Patent ID: 6686654
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
An electronic packaging module, comprising:a plurality of first integrated circuit chips stacked and secured together to form a first chip stack wherein the first chip stack has a first lateral face that is comprised of a first portion of each chip; a plurality of second integrated circuit chips stacked and secured together to form a second chip stack wherein the second chip stack has a first lateral face that is comprised of a first portion of each chip; wherein the first lateral face of the first chip stack is attached to the first lateral face of the second chip stack so as to form a single, electronic module, wherein at least one of the chip stacks is electrically interconnected to external circuitry; wherein an electrical contact formed on the first lateral face of the first chip stack is interconnected with an electrical contact formed on the first lateral face of the second chip stack so as to establish electrical interconnection between at least some of the chips in the two stacks; and wherein the first chip stack has a second lateral face that is comprised of a second portion of each chip, wherein the second lateral face is substantially parallel to the first lateral face, wherein the second lateral face is mounted to an upper surface of a bonding substrate in a manner such that a plurality of electrical contacts formed on the second lateral face are electrically interconnected with electrical contacts formed on the upper surface of the bonding substrate so as to establish electrical interconnection between the electronic module and the bonding substrate.