Patent ID: 7580269

Claim:
A semiconductor device comprising: a motherboard having first and second type conductive portions embedded therein coupled to a power source; a socket portion defined on and projecting above an upper surface of the motherboard and electrically coupled to the first and second type conductive portions; a package coupled to the motherboard via the socket portion, said package having a suspended portion between the sockets wherein an underside of the suspended portion is spaced from an opposing upper surface portion of the motherboard; package conductors within the package adapted to transmit current from a bottom surface to a top surface of the package; a die load affixed to a top surface of the package above the suspended portion and electrically coupled via the package conductors through the socket portion to the first and second type conductive portions to provide a first power source path for the die load; and a capacitor located within the space between the suspended portion of the package and the opposing upper surface portion of the motherboard, said capacitor being electrically coupled between the first and second type conductive portions within the motherboard and the package conductors to provide a second power source path for the die load; and wherein said capacitor including: a conductive layer of a first type; a conductive layer of a second type; a dielectric layer that electrically isolates the first type conductive layer from the second type conductive layer; and terminals of a first type and a second type located along a first side of the capacitor and along an opposing side of the capacitor, said terminals coupled between the motherboard and the package and electrically coupling the first and second type conductive portions within the motherboard and the package conductors to respective type conductive layers of the capacitor.