Patent ID: 7057116
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: H01L,H05K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a substrate having dimensions suitable as a support circuit for at least one integrated circuit and a thickness sufficient to accommodate at least two distribution planes, the substrate comprising a laterally extending plication region defining a first longitudinal portion and a second longitudinal portion; a plurality of conductive traces distributed in a first distribution plane of the substrate and extending transversely through the plication region between the first portion and the second portion; a first continuous layer of conductive material in a different second distribution plane of the first portion of the substrate and a second continuous layer of conductive material in the second distribution plane of the second portion of the substrate; at least one conductive bridge extending transversely through the plication region in the second distribution plane and coupled to the first continuous layer and to the second continuous layer, the bridge having a lateral width less than a lateral width of the first continuous layer and a lateral width of the second continuous layer, the bridge comprising a lateral width through the plication region spatially aligned in a lateral dimension to an area of the first distribution plane through which less than an entire portion of the plurality of conductive traces traverse the plication region; and at least one externally accessible contact point coupled to at least one of the first continuous layer and the second continuous layer.