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Granted Patent B2
US 12,628,659 · App. 18/234,914 · Granted May 12, 2026

Semiconductor package

Inventors: Sang Cheon Park (Hwaseong-si, KR); Young Min Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Dae-Woo Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Hyuek Jae Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L23/544H01L23/5385H01L23/5386H01L25/0657
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Patent No.
US 12,628,659
App. No.
18/234,914
Granted
May 12, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor package includes a substrate including a first semiconductor chip including a first wiring structure, a first bonding pad, and a first alignment key on the first wiring structure to be spaced apart in a first direction, a second semiconductor chip including a second wiring structure, a second bonding pad on the second wiring structure and connected to the first bonding pad, and a second alignment key on the second wiring structure to be spaced apart from the second bonding pad and not overlapping the first alignment key in the second direction, the first wiring structure including a first wiring pattern connected to the first bonding pad and not overlapping the first and second alignment keys in the second direction, and the second wiring structure including a second wiring pattern connected to the second bonding pad and not overlapping the first and second alignment keys in the second direction.

Claims (64)

1 . A semiconductor package comprising:

a first semiconductor chip;

a first alignment pad provided on an upper surface of the first semiconductor chip;

a first bonding pad spaced apart from the first alignment pad in a first direction on the upper surface of the first semiconductor chip;

a second alignment pad including an opening part which is provided on an upper surface of the first alignment pad and an alignment part which does not overlap the first alignment pad in a second direction different from the first direction;

a second bonding pad provided on an upper surface of the first bonding pad, a lower surface of the second bonding pad being in contact with the upper surface of the first bonding pad, the second bonding pad spaced apart from the second alignment pad in the first direction; and

a second semiconductor chip provided on an upper surface of the second alignment pad and an upper surface of the second bonding pad,

wherein a lower surface of the first bonding pad is coplanar with a lower surface of the first alignment pad.

2 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 ,

wherein the first semiconductor chip includes a first wiring pattern which is electrically connected to the first bonding pad, and

wherein the first wiring pattern does not overlap the first alignment pad and the second alignment pad in the second direction.

3 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 ,

wherein the second semiconductor chip includes a second wiring pattern which is electrically connected to the second bonding pad, and

wherein the second wiring pattern does not overlap the first alignment pad and the second alignment pad in the second direction.

4 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 ,

wherein the second alignment pad includes a first part having a box shape including an inner wall and an outer wall of a quadrangular shape, and a second part having a cross shape provided inside the inner wall of the first part, and

wherein the first alignment pad has a quadrangular shape and is provided in a space defined by the first part and the second part of the second alignment pad.

5 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the second alignment pad includes the same material as the second bonding pad.

6 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the second alignment pad in the second direction is the same as a thickness of the second bonding pad in the second direction.

7 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 ,

wherein the second alignment pad includes the same material as the first alignment pad, and

wherein a thickness of the second alignment pad in the second direction is the same as a thickness of the first alignment pad in the second direction.

8 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first alignment pad in the second direction is smaller than a thickness of the first bonding pad in the second direction.

9 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the second alignment pad in the second direction is smaller than a thickness of the second bonding pad in the second direction.

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

a first passivation layer which is provided on the upper surface of the first semiconductor chip and surrounds side faces of the first bonding pad and side faces of the first alignment pad; and

a second passivation layer which is provided on an upper surface of the first passivation layer and surrounds side faces of the second bonding pad and side faces of the second alignment pad.

11 . A semiconductor package comprising:

a first semiconductor chip;

a first alignment pad provided on an upper surface of the first semiconductor chip;

a first bonding pad spaced apart from the first alignment pad in a first direction on the upper surface of the first semiconductor chip;

a first passivation layer provided on the upper surface of the first semiconductor chip, the first passivation layer surrounding side faces of the first bonding pad and side faces of the first alignment pad;

a second alignment pad including an opening part provided on an upper surface of the first alignment pad;

a second bonding pad provided on an upper surface of the first bonding pad, a lower surface of the second bonding pad being in contact with the upper surface of the first bonding pad, the second bonding pad spaced apart from the second alignment pad in the first direction;

a second passivation layer provided on an upper surface of the first passivation layer, the second passivation layer surrounding side faces of the second bonding pad and side faces of the second alignment pad; and

a second semiconductor chip provided on an upper surface of the second alignment pad and an upper surface of the second bonding pad,

wherein the second alignment pad includes an alignment part and the opening part which penetrates the alignment part and exposes at least a part of the second semiconductor chip,

wherein the first alignment pad overlaps the opening part in a second direction different from the first direction and does not overlap the alignment part in the second direction, and

wherein a lower surface of the first bonding pad is coplanar with a lower surface of the first alignment pad.

12 . The semiconductor package of claim 11 ,

wherein the upper surface of the first alignment pad is in contact with a lower surface of the second passivation layer, and

wherein a lower surface of the second alignment pad is in contact with the upper surface of the first passivation layer.

13 . The semiconductor package of claim 11 ,

wherein the first semiconductor chip includes a first wiring pattern which is electrically connected to the first bonding pad, and

wherein the first wiring pattern does not overlap the first alignment pad and the second alignment pad in the second direction.

14 . The semiconductor package of claim 11 ,

wherein the second semiconductor chip includes a second wiring pattern which is electrically connected to the second bonding pad, and

wherein the second wiring pattern does not overlap the first alignment pad and the second alignment pad in the second direction.

15 . The semiconductor package of claim 11 , wherein a thickness of the first alignment pad in the second direction is smaller than a thickness of the first bonding pad in the second direction.

16 . The semiconductor package of claim 11 , wherein a thickness of the second alignment pad in the second direction is smaller than a thickness of the second bonding pad in the second direction.

17 . A semiconductor package comprising:

a first semiconductor chip including a first wiring pattern;

a first alignment pad provided on an upper surface of the first semiconductor chip, the first alignment pad electrically insulated from the first wiring pattern;

a first bonding pad spaced apart from the first alignment pad in a first direction on the upper surface of the first semiconductor chip, the first bonding pad electrically connected to the first wiring pattern;

a second alignment pad including an opening part which is provided on an upper surface of the first alignment pad and an alignment part which does not overlap the first alignment pad in a second direction different from the first direction, the second alignment pad electrically insulated from the first alignment pad and the first wiring pattern; and

a second bonding pad provided on an upper surface of the first bonding pad, the second bonding pad spaced apart from the second alignment pad in the first direction,

wherein the second bonding pad is electrically connected to the first bonding pad, and the second bonding pad is electrically insulated from the second alignment pad, and

wherein a lower surface of the first bonding pad is coplanar with a lower surface of the first alignment pad.

18 . The semiconductor package of claim 17 , further comprising:

a second semiconductor chip provided on an upper surface of the second alignment pad and an upper surface of the second bonding pad, the second semiconductor chip including a second wiring pattern,

wherein the second wiring pattern is electrically connected to the second bonding pad, and the second wiring pattern is electrically insulated from the second alignment pad.

19 . The semiconductor package of claim 17 , further comprising:

a passivation layer which is provided on the upper surface of the first semiconductor chip and surrounds side faces of the first bonding pad and side faces of the first alignment pad.

20 . The semiconductor package of claim 17 , wherein the lower surface of the first alignment pad is in contact with the upper surface of the first semiconductor chip.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0112307 · Sep 3, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17199703 · Mar 12, 2021
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