Patent ID: 6433441
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
An area array type semiconductor device, comprising:a substrate having a first surface with a periphery; a semiconductor chip within said periphery, said semiconductor chip having signal pads, power pads, and ground pads; signal lands and power lands on said first surface within said periphery in an array at a first level; signal wires and power wires connecting respective ones of said signal pads and said power pads to respective ones of said signal lands and said power lands, at least first portions of said signal wires extending across said first surface at said first level; and a ground plane extending across said first surface at said first level to said periphery, said ground plane having fingers extending at said first level between said signal lands and said first portions of said signal wires, said ground plane having parts thereof that are ground lands in said array, and said ground pads being connected to said ground plane through ground wires.