Patent ID: 8299594

Claim:
An electronic module comprising: a first integrated circuit (IC) package layer including a first input/output (I/O) pad; an interposer layer including a lead that comprises a terminal configured to route an electrical signal to the first I/O pad; a second IC package layer including a second I/O pad; and an interface printed circuit board (PCB) including: a plurality of third I/O pads; and a plurality of interface PCB conductive traces configured to route electrical signals among the first, second, and plurality of third I/O pads, wherein one of the plurality of interface PCB conductive traces terminates at or is adjacent to a peripheral surface of the interface PCB to define an interface PCB connection point; wherein the first IC package layer, the interposer layer, the second IC package layer, and the interface PCB are arranged to form a stack; and wherein the lead is angularly disposed with respect to the interposer layer to couple to the interface PCB connection point and extends beyond an outermost surface of the interposer layer and an outermost surface of the second IC package layer such that an angularly disposed portion of the lead is spaced a distance from the outermost surface of the interposer layer and an outermost surface of the second IC package layer, and wherein the outermost surface of the interposer layer runs along a side surface of the stack.