Patent ID: 7288739

Claim:
A method of making an electronic device comprising the steps of 1. providing a laminated dielectric substrate of predetermined thickness having a first and second side and being comprised of a dielectric substrate material laminated with a conductive foil of a prescribed thickness on both the first and second sides; 2. creating a conductive circuit on the second side of the laminated dielectric substrate by selectively removing portions of the conductive foil on the second side of the laminated dielectric substrate to leave remaining a conductive foil circuit projecting in part into the perimeter of a preselected volume of the dielectric substrate material at a prescribed location within the perimeter; 3. removing conductive foil from the first side of the laminated dielectric substrate within the perimeter of the preselected volume to expose the dielectric substrate material completely within said perimeter; 4. removing entirely the volume of the dielectric substrate material within said perimeter to create a void in the dielectric substrate material without damaging the part of the conductive circuit projecting into the perimeter of the void; 5. inserting into the void of the dielectric substrate material, from the first side of the laminated dielectric substrate, an electronic component having a thickness not greater than the preselected thickness of the laminated dielectric substrate and having at least one contact on the surface of the electronic component first inserted into the void, the at least one contact corresponding in position to the part of said conductive circuit that projects into the perimeter of the void so that when fully inserted, the contact on the electronic component registers with and contacts said projecting part of the conductive circuit; and 6. bonding together the contact on the electronic component and the projecting part of the conductive circuit to hold the electronic component in the void of the dielectric substrate material.