Space and cost efficient incorporation of specialized input-output pins on integrated circuit substrates

摘要

In some embodiments an Integrated Circuit package includes a plurality of system functional pins, at least one system functional pin depopulation zone, and at least one non-system functional pin located in the at least one functional pin depopulation zone. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

主权项

1. A method incorporating specialized pins, comprising:
providing a system functional pin; providing a system functional pin depopulation zone; and positioning a non-system functional pin within the system functional pin depopulation zone, wherein the non-system functional pin sends test signals and a stacked-socket interposer probe head assembly is to receive a signal from the non-system functional pin, and passes the signal from the system functional pin to a socket.