Semiconductor device including edge bond pads assemblies including the same and related methods

摘要

A semiconductor device including at least one contact pad disposed on an edge thereof. 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 nonparallel to a carrier substrate and establishing at least one electrical connection between the semiconductor device and the carrier substrate.