Patent ID: 7595559
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. An integrated circuit chip, comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a first integrated circuit device extending adjacent a first side of said semiconductor substrate and having a first plurality of chip pads thereon; a second integrated circuit device extending adjacent a second side of said semiconductor substrate and having a second plurality of chip pads thereon; first and second pluralities of via holes extending through a portion of said semiconductor substrate located between the first and second integrated circuit devices; a first plurality of rerouting conductors extending from corresponding ones of the first plurality of chip pads to corresponding ones of the first plurality of via holes; and a second plurality of rerouting conductors extending from corresponding ones of the second plurality of chip pads to corresponding ones of the second plurality of via holes; wherein the integrated circuit chip is configured so that all electrical connections to said first and second integrated circuit devices are provided through the first and second pluralities of via holes; and wherein all of the first and second pluralities of via holes are provided between the first and second integrated circuit devices.