A method of manufacturing a redistribution layer includes: forming an insulating layer on a wafer, delimited by a top surface and a bottom surface in contact with the wafer; forming a conductive body above the top surface of the insulating layer; forming a first coating region extending around and above the conductive body, in contact with the conductive body, and in contact with the top surface of the insulating layer in correspondence of a bottom surface of the first coating region; applying a thermal treatment to the wafer in order to modify a residual stress of the first coating region, forming a gap between the bottom surface of the first coating region and the top surface of the insulating layer; forming, after applying the thermal treatment, a second coating region extending around and above the first coating region, filling said gap and completely sealing the first coating region.

A method of manufacturing a redistribution layer includes: forming an insulating layer on a wafer, delimited by a top surface and a bottom surface in contact with the wafer; forming a conductive body above the top surface of the insulating layer; forming a first coating region extending around and above the conductive body, in contact with the conductive body, and in contact with the top surface of the insulating layer in correspondence of a bottom surface of the first coating region; applying a thermal treatment to the wafer in order to modify a residual stress of the first coating region, forming a gap between the bottom surface of the first coating region and the top surface of the insulating layer; forming, after applying the thermal treatment, a second coating region extending around and above the first coating region, filling said gap and completely sealing the first coating region.

Provided is a manufacturing method of a sensor including the following steps. A mold having a cavity is provided. At least one chip is disposed in the cavity. The chip has an active surface and a back surface opposite to each other. The active surface faces toward a bottom surface of the cavity. A polymer material is filled in the cavity to cover the back surface of the chip. A heat treatment is performed, such that the polymer material is solidified to form a polymer substrate. A mold release treatment is performed to isolate the polymer substrate from the cavity. A plurality of conductive lines are formed on a first surface of the polymer substrate. The conductive lines are electrically connected with the chip.

A method for assembling a first substrate and a second substrate via metal adhesion layers, the method including: depositing, on a surface of each of the first and second substrates, a metal layer with a thickness controlled to limit surface roughness of each of the deposited metal layers to below a roughness threshold; exposing the metal layers deposited on the surface of the first and second substrates to air; directly adhering the first and second substrates by placing the deposited metal adhesion layers in contact, the surface roughness of the contacted layers being that obtained at an end of the depositing. The adhesion can be carried out in the air, at atmospheric pressure and at room temperature, without applying pressure to the assembly of the first and second substrates resulting from directly contacting the deposited metal adhesion layers.

In an embodiment, a device includes: a dielectric layer over an active surface of a semiconductor substrate; a conductive via in the dielectric layer, the conductive via including a first copper layer having a non-uniform grain orientation; and a bonding pad over the conductive via and in the dielectric layer, the bonding pad including a second copper layer having a uniform grain orientation, a top surface of the bonding pad being coplanar with a top surface of the dielectric layer.

The present invention provides a film-shaped firing material 1 including sinterable metal particles 10, and a binder component 20, in which a content of the sinterable metal particles 10 is in a range of 15% to 98% by mass, a content of the binder component 20 is in a range of 2% to 50% by mass, a tensile elasticity of the film-shaped firing material at 60° C. is in a range of 4.0 to 10.0 MPa, and a breaking elongation thereof at 60° C. is 500% or greater; and a film-shaped firing material with a support sheet including the film-shaped firing material 1 which contains sinterable metal particles and a binder component, and a support sheet 2 which is provided on at least one side of the film-shaped firing material, in which an adhesive force (a2) of the film-shaped firing material to the support sheet is smaller than an adhesive force (a1) of the film-shaped firing material to a semiconductor wafer, the adhesive force (a1) is 0.1 N/25 mm or greater, and the adhesive force (a2) is in a range of 0.1 N/25 mm to 0.5 N/25 mm.

A method for producing a semiconductor component and workpiece are disclosed. In an embodiment a method includes forming a first semiconductor layer over a growth substrate, wherein a material of the first semiconductor layer is In.sub.x1Al.sub.y1Ga.sub.(1-x1-y1)N, with 0≤xl≤1, 0≤yl≤1, applying a first modification substrate over the first semiconductor layer, wherein a material of the first modification substrate has a thermal expansion coefficient which is different from that of the first semiconductor layer, removing the growth substrate thereby obtaining a first layer stack, heating the first layer stack to a first growth temperature and growing a second semiconductor layer over a growth surface of the first semiconductor layer after heating the first layer stack, wherein due to heating a lattice constant of the first semiconductor layer is adapted to a lattice constant of the second semiconductor layer.

A device includes a first chip having a first circuit element, a first interconnect pad in electrical contact with the first circuit element, and a barrier layer on the first interconnect pad, a superconducting bump bond on the barrier layer, and a second chip joined to the first chip by the superconducting bump bond, the second chip having a first quantum circuit element, in which the superconducting bump bond provides an electrical connection between the first circuit element and the first quantum circuit element.

A device includes a first chip having a first circuit element, a first interconnect pad in electrical contact with the first circuit element, and a barrier layer on the first interconnect pad, a superconducting bump bond on the barrier layer, and a second chip joined to the first chip by the superconducting bump bond, the second chip having a first quantum circuit element, in which the superconducting bump bond provides an electrical connection between the first circuit element and the first quantum circuit element.

A sintering powder comprising: a first type of metal particles having a mean longest dimension of from 100 nm to 50 μm.