Patent ID: 6229726
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: G11C,H01L

Abstract:
An integrated circuit formed on a semiconductor substrate, comprising:a first group of input/output connector means placed on the semiconductor substrate and attached to a first functional circuit of said integrated circuit;a second group of input/output connector means placed on the semiconductor substrate and attached to a second functional circuit of said integrated circuit;at least one additional group of input/output connector means placed on the semiconductor substrate in areas separated from the first and second group of input/output connector means, whereby each input/output connector means of said additional group of input/output connector means is connected to a corresponding input/output connector means of the second group of input/output connector means and thus to the second functional circuit, such that if said semiconductor substrate is mounted in a first package type having pins of a first arrangement, the second group of input/output connector means is bonded to pins of the first arrangement to connect the second functional circuit to an external circuit through said second group of input/output connector means, and if said semiconductor substrate is mounted in a second package type having pins of a second arrangement, one group of input/output connector means is bonded to pins of the second arrangement to connect the second functional circuit to the external circuit through said additional group of input/output connector means.