In one example, a semiconductor device can comprise (a) an electronic device comprising a device top side, a device bottom side opposite the device top side, and a device sidewall between the device top side and the device bottom side, (b) a first conductor comprising, a first conductor side section on the device sidewall, a first conductor top section on the device top side and coupled to the first conductor side section, and a first conductor bottom section coupled to the first conductor side section, and (c) a protective material covering the first conductor and the electronic device. A lower surface of the first conductor top section can be higher than the device top side, and an upper surface of the first conductor bottom section can be lower than the device top side. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die, a first thermal conductive pattern and a second thermal conductive pattern. The semiconductor die is encapsulated by an encapsulant. The first thermal conductive pattern is disposed aside the semiconductor die in the encapsulant. The second thermal conductive pattern is disposed over the semiconductor die, wherein the first thermal conductive pattern is thermally coupled to the semiconductor die through the second thermal conductive pattern and electrically insulated from the semiconductor die.

A semiconductor package structure includes a chip, a conductive pillar, a dielectric layer, a first patterned conductive layer and a second patterned conductive layer. The chip has a first side with at least a first metal electrode pad and a second side with at least a second metal electrode pad. The conductive pillar, which has a first end and a second end, is disposed adjacent to the chip. The axis direction of the conductive pillar is parallel to the height direction of the chip. The dielectric layer covers the chip and the conductive pillar and exposes the first and second metal electrode pads of the chip and the first and second ends of the conductive pillar. The first patterned conductive layer is disposed on a second surface of the dielectric layer and electrically connected between the second metal electrode pad and the second end of the conductive pillar. The second patterned conductive layer is disposed on a first surface of the dielectric layer and electrically connected between the first metal electrode pad and the first end of the conductive pillar.

A manufacturing method of an embedded component package structure includes the following steps: providing a carrier and forming a semi-cured first dielectric layer on the carrier, the semi-cured first dielectric layer having a first surface; providing a component on the semi-cured first dielectric layer, and respectively providing heat energies from a top and a bottom of the component to cure the semi-cured first dielectric layer; forming a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer to cover the component; and forming a patterned circuit layer on the second dielectric layer, the patterned circuit layer being electrically connected to the component.

An embedded module according to the present invention includes a base substrate having a multi-layer wiring, at least two semiconductor chip elements having different element thicknesses, each of the semiconductor chip element having a first surface fixed to the base substrate and having a connection part on a second surface, an insulating photosensitive resin layer enclosing the semiconductor chip elements on the base substrate and being formed by a first wiring photo via, a second wiring photo via, and a wiring, the first wiring photo via electrically connected to the connection part of the semiconductor chip elements, the second wiring photo via arranged at the outer periphery of each of the semiconductor chip elements and electrically connected to a connection part of the base substrate, the wiring arranged so as to be orthogonal to and electrically connected to the first wiring photo via and the second wiring photo via.

A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip including an electrode pad formed on the top surface thereof, a passive device embedded in the semiconductor package, the passive device having no functional electrode on the top surface thereof, a cover layer covering the semiconductor chip and the passive device, and at least one electrode pattern formed on the cover layer to transmit electrical signals. The cover layer includes at least one first opening formed to expose a region in which the functional electrode is to be formed. The electrode pattern includes a functional electrode portion formed in a region in which the functional electrode of the passive device is to be formed through the first opening. In the process of forming the electrode pattern, a functional electrode of the passive device is formed together therewith, thereby eliminating a separate step of manufacturing a functional electrode and thus reducing manufacturing costs.

An integrated radar circuit comprising: a first substrate, of a first semiconductor material, said first substrate comprising an integrated transmit and receive radar circuit; a second substrate, of a second semiconductor material, said second substrate comprising at least on through-substrate cavity having cavity walls; at least one discrete transistor chip, of a third semiconductor material, said at least one discrete transistor chip having chip walls and being held in said at least one through-substrate cavity by a metal filling extending from at least one cavity wall to at least one chip wall; a conductor on said second substrate, electrically connecting a portion of said integrated transmit and receive radar circuit to a discrete transistor on said at least one discrete transistor chip.

A microelectronic assembly is provided, comprising: a first integrated circuit (IC) die at a first level, a second IC die at a second level, and a third IC die at a third level, the second level being in between the first level and the third level. A first interface between the first level and the second level is electrically coupled with high-density interconnects of a first pitch and a second interface between the second level and the third level is electrically coupled with interconnects of a second pitch. In some embodiments, at least one of the first IC die, second IC die, and third IC die comprises another microelectronic assembly. In other embodiments, at least one of the first IC die, second IC die, and third IC die comprises a semiconductor die.

A method includes placing a package component over a carrier, encapsulating the package component in an encapsulant, and forming a connection structure over and electrically coupling to the package component. The formation of the connection structure includes forming a first via group over and electrically coupling to the package component, forming a first conductive trace over and contacting the first via group, forming a second via group overlying and contacting the first conductive trace, wherein each of the first via group and the second via group comprises a plurality of vias, forming a second conductive trace over and contacting the second via group, forming a top via overlying and contacting the second conductive trace, and forming an Under-Bump-Metallurgy (UBM) over and contacting the top via.

An electronic assembly comprising a carrier wafer having a top wafer surface and a bottom wafer surface; an electronic integrated circuit being formed in the carrier wafer and comprising an integrated circuit contact pad on the top wafer surface; said carrier wafer comprising a through-wafer cavity having walls that join said top wafer surface to said bottom wafer surface; a component chip having a component chip top surface, a component chip bottom surface and component chip side surfaces, the component chip being held in said through-wafer cavity by direct contact of at least a side surface of said component chip with an attachment metal that fills at least a portion of said through-wafer cavity; said component chip comprising at least one component contact pad on said component chip bottom surface; and a conductor connecting said integrated circuit contact pad and said component contact pad.