Patent ID: 7179683

Claim:
A method comprising: forming a groove in a surface of a substrate adjacent and parallel to a sidewall location, the surface having a first circuit device mounting location including the sidewall location for a sidewall of a first circuit device to be mounted at the first circuit device mounting location; wherein the groove has a physical dimension to retain a portion of a fill material to be formed on the sidewall of the first circuit device, on the surface, and in the groove; wherein the first circuit device mounting location comprises a plurality of electrical contacts on the surface of the substrate suitable to electrically couple to a plurality of contacts on a bottom surface of the first circuit device; a second circuit device mounting location to mount a second circuit device on the surface, the second circuit device mounting location adjacent to the first circuit device mounting location; wherein the second location comprises a plurality of electrical contacts on the surface of the substrate suitable to electrically couple to a plurality of contacts on a bottom surface of the second circuit device.