Invention and Collaboration Laboratory Pte. Ltd.

Etron Technology, Inc.

Nd-hi Technologies Lab,inc.

Chao-chun Lu

Ho-Ming Tong

An IC structure includes a memory stack including semiconductor dies horizontally separate with each other, wherein each semiconductor die has a top surface, a bottom surface, four sidewalls, and a plurality of edge pads arranged along a sidewall. The IC structure further includes a memory controller under the first memory stack and electrically connected to the edge pads of each semiconductor die, a processor circuit disposed over and electrically connected to the memory controller, and a packaging substrate under and electrically connected to the memory controller. A die area of the memory controller is larger than the sum of a horizontal cross-section area of the memory stack and a die area of the processor circuit. There is no interposer between the packaging substrate and the memory controller, and there is no TSV in each semiconductor die.

High bandwidth memory stack with side edge interconnection and 3D IC structure with the same

An IC structure includes a memory stack including semiconductor dies horizontally separate with each other, wherein each semiconductor die has a top surface, a bottom surface, four sidewalls, and a plurality of edge pads arranged along a sidewall. The area of the bottom surface or the top surface of each semiconductor die is larger than that of any sidewall. The IC structure further includes a logic die with memory controller and processor circuit under the memory stack and electrically connected to the plurality of edge pads of each semiconductor memory die, and a packaging substrate under and electrically connected to the logic die with memory controller and processor. There is no interposer between the packaging substrate and the logic die with memory controller and processor circuit, and there is no TSV in each semiconductor die.

A transistor structure includes a substrate, a gate conductive region, a gate dielectric layer and a first conductive region. At least a portion of the gate conductive region is disposed below a surface of the substrate. The gate dielectric layer surrounds a bottom wall and sidewalls of the gate conductive region. A bottom wall of the first conductive region is aligned or substantially aligned with a top wall of the gate conductive region.

Transistor with controllable source/drain structure

A probe card system is provided. The probe card system, including a tester assembly, a probe head body configured to couple with the tester assembly, a first interconnection structure on a first side of the probe head body, and a probe layer structure on the first interconnection structure on the first side of the probe head body which is configured to engage with a wafer under test (WUT). The probe layer structure includes a sacrificial layer in connection with the first interconnection structure, a bonding layer in connection with the sacrificial layer, and a plurality of probe tips each in connection with respective conductive patterns exposed from the bonding layer and electrically coupled to the first interconnection structure. The sacrificial layer allows removal of the bonding layer and the plurality of probe tips via an etching operation. A method of manufacturing a probe card system is also provided.

Probe card system, method of manufacturing probe card system, method of using probe card system

An interconnection structure includes a first dielectric layer, a first conduction layer, a conductor pillar, an upper dielectric layer and an upper conduction layer. The first dielectric layer is disposed over a first terminal of a device. The first conduction layer is disposed over the first dielectric layer. The conductor pillar is connected to the first terminal. The upper dielectric layer is disposed over the first conduction layer. The upper conduction layer is disposed over the upper dielectric layer. The conductor pillar connects to the upper conduction layer but disconnects from the first conduction layer.

Interconnection structure and manufacture method thereof

Semiconductor circuit structures with direct die heat removal structure are provided. The semiconductor circuit structure comprises a semiconductor substrate with an original semiconductor surface; a set of active regions within the semiconductor substrate; and a first shallow trench isolation (STI) region neighboring to the set of active regions and extending along a first direction. Wherein the first STI region includes a heat removing layer, and the material of the heat removing layer is different from SiO.

Semiconductor circuit structure with direct die heat removal structure

The present invention provides a single monolithic the comprising a first schematic circuit manufactured based on a first technology node. A die area of the single monolithic die is smaller than a die area of another monolithic die with a second schematic circuit made based on the first technology node, wherein the first schematic circuit is the same as the second schematic circuit, and the first schematic circuit is a SRAM circuit, a logic circuit, a combination of SRAM and logic circuit, or a major function block circuit.

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Chao-chun Lu