Patent ID: 6858472

Claim:
A method of interconnecting a portion of internal circuitry of a semiconductor die having a plurality of bond pads on an active surface thereof, each of the plurality of bonds pads connected to a portion of the internal circuitry of the semiconductor die, comprising: locating a first portion of the plurality of bond pads adjacent a perimeter of the semiconductor die to provide an external contact for a first portion of the internal circuitry of the semiconductor die and locating a second portion of the plurality of bond pads located on the semiconductor die to provide an external contact for a second portion of the internal circuitry of the semiconductor die providing access at any time to selected functions of the internal circuitry of the semiconductor die for forming a semiconductor die having selected functions at any time of a manufacturing process, the selected functions of the internal circuitry including selected functions other than supply of power to the semiconductor die through use of more than one bond pad of the plurality of bond pads; selecting a first bond pad from the first portion of the plurality of bond pads including selecting a lead finger on the active surface; selecting a second bond pad from the second portion of the plurality of bond pads; selecting an option bond pad for use in connecting portions of the semiconductor die; and interconnecting the internal circuitry within the semiconductor die by directly interconnecting the first bond pad with the second bond pad and directly interconnecting the second bond pad with the option bond pad using at least one electrically conductive wire bond, the at least one electrically conductive wire bond providing an external electrical connection between the first and second bond pads, interconnecting for altering at least one of an input function and an output function of the semiconductor die.