Patent ID: 8106520

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a base configured to receive signals; a first die including conductive paths at least partly through the first die; a second die arranged in a stack with the first die and the base; and a structure located in the stack and outside at least one of the first die and the second die and configured to transfer at least one subset of the signals between the base and at least one of the first die and the second die, the first die being located between the base and the second die, wherein the structure includes an interposer located between the first die and the second die, the interposer including conductive paths coupled to the first die and the second die, the structure including a first structure portion and a second structure portion, the first structure portion being located at a first side of the first die, the second structure portion being located at a second side of the first die, and wherein the interposer includes a length measured between edges of the interposer, and the length of the interposer is greater than a length of the first die.