Patent ID: 8125058

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: at least one circuit device comprising electrical circuitry; a first Faraday cage portion comprising a first conductive portion of a Faraday cage enclosure surrounding the at least one circuit device, the first Faraday cage portion comprising: a substrate, wherein the substrate is provided from a wafer, at least one patterned metal layer formed on the substrate providing a part of the first conductive portion of the Faraday cage enclosure, one or more additional layers formed on the at least one patterned metal layer terminating at a connection surface, wherein the one or more additional layers provide an electrical interconnect connected to the at least one circuit device and extending to a location outside of the Faraday cage enclosure, and a plurality of conductive vias formed in the one or more additional layers providing a part of the first conductive portion of the Faraday cage enclosure, wherein each of the plurality of conductive vias are in contact with the at least one patterned metal layer and terminate in a via contact at the connection surface of the first Faraday cage portion; and a second Faraday cage portion comprising a second conductive portion of the Faraday cage enclosure surrounding the at least one circuit device, the second Faraday cage portion comprising: a substrate, wherein the substrate is provided from a wafer, a plurality of conductive vias formed in the substrate corresponding to the plurality of conductive vias of the first Faraday cage portion providing a part of the second conductive portion of the Faraday cage enclosure, wherein each of the plurality of conductive vias of the second Faraday cage portion extend between a connection surface of the substrate of the second Faraday cage portion and a surface of the substrate opposite the connection surface, and at least one patterned metal layer formed on the surface of the substrate opposite the connection surface of the substrate of the second Faraday cage portion and in electrical contact with the plurality of conductive vias of the second Faraday cage providing a part of the second conductive portion of the Faraday cage enclosure, wherein the plurality of conductive vias of the first Faraday cage portion and the plurality of conductive vias of the second Faraday cage portion are in electrical connection when the connection surface of the first Faraday cage portion is coupled to the connection surface of the second Faraday cage portion such that the Faraday cage enclosure is formed by the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion.