Patent ID: 8502368

Claim:
A semiconductor device comprising: a substantially planar substrate; a plurality of stacked semiconductor dice mounted on the substrate; each die of the plurality of dice having substantially similar dimensions; each die having a first plurality of bonding pads arranged along a first bonding edge of the die, the plurality of dice including: a first group of first dice mounted to the substrate with the first bonding edge of each first die oriented in a first direction; and a second group of second dice mounted to the substrate with the first bonding edge of each second die oriented in a second direction opposite the first direction; each die of the plurality of dice being laterally offset in the second direction relative to the remaining dice of the plurality of dice by a respective lateral offset distance such that the bonding pads of each die are not disposed between the substrate and any portion of the remaining dice in a direction perpendicular to the substrate; and a plurality of bonding wires connecting the first plurality of bonding pads to the substrate.