High density input output
US6671865B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 27, 2001 |
| Grant date | Dec 30, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An input/output array of an integrated circuit comprises concentric rings of input/output tiles. The peripheral input/output tiles are adjacently arranged along the periphery of the integrated circuit to form a peripheral ring. Each of the peripheral input/output tiles is associated with a corresponding peripheral input/output device group having x1 number of input/output devices. Each peripheral input/output tile includes x1 number of signal contacts for coupling signals to corresponding ones of the x1 number of input/output devices, y1 number of input/output driver voltage contacts for coupling a source voltage to drivers of the x1 number of input/output devices, and z1 number of ground contacts. The interior input/output tiles are adjacently arranged within the interior of the integrated circuit to form n number of substantially concentric interior rings, where n is greater than or equal to one.
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