Patent ID: 8094460

Claim:
A land pattern, comprising: a quadrilateral component outline area having diagonally opposed first and second corners and diagonally opposed third and fourth corners, defined according to a body configuration of a particular component type and located on a surface of a substrate; and first and second exposed conductive pads located within said area respectively proximate said first and second corners, coupled to respective first and second circuit conductors of said substrate, configured according to a terminal configuration of said type and separated from said third and fourth corners such that a component of said particular component type may be placed in one of: a first orientation which a first terminal of said component contacts said first pad and extends between said first and said third corners and a second terminal of said component contacts said second pad and extends between said second and said fourth corners, and a second orientation in which said first terminal contacts said first pad and extends between said first and fourth corners and said second terminal contacts said second pad and extends between said second and said third corners, wherein a circuit that comprises said land pattern is electrically insensitive to said component being in said first or second orientations.