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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2001
Brenor L. Brophy, San Jose, CA (US);
James H. Lie, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew J. Wright, Mountain View, CA (US);
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method and apparatus that effectuates a direct functional interface directly with individual constituent subcomponents of the internal die component, or with particular circuit nodes or conductive trace locales of the surface mount package, without high frequency signal degradation or other electrical problems. An embodiment of the present invention also provides a method and apparatus that effectuates testing access, directly to the internal die component of the surface mount package or to a particular circuit node or conductive trace locale of the surface mount package, enabling performance evaluation and system debugging. Further, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method and apparatus that effectuates integration of surface mount package with an opto-electronic package. Further still, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method and apparatus that achieves these advantages with minimal cost.