Patent ID: 8432045

Claim:
An assembly comprising: a first component including a dielectric region having an exposed surface; a conductive pad at the surface permitting electrical interconnection of the first component with a second component, the conductive pad defined by a conductive element having at least a portion extending in at least one of an oscillating or spiral path along the surface, the path being formed so as to intersect a straight line along the surface more than three times, and at least two adjacent portions of the conductive element are separated by a portion of the surface not covered by the conductive element, the conductive element extending from the surface to a top surface at a height above the surface and having a length along the surface that is at least ten times greater than the height; and an electrically conductive bonding material having a melting temperature below 300° C. joined to the conductive pad and bridging the portion of the surface between the at least two adjacent portions of the conductive element, wherein the conductive element has side surfaces extending away from the top surface and the conductive bonding material contacts the top and side surfaces of the conductive element, wherein the path of the conductive element does at least one of: overlaps or crosses itself.