Patent ID: 6784367
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A support structure for electrically coupling a reference voltage (Vref) and a high-frequency signal to a microelectronic die having an integrated circuit and a plurality of bond-pads coupled to the integrated circuit, the bond-pads including a Vref bond-pad and a signal bond-pad proximate to the Vref bond-pad such that a wire-bond line from the Vref bond-pad is immediately adjacent to a wire-bond line from the signal bond-pad, the support structure comprising a plurality of conductive members configured to be coupled to the die, the conductive members having a first end with a bond-site, a second end with an external connector, and an elongated section connecting the bond-site to the external connector, the conductive members being arranged so that at least a portion of the bond-sites are in a first row and spaced apart from one another by a first gap width, and the conductive members including first and second conductive members, the first conductive member having a first bond-site positioned to be wire-bonded to the Vref bond-pad and a first external connector positioned to be connected to a reference voltage, the second conductive member having a second bond-site positioned to be wire-bonded to the signal bond-pad, and the first and second bond-sites being spaced apart from one another by a second gap width greater than the first gap width.