Patent ID: 7304863

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: an integrated circuit package substrate including a first electrically conductive layer and a second electrically conductive layer, wherein the first electrically conductive layer includes a plurality of contacts configured to receive at least one surface mount electronic component, and wherein the second electrically conductive layer is located below the first electrically conductive layer and includes at least a first void region located below a first contact of the first electrically conductive layer and a second void region below a second contact of the first electrically conductive; an integrated circuit die coupled to the integrated circuit package substrate; and an electronic component surface mounted to the first contact and the second contact of the first conductive layer; wherein: the plurality of contacts of the first electrically conductive layer includes a third contact and a fourth contact, the second contact being electrically coupled to the third contact; the integrated circuit die further comprises a driver circuit having an output node electrically coupled to the first contact; and the integrated circuit die further comprises a power supply node electrically coupled to the fourth contact; the apparatus further comprising: an inductor coupled between the first contact and the second contact, and a resistor coupled between the third contact and the fourth contact.