Patent ID: 6096576
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A method of electrically and structurally coupling two integrated circuits together comprising the steps of:a. providing a first substantially planar semiconductor substrate having a first face and a second face, having a first integrated circuit formed in the first face and having a plurality of first integrated circuit electrical contacts positioned along a first edge of the first face;b. providing a second substantially planar semiconductor substrate having a third face and a fourth face, having a second integrated circuit formed in the third face and having a plurality of second integrated circuit electrical contacts positioned along a second edge of the third face, the third face having a third edge opposite the second edge; andc. juxtaposing the first integrated circuit electrical contacts to the second integrated circuit electrical contacts in a face to face relationship such that the first substantially planar semiconductor substrate overlaps the second substantially planar substrate only in a region of the first and second integrated circuit electrical contacts but is not substantially overlapping otherwise such that the third edge of the second substantially planar semiconductor substrate is substantially unsupported.