IP Library Granted Patent US 12696769
Granted Patent B2
US 12696769 · App. 18/144,350 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Semiconductor package and method of fabricating the same

Inventor: Hyun Su Kim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H10W46/00H10B80/00H10W74/016H10W74/111H10W74/47H10W90/00H10W72/877H10W72/884H10W74/15H10W90/724H10W90/732H10W90/734H10W90/754
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Patent No.
US 12696769
App. No.
18/144,350
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor package includes: a substrate; a first semiconductor chip disposed on the substrate, wherein the first semiconductor chip includes first and second surfaces, which are opposite to each other, and has first and second trenches formed on the first surface thereof, wherein the first and second trenches extend in first and second directions, respectively, wherein the first and second direction intersect each other; and a second semiconductor chip disposed on the first semiconductor chip and in a region between the first and second trenches.

Claims (48)

1 . A semiconductor package comprising:

a substrate;

a first semiconductor chip disposed on the substrate, wherein the first semiconductor chip includes first and second surfaces, which are opposite to each other, and has first and second trenches formed on the first surface thereof, wherein the first and second trenches extend in first and second directions, respectively, wherein the first and second direction intersect each other;

a second semiconductor chip disposed on the first semiconductor chip and in a region between the first and second trenches; and

a mold layer covering the first and second semiconductor chips and filling the first and second trenches.

2 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein

each of the first and second trenches includes sidewalls extending in a third direction, which intersects the first and second directions, and a bottom surface connecting to the sidewalls, and

the sidewalls of the first trench are aligned with the second semiconductor chip in the third direction.

3 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein

the second semiconductor chip further includes a third surface on the first semiconductor chip and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface,

the second surface of the first semiconductor chip is electrically connected to the substrate via bumps disposed between the first semiconductor chip and the substrate, and

the fourth surface of the second semiconductor chip is electrically connected to the substrate via bonding wires.

4 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein

the substrate includes a first alignment pattern, which protrudes from a top surface of the substrate, and

the first alignment pattern is disposed to at least partially surround the first semiconductor chip.

5 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein

the first semiconductor chip is a silicon (Si) chip, and

the second semiconductor chip is a memory chip.

6 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein

the first semiconductor chip further includes first and second lateral sides, which are opposite to each other in the first direction, and third and fourth lateral sides, which are opposite to each other in the second direction and are connected to the first and second lateral sides,

the second semiconductor chip includes fifth and sixth lateral sides, which are opposite to each other in the first direction, and seventh and eighth lateral sides, which are opposite to each other in the second direction and are connected to the fifth and sixth lateral sides, and

a length, in the second direction, from the third lateral side of the first semiconductor chip to the seventh lateral side of the second semiconductor chip is the same as a length, in the second direction, from the fourth lateral side of the first semiconductor chip to the eighth lateral side of the second semiconductor chip.

7 . The semiconductor package of claim 6 , wherein the sixth lateral side of the second semiconductor chip is vertically aligned with the second lateral side of the first semiconductor chip.

8 . The semiconductor package of claim 6 , wherein

sidewalls of the first trench are vertically aligned with the seventh lateral side of the to second semiconductor chip, and

sidewalls of the second trench are vertically aligned with the fifth lateral side of the second semiconductor chip.

9 . A semiconductor package comprising:

a substrate;

a first semiconductor chip disposed on the substrate, wherein the first semiconductor chip has first and second trenches formed thereon along first and second directions, which intersect each other; and

a second semiconductor chip disposed on the first semiconductor chip,

wherein

each of the first and second trenches includes sidewalls extending in a third direction, which intersects the first and second directions, and a bottom surface connecting to the sidewalls, and

the sidewalls of the first trench are aligned with the second semiconductor chip in the third direction.

10 . The semiconductor package of claim 9 , wherein

the second semiconductor chip is disposed in a region between the first and second trenches, and

lateral sides of the second semiconductor chip are aligned with lateral sides of the first semiconductor chip in the third direction.

11 . The semiconductor package of claim 9 , further comprising:

a mold layer covering the first and second semiconductor chips,

wherein the mold layer fills the first and second trenches.

12 . The semiconductor package of claim 9 , wherein

the first semiconductor chip includes a first surface, which faces the substrate, and a second surface, which is opposite to the first surface,

the second semiconductor chip includes a third surface, which faces the first semiconductor chip, and a fourth surface, which is opposite to the third surface,

the first surface of the first semiconductor chip is electrically connected to the substrate via bumps disposed between the first semiconductor chip and the substrate, and

the fourth surface of the second semiconductor chip is electrically connected to the substrate via bonding wires.

13 . The semiconductor package of claim 9 , wherein

the substrate includes a first alignment pattern, which protrudes from a top surface of the substrate, and

the first alignment pattern includes first and second extensions, which are spaced apart from each other to correspond to the second semiconductor chip.

14 . The semiconductor package of claim 9 , wherein the substrate includes a second alignment pattern, which is disposed on the substrate and corresponds to a corner of the first semiconductor chip.