Patent ID: 8093730

Claim:
A semiconductor assembly, comprising: a carrier substrate comprising an interposer or a printed circuit board; a semiconductor substrate adjacent the carrier substrate; at least one adhesive element disposed in a standoff volume between the carrier substrate and an opposing surface of the semiconductor substrate; a volume of dielectric filler material disposed around the at least one adhesive element in the standoff volume and bonding the semiconductor substrate to the carrier substrate; at least one conductive element coupled between the carrier substrate and the semiconductor substrate, wherein the at least one conductive element includes a first portion that is surrounded by the volume of dielectric filler material and a second portion that protrudes from the volume of dielectric filler material; and a dielectric encapsulation material extending over at least a portion of at least one surface of the semiconductor substrate and surrounding the second portion of the at least one conductive element, the dielectric encapsulation material differing from the volume of dielectric filler material and the at least one adhesive element, wherein the volume of dielectric filler material and the dielectric encapsulation material are in contact at an interface through which the at least one conductive element extends.