Patent ID: 6948137

Claim:
A semiconductor device structure comprising: a substrate; a first packaged integrated circuit including a package and having a plurality of terminals extending outwardly from a periphery of the package, the first packaged integrated circuit being mounted on the substrate; and a second packaged integrated circuit including a package and having a plurality of terminals extending outwardly from a periphery of the package, the second packaged integrated circuit being mounted on the substrate, wherein at least some of the terminals of the first packaged integrated circuit are connected to corresponding terminals of the second integrated circuit, the terminals of the first and second packaged integrated circuits that are connected to each other are arranged facing each other on the substrate, the packages of the first and second packaged integrated circuits each have a plurality of sides from which the respective terminals project, the terminals of the first and second packaged integrated circuits that are connected to each other are all located on first and second sides of the first packaged integrated circuit and on a first side of the second packaged integrated circuit, and the first and second sides of the first packaged integrated circuit face the first side of the second packaged integrated circuit.