Patent ID: 9231118
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G01R,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A chip package comprising: a chip; a package encapsulating the chip; pads or pins disposed on a first side of the package; and an isolation pad or an isolation pin disposed on a second side of the package, the isolation pin or the isolation pad electrically isolated from the chip, wherein the isolation pad or the isolation pin is configured to be structurally affixed to an anchor pad of a current trace, the current trace at least partially overlapping the package encapsulating the chip and extending at least partially past an edge of the package, wherein the anchor pad of the current trace is either completely electrically isolated from the current trace or electrically isolated from the current trace except at a bridge, and wherein the chip comprises a magnetic field sensor configured to measure a magnetic field generated outside of the package.