Patent ID: 7796400

Claim:
A carrier comprising: a first platform comprising a non-ceramic printed circuit board having a top surface with ball grid array pads on said top surface for receiving at least one packaged integrated circuit chip, a bottom surface, a plurality of layers including a routing layer, and a plurality of conductive paths coupled with said ball grid array pads, at least one surface of at least one of said conductive paths being adjacent to said routing layer; a second platform comprising a non-ceramic printed circuit board having a top surface with ball grid array pads on said top surface for receiving at least one packaged integrated circuit chip, and a bottom surface; a first strut coupled to a first side of the bottom surface of said first platform and to an analogous first side of the top surface of said second platform, and comprising a plurality of strut vias that extend up through said first strut from the bottom of said first strut to the top of said first strut, wherein each strut via connects to a conductive path in said first platform; and a second strut coupled to a second side of the bottom surface of said first platform and to an analogous second side of the top surface of said second platform, and comprising a plurality of strut vias that extend up through said second strut from the bottom of said second strut to the top of said second strut, wherein each strut via connects to a conductive path in said first platform.