Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Chao-Hsiang Yang

Shin-Puu Jeng

Shang-Yun Hou

Chen-Hua Douglas Yu

Wei-Cheng Wu

Hsien-Pin Hu

Hsien-Wei Chen

Ming-Fa Chen

Tzuan-Horng Liu

Shuo-Mao Chen

Feng-Cheng Hsu

Mill-Jer Wang

Chih-Hsien Lin

Chen-Hua Lin

Cheng-Yi Hong

Dai-Jang Chen

Hsiang-Tai Lu

Hao-Yi Tsai

Chen-Shien Chen

Mirng-Ji Lii

Harry Chuang

Chia-Lun Tsai

Hua-Shu Ivan Wu

Han-Liang Tseng

Tjandra Winata Karta

Chun-Ming Su

Wesley Lin

Hsiang-tai Lu

Jimmy Liang

Ming-Hsin Li

Charles Chen

Jeng-Long Huang

Po-Chu Chen

An integrated circuit component includes a semiconductor substrate, conductive pads, a passivation layer and conductive vias. The semiconductor substrate has an active surface. The conductive pads are located on the active surface of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate, and the conductive pads each have a contact region and a testing region, where in each of the conductive pads, an edge of the contact region is in contact with an edge of the testing region. The passivation layer is located on the semiconductor substrate, where the conductive pads are located between the semiconductor substrate and the passivation layer, and the testing regions and the contact regions of the conductive pads are exposed by the passivation layer. The conductive vias are respectively located on the contact regions of the conductive pads.

Integrated circuit component and package structure having the same

A semiconductor structure, comprising a redistribution layer (RDL) including a dielectric layer and a conductive trace within the dielectric layer; a first conductive member disposed over the RDL and electrically connected with the conductive trace; a second conductive member disposed over the RDL and electrically connected with the conductive trace; a first die disposed over the RDL; a second die disposed over the first die, the first conductive member and the second conductive member; and a connector disposed between the second die and the second conductive member to electrically connect the second die with the conductive trace, wherein the first conductive member is electrically isolated from the second die.

Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure forming a redistribution layer (RDL); forming a conductive pad over the RDL; performing a first electrical test through the conductive pad; bonding a first die over the RDL by a connector; disposing a first underfill material to surround the connector; performing a second electrical test through the conductive pad; disposing a second die over the first die and the conductive pad; and disposing a second underfill material to surround the second die, wherein the conductive pad is at least partially in contact with the second underfill material, and is protruded from the RDL during the first electrical test and the second electrical test.

A device includes a test pad on a chip. A first microbump has a first surface area that is less than a surface area of the test pad. A first conductive path couples the test pad to the first microbump. A second microbump has a second surface area that is less than the surface area of the test pad. A second conductive path couples the test pad to the second microbump.

Testing of semiconductor chips with microbumps

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes forming a redistribution layer (RDL); forming a conductive member over the RDL; performing a first electrical test through the conductive member; disposing a first die over the RDL; performing a second electrical test through the conductive member; and disposing a second die over the first die and the conductive member.

A package structure includes a semiconductor substrate, conductive pads, and conductive vias. The conductive pads are located on and electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate, and each have a testing region and a contact region comprising a core contact region and a buffer contact region, wherein along one direction, the conductive pads each have a maximum length less than a sum of a maximum length of the testing region and a maximum length of the buffer contact region. The conductive vias are respectively located on the core contact regions of the conductive pads.

A package includes a semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip includes a test pad, and a plurality of microbump pads, wherein each microbump pad of the plurality of microbump pads is electrically connected to the test pad. The package further includes a substrate; and a plurality of microbumps configured to electrically connect the semiconductor chip to the substrate, wherein each microbump of the plurality of microbumps is electrically connected to a corresponding microbump pad of the plurality of microbump pads. The package further includes a package substrate, wherein the package substrate comprises a bump pad, wherein an area of the bump pad is greater than a combined area of the test pad and the plurality of microbump pads. The package further includes a bump configured to electrically connect the substrate to the package substrate.

A test structure including an array of microbumps electrically connecting a chip and a substrate, wherein a width of each microbump of the array of microbumps is equal to or less than about 50 microns (&#x3bc;m). The test structure further includes an interconnect structure connected to the array of microbumps. The test structure further includes an array of test pads around a periphery of the array of microbumps, wherein a test pad of the array of test pads is connected to a corresponding microbump of the array of microbumps through the interconnect structure. A width of the test pad is greater than a width of the corresponding microbump, and the test pad is adapted to be covered after circuit probing by a passivation material to prevent particle and corrosion issues.

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Chao-Hsiang Yang