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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2011
Kenneth Robert Rhyner, Rockwall, TX (US);
Peter R. Harper, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Kenneth Robert Rhyner, Rockwall, TX (US);
Peter R. Harper, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit package including a semiconductor die and a flexible circuit (flex circuit), and a method for forming the integrated circuit package. The flex circuit can include a direct connect pad which is not electrically coupled to an active trace, a blind via electrically coupled to the direct connect pad, and a semiconductor die having a bond pad which is electrically coupled to the direct connect pad using a conductor. The bond pad, the conductor, the direct connect pad, and the blind via can all be vertically aligned, each with the other.