Patent ID: 8021928

Claim:
A method of routing signals from bond fingers of a lead frame to a first die and a second die, the second die being positioned adjacent to the first die on the lead frame, the method comprising: routing a signal from a bond finger to a receiving segment of a signal bus, the receiving segment being (i) positioned along an upper edge or lower edge of the first die in a direction parallel to the upper edge or the lower edge of the first die and (ii) having more length than width in the direction parallel to the upper edge or the lower edge of the first die; routing the signal from the receiving segment to a distribution segment of the signal bus, the distribution segment being (i) positioned along an inner edge of the first die in a direction parallel to the inner edge of the first die and (ii) elongate in the direction parallel to the inner edge of the first die, the inner edge of the first die being substantially perpendicular to the upper edge and the lower edge of the first die; routing the signal from the distribution segment to a first bond pad positioned adjacent to the inner edge of the first die; and routing the signal from the distribution segment to a second bond pad positioned adjacent to an inner edge of the second die, the inner edge of the second die being adjacent to the inner edge of the first die, wherein the distribution segment extends across a majority of the first die in the direction parallel to the inner edge of the first die.