Patent ID: 7095122

Claim:
A microelectronic component assembly comprising: a microelectronic component substrate that includes a mounting surface; a microelectronic component mounted to the mounting surface, the microelectronic component having a terminal surface spaced outwardly from the mounting surface, first and second terminals carried adjacent the terminal surface, and a periphery including first and second sides; a first support carried by the substrate adjacent the first side of the microelectronic component periphery; a second support carried by the substrate adjacent the second side of the microelectronic component periphery, the second support being spaced from the first support; a first bond pad surface supported by the first support outwardly from the mounting surface proximate the microelectronic component terminal surface, wherein the first bond pad surface is substantially coplanar with the terminal surface of the microelectronic componenet; a second bond pad surface supported by the second support outwardly from the mounting surface at a location proximate the microelectronic component terminal surface, wherein the second bond pad surface is substantially coplanar with the terminal surface of the microelectronic component; a first bond wire electrically coupling the first terminal of the microelectronic component to the first bond pad surface; and a second bond wire electrically coupling the second terminal of the microelectronic component to the second bond pad surface.