Patent ID: 7005736
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: H01L,H05K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a circuitboard having a first side and a second side; a first location on the first side of the circuitboard to mount a semiconductor device having a package with interconnects of the first location and matina interconnects on a first surface of the package both arranged in a grid-like pinout, wherein the grid-like pinout of the package has an unpopulated center; a second location on the second side of the circuitboard to which components of an output stage of a power source are mounted, wherein the first and second locations overlap with at least one component of the output stage of the power source underlying the first location such that the at least one component straddles the location of the interconnects of the first location; a plane formed in a first layer of conductive material comprising the circuitboard, the plane being positioned within the unpopulated center of the first location and connected to a first voltage output by the output stage; and a plurality of parallel stripes of conductive material, each stripe having one end connected to the plane and extending outwardly from the plane to connect to corresponding stripes of adjacent interconnects comprising a first subset of interconnects on the first surface of the package of the semiconductor device.