Patent ID: 8009436

Claim:
A method of making an integrated circuit package system, comprising: providing a substrate, having active component contact pads on a first side; forming passive component contact pads in a discrete contact pair on the first side of the substrate beyond the active component contact pads; providing a circuit component coupled across the passive component pads in an x-direction; forming a channel, having a bottom, in the first side of the substrate between the passive component contact pads of the discrete contact pair, with the channel having a y-direction perpendicular to the x-direction and the channel having a first distance formed beyond the circuit component and a second distance shorter than the first distance formed beyond the circuit component; electrically connecting the circuit component to the passive component contact pads of the discrete contact pair, with the circuit component over the channel; and encapsulating the circuit component, first side of the substrate, the active component contact pads, the passive component contact pads, and the channel in an encapsulant, the encapsulant filling the channel and the space between the bottom and the circuit component.