Patent ID: 8796868

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a die; a metal layer formed over the die; a plurality of redistribution paths formed from the metal layer; a passivation layer formed over the metal layer and over the plurality of redistribution paths, the passivation layer having an opening, in which the opening is located along a right edge of the apparatus to expose a portion of the metal layer; and a plurality of bond pads disposed along the top edge of the apparatus, wherein the plurality of bond pads are exposed to external bonding and the top edge is substantially perpendicular to the right edge; wherein a particular redistribution path of the plurality of redistribution paths electrically interconnects the portion of the metal layer exposed by the opening to a particular bond pad of the plurality of bond pads that is disposed along the top edge of the apparatus, wherein the particular bond pad is electrically interconnected to a first bonding finger of a plurality of bonding fingers of a leadframe via a first wire and the particular bond pad is formed on the particular redistribution path, and wherein the portion of the metal layer exposed by the opening is coupled to a second bonding finger of the plurality of bonding fingers via a second wire such that the particular bond pad is electrically interconnected to the second bonding finger via the particular redistribution path.