EXHIBIT 5

            OPINION AND CONSENT OF BROBECK, PHLEGER & HARRISON LLP
 
                                 June 20, 1996
                                        


Microelectronic Packaging, Inc.
9350 Trade Place
San Diego, CA  92126


             Re:  Microelectronic Packaging, Inc. Registration 
                  Statement for Offering of 300,000 Shares of 
                  Common Stock
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Ladies and Gentlemen:

          We refer to your registration on Form S-8 (the "Registration
Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 300,000 shares of
the Common Stock of Microelectronic Packaging, Inc. (the "Company") under the
Company's 1993 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan.  We advise you that, in our
opinion, when such shares have been issued and sold pursuant to the applicable
provisions of the 1993 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan and in accordance with
the Registration Statement, such shares will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable shares of the Company's Common Stock.

          We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.

                          Very truly yours,


                          /s/ Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP
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                          BROBECK, PHLEGER & HARRISON LLP