Patent 6924551 was granted and assigned to Intel on August, 2005 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A microelectronic package including a microelectronic die having through silicon vias extending through a back surface thereof, which allows both an active surface and the back surface of the microelectronic die to have power, ground, and/or input/output signals connected to a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate may further connected to an external substrate through at least one external contact.