Patent ID: 8105873

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a flexible semiconductor device comprising: providing a semiconductor substrate, with a surface having an active area which extends in a lateral direction; providing an integrated circuit having a plurality of semiconductor elements at the active area of the surface of the semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate having a suitable thickness so as to be flexible, and which semiconductor elements are interconnected according to a desired pattern in an interconnect structure, providing a support layer of electrically insulating material, and providing an antenna, which is located laterally outside the active area in an electrically conductive layer adjacent to the support layer and is electrically connected to the interconnect structure, the antenna and the integrated circuit being supported by the support layer, and the semiconductor substrate extending in the area of the semiconductor elements and extending in an area which is located not directly above the semiconductor elements, and the semiconductor substrate being absent in a non-substrate area extending over the antenna and extending in a gap between the antenna and the integrated circuit, and wherein at least one conductor from the interconnect structure extends laterally to the antenna so as to constitute the electrical interconnection.