Abstract:
A circuit board structure is disclosed. The structure includes a flat substrate having oppositely disposed planar surfaces and a conductor. The conductor is formed on at least one of the planar surfaces and defines a conductor plane. The structure further includes an oversized-in-diameter anti-pad formed through the substrate layer and the conductor layer. The anti-pad further includes a spacer formed substantially coplanar with the conductor plane.
Abstract:
A dielectric circuit board foil (400, 600) includes a conductive metal foil layer (210, 660), a crystallized dielectric oxide layer (405, 655) disposed adjacent a first surface of the conductive metal foil layer, a lanthanum nickelate layer (414, 664) disposed on the crystallized dielectric oxide layer, and an electrode layer (415, 665) that is substantially made of one or more base metals disposed on the lanthanum nickelate layer. The foil (400, 600) may be adhered to a printed circuit board sub-structure (700) and used to economically fabricate a plurality of embedded capacitors, including isolated capacitors of large capacitive density (> 1000 pf/mm²).
Abstract translation:电介质电路板箔(400,600)包括导电金属箔层(210,660),邻近导电金属箔层的第一表面设置的结晶介电氧化物层(405,655),镍酸镧层(414) ,664)和基本上由设置在镍酸镧层上的一种或多种贱金属制成的电极层(415,665)。 箔(400,600)可以粘附到印刷电路板子结构(700)上,并用于经济地制造多个嵌入式电容器,包括具有大电容密度(> 1000pf / mm 2)的隔离电容器。
Abstract:
Printed wiring boards and methods of manufacturing printed wiring boards are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, the printed wiring boards include electrically conductive constraining cores having at least one resin filled channel. The resin filled channels perform a variety of functions that can be associated with electrical isolation and increased manufacturing yields.
Abstract:
A via transmission line for a multilayer printed circuit board (PCB) in which a wave guiding channel is formed by a signal via or a number of signal vias, an assembly of ground vias surrounding the signal via or corresponding number of coupled signal vias, a set of ground plates from conductor layers of the multilayer PCB, and a clearance hole. In this via transmission line, the signal via, or the number of signal vias forms an inner conductive boundary, ground vias and ground plates from conductor layers of the multilayer PCB form an outer conductive boundary, and the clearance hole provides both isolation of the inner conductive boundary from the outer conductive boundary and high-performance broadband operation of the via transmission line by means of the predeterminded clearance hole cross-sectional shape and dimensions where the cross-sectional shape of the clearance hole is defined by the arrangement of ground vias in the outer conductive boundary and dimensions of the clearance hole are determined according to a method to minimize frequency-dependent return losses caused by specific corrugations of the outer conductive boundary formed by ground plates in the wave guiding channel of the via transmission line.
Abstract:
A high-speed router backplane, and method for its fabrication, are disclosed. The backplane uses differential signaling trace pairs on multiple high-speed signaling layers, the high-speed signaling layers separated by ground planes. Plated signaling thru-holes connect the trace pairs to the board surface for connection to external components. The signaling thru-holes pass through clearances in each ground plane. At selected ground planes, a conductive pad is patterned within each high-speed signaling thru-hole clearance, the pad slightly larger than the thru-hole diameter. The pads affect the impedance characteristics of the thru-holes, thus providing a better impedance match to the differential trace pairs, reducing signal reflections, and improving the ability to signal across the backplane at high speeds.
Abstract:
A printed wiring board (PWB) has stacked innerlayer panels (1001, 1002, 1003, ...) comprised of passive circuit elements (105). The passive elements (105) can include capacitors with electrode terminations located within the footprints of the capacitor electrodes (170, 180). The capacitor terminations are therefore closely spaced, reducing the capacitors' contributions to loop inductance in the innerlayer. Capacitor terminations within the electrode footprints also reduce the PWB board surface area used in forming the capacitors. The capacitor terminations are connected by circuit conductors (1021, 1022).
Abstract:
A multi-layer circuit board including top (40), middle (24), and bottom (18) dielectric layers, a conductive pattern (44) disposed on the top surface (42) and a ground layer (46) disposed on the bottom surface of the top dielectric layer (40), a conductive pattern (28) disposed on the bottom surface (22) of the middle dielectric layer (24), and a ground layer (30) disposed on the bottom surface (16) of the bottom dielectric layer (18).
Abstract:
A printed circuit board assembly (10) having a pair of printed circuit boards (12, 14). Each one of the boards (12, 14) has a conductive via (22) passing from a surface of a dielectric (16) into an interior region (17) of the dielectric (16). Each one of the printed circuit boards (12, 14) has a reference potential layer (20) and a signal conductor (18) disposed in the dielectric (16) thereof parallel to, the reference potential layer (20) thereof to provide a transmission line (25) having a predetermined impedance. The signal conductor (18) of each one of the boards is connected to the conductive via (22) thereof. The conductive via (22) in each one of the boards is configured to provide an impedance to the transmission line (25) thereof substantially matched to the impedance of the transmission line (25) thereof. A first electrical connector (32) is provided having a signal contact (36) connected to the conductive via (22) of one (12) of the boards and a second electrical connector (34) having a signal contact (38) connected to the conductive via (22) of the other one (14) of the boards. The first signal contact (36) of the first electrical conductor (32) is adapted for electrical connection to the second contact (38) of the second electrical connector (34).
Abstract:
A multi-layer circuit structure with selectively disposed ground planes, selectively disposed signal lines for transmitting signals of a given wavelength at a first level and a second level, dielectric material disposed between each of said ground planes and said signal lines, selectively disposed transition regions for electrically connecting one of the signal lines at said first level to one of said signal lines at said second level, said transition regions having selectively located vias for interconnecting said ground planes, has said vias of a first transmission line being spaced at a distance of other than multiple half wavelengths of said signal relative to said vias of a second transmission line.
Abstract:
In accordance with the various embodiments disclosed herein, electrical connector footprints, such as printed circuit boards, is described comprising one or more of signal traces that each include a first section that extends parallel to the linear array direction and a second section extends in a direction that is different than the linear array direction.