Patent ID: 7227260

Claim:
A substrate layer for use with a semiconductor package, comprising: a first pad with at least two pad openings; a second pad with at least two pad openings wherein the second pad has a polarity opposite the first pad, wherein each pad opening is operable to couple a terminal of a capacitor; a set of rows of pads, each row of pads, comprising: the first pad having a polarity and four pad openings, a second pad proximate the first pad and having two pad openings, a third pad with two pad openings and the same polarity as the polarity of the first pad, wherein the third pad is proximate the second pad, and a fourth pad with four pad openings and a polarity opposite the polarity of the first pad, wherein the fourth pad is proximate the third pad, wherein the rows of pads are adjacent to each other such that each pad within a row is aligned with a corresponding pad in each adjacent row, and the corresponding pad in each adjacent row has an opposite polarity; and a first inderdigitated capacitor, having at least eight terminals wherein a first terminal connects to a first pad opening of the first pad of the first row; a second terminal proximate the first terminal and with a polarity opposite the first terminal is coupled to a first pad opening of the second pad of the first row; a third terminal proximate the second terminal and with a polarity opposite the second terminal is coupled to a first pad opening of the third pad of the first row; a fourth terminal proximate the third terminal and with a polarity opposite the first terminal is coupled to a first pad opening of the fourth pad of the first row; a fifth terminal proximate the fourth terminal and with a polarity opposite the fourth terminal is coupled to a first pad opening of the fourth pad of the second row; a sixth terminal proximate the fifth terminal and with a polarity opposite the fifth terminal is coupled to a first pad opening of the third pad of the second row; a seventh terminal proximate the sixth terminal and with a polarity opposite the sixth terminal is coupled to a first pad opening of the second pad of the second row; and an eighth terminal proximate the seventh terminal and with a polarity opposite the seventh terminal is coupled to a first pad opening of the first pad of the second row.