Patent ID: 7823322

Claim:
A method, comprising: manufacturing a semiconductor chip, the manufacturing including: implanting an integrated circuit region into an active top face of the chip; producing on the chip an upper inclined edge extending between the active top face and a lateral face of the chip, the lateral face extending from a bottom portion of the upper inclined edge to a bottom face of the chip; and manufacturing, on the upper inclined edge, an inclined lateral contact pad electrically linked to the integrated circuit region and extending beneath a plane of the active top face of the chip; forming a cavity in a substrate, the cavity extending from a surface of the substrate into the substrate; forming a conductive element on the surface of the substrate; inserting the semiconductor chip into the cavity to an extent in which at least a portion of the inclined lateral contact pad is positioned in the cavity; and forming a conductive bridge that contacts the conductive element on the surface of the substrate and the inclined lateral contact pad, a portion of the conductive bridge being positioned in the cavity.