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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2008
Kenneth Allen Honer, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Giles Humpston, Buckinghamshire, GB;
David B. Tuckerman, Lafayette, CA (US);
Michael J. Nystrom, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenneth Allen Honer, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Giles Humpston, Buckinghamshire, GB;
David B. Tuckerman, Lafayette, CA (US);
Michael J. Nystrom, San Jose, CA (US);
Tessera, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A microelectronic device includes a chip having a front surface and a rear surface, the front surface having an active region and a plurality of contacts exposed at the front surface outside of the active region. The device further includes a lid overlying the front surface. The lid has edges bounding the lid, at least one of the edges including one or more outer portions and one or more recesses extending laterally inwardly from the outer portions, with the contacts being aligned with the recesses and exposed through them.