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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2005
L. Elliott Pflughaupt, Los Gatos, CA (US);
David Gibson, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Young-gon Kim, Cupertino, CA (US);
Craig S. Mitchell, San Jose, CA (US);
Wael Zohni, San Jose, CA (US);
Ilyas Mohammed, Santa Clara, CA (US);
L. Elliott Pflughaupt, Los Gatos, CA (US);
David Gibson, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Young-Gon Kim, Cupertino, CA (US);
Craig S. Mitchell, San Jose, CA (US);
Wael Zohni, San Jose, CA (US);
Ilyas Mohammed, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tessera, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A microelectronic assembly and a fabrication method are provided which includes a microelectronic element such as a chip or element of a package. A plurality of surface-mountable contacts are arranged in an array exposed at a major surface of the microelectronic element. One or more passive elements, e.g., a resistor, inductor, capacitor, or combination of the same are mounted to the microelectronic element, with an inner terminal of the passive element conductively mounted to an exposed surface of one contact and an outer terminal displaced vertically from the major surface of the microelectronic element.