Patent ID: 7541658

Claim:
An optically interactive electronic device package array, comprising: a carrier substrate having an array of device attachment areas on a surface thereof, each of the device attachment areas comprising a chip attachment surface and at least one associated wire bonding location in communication with at least one conductive trace on the carrier substrate; a layer of barrier material comprising a contiguous matrix of raised walls defining an array of apertures therethrough secured to the surface of the carrier substrate, each of the apertures exposing the chip attachment surface and the at least one associated wire bonding location of one of the device attachment areas to form an array of chip cavities; a plurality of optically interactive electronic devices within the array of apertures defined by the contiguous matrix of raised walls, each having at least one bond pad on an active surface thereof attached to the chip attachment surface in a corresponding chip cavity of the array of chip cavities; a wire bond connecting the at least one bond pad on the active surface of an optically interactive electronic device of the plurality and the at least one associated wire bonding location in the corresponding chip cavity of the array of chip cavities; and a unitary transparent cover having dimensions substantially equal to those of the carrier substrate sealed to a top surface of the layer of barrier material and covering the plurality of optically interactive electronic devices within the array of apertures defined by the contiguous matrix of raised walls.