewall of the second die connector. The first die is coupled to the first die connector and to the first dielectric layer and the second die connector is exposed by the first die. The method further includes recessing the first dielectric layer to expose at least one sidewall of the second die connector and attaching a second die to the interposer, the second die being coupled to the second die connector.

A semiconductor package includes: a first structure having a first insulating layer disposed on one surface, and first electrode pads and first dummy pads penetrating through the first insulating layer, a second structure having a second insulating layer having the other surface bonded to the one surface and the first insulating layer and disposed on the other surface, and second electrode pads and second dummy pads that penetrate through the second insulating layer, the second electrode pads being bonded to the first electrode pads, respectively, and the second dummy pads being bonded to the first dummy pads, respectively. In the semiconductor chip, ratios of surface areas per unit area of the first and second dummy pads to the first and second insulating layers on the one surface and the other surface gradually decrease toward sides of the first and second structures.

Composite integrated circuit (IC) device structures that include two components coupled through a hybrid bonded composite interconnect structure. The two components may be two different monolithic IC structures (e.g., chips) that are bonded over substantially planar dielectric and metallization interfaces. Composite interconnect metallization features formed at a bond interface may be doped with a metal or chalcogenide dopant. The dopant may migrate to a periphery of the composite interconnect structure and form a barrier material that will then limit outdiffusion of a metal, such as copper, into adjacent dielectric material.

In one embodiment, a semiconductor wafer includes a first substrate, a first insulator provided on the first substrate, and a plurality of first pads provided in the first insulator. The wafer further includes a second insulator provided on the first insulator, a plurality of second pads provided on the first pads in the second insulator, a stacked film alternately including a plurality of first insulating layers and a plurality of second insulating layers provided in the second insulator, and a second substrate provided on the second insulator. Furthermore, the first insulator and the second insulator are connected to each other between an edge face of the first insulator and an edge face of the second insulator, and the second insulator intervenes between the first insulator and the stacked film at the edge faces of the first and second insulators.

A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip that includes a first conductive pad whose top surface is exposed; and a second semiconductor chip that includes a second conductive pad whose top surface is exposed and in contact with at least a portion of the top surface of the first conductive pad. The first semiconductor chip may include a first diffusion barrier in contact with a bottom surface of the first conductive pad, and a second diffusion barrier in contact with a lateral surface of the first conductive pad, and the first diffusion barrier and the second diffusion barrier may include different materials from each other.

A structure including a first die, a second die, a first insulating encapsulant, an interconnection die, and a second insulating encapsulant is provided. The first die includes a first bonding structure. The first bonding structure includes a first dielectric layer and a first conductive pad embedded in the first dielectric layer. The second die includes a second bonding structure. The second bonding structure includes a second dielectric layer and a second conductive pad embedded in the second dielectric layer. The first insulating encapsulant laterally encapsulates the first die and the second die. The interconnection die includes a third bonding structure. The third bonding structure includes a third dielectric layer and third conductive pads embedded in the third dielectric layer. The second insulating encapsulant laterally encapsulates the interconnection die. The third bonding structure is in contact with the first bonding structure and the second bonding structure.