Patent ID: 6848173

Claim:
A method of making a microelectronic assembly comprising: (a) providing a connection component having a first surface including conductive leads and contacts, said conductive leads having terminal ends permanently secured to said connection component and tip ends releasably secured to said connection component; (b) juxtaposing a first microelectronic element having contacts with the first surface of said connection component and attaching the contacts of said first microelectronic element to the tip ends of said leads; (c) attaching a second microelectronic element having contacts to a back surface of said first microelectronic element, wherein the contacts of said second microelectronic element face away from the first surface of said connection component; (d) wire bonding the contacts on said connection component with the contacts of said second microelectronic element so that elongated bonding wires extend between the contacts of said connection component and the contacts of said second microelectronic element; and (e) after the wire bonding step, moving said first and second microelectronic elements through a preselected displacement relative to said connection component so as to deform the bonding wires and the leads.