Claims
- 1. A wafer segment comprising:
- a planar group of at least one IC chip, each IC chip including integrated circuitry, said planar group having a plurality of edge surfaces, at least one edge surface of said plurality of edge surfaces being spaced within a photolithographic tolerance from integrated circuitry of said at least one IC chip; and
- an insulating layer disposed on said at least one edge surface of said plurality of edge surfaces, said spacing within a photolithographic tolerance and said insulating layer facilitating stacking of said wafer segment into an electronic module, wherein said at least one edge surface forms a part of a side surface of said electronic module when said wafer segment is stacked as part of said electronic module.
- 2. The wafer segment of claim 1, wherein said planar grouping comprises a single IC chip.
- 3. The wafer segment of claim 1, wherein said planar grouping comprises a planar array of IC chips.
- 4. A wafer segment comprising:
- a planar group of at least one IC chip, each IC chip including integrating circuitry, said planar group having a plurality of edge surfaces; and
- at least one edge surface of said plurality of edge surfaces being spaced within a photolithographic tolerance from integrated circuitry of said at least one IC chip, said spacing within said photolithographic tolerance facilitating stacking of said wafer segment into an electronic module, wherein said at least one edge surface forms a part of a side surface of said electronic module when said wafer segment is stacked as part of said electronic module.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 08/507,186 filed Jul. 26, 1995 which application is now: U.S. Pat. No. 5,691,248.
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