Patent ID: 7675165

Claim:
A mount that contains a processing device which is divided into at least a first functional unit and a second functional unit, comprising: a carrier that supports the processing device and includes a plurality of electrically conducting signal leads that connect the processing device to a device external to the mount; a package that partially encapsulates the carrier and the processing device; where the first functional unit comprises a first die and defines input and output interfaces that connect the processing device to the device external to the mount; where signal connections of the second functional unit, which contains a second die, are electrically accessible from outside the mount via the first functional unit; and where the first functional unit includes a programmable electrical matching circuit which routes at least one signal received at the plurality of electrically conducting signal leads to the second function unit, and electrically adapts the electrical characters of the at least one signal received at the plurality of electrically conducting signals leads to electrical input signal characteristics compatible with the second functional unit and provides the electrically adapted at least one signal to the second functional unit.