Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Chun-Chen Liu

Yu-Nu Hsu

Chen-Shien Chen

Wen-Hao Cheng

Chin-Yu Ku

Kuo-Chio Liu

Chi-Ming Tsai

Cheng-Hung Chen

Chien-Chen Li

Peng-Ren Chen

Jyun-Hong Chen

Te-Hsun Pang

Shih-Yen Chen

Ming-Ho Tsai

Heng-Chi Huang

Yuan-Feng Wu

Sen-Chi Chiang

Cheng-Nan Hsieh

A semiconductor device including: a first formation site and a second formation site for forming a first conductive bump and a second conductive bump; when a first environmental density corresponding to the first formation site is greater than a second environmental density corresponding to the second formation site, a cross sectional area of the second formation site is greater than a cross sectional area of the first formation site; wherein the first environmental density is determined by a number of formation sites around the first formation site in a predetermined range and the second environmental density is determined by a number of formation sites around the second formation site in the predetermined range; wherein a first area having the first environmental density forms an ellipse layout while a second area having the second environmental density forms a strip layout surrounding the ellipse layout.

Semiconductor device

Package structures and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. The package structure includes a first bump structure formed over a first substrate. The first bump structure includes a first pillar layer formed over the first substrate and a first barrier layer formed over the first pillar layer. In addition, the first barrier layer has a first protruding portion laterally extending outside a first edge of the first pillar layer. The package structure further includes a second bump structure bonded to the first bump structure through a solder joint. In addition, the second bump structure includes a second pillar layer formed over a second substrate and a second barrier layer formed over the second pillar layer. The first protruding portion of the first barrier layer is spaced apart from the solder joint.

Package structure with a barrier layer

A method for forming a package structure includes forming an under bump metallization (UBM) layer over a metal pad and forming a photoresist layer over the UBM layer. The method further includes patterning the photoresist layer to form an opening in the photoresist layer. The method also includes forming a first bump structure over the first portion of the UBM layer. The first bump structure includes a first barrier layer over a first pillar layer. The method includes placing a second bump structure over the first bump structure. The second bump structure includes a second barrier layer over a second pillar layer. The method further includes reflowing the first bump structure and the second bump structure to form a solder joint between a first inter intermetallic compound (IMC) and a second IMC.

Method for forming package structure with a barrier layer

A semiconductor device manufacturing method including: simultaneously forming a plurality of conductive bumps respectively on a plurality of formation sites by adjusting a forming factor in accordance with an environmental density associated with each formation site; wherein the plurality of conductive bumps including an inter-bump height uniformity smaller than a value, and the environmental density is determined by a number of neighboring formation sites around each formation site in a predetermined range.

Semiconductor device manufacturing method and associated semiconductor die

A package structure is provided. The package structure includes a first bump structure formed over a substrate, a solder joint formed over the first bump structure and a second bump structure formed over the solder joint. The first bump structure includes a first pillar layer formed over the substrate and a first barrier layer formed over the first pillar layer. The first barrier layer has a first protruding portion which extends away from a sidewall surface of the first pillar layer, and a distance between the sidewall surface of the first pillar layer and a sidewall surface of the first barrier layer is in a range from about 0.5 &#x3bc;m to about 3 &#x3bc;m. The second bump structure includes a second barrier layer formed over the solder joint and a second pillar layer formed over the second barrier layer, wherein the second barrier layer has a second protruding portion which extends away from a sidewall surface of the second pillar layer.

Package structure with a barrier layer and method for forming the same

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