Patent ID: 7391104
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: G01R,H01L

Abstract:
1. An integrated circuit packaging device comprising: a laminate substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface, said first surface being disposed to mount an integrated circuit and said second surface being disposed to mount on a surface of a printed circuit board; an array of lead contact pads on said first surface disposed to provide wire bond connections to circuit contact pads in said integrated circuit; an array of solder ball contact pads on said second surface; routing layers disposed to provide electrical coupling between said lead contact pads on said first surface and said solder ball contact pads on said second surface; a dedicated contact pad on said first surface disposed to electrically couple to said laminate substrate; and a wire bond connection between a lead contact pad and a circuit contact pad, wherein failure of said wire bond connection to stick at said circuit contact pad and at said lead contact pad is testable by testing for electrical continuity along a path comprising said circuit contact pad and said dedicated contact pad, wherein said laminate substrate provides electrical continuity between said circuit contact pad and said dedicated contact pad for said testing.