Patent ID: 9717146
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: H01L,H05K

Claim:
1. A circuit module, comprising: a plurality of electronic components; and a single-layer conductive package substrate adapted to physically support and electrically interconnect the electronic components, the single-layer conductive package substrate having a peripheral portion and an interior portion, the peripheral portion including a plurality of peripheral contact pads coupled to corresponding electronic components and being at a same level of the single-layer conductive package substrate, and the interior portion including at least one floating contact pad coupled to corresponding electronic components, the single-layer conductive package substrate having an electrically insulating material physically isolating the at least one floating contact pad from all peripheral contact pads, the at least one floating contact pad and the electrically insulating material being at the same level of the single-layer conductive package substrate as the plurality of peripheral contact pads.