IP Library Granted Patent US 12,288,752
Granted Patent B2
US 12,288,752 · App. 18/346,887 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Semiconductor packages

Inventors: Ming-Fa Chen (Taichung, TW); Nien-Fang Wu (Chiayi, TW); Sung-Feng Yeh (Taipei, TW); Tzuan-Horng Liu (Taoyuan, TW); Chao-Wen Shih (Hsinchu County, TW)
Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
H01L23/5389H01L21/4853H01L21/4857H01L21/565H01L23/3128H01L23/5383H01L23/5386H01L24/19H01L24/20H01L25/0652H01L25/0655H01L25/0657H01L25/50H01L2224/214H01L2225/06524H01L2225/06548H01L2225/06562H01L2225/06586H01L2924/19041H01L2924/19105
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Patent No.
US 12,288,752
App. No.
18/346,887
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor package includes a first die and a through via. The through via is electrically connected to the first die. The through via includes a first conductive layer having a first width, a second conductive layer having a second width different from the first width and a first seed layer disposed aside an interface between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.

Claims (30)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first die; and

a through via electrically connected to the first die, comprising a first conductive layer having a first width, a second conductive layer having a second width different from the first width and a first seed layer disposed aside an interface between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the second conductive layer is integrally formed with the first conductive layer.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the second conductive layer is disposed between the first conductive layer and the first die, and the second width is smaller than the first width.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first seed layer is further disposed on a sidewall of the second conductive layer.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising an encapsulant and a dielectric layer different from the encapsulant, wherein the encapsulant encapsulates the through via, and the dielectric layer is disposed between the encapsulant and the through via.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the second conductive layer is disposed between the first conductive layer and the first die, and the second width is larger than the first width.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 6 , further comprising an encapsulant and a dielectric layer different from the encapsulant, wherein the dielectric layer encapsulates the first conductive layer, and a surface of the dielectric layer is substantially coplanar with an interface between the first seed layer and the second conductive layer.

8. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first via;

a second via, wherein the first via and the second via are stacked on each other;

a first dielectric layer encapsulating the first via; and

a second dielectric layer different from first dielectric layer, encapsulating the second via and the first dielectric layer.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein top surfaces of the first via and the first dielectric layer are substantially coplanar with a top surface of the second dielectric layer.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein the first dielectric layer is in direct contact with the first via and the second dielectric layer.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 10 , wherein the first dielectric layer is further in direct contact with the second via.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein an interface between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer is substantially coplanar with an interface between the first via and the second via.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein the second dielectric layer further encapsulates a die.

14. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a first through via, comprising a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer and a first seed layer between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer;

a second through via, comprising a third conductive layer, a fourth conductive layer and a second seed layer between the third conductive layer and the fourth conductive layer;

a dielectric layer, encapsulating the first conductive layer, the first seed layer, the third conductive layer and the second seed layer; and

an encapsulant, encapsulating the second conductive layer, the fourth conductive layer and the dielectric layer.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein an interface of the dielectric layer and the encapsulant is substantially coplanar with an interface of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.

16. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein the dielectric layer is in direct contact with the first conductive layer, the first seed layer, the third conductive layer and the second seed layer.

17. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein the second conductive layer is integrally formed with the first conductive layer.

18. The semiconductor device of claim 17 , wherein the first seed layer is further extended on a sidewall of one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.

19. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein the second conductive layer is physically separated from the first conductive layer by the first seed layer.

20. The semiconductor device of claim 19 , wherein the first through via further comprises a third seed layer extended on a sidewall of one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, and the third seed layer is physically separated from the first seed layer.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 17338676 · Jun 4, 2021
Continuation 16658131 · Oct 20, 2019
Provisional Application 62867855 · Jun 27, 2019
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