Patent ID: 8299618
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. An integrated circuit device comprising: a plurality of input/output pins; a plurality of components, wherein each component of the plurality of components is not an input/output pin of the integrated circuit device; a first plurality of metal interconnects, wherein an end of each of the first plurality of metal interconnects is coupled to a respective component of the plurality of components, and wherein the first plurality of metal interconnects are substantially parallel to each other; a second plurality of metal interconnects, wherein an end of each of the second plurality of metal interconnects is coupled to a respective input/output pin of the plurality of input/output pins; and a plurality of shorting bars, wherein each of the plurality of shorting bars electrically couples (i) a corresponding metal interconnect of the first plurality of metal interconnects with (ii) a corresponding metal interconnect of the second plurality of metal interconnects.