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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2002
Manfred Cwik, Holzgerlingen, DE;
Harald Pross, Wildberg, DE;
Rene Frank Schrottenholzer, Gaeufelden, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
According to the present invention a pad arrangement is provided for applying reworks or engineering changes to an electronic circuits to be formed on the circuit board, the pad arrangement comprising a first signal pad for being electrically connected to a first signal line, a second signal pad for being electrically connected to a second signal line, a ground pad being connected to a ground line provided on the circuit board, and a voltage pad being connected to a supply voltage line provided on the circuit board, whereby the pads are arranged in proximity to each other for facilitating a placement of electronic devices between at least two of the pads.