Patent ID: 8487421

Claim:
A microelectronic package, the package having a top surface and a bottom surface remote from the top surface, the package comprising: a stacked microelectronic unit including at least first and second vertically stacked microelectronic elements each having a front face facing the top surface and a rear face remote from the front face, wherein the front face of the first microelectronic element is adjacent the top surface, wherein the first microelectronic element overlies the front face of the second microelectronic element such that at least a portion of the front face of the second microelectronic element having at least one element contact thereon extends beyond an edge of the first microelectronic element; an encapsulant between the top surface and the front face of the second microelectronic element; at least one first package terminal at the top surface, the first terminal usable to connect the package to a contact of a first microelectronic component external to the package; and a conductive structure electrically connecting the first terminal to the at least one element contact at the front face of the second microelectronic element, the conductive structure including a continuous monolithic metal feature extending along the top surface and through at least a portion of the encapsulant towards the at least one element contact.