Patent ID: 8830692
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A printed circuit board, comprising: a Z-directed component mounted in a mounting hole in the printed circuit board, the Z-directed component including: an integrated circuit chip mounted on a surface of the printed circuit board, the integrated circuit chip having a ball grid array that includes four conductive balls electrically connected to a corresponding one of the four conductive channels of the Z-directed component; and four wire bonds electrically connecting the four conductive balls of the ball grid array to four corresponding contacts on a substrate of the integrated circuit chip, wherein the first and second conductive channels of the Z-directed component are electrically connected to a common ground path of the printed circuit board, the third conductive channel of the Z-directed component is electrically connected to a first voltage supply path of the printed circuit board and the fourth conductive channel of the Z-directed component is electrically connected to a second voltage supply path of the printed circuit board, wherein a first of the four contacts on the substrate of the integrated circuit chip electrically connected to the first conductive channel is positioned next to a third of the four contacts electrically connected to the third conductive channel and a second of the four contacts electrically connected to the second conductive channel is positioned next to a fourth of the four contacts electrically connected to the fourth conductive channel, wherein the four contacts on the substrate of the integrated circuit chip are aligned in a row according to one of: (1) the third and fourth contacts being positioned next to each other between the first and second contacts and (2) the first and second contacts being positioned next to each other between the third and fourth contacts.