Wafer-level flipped die stacks with leadframes or metal foil interconnects
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1. A stacked microelectronic assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of stacked encapsulated microelectronic packages, each encapsulated microelectronic package comprising;
a microelectronic element having a front surface defining a plane, a plurality of edge surfaces extending away from the plane of the front surface, the microelectronic element having a plurality of chip contacts at the front surface;
an encapsulation region having a major surface substantially parallel to the plane of the microelectronic element and a plurality of remote surfaces extending away from the major surface, and the encapsulation region extending from at least one edge surface of the microelectronic element to at least one of the remote surfaces which overlies the edge surface; and
a plurality of electrically conductive package contacts at a single one of the remote surfaces spaced apart from the corresponding adjacent edge surface of the microelectronic element of the package, the chip contacts electrically coupled with the package contacts,the plurality of microelectronic packages stacked one above another in the stacked assembly such that the planes of the microelectronic elements are parallel to one another, and the major surfaces of the encapsulation regions of respective microelectronic packages in the stacked assembly are oriented towards one another,wherein the package contacts are configured for electrically connecting the microelectronic assembly with a corresponding set of substrate contacts at a major surface of a substrate in a state in which the major surface of the substrate is oriented at a substantial angle to the plane of each microelectronic element and is oriented towards each single remote surface of each of the stacked microelectronic packages.
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Abstract
An assembly includes a plurality of stacked encapsulated microelectronic packages, each package including a microelectronic element having a front surface with a plurality of chip contacts at the front surface and edge surfaces extending away from the front surface. An encapsulation region of each package contacts at least one edge surface and extends away therefrom to a remote surface of the package. The package contacts of each package are disposed at a single one of the remote surfaces, the package contacts facing and coupled with corresponding contacts at a surface of a substrate nonparallel with the front surfaces of the microelectronic elements therein.
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1. A stacked microelectronic assembly, comprising:
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a plurality of stacked encapsulated microelectronic packages, each encapsulated microelectronic package comprising; a microelectronic element having a front surface defining a plane, a plurality of edge surfaces extending away from the plane of the front surface, the microelectronic element having a plurality of chip contacts at the front surface; an encapsulation region having a major surface substantially parallel to the plane of the microelectronic element and a plurality of remote surfaces extending away from the major surface, and the encapsulation region extending from at least one edge surface of the microelectronic element to at least one of the remote surfaces which overlies the edge surface; and a plurality of electrically conductive package contacts at a single one of the remote surfaces spaced apart from the corresponding adjacent edge surface of the microelectronic element of the package, the chip contacts electrically coupled with the package contacts, the plurality of microelectronic packages stacked one above another in the stacked assembly such that the planes of the microelectronic elements are parallel to one another, and the major surfaces of the encapsulation regions of respective microelectronic packages in the stacked assembly are oriented towards one another, wherein the package contacts are configured for electrically connecting the microelectronic assembly with a corresponding set of substrate contacts at a major surface of a substrate in a state in which the major surface of the substrate is oriented at a substantial angle to the plane of each microelectronic element and is oriented towards each single remote surface of each of the stacked microelectronic packages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A stacked microelectronic assembly, comprising:
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a plurality of stacked encapsulated microelectronic packages, each encapsulated microelectronic package comprising; a microelectronic element having a front surface defining a plane, a plurality of edge surfaces extending away from the plane of the front surface, the microelectronic element having a plurality of chip contacts at the front surface; an encapsulation region having a major surface substantially parallel to the plane of the microelectronic element and a plurality of remote surfaces extending away from the major surface, the encapsulation region extending from at least one edge surface of the microelectronic element to at least one of the remote surfaces which overlies the edge surface; and a plurality of electrically conductive package contacts at a single one of the remote surfaces spaced apart from the corresponding adjacent edge surface of the microelectronic element of the package, the chip contacts electrically coupled with the package contacts, the plurality of microelectronic packages stacked one above another in the stacked assembly such that the planes of the microelectronic elements are parallel to one another, and the major surfaces of the encapsulation regions of respective microelectronic packages in the stacked assembly are oriented towards one another, wherein the major surfaces of the encapsulation regions of at least two adjacent microelectronic packages in the stacked assembly are separated from one another by a gap of at least 100 microns, further comprising a heat spreader having at least a portion disposed between the encapsulation regions of the at least two adjacent microelectronic packages in the stacked assembly. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A microelectronic package, comprising:
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a plurality of stacked microelectronic elements each microelectronic element having a front surface defining a plane extending in a first direction and a second direction transverse to the first direction, a plurality of edge surfaces extending away from the plane of the front surface, each microelectronic element having a plurality of chip contacts at the front surface, the microelectronic elements stacked with the planes parallel to one another; an encapsulation region having a major surface substantially parallel to the plane of each stacked microelectronic element and having a plurality of remote surfaces extending away from the major surface, the encapsulation region extending from at least one edge surface of the microelectronic element to at least one of the remote surfaces which overlies the edge surface; and a plurality of electrically conductive package contacts disposed at a single one of the remote surfaces, the chip contacts of each of the stacked microelectronic elements electrically coupled with the package contacts, wherein the package contacts are configured for electrically connecting the microelectronic package with a corresponding set of substrate contacts at a major surface of a substrate in a state in which the major surface of the substrate is oriented at a substantial angle to the plane of the microelectronic element and is oriented towards the single one of the remote surfaces of the microelectronic package. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A microelectronic package, comprising:
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a microelectronic element having a front surface defining a plane, a plurality of edge surfaces extending away from the plane of the front surface, the microelectronic element having a plurality of chip contacts at the front surface; the package having a plurality of remote surfaces, and an encapsulation region contacting at least one edge surface of the microelectronic element and extending away from the at least one edge surface to a corresponding one of the remote surfaces, the encapsulation region having a major surface substantially parallel to the plane of the microelectronic element; and a plurality of package contacts at a single one of the remote surfaces, the package contacts defined by leadframe interconnects; and leads electrically coupling the chip contacts of the microelectronic element with the leadframe interconnects, wherein the package contacts are configured for electrically connecting the microelectronic package with a corresponding set of substrate contacts at a major surface of a substrate in a state in which the major surface of the substrate is oriented at a substantial angle to the plane of the microelectronic element and is oriented towards the single remote surface of the microelectronic package. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A microelectronic package, comprising:
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a microelectronic element having front and rear surfaces each defining a plane, a plurality of edge surfaces between the planes of the front and rear surfaces, the microelectronic element having a plurality of chip contacts at the front surface; a die attach pad underlying and bonded to one of the front or rear surfaces of the microelectronic element; the package having a plurality of remote surfaces, and an encapsulation region contacting at least one edge surface of the microelectronic element and extending away from the at least one edge surface to a corresponding one of the remote surfaces, the encapsulation region having a major surface substantially parallel to the plane of the microelectronic element; and a plurality of package contacts at an interconnect surface being a single one of the remote surfaces, the package contacts electrically coupled with the chip contacts of the microelectronic element, the package contacts defined by leadframe interconnects, wherein a portion of the die attach pad which is not overlain by the microelectronic element bonded thereto is disposed at a second one of the remote surfaces other than the interconnect surface. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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