Patent ID: 7501709

Claim:
A semiconductor package, comprising: a substrate having: a die attach area; an inner first ring including a plurality of spaced apart power/ground contacts; a second outer ring including a plurality of spaced apart input/output contacts; and a plurality of matching pairs of ground contacts, each matching pair of ground contacts having a first ground contact provided between two of the spaced apart power/ground contacts of the inner first ring and a second ground contact provided generally between each of the spaced apart and adjacent input/output contacts; a die mounted onto the die attach area of the substrate, the die having one or more rings of contacts provided around the periphery of the die, each of the contacts being characterized as either input/output contacts, power contacts or ground contacts; a first plurality of input/output wires bonded between the input/output contacts on the die and the input/output contacts of the second outer ring on the substrate respectively; and a second plurality of ground wires bonded between the first ground contacts and the second ground contacts of the plurality of matching pairs of ground contacts on the substrate, the second plurality of ground wires running adjacent to and for a portion of the length of the first plurality of input/output wires respectively, such that each input/output wire is in close proximity and adjacent to one of the ground wires.