AN INTERCONNECTION CHANGE PAD FOR USE ON A CERAMIC SUBSTRATE RECEIVING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIPS

摘要

The invention is directed to a reuseable change pad (70) for an MLC interconnection change system. The change pad of this invention includes a body element (72) formed on the MLC substrate to which one or more change couplers (74, 76) are attached for coupling the body element to one or more circuits (82, 84; 92, 94) of the chip interconnect change systems. The body element is configured to bondably receive one or more discrete jump leads from either an interconnection contact pad provided on the MLC or another change pad. Additionally, one or more pad couplers are configured to be integrally formed with the body element for electrically connecting the body element to one or more circuits of the chip interconnect change system. As configured, the couplers are severable from the pad body to isolate the pad body from one or all of the chip interconnection circuits. Once isolated, the pad may be joined to a second change pad with a discrete jump wire so as to connect the first change pad to the second and the second pad's associated coupler and buried change metallization. In this way, multiple changes to an initial change may be made by adding additional jump wire without the need to eliminate any jump wire previously inserted.