Patent ID: 7425470

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a microelectronic component assembly, comprising: juxtaposing an active surface of a first microelectronic component with first and second leads, the individual first and second leads having a body with a first thickness and an inner length with a second thickness less than the first thickness, the first and second leads having inner ends opposed to one another across a terminal gap; attaching the first and second leads to the active surface of the first microelectronic component with an array of terminals carried by the active surface extending longitudinally through the terminal gap and with the body of each of the first and second leads having an outer surface adjacent the inner length that is spaced a body height outwardly from the active surface of the first microelectronic component; attaching a first bond wire to a first terminal of the array and to the inner length of the first lead, the first bond wire having a maximum height outwardly from the active surface that is less than the body height; filling the terminal gap with a dielectric matrix that has a maximum height outwardly from the active surface of the microelectronic component that is less than the body height; coupling a second microelectronic component to the outer surface of the body of the first and second leads, the second microelectronic component having a back surface oriented toward the active surface of the first microelectronic component and an active surface opposite the back surface; and electrically coupling the second microelectronic component to the second lead with a second bond wire.