Patent ID: 7998792

Claim:
An electronic device component, comprising: a carrier including: contacts for establishing electrical communication with corresponding bond pads of one or more semiconductor devices; a multi-chip stack secured to carrier and including: at least two semiconductor devices in staggered arrangement with an upper semiconductor device superimposed partially over a lower semiconductor device, each of the upper and lower semiconductor devices including: an active surface; and bond pads carried by the active surface and located adjacent to a single peripheral edge of the semiconductor device; and an intervening element between adjacent semiconductor devices of the at least two semiconductor devices and electrically isolating the adjacent semiconductor devices from one another, the bond pads of the lower semiconductor device being exposed laterally beyond the single peripheral edge of the upper semiconductor device; a plurality of intermediate conductive elements, including: at least one first intermediate conductive element with: a first end bonded to a bond pad of the bond pads adjacent to the single peripheral edge of the lower semiconductor device; and a second end bonded to a first corresponding contact of the contacts of the carrier; and at least one second intermediate conductive element with: a first end bonded to a bond pad of the bond pads adjacent to the single penpheral edge of the upper semiconductor device; and a second end bonded to a second corresponding contact of the contacts of the carrier; at least one third intermediate conductive element with: a first end bonded to a bond pad of the bond pads adjacent to the single peripheral edge of the lower semiconductor device; and a second end bonded to a bond pad of the bond pads adjacent to the single peripheral edge of the upper semiconductor device; a protective element over the multi-chip stack, the plurality of intermediate conductive elements, and at least a portion of the carrier; and external conductive elements accessible from an exterior of the protective element and in communication with the contacts of the carrier for enabling communication between components external to the electronic device component and the at least two semiconductor devices of the multi-chip stack.