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Granted Patent B2
US 12,176,337 · App. 17/869,968 · Granted Dec 24, 2024

Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing

Inventors: Yi-Wen Wu (Xizhi, TW); Po-Yao Chuang (Hsinchu, TW); Meng-Liang Lin (Hsinchu, TW); Techi Wong (Zhubei, TW); Shih-Ting Hung (Sanchong, TW); Po-Hao Tsai (Taoyuan, TW); Shin-Puu Jeng (Po-Shan Village, TW)
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H01L25/50H01L21/568H01L24/16H01L24/24H01L24/25H01L25/18H01L2224/0231H01L2224/02331H01L2224/0235H01L2224/16145H01L2224/24137H01L2224/24155H01L2224/2505H01L2224/25171
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Patent No.
US 12,176,337
App. No.
17/869,968
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Packaged devices and methods of manufacturing the devices are described herein. The packaged devices may be fabricated using heterogeneous devices and asymmetric dual-side molding on a multi-layered redistribution layer (RDL) structure. The packaged devices may be formed with a heterogeneous three-dimensional (3D) Fan-Out System-in-Package (SiP) structure having small profiles and can be formed using a single carrier substrate.

Claims (40)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a system on chip device;

an integrated circuit device; and

a redistribution structure physically separating and electrically coupling the integrated circuit device and the system on chip device, wherein the redistribution structure comprises a first metal trace having a concave surface, the concave surface facing the integrated circuit device, the concave surface of the first metal trace forming a concave shape interface with the integrated circuit device and a second metal trace having a flat interface with the system on chip device, wherein the concave shape interface has a first width and the flat interface has a second width, the second width being smaller than the first width.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the first width to the second width is between 3 and 7, inclusive.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising a first through interconnect via, wherein the redistribution structure further comprises a third metal trace having a second flat interface with the first through interconnect via.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 3 , further comprising an integrated passive device adjacent to the system on chip device, the integrated passive device electrically connected to the redistribution structure and in physical contact with a dam on an opposite side of the integrated passive device from the redistribution structure.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first molding compound encapsulating the system on chip device, the first molding compound having a first height; and

a second molding compound encapsulating the integrated circuit device, the second molding compound having a second height, wherein a ratio of the second height to the first height is between 0 and 6, inclusive.

6. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first molding compound encapsulating a first device;

an interconnect structure over the first device, wherein a first interface between the interconnect structure and the first device has a flat surface;

a second device over the interconnect structure, the interconnect structure electrically coupling the second device to the first device, wherein a second interface between the interconnect structure and the second device has a concave shape, wherein the concave shape has a first width and the flat surface has a second width and a ratio of the first width to the second width is between 3 and 7, inclusive; and

a second molding compound encapsulating the second device over the interconnect structure.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 6 , wherein a coefficient of thermal expansion of the second molding compound is different from a coefficient of thermal expansion of the first molding compound.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein the coefficient of thermal expansion of the first molding compound is a first coefficient of thermal expansion below a glass transition temperature of the first molding compound and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the second molding compound is a second coefficient of thermal expansion below a glass transition temperature of the second molding compound and a ratio of the second coefficient of thermal expansion to the first coefficient of thermal expansion is between 0.8 and 0.99, inclusive.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein the coefficient of thermal expansion of the first molding compound is a third coefficient of thermal expansion above the glass transition temperature of the first molding compound and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the second molding compound is a fourth coefficient of thermal expansion above the glass transition temperature of the second molding compound and a ratio of the fourth coefficient of thermal expansion to the third coefficient of thermal expansion is between 0.1 and 0.7, inclusive.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 6 , further comprising the first device attached to an adhesive, the adhesive attached to a first dielectric layer, and an integrated passive device attached to a silicon dam, the silicon dam attached to the adhesive, the adhesive attached to the first dielectric layer.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein the integrated passive device and the first device are leveled to a same height from the first dielectric layer.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , further comprising through vias over the first dielectric layer.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 6 , wherein the first molding compound has a first thickness, and the second molding compound has a second thickness, the second thickness being greater than the first thickness.

14. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first dielectric layer over a system on chip device;

a first metallization pattern over the first dielectric layer, a first portion of the first metallization pattern extending through the first dielectric layer to a first die connector of the system on chip device and a second portion of the first metallization pattern extending through the first dielectric layer to a through via;

a first flat contact area interface between the first metallization pattern and the first die connector, wherein the first flat contact area interface has a first width;

a second dielectric layer over the first metallization pattern;

a second metallization pattern over the second dielectric layer and extending through the second dielectric layer;

an integrated circuit device over the second metallization pattern; and

a contact area of the integrated circuit device to a surface of the second metallization pattern, wherein the surface of the second metallization pattern is concave, wherein the contact area has a second width, the first width being less than the second width.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , further comprising:

a first molding compound encapsulating the system on chip device; and

a second molding compound encapsulating the integrated circuit device.

16. The semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein a ratio between a second height of the second molding compound and a first height of the first molding compound is at most 6.

17. The semiconductor device of claim 15 , wherein the first molding compound has a first coefficient of thermal expansion, and the second molding compound has a second coefficient of thermal expansion, the first coefficient of thermal expansion being different from the second coefficient of thermal expansion.

18. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein the system on chip device is located adjacent to the through via.

19. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , further comprising:

a first external connector to the through via opposite the first metallization pattern; and

a second external connector adjacent to the first external connector, a pitch between the first external connector and the second external connector being between 80 μm and 250 μm, inclusive.

20. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein the surface of the second metallization pattern has a first width and the first flat contact area interface has a second width, a ratio of the first width to the second width is between 3 and 7, inclusive.

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