Patent ID: 7602039

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a semiconductor die having an upper surface, the upper surface having an area near the periphery and an interior area; a plurality of bond pads supported by the semiconductor die and positioned in the area near the periphery of the semiconductor die, each of the bond pads configured to make a respective external electrical connection; a circuit supported by the semiconductor die and positioned in the interior area of the semiconductor die; a plurality of capacitors including a first capacitor capacitor supported by the semiconductor die and the plurality of capacitors positioned at least partially beneath a first bond pad of the plurality of bond pads, the first capacitor coupled to the circuit and the first bond pad and a strip conductor supported by the semiconductor die and configured to electrically couple selected ones of the plurality of capacitors to an input/output driver of the circuit, while the remaining ones of the plurality of capacitors do not electrically couple with the input/output driver.