Portions of terminations 18 are coupled to solder pads 20 formed on a circuit board 22. (It should be appreciated that in FIG. 1 and other figures which depict connection between a chip component and a circuit board that only a portion of such circuit board is shown for ease of illustration.) Vias 24 internal to circuit board 22 connect solder pads 20 to the power planes 26 associated with board 2