Patent ID: 7348214

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a motherboard that includes a socket and a power supply mounted on the motherboard, the socket including a plurality of land grid assembly (LGA) leads; providing an integrated circuit (IC) package which includes: a substrate; an IC die mounted on a first side of the substrate; a plurality of capacitors mounted on a second side of the substrate, the second side opposite to the first side; and a plurality of conductive contact pads formed on the second side of the substrate and interspersed among the capacitors; and connecting the IC package to the socket so that the IC die is coupled to the power supply via the conductive contact pads and via the LGA leads of the socket, with the conductive contact pads contacted by the LGA leads; wherein the conductive contact pads are rectangular; and wherein the plurality of conductive contact pads includes at least three elongate pads arranged parallel to each other.