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US 12,568,868 · App. 18/735,408 · Granted Mar 3, 2026

Semiconductor package

Inventors: Soohyun Nam (Yongin-si, KR); Younglyong Kim (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H01L24/73H01L23/49816H01L23/49822H01L23/49833H01L23/49838H01L24/16H01L24/32H01L25/0655H01L2224/16235H01L2224/32056H01L2224/32059H01L2224/32235H01L2224/73204H01L2924/1431H01L2924/1434H01L2924/1815H01L2924/182H01L2924/3512
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Patent No.
US 12,568,868
App. No.
18/735,408
Granted
Mar 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor package including an interposer substrate, first to third semiconductor chips on the interposer substrate to face each other, an underfill part between each of the first to third semiconductor chips and the interposer substrate, a first side-fill part extending upward from a lower end of side walls of the first to third semiconductor chips, and a second side-fill part between the side walls of the first to third semiconductor chips and extending from the first side-fill part to an upper end of the side walls of the first to third semiconductor chips may be provided.

Claims (66)

1 . A semiconductor package comprising:

a redistribution structure;

a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip and a third semiconductor chip on the redistribution structure to face each other;

a first side-fill part on the redistribution structure and extending upward from lower ends of sidewalls of the first semiconductor chip, the second semiconductor chip and the third semiconductor chip to a point between a top and a bottom of each of the sidewalls of the first semiconductor chip, the second semiconductor chip and the third semiconductor chip; and

a second side-fill part between the sidewalls of the first semiconductor chip, the second semiconductor chip and the third semiconductor chip and extending from the first side-fill part to upper ends of the sidewalls of the first semiconductor chip, the second semiconductor chip and the third semiconductor chip so that a top surface of the second side-fill part is coplanar with top surfaces of the first semiconductor chip, the second semiconductor chip and to the third semiconductor chip,

wherein an upper surface of the first semiconductor chip comprises a first edge facing the second semiconductor chip, a second edge facing the third semiconductor chip, and a first corner at which the first edge meets the second edge,

wherein an upper surface of the second semiconductor chip comprises a third edge facing the first semiconductor chip, a fourth edge facing the third semiconductor chip, and a second corner at which the third edge meets the fourth edge,

wherein the second side-fill part extends from the first corner of the first semiconductor chip along each of the first edge and the second edge of the first semiconductor chip and extends from the second corner of the second semiconductor chip along each of the third edge and the fourth edge of the second semiconductor chip, and

wherein a particle size of a filler contained in the second side-fill part is greater than a particle size of a filler contained in the first side-fill part.

2 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , further comprising:

an underfill part between the redistribution structure and each of the first semiconductor chip, the second semiconductor chip and the third semiconductor chip.

3 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein a coefficient of thermal expansion of the second side-fill part is less than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the first side-fill part.

4 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the redistribution structure comprises:

conductive redistribution patterns; and

an insulating layer surrounding the conductive redistribution patterns and comprising a photo imageable dielectric (PID) material.

5 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the second side-fill part is in contact with a portion of the first edge and a portion of the second edge of the first semiconductor chip and a portion of the third edge and a portion of the fourth edge of the second semiconductor chip.

6 . The semiconductor package of claim 5 , wherein the first side-fill part is in contact with a remaining portion of the first edge and a remaining portion of the second edge of the first semiconductor chip and a remaining portion of the third edge and a remaining portion of the fourth edge of the second semiconductor chip.

7 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , further comprising:

a molding part on the redistribution structure and covering the first semiconductor chip, the second semiconductor chip and the third semiconductor chip,

wherein the molding part includes a same material as the second side-fill part.

8 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , further comprising:

a package substrate under the redistribution structure; and

connection bumps between the package substrate and redistribution structure.

9 . A semiconductor package comprising:

an interposer substrate comprising a base layer, a redistribution structure on the base layer and comprising a conductive redistribution pattern, and a through electrode passing through the base layer and electrically connected to the conductive redistribution pattern;

a connection bump on a lower surface of the interposer substrate;

a first semiconductor chip on an upper surface of the interposer substrate;

a second semiconductor chip on the upper surface of the interposer substrate and facing the first semiconductor chip;

a chip stack on the upper surface of the interposer substrate and facing the first semiconductor chip, the chip stack comprising a lower die comprising through silicon vias, an upper die on the lower die, and a molding layer covering a side surface of the upper die;

an insulating filler layer comprising an underfill part and a first side-fill part, the underfill part between the interposer substrate and each of the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip and between the interposer substrate and the chip stack, and the first side-fill part on the interposer substrate and extending upward from lower ends of sidewalls of the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip to a point between a top and a bottom of each of the sidewalls of the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip and from a lower end of a sidewall of the chip stack to a point between a top and a bottom of each of a sidewall of the chip stack;

a second side-fill part between the sidewalls of the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip and extending from the first side-fill part to upper ends of the sidewalls of the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip so that a top surface of the second side-fill part is coplanar with a top surface of the first semiconductor chip and a top surface of the second semiconductor chip;

a third side-fill part between the sidewall of the first semiconductor chip and the sidewall of the chip stack and extending from the first side-fill part to an upper end of the sidewall of the first semiconductor chip and to an upper end of the sidewall of the chip stack so that a top surface of the third side-fill part is coplanar with the top surface of the first semiconductor chip and a top surface of the chip stack; and

a molding part on the interposer substrate and covering the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip and the chip stack,

wherein a coefficient of thermal expansion of the second side-fill part is less than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the first side-fill part, and

wherein a coefficient of thermal expansion of the third side-fill part is less than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the first side-fill part.

10 . The semiconductor package of claim 9 , wherein

the second semiconductor chip comprises two second semiconductor chips apart from each other,

each of the two second semiconductor chips comprises a first edge facing each other, a second edge facing the first semiconductor chip, and a first corner at which the first edge meets the second edge, and

the second side-fill part extends from the first corner of each of the two second semiconductor chips along each of the first edge and the second edge of each of the two second semiconductor chips.

11 . The semiconductor package of claim 10 , wherein

the two second semiconductor chips are spaced apart from each other in a first horizontal direction in plan view,

each of the two second semiconductor chips is spaced apart from the first semiconductor chip in a second horizontal direction in plan view, and

the second horizontal direction crosses the first horizontal direction.

12 . The semiconductor package of claim 9 , wherein the molding part comprises a same material as the second side-fill part and a same material as the third side-fill part.

13 . The semiconductor package of claim 9 , wherein the first semiconductor chip is between the second semiconductor chip and the chip stack.

14 . A semiconductor package comprising:

an interposer substrate;

a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip, and a device on the interposer substrate, the device comprising an upper die and a first molding part covering a side surface of the upper die;

an insulating filler layer on the interposer substrate, the insulating filler layer extending upward from lower ends of sidewalls of the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip and from a lower end of a sidewall of the device to a midpoint between a top and bottom of each of the sidewalls of the first and second semiconductor chips and the device;

a second molding part between the sidewalls of the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip and between the sidewall of the first semiconductor chip and the sidewall of the device, and between the sidewall of the second semiconductor chip and the sidewall of the device, the second molding part extending from the insulating filler layer to upper ends of the sidewalls of the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip and to an upper end of the sidewall of the device so that a top surface of the second molding part is coplanar with a top surface of the first semiconductor chip, a top surface of the second semiconductor chip, and a top surface of the device; and

a third molding part on the interposer substrate and covering the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip and the device,

wherein first content of a filler contained in the insulating filler layer is less than second content of a filler contained in the second molding part.

15 . The semiconductor package of claim 14 , wherein the device further comprises a lower die and the upper die on the lower die.

16 . The semiconductor package of claim 14 , wherein

the first molding part is between the upper die and the second molding part, and is in physically contact with the second molding part, and

the third molding part is spaced apart from the second molding part.

17 . The semiconductor package of claim 14 , wherein the insulating filler layer further comprises an underfill part between the interposer substrate and each of the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip and between the interposer substrate and the device.

18 . The semiconductor package of claim 14 , wherein

a particle size of the filler contained in the second molding part is greater than a particle size of the filler contained in the insulating filler layer,

the particle size of the filler contained in the second molding part is about 3 μm to about 10 μm, and

the particle size of the filler contained in the insulating filler layer is about 1 μm to about 3 μm.

19 . The semiconductor package of claim 14 , wherein the interposer substrate comprises:

a redistribution structure including a conductive redistribution pattern.

20 . The semiconductor package of claim 19 , wherein the interposer substrate further comprises:

a base layer on a lower surface of the redistribution structure; and

a through electrode passing through the base layer and electrically connected to the conductive redistribution pattern.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0173679 · Dec 11, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17367995 · Jul 6, 2021
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