Patent ID: 6858945

Claim:
A multi-concentric pad configuration or an integrated circuit, comprising: an integrated circuit (IC) die having a perimeter and a center; and a first set of input output (IO) pads and a second set of IO pads, both disposed on the integrated circuit die; each IO pad in said first set and said second set of IO pads having a bond pad for receiving a bond wire connection, and an IO circuit coupled to said bond pad; said first set of IO pads arranged closer to said perimeter of said IC die than said second set of IO pads, said second set of IO pads arrange so that each IO circuit in said second set of IO pads is closer to said center of said IC die than a corresponding IO circuit in said first set of IO pads; each IO pad in said first set and said second set of IO pads configured so said bond pad is closer to said perimeter than said IO circuit.