Patent ID: 8258613

Claim:
A memory card comprising: an insulative substrate comprising a generally rectangular perimeter with four sidewalls, a first surface with circuit patterns thereon, and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the second surface includes a row of contacts along only a first one of the sidewalls of the substrate, the contacts being electrically coupled through the substrate to the circuit patterns of the first surface; a first semiconductor chip coupled to the first surface of the substrate and electrically coupled to the circuit patterns by a flip chip connection, whereby the first semiconductor chip is electrically coupled to the contacts; and a body of a plastic encapsulant covering the first semiconductor chip, the first surface of the substrate, and at most three of the four sidewalls of the substrate, wherein at least one of the four sidewalls of the substrate is uncovered by the plastic encapsulant and is coplanar with a sidewall of the body of the plastic encapsulant.