A chip package and manufacturing method is disclosed. In one example, the method includes forming a carrier wafer with a plurality of trenches, each trench being at least partially covered with an electrically conductive sidewall coating. A semiconductor wafer is bonded on a front side of the carrier wafer. An electrically conductive connection structure is formed, including at least partially bridging a gap between the electrically conductive sidewall coating and an integrated circuit element of a respective one of the electronic chips. Material on a backside of the carrier wafer is removed to singularize the bonded wafers at the trenches into a plurality of semiconductor devices.