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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
May. 16, 2006
Nhat D. Vo, Austin, TX (US);
Tu-anh N. Tran, Austin, TX (US);
Burton J. Carpenter, Austin, TX (US);
Dae Y. Hong, Austin, TX (US);
James W. Miller, Austin, TX (US);
Kendall D. Phillips, Driftwood, TX (US);
Nhat D. Vo, Austin, TX (US);
Tu-Anh N. Tran, Austin, TX (US);
Burton J. Carpenter, Austin, TX (US);
Dae Y. Hong, Austin, TX (US);
James W. Miller, Austin, TX (US);
Kendall D. Phillips, Driftwood, TX (US);
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A pad () is electrically connected to a first I/O cell () while also physically overlying active circuitry of a second I/O cell (). Note that although the pad () overlies the second I/O cell (), the pad () is not electrically connected to the I/O cell (). Such a pattern may be replicated in any desired manner so that the I/O cells (e.g.-) may have a finer pitch than the corresponding pads (-and-). In addition, the size of the pads may be increased (e.g. padmay be bigger than pad) while the width 'c' of the I/O cells (-) does not have to be increased. Such a pattern (e.g.) may be arranged so that the area required in one or more dimensions may be minimized.