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Functionally symmetric integrated circuit die

US6291896A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 16, 1999
Grant dateSep 18, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 16, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/19041
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A functionally symmetric integrated circuit die to be mounted into a mutually symmetric receptor site. In one embodiment, a functionally symmetric integrated circuit die includes a substrate and a plurality of interface pads arranged thereon. The plurality of interface pads couple integrated circuitry disposed in the substrate to a plurality of interface pads of a mutually symmetric receptor site of an electronic device. The integrated circuit die can be mounted into the receptor site in any of a plurality of rotational orientations relative to the receptor site. The plurality of interface pads on the integrated circuit die and the receptor site are arranged such that an electronic device functions with the integrated circuit die in mounted in the receptor site in any one of the plurality of orientations.

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