Patent ID: 7381591

Claim:
A method for forming a stackable ball grid array package, comprising: using a substrate having a first surface for receiving a semiconductor die and having an opposing second surface and having an aperture; patterning conductors on the second surface to provide conductive paths between terminal pads located near the aperture and conductive element pads located near the periphery of the substrate; attaching an adhesively coated dielectric tape adjacent at least one side of the aperture of the substrate; mounting a semiconductor die on the first surface at least partially over the aperture, the die having one or more bond pads located over the aperture; connecting one or more bond pads of the semiconductor die to one of the terminal pads by a bond wire extending through the aperture; providing a material covering the bond wire and that portion of the semiconductor die overlying the aperture, the material having a first profile height with respect to the second surface; and forming one or more conductive elements disposed on the conductive element pads, the conductive elements having a second profile height with respect to the second surface that is greater than the first profile height.