Patent ID: 7830000

Claim:
An electronic module comprising: a chip layer including: at least one chip, each chip comprising at least one side surface, an upper surface, a lower surface, and at least one contact pad at the upper surface; a structural material surrounding and physically contacting the at least one side surface of each chip of the chip layer, the structural material having an upper surface substantially co-planar with or parallel to an upper surface of each chip and defining at least a portion of a front surface of the chip layer, and a lower surface substantially co-planar with or parallel to a lower surface of each chip and defining at least a portion of a back surface of the chip layer; an interconnect layer disposed over the front surface of the chip layer, the interconnect layer including at least one electrical conductor extending at least in part horizontally and in opposing relation to the front surface of the chip layer, wherein the interconnect layer electrically connects to a contact pad of the at least one contact pad of the at least one chip of the chip layer; and at least one electronic device disposed over the front surface of the chip layer and electrically connected to the interconnect layer; and a thermal conduit from a surface of the at least one electronic device, through the interconnect layer and the chip layer to the back surface of the chip layer, the thermal conduit comprising at least one thermally conductive structure extending through the structural material between the front surface and the back surface of the chip layer, the thermal conduit facilitating extraction of heat from the at least one electronic device disposed over the front surface of the chip layer to the back surface of the chip layer.