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Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007

Filed:

Nov. 04, 2004
Applicants:

David Gibson, Lake Oswego, OR (US);

Andy Stavros, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

David Gibson, Lake Oswego, OR (US);

Andy Stavros, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Tessera, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A microelectronic assembly incorporates units stacked one above the other and may include a plurality of similar stacks mounted to a circuit board. Some of the stacks may be inverted, rotated or both relative to other stacks so that corresponding edges of the stacks face one another to facilitate communication between the stacks. Communication between the stacks may be carried along traces on one or more interposers intercepting the stacks remote from the circuit board. Within each stack, conducting paths may extend in vertical columns or in other arrangements such as a stair step arrangement wherein each conductive path traverses a series of column positions, or in a crossing arrangement such two conductive paths cross back and forth between column positions along the vertical extend of the stack. A stack may include portions disposed above and below the circuit board.


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