Patent ID: 6933599

Claim:
In a semiconductor package comprising a semiconductor die having a plurality of interconnect pads positioned thereon and along an edge thereof and at least one group of interconnect pads, the at least one group of interconnect pads comprising: a differential pair of victim interconnect pads, each having first, second, third and fourth sides and positioned adjacent to each other along the first sides thereof, each having a second side facing toward the edge and an opposite third side, the fourth side thereof being opposite the first side, the differential pair of victim interconnect pads being configured to carry a signal that is susceptible to noise created by surrounding signals; and six shield interconnect pads functioning as shields to the victim interconnect pad, a first and a second of the shield interconnect pads being respectively offset from the second and third sides of a first of the differential pair of victim interconnect pads, a third and a fourth of the shield interconnect pads being respectively offset from the second and third sides of a second of the differential pair of victim interconnect pads, a fifth of the shield interconnect pads being offset from the fourth side of the first of the differential pair of victim interconnect pads, a sixth of the shield interconnect pads being offset from the fourth side of the second of the differential pair of victim interconnect pads, wherein no additional victim interconnect pads are positioned substantially along diagonals of the differential pair of victim interconnect pads.