Multiple integrated circuit interconnection arrangement

Claim 1

A self-contained integrated circuit interconnect package adapted to be incorporated into an electrical or electromechanical device, wherein the device includes a printed wiring board with circuit connecting means for connecting to said package, comprising: a flexible, thin electrical insulating film, having first and second openings therethrough, and having first and second oppositely disposed surfaces; a first set of electrical interconnection lines, located on said first surface and including first and second integrated circuit connection sites; a second set of electrical interconnection lines located on said second surface; first and second electrical insulating layers covering said first and second surfaces, respectively, except at selected contact locations; first and second integrated circuits, wherein said first integrated circuit is connected to said first integrated circuit connection cite by wire bonds, and said second integrated circuit is connected to said second integrated circuit site by wire bonds; a set of interconnections for external circuits on said second surface, wherein some of said interconnections for external circuits are electrically connected to at least one of said first set of electrical interconnection lines or to at least one of said second set of electrical interconnection lines; first and second electrical connection through-films, located respectively in said first and second openings, wherein said through-films connect at least one of said first set of electrical interconnections which is connected to said first site to at least one of said second set of electrical interconnections which is connected to said second site, by way of at least one said second set of electrical interconnection lines, to thereby provide an electrical signal path between said intergrated circuit connection sites; and wherein some of said interconnections for external circuits are adapted to be directly connected to the circuit connecting means.