Patent ID: 8084694

Claim:
An electrical contact device, comprising: a first contact assemblage having multiple contact pads disposed in a row which are allocated to different connection types; a second contact assemblage having at most three contact pads disposed in a row in accordance with a predetermined sequence, which are allocated to different connection types; and bonding wire connections adapted to electrically connect at least some of the contact pads of the first contact assemblage to contact pads of the second contact assemblage that are allocated to a same connection type; wherein a number and sequence of the contact pads in the first contact assemblage that are allocated to the different connection types are configured so that for at least four differently predetermined sequences of the contact pads in the second contact assemblage that are allocated to the different connection types, each of the contact pads of the second contact assemblage is to be connected in crossover-free fashion, by way of the bonding wire connections, to a contact pad of the first contact assemblage allocated to the same connection type.