Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yunki Choi

Jeonghoon Ahn

Shaofeng Ding

Jihyung Kim

JaeHee Oh

Sungwook Moon

Yeongjun Kwon

Jaeyong Shin

Wonji Park

Minguk Kang

Joonnyung Lee

A method of designing an interconnect structure of a semiconductor apparatus is provided. The interconnect structure includes interconnection layers sequentially stacked on a semiconductor substrate, and each of the interconnection includes dummy metal patterns and main metal patterns. The method includes: determining a layout of the main metal patterns included in each of the plurality of interconnection layers; determining a number of interconnection layers in the plurality of interconnection layers; and determining a layout of the dummy metal patterns included in each of the plurality of interconnection layers based on the determined layout of the main metal patterns and the determined number of interconnection layers.

Method of designing interconnect structure of semiconductor apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor apparatus using the same

A semiconductor chip may include; a device layer including transistors on a substrate, a wiring layer on the device layer, a first through via passing through the device layer and the substrate, and a second through via passing through the wiring layer, the device layer and the substrate, wherein a first height of the first through via is less than a second height of the second through via.

Semiconductor chip and semiconductor package including same

A method of estimating warpage of an interposer and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package by using the same are disclosed. The interposer includes a through electrode passing through a substrate, and a plurality of metal wiring layers and a plurality of insulating layers on the substrate, and the method of estimating warpage of an interposer includes: performing a temperature sweep test by using sample interposers, and measuring warpages according to temperatures; deriving a warpage slope, as a function of temperature, of each of the sample interposers; deriving a warpage model by linearly fitting the warpage slope with respect to an average pattern density of metal wiring layers in each of the sample interposers; and calculating a room temperature warpage reference value of the interposer based on the warpage model.

Methods of estimating warpage of interposers and methods of manufacturing semiconductor package by using the same

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Yunki Choi