Systems that include integrated circuit dies and voltage regulator units are disclosed. Such systems may include a voltage regulator module and an integrated circuit mounted in a common system package. The voltage regulator module may include a voltage regulator circuit and one or more passive devices mounted to a common substrate, and the integrated circuit may include a System-on-a-chip. The system package may include an interconnect region that includes wires fabricated on multiple conductive layers within the interconnect region. At least one power supply terminal of the integrated circuit may be coupled to an output of the voltage regulator module via a wire included in the interconnect region.

A radio frequency module includes a mounting substrate, a low-noise amplifier including an amplifying element and amplifying a radio frequency signal, and an impedance matching circuit including an integrated first inductor, in which the first inductor is connected to an input terminal of the low-noise amplifier, the low-noise amplifier and the impedance matching circuit are laminated in a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the mounting substrate, and a first multilayer body on which the low-noise amplifier and the impedance matching circuit are laminated is mounted on the main surface.

A method includes attaching a discrete component on a circuit board with a first glue, attaching an integrated circuit to the circuit board using a third glue, and attaching a cap to the circuit board using a second glue. The first glue has a composition such that it does not interact electrically with the second glue and does not interact electrically with the third glue.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a first lead supporting the semiconductor element, a second lead separated from the first lead, and a connection lead electrically connecting the semiconductor element to the second lead. The connection lead has an end portion soldered to the second lead. This connection-lead end portion has a first surface facing the semiconductor element and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The second lead is formed with a recess that is open toward the semiconductor element. The recess has a side surface facing the second surface of the connection-lead end portion. A solder contact area of the second surface of the connection-lead end portion is larger than a solder contact area of the first surface of the connection-lead end portion.

A semiconductor device and method for fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising a paste layer is disclosed. In one example the method comprises attaching a substrate to a carrier, wherein the substrate comprises a plurality of semiconductor dies. A layer of a paste is applied to the substrate. The layer above cutting regions of the substrate is structured. The substrate is cut along the cutting regions.

A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor unit that includes a first substrate including a first wiring board to which a first semiconductor chip is bonded, a second semiconductor unit that includes a second substrate including a second wiring board to which a second semiconductor chip is bonded, a cooling unit including a first cooling surface and a second cooling surface that are opposite to each other and respectively have the first semiconductor unit facing the first substrate thereon and the second semiconductor unit facing the second substrate thereon, and an output terminal provided at a first side of the cooling unit and being connected to both the first wiring board and the second wiring board.

A light-emitting/receiving device including: a diode-type light-emitting element formed on a semiconductor substrate; a diode-type light-receiving element formed on the semiconductor substrate; a light source driving unit configured to supply a first common voltage to an anode or a cathode of the light-emitting element to drive the light-emitting element; and a light signal processing unit configured to perform current/voltage conversion on an output current outputted from the light-receiving element, by referring to a second common voltage.

In an embodiment, a structure includes: a processor device including logic devices; a first memory device directly face-to-face bonded to the processor device by metal-to-metal bonds and by dielectric-to-dielectric bonds; a first dielectric layer laterally surrounding the first memory device; a redistribution structure over the first dielectric layer and the first memory device, the redistribution structure including metallization patterns; and first conductive vias extending through the first dielectric layer, the first conductive vias connecting the metallization patterns of the redistribution structure to the processor device.

A programmable circuit includes an array of printed groups of microscopic transistors or diodes. The devices are pre-formed and printed as an ink and cured. A patterned hydrophobic layer defines the locations of the printed dots of the devices. The devices in each group are connected in parallel so that each group acts as a single device. Each group has at least one electrical lead that terminates in a patch area on the substrate. An interconnection conductor pattern interconnects at least some of the leads of the groups in the patch area to create logic circuits for a customized application of the generic circuit. The groups may also be interconnected to be logic gates, and the gate leads terminate in the patch area. The interconnection conductor pattern then interconnects the gates for form complex logic circuits.

Systems that include integrated circuit dies and voltage regulator units are disclosed. Such systems may include a voltage regulator module and an integrated circuit mounted in a common system package. The voltage regulator module may include a voltage regulator circuit and one or more passive devices mounted to a common substrate, and the integrated circuit may include a System-on-a-chip. The system package may include an interconnect region that includes wires fabricated on multiple conductive layers within the interconnect region. At least one power supply terminal of the integrated circuit may be coupled to an output of the voltage regulator module via a wire included in the interconnect region.