Patent ID: 7132741

Claim:
A semiconductor chip assembly, comprising: a semiconductor chip that includes first and second opposing surfaces, wherein the first surface of the chip includes a conductive pad; a conductive trace that includes a routing line, a bumped terminal and a metal filler, wherein the bumped terminal includes a cavity; a connection joint that electrically connects the routing line and the pad; and an encapsulant that includes first and second opposing surfaces, wherein the first surface of encapsulant faces in a first direction, the second surface of the encapsulant faces in a second direction opposite the first direction, the chip is embedded in the encapsulant, the routing line extends laterally beyond the bumped terminal and the metal filler and extends vertically beyond the chip in the second direction, the bumped terminal is contiguous with and integral with the routing line and extends vertically beyond the routing line in the second direction, the cavity extends through the bumped terminal in the first and second directions, the metal filler contacts the bumped terminal in the cavity, extends vertically beyond the routing line, the bumped terminal and the cavity in the first direction and extends vertically beyond the routing line in the second direction, and the bumped terminal, the cavity and the metal filler are laterally aligned with one another at a surface that faces in the second direction and are not covered in the second direction by the encapsulant or any other insulative material of the assembly.