Patent ID: 7120992

Claim:
A method of making an electronic module, comprising: providing an integrated circuit, wherein the integrated circuit comprises a top face and a bottom face; creating a first layer of insulation on at least some portions of the top face of the integrated circuit; creating a redistributed surface on the top face of the integrated circuit, including; creating a redistribution layer comprising at least a layer of conductive redistribution material above at least some portions of the top face of the integrated circuit, which redistribution layer is electrically connected to the integrated circuit and includes conductive traces, mounting pads, and interconnect pads; using at least some of the traces to position at least some of the interconnect pads along at least one edge of the redistributed surface; creating a layer of insulation above at least some portions of the redistribution layer; mounting at least one secondary component to at least one mounting pad; securing the integrated circuit to a substrate, which substrate includes electrical traces, wherein at least one trace terminates along at least one edge of the substrate; and electrically connecting at least one interconnect pad along at least one edge of the redistributed surface and at least one trace along at least one edge of the substrate, thereby electrically connecting the substrate to the integrated circuit, wherein creating the redistribution layer comprises: creating a first layer of bond material on at least some portions of the top face of the integrated circuit; creating a layer of conductive redistribution material on at least some portions of the first bond layer; and creating a second layer of bond material on at least some portions of the redistribution material.