Patent ID: 7024637
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: G06F,H01L

Abstract:
1. A method of designing a packaged integrated circuit, including a package substrate and an integrated circuit, the method comprising the steps of: designing the integrated circuit with a plurality of integrated circuit standardized functional blocks, where each of the plurality of integrated circuit standardized functional blocks has a known function and a known integrated circuit contact array pattern, and the integrated circuit is designed by selecting desired ones of the integrated circuit standardized functional blocks according to functions desired for the integrated circuit, and designing the package substrate with a plurality of package substrate standardized functional blocks, where each of the plurality of package substrate standardized functional blocks has a known package substrate contact array pattern, a known signal trace routing layer pattern, a known ground plane layer pattern, and a known power plane layer pattern, where a given one of each of the plurality of package substrate standardized functional blocks is associated with a given one of the plurality of integrated circuit standardized functional blocks, and the package substrate is designed by selecting package substrate standardized functional blocks associated with the desired ones of the integrated circuit standardized functional blocks, where the given one of each of the plurality of package substrate standardized functional blocks that is associated with the given one of the plurality of integrated circuit standardized functional blocks are aligned so as to meet between the integrated circuit and the package substrate.