Patent ID: 7652365

Claim:
A microelectronic component assembly comprising: a first microelectronic component carrying a plurality of first contacts; a second microelectronic component carrying a plurality of second contacts; a plurality of first leads associated with the first microelectronic component, at least some of the first leads being electrically coupled to one of the first contacts, each of the first leads having an outer tip spaced outwardly from the first microelectronic component and physically isolated from an outer tip of an adjacent first lead, and each outer tip having an outer edge including an inwardly extending recess extending toward the first microelectronic component; and a plurality of second leads associated with the second microelectronic component, at least some of the second leads being electrically coupled to one of the second contacts, each of the second leads being aligned with one of the first leads and having an outer length that extends outwardly farther than the outer edge of the aligned first lead.