Patent ID: 6228548
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A method of making a multichip package, the method comprising:integrally fabricating a set of semiconductor chips in a semiconductor substrate;dividing the semiconductor substrate into a plurality of pieces one of which has a smaller subset of said set of semiconductor chips integrally fabricated therein, each said semiconductor chip in said subset being electrically isolated from the other semiconductor chips in said subset, wherein at least two of said semiconductor chips are in said subset;forming a plurality of conductive leads, not integrally fabricated in the semiconductor substrate in which said subset is integrally fabricated, that electrically connect the electrically isolated semiconductor chips in said subset;encapsulating in a compound at least a portion of said piece of said semiconductor substrate in which said subset is integrally fabricated; andforming a plurality of electrodes extending through said compound to make contact with said conductive leads.