摘要 |
A vertically mountable semiconductor device including at least one bond pad disposed on an edge thereof. The bond pad includes a conductive bump disposed thereon. The semiconductor device may also include a protective overcoat layer. The present invention also includes a method of fabricating the semiconductor device, including forming disconnected notches in a semiconductor wafer, redirecting circuit traces into each of the notches, and singulating the semiconductor wafer along the notches to form bond pads on the edges of the resultant semiconductor devices. A method of attaching the semiconductor device to a carrier substrate includes orienting the semiconductor device such that the bond pad is aligned with a corresponding terminal of the carrier substrate and establishing an electrical connection between the bond pad and the terminal. Preferably, an electrically conductive material is disposed between the bond pad and the terminal to establish an electrically conductive bond between the semiconductor device and the carrier substrate. |