Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sungdong Cho

Eunji Kim

Kwangwuk Park

Youngmin Lee

Sangjun Park

Inyoung Lee

Junwoo Lee

Hyoungyol Mun

Yonghyeok Son

Seokhwan Jeong

ByungKyu Kim

Hakseung Lee

Seungwoo Paek

Daesuk Lee

Won Tae Kim

Seokho Kim

Wonhee Cho

Chanho Lee

Kyuha Lee

Kunsang Park

Minsung Kang

Haeseok Park

Jinkuk Bae

Ilgeun Jung

A semiconductor package includes a first structure having a first insulating layer and a first bonding pad penetrating the first insulating layer, and a second structure on the first structure and having a second insulating layer bonded to the first insulating layer, a bonding pad structure penetrating the second insulating layer and bonded to the first bonding pad, and a test pad structure penetrating the second insulating layer and including a test pad in an opening penetrating the second insulating layer and having a protrusion with a flat surface, and a bonding layer filling the opening and covering the test pad and the flat surface, the protrusion of the test pad extending from a surface in contact with the bonding layer, and the flat surface of the protrusion being within the opening and spaced apart from an interface between the bonding layer and the first insulating layer.

Semiconductor package

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including a first region and a second region, first metal lines spaced apart from each other at a first interval on the first region, second metal lines spaced apart from each other at a second interval on the second region, the second interval being less than the first interval, and a passivation layer on the semiconductor substrate and covering the first and second metal lines, the passivation layer including sidewall parts covering sidewalls of the first metal lines and the second metal lines, the sidewall parts including a porous dielectric layer, upper parts covering top surfaces of the first metal lines and the second metal lines, and an air gap defined by the sidewall parts between the second metal lines.

Semiconductor device

A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate including a cell area and a peripheral area, a plurality of capacitors including a plurality of lower electrodes arranged in the cell area, a plurality of capacitor dielectric layers covering the plurality of lower electrodes, and an upper electrode on the plurality of capacitor dielectric layers, an etch stop layer covering the upper electrode, a filling insulation layer covering the etch stop layer and arranged in the cell area and the peripheral area, a plurality of wiring lines on the filling insulation layer, and a first wiring contact plug electrically connecting at least one of the plurality of wiring lines to the upper electrode. The upper electrode includes a first upper electrode layer covering the plurality of capacitor dielectric layers and including a semiconductor material and a second upper electrode layer covering the first upper electrode layer and including a metallic material.

Semiconductor memory device including wiring contact plugs

A semiconductor chip structure includes a first semiconductor chip that includes a first chip region and a first scribe lane region and a second semiconductor chip that includes a second chip region and a second scribe lane region respectively bonded to the first chip region and the first scribe lane region. The first semiconductor chip includes a first bonding wiring layer that includes a first bonding insulating layer and a first bonding electrode in the first bonding insulating layer. The second semiconductor chip includes a second bonding wiring layer that includes a second bonding insulating layer and a second bonding electrode in the second bonding insulating layer and a polishing stop pattern. The first bonding insulating layer and the first bonding electrode of the first bonding wiring layer are respectively hybrid bonded to the second bonding insulating layer and the second bonding electrode of the second bonding wiring layer.

Semiconductor chip structure

A device including a first structure and a second structure is provided. The device includes a substrate, a peripheral circuit and first junction pads on the substrate; a first insulating structure surrounding side surfaces of the first junction pads; second junction pads contacting the first junction pads; a second insulating structure on the first insulating structure; a passivation layer on the second insulating structure; an upper insulating structure between the passivation layer and the second insulating structure; a barrier capping layer between the upper insulating structure and the passivation layer; conductive patterns spaced apart from each other in the upper insulating structure; a first pattern structure between the upper insulating structure and the second insulating structure; a stack structure between the second insulating structure and the first pattern structure, and including gate layers; and a vertical structure passing through the stack structure and including a data storage structure and a channel layer.

Device including first structure having peripheral circuit and second structure having gate layers

A semiconductor chip, a semiconductor package including the same, and a method of fabricating the same, the semiconductor chip including a substrate that includes a device region and an edge region; a device layer and a wiring layer that are sequentially stacked on the substrate; a subsidiary pattern on the wiring layer on the edge region; a first capping layer that covers a sidewall of the subsidiary pattern, a top surface of the wiring layer, and a sidewall of the wiring layer, the first capping layer including an upper outer sidewall and a lower outer sidewall, the lower outer sidewall being offset from the upper outer sidewall; and a buried dielectric pattern in contact with the lower outer sidewall of the first capping layer and spaced apart from the upper outer sidewall of the first capping layer.

Semiconductor chip including buried dielectric pattern at edge region, semiconductor package including the same, and method of fabricating the same

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having an active surface on which semiconductor elements are provided. An interlayer insulating film is provided on the semiconductor substrate. A first via structure passes through the semiconductor substrate. The first via structure has a first diameter. A second via structure passes through the semiconductor substrate. The second via structure has a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter. The first via structure has a step portion that is in contact with the interlayer insulating film.

Semiconductor device including via structures with undercut portions and semiconductor package including the same

A semiconductor device, includes: a substrate having a first surface on which a plurality of devices are disposed and a second surface, opposite to the first surface; an interlayer insulating film on the first surface of the substrate; an etching delay layer disposed in a region between the substrate and the interlayer insulating film; first and second landing pads on the interlayer insulating film; a first through electrode penetrating through the substrate and the interlayer insulating film; and a second through electrode penetrating the substrate, the etching delay layer, and the interlayer insulating film, the second through electrode having a width, greater than that of the first through electrode, wherein each of the first and second through electrodes includes first and second tapered end portions in the interlayer insulating film, each of first and second tapered end portions having a cross-sectional shape narrowing closer to the landing pads.

A semiconductor includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, the substrate having a via hole extending in a thickness direction from the first surface, a circuit pattern in the first surface of the substrate, a through electrode structure in the via hole, a device isolation structure in a first trench extending in one direction in the first surface of the substrate, the device isolation structure between the via hole and the circuit pattern, the device isolation structure including a first oxide layer pattern and a first nitride layer pattern sequentially stacked on an inner surface of the first trench, the first nitride layer pattern filling the first trench, and an insulation interlayer on the first surface of the substrate and covering the circuit pattern.

Through via electrode and device isolation structure including oxide layer pattern and nitride layer pattern sequentially stacked on inner surface of trench

A semiconductor package may include a base, a first chip on the base, and first connection patterns that connect and couple the base and the first chip. The first chip may include a substrate, pad patterns on the substrate, a passivation layer on the substrate and having openings, and pillars on the substrate, the pad patterns include a first signal pad and a second signal pad, the first connection patterns are in contact with the pillars, the pillars include a first signal pillar in contact with the first signal pad and a second signal pillar in contact with the second signal pad, the openings in the passivation layer include a first opening having a sidewall facing a side surface of the first signal pillar and surrounding the side surface of the first signal pillar, and a second opening having a sidewall facing a side surface of the second signal pillar and surrounding the side surface of the second signal pillar, and a maximum width of the second opening is greater than a maximum width of the first opening.

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