Patent ID: 8415203

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a carrier; providing a first device having a first major surface and a second major surface, the first major surface comprising an active surface including a sensor, an active display, or a microelectromechanical device; providing a second device having a first major surface and a second major surface, the first major surface comprising an active surface; attaching the first major surface of the first device to the carrier; attaching the second major surface of the second device to the carrier, the first major surface of the first device coplanar with the second major surface of the second device; forming a first through-via extending from the second major surface of the first device towards the first major surface of the first device and electrically coupled to circuitry of the active surface of the first device; forming a first insulating material between minor surfaces of the first device and the second device; forming a second insulating material over the entirety of the first device and the second device; forming a first via in the second insulating material, the first via electrically coupled to the first through-via; forming a second via in the second insulating material, the second via electrically coupled to circuitry at the active surface of the second device; electrically coupling a first terminal to the first via; electrically coupling a second terminal to the second via; and removing at least a portion of the carrier to expose at least a portion of the active surface of the first device.