Patent ID: 8101459

Claim:
A method for assembling semiconductor devices in stacked arrangement, comprising: securing a semiconductor device to a substrate, the semiconductor device including integrated circuitry, circuit bond pads in communication with the integrated circuitry, and noncircuit bond pads electrically isolated from the integrated circuitry; placing discrete conductive elements between the circuit bond pads of the semiconductor device and corresponding contact areas of the substrate, electrically connecting the semiconductor device to the substrate; securing discrete spacers at a plurality of laterally spaced-apart positions directly to at least some of the noncircuit bond pads; positioning another semiconductor device over the semiconductor device, after securing the discrete spacers directly to the at least some of the noncircuit bond pads, with the discrete spacers in contact with a back side of the another semiconductor device to space the another semiconductor device sufficiently above the semiconductor device to prevent contact of the back side of the another semiconductor device with portions of the discrete conductive elements positioned between the semiconductor device and the another semiconductor device; maintaining a position of the another semiconductor device over the semiconductor device with an adhesive material; and introducing another, at least partially unconsolidated adhesive material between the semiconductor device and the another semiconductor device, around the discrete spacers and around the portions of the discrete conductive elements positioned between the semiconductor device and the another semiconductor device by capillary action.