Patent ID: 7071574

Claim:
A semiconductor device, comprising: a circuit board; a first semiconductor chip positioned on the circuit board; a second semiconductor chip positioned on the first semiconductor chip; wherein (a) the circuit board has a first pad, a second pad spaced away from the first pad in a direction along an outer periphery of the first semiconductor chip, and a wire connecting between the first pad and the second pad on a surface of the circuit board supporting the first semiconductor chip, the wire being printed on the circuit board together with the first and second pads, and the wire extending along the outer periphery of the first semiconductor chip between the first and second pads; (b) the second semiconductor chip has a third pad positioned adjacent to the second pad but away from the first pad on the circuit board; and (c) the second pad on the circuit board and the third pad on the second semiconductor chip are electrically connected through a bonding wire, so that the third pad on the second semiconductor chip is electrically connected with the first pad on the circuit board through the bonding wire, the second pad on the circuit board and the wire on the circuit board.