Patent ID: 6597020
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A machine-readable medium encoded with a program for packaging an integrated circuit chip, the chip having a front face with sensors located in a central region and with electrical connection areas located in a region that lies between at least one edge of the chip and the central region, said program containing instructions for performing the steps of:cementing a rear face of the chip to a front face of a substrate that includes through-holes, the rear face of the substrate including electrical connection areas that pass in front of the through-holes such that the through-holes are located laterally with respect to the edge of the chip; connecting the electrical connection areas on the front face of the chip to the electrical connection areas on the substrate through the through-holes; embedding the chip in an encapsulating material so as to form an encapsulating block on the same side as the front face of the substrate, the encapsulating material being optically transparent; and cutting the substrate around the encapsulating block, following the perimeter of the encapsulating block.