Patent ID: 6914786

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a ball grid array integrated circuit having a first configuration of contacts; a first round contact in physical and electrical contact with the ball grid array integrated circuit; a first converter board in physical and electrical contact with the first round contact; a second round contact in physical and electrical contact with the first converter board; a second converter board in physical and electrical contact with the second round contact; a third round contact in physical and electrical contact with the second converter board; a third converter board in physical and electrical contact with the third round contact; a fourth round contact in physical and electrical contact with the third converter board; and a circuit board in physical and electrical contact with the fourth round contact, the circuit board having a second configuration of contacts not arranged with contacts having a corresponding function configured in the first configuration, wherein the ball grid array integrated circuit and the circuit board sandwich the first, second, third, and fourth round contacts and the first, second, and third converter boards; wherein the ball grid array integrated circuit is electrically and communicatively coupled through the first round contact, the first converter board, the second round contact, the second converter board, the third round contact, the third converter board, and the fourth round contact to the circuit board.