Patent ID: 8488331

Claim:
An electrical circuit assembly comprising: a substrate surface; a first packaged integrated circuit component mounted on the substrate surface and having a first side surface that is substantially perpendicular to the substrate surface, the first component further having a first exposed electrical contact on the first side surface; a second packaged integrated circuit component mounted on the substrate surface and having a second side surface that is substantially perpendicular to the substrate surface, the second component further having a second exposed electrical contact on the second side surface, the first and second components being positioned on the substrate surface so that the first and second surfaces face toward one another, and so that the first and second contacts are within 1.0 mm of one another between the first and second surfaces; and an electrically conductive connector material that has been deposited in contact with the first and second contacts between the first and second surfaces, wherein the first side surface is recessed from another portion of that surface to provide a recess at a location of the first contact, wherein the recess does not extend all the way to a bottom surface of the first component.