Patent ID: 7655500

Claim:
A method of packaging a microelectronic device including a microelectronic die having an integrated circuit, a first side with a plurality of bond-pads electrically coupled to the integrated circuit, and a second side opposite the first side, the method comprising: forming a recess in a substrate, the recess extending into the substrate from a substrate surface; placing the microelectronic die in the recess formed in the substrate with the second side facing toward the substrate; placing electric couplers on the individual bond-pads of the microelectronic die, the individual electric couplers having a first end on the bond-pads of the microelectronic die and a second end opposite the first end; and covering the electric couplers, the first side of the microelectronic die, and the substrate with a dielectric layer after placing the microelectronic die in the recess, the dielectric layer having a first portion over the microelectronic die and the electric couplers and a second portion in the recess, the first portion of the dielectric layer having a first surface proximate to the substrate surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first portion of the dielectric layer having a thickness between the first and second surfaces, the thickness being approximately equal to a height of the electric couplers between the first and second ends.