Patent ID: 8546931

Claim:
A semiconductor component comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a first side, a second side, an integrated circuit, a substrate contact on the first side in electrical communication with the integrated circuit having an inner surface planar with the first side, and a substrate opening extending from the second side to the inner surface configured to allow access to the inner surface by a bonding capillary; a conductive interconnect comprising a wire embedded in a discrete dielectric layer having sidewalls of insulation material with a width greater that a diameter of the wire in the substrate opening, the wire comprising a length of wire from a wire feed mechanism placed in the opening by the bonding capillary and a wire bonded connection comprising an end of the length of wire bonded to the inner surface of the substrate contact by the bonding capillary wherein the end has a size different than a remaining portion of the wire; and a second semiconductor substrate stacked on the semiconductor substrate comprising a second substrate contact bonded to the conductive interconnect through direct surface to surface contact to either the conductive interconnect or to a second conductive interconnect comprising a second wire having a second wire bonded connection with the second substrate contact.