Abstract: An apparatus including a substrate having dimensions suitable as a support circuit for at least one integrated circuit, the substrate comprising a laterally extending plication region defining first and second longitudinal portions; a plurality of conductive traces distributed in a first distribution plane of the substrate and extending transversely through the plication region; a first and second layers of conductive material in a second distribution plane of the first portion and second portion, respectively, of the substrate; at least one conductive bridge extending transversely through less than the entire plication region in the second distribution plane and coupled to the first continuous layer and to the second continuous layer; and at least one externally accessible contact point coupled to at least one of the first and second layers. A method of forming a support circuit and a system including a package.

Abstract: An apparatus including a substrate having dimensions suitable as a support circuit for at least one integrated circuit, the substrate comprising a laterally extending plication region defining first and second longitudinal portions; a plurality of conductive traces distributed in a first distribution plane of the substrate and extending transversely through the plication region; a first and second layers of conductive material in a second distribution plane of the first portion and second portion, respectively, of the substrate; at least one conductive bridge extending transversely through less than the entire plication region in the second distribution plane and coupled to the first continuous layer and to the second continuous layer; and at least one externally accessible contact point coupled to at least one of the first and second layers. A method of forming a support circuit and a system including a package.

Abstract: An electronic assembly includes one or more conductive clamps (302, 304, FIG. 3), which are used to supply current to an integrated circuit (IC) package (308). The conductive clamps are attached to a printed circuit (PC) board (312), which supplies the current to the IC package over one clamp, and receives returned current from the IC package over another clamp. Each clamp contacts a contact pad (330) on the surface of the PC board, and contacts another contact pad (334) on the top surface of the IC package. Vias (338, 339) and conductive planes (340, 342) within the package then carry current to and from an IC (e.g., IC 306) connected to the package. In another embodiment, the clamp (904, FIG. 9) holds a conductive structure (902) in place between the PC board contact pad (908) and the IC package contact pad (914), and current is carried primarily over the conductive structure, rather than over the clamp.

Abstract: An electronic assembly includes one or more conductive clamps (302, 304, FIG. 3), which are used to supply current to an integrated circuit (IC) package (308). The conductive clamps are attached to a printed circuit (PC) board (312), which supplies the current to the IC package over one clamp, and receives returned current from the IC package over another clamp. Each clamp contacts a contact pad (330) on the surface of the PC board, and contacts another contact pad (334) on the top surface of the IC package. Vias (338, 339) and conductive planes (340, 342) within the package then carry current to and from an IC (e.g., IC 306) connected to the package. In another embodiment, the clamp (904, FIG. 9) holds a conductive structure (902) in place between the PC board contact pad (908) and the IC package contact pad (914), and current is carried primarily over the conductive structure, rather than over the clamp.