Patent ID: 7872346

Claim:
An integrated circuit (IC) package, comprising: a package substrate for receiving a die mounted on a top surface of the substrate and having a plurality of land pads formed on a bottom surface of the substrate, the die having a plurality of bonding pads, at least one bonding pad of the plurality of bonding pads being electrically coupled to a first land pad of the plurality of land pads; at least one no-connect pin connected to a second land pad of the plurality of land pads, wherein the at least one no-connect pin is not coupled to any bonding pad of the plurality of bonding pads of the die; a power plane formed within the substrate; and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection structure formed within the substrate, wherein the ESD protection structure comprises a resistive element coupled between the second land pad and the power plane to provide an electrical path to dissipate accumulated charge from an area of the substrate around the second land pad to the power plane.