Abstract:
A multilayer circuit device having electrically isolated tightly spaced electrical current carrying traces and including a first nonconductive substrate having a first conductive material affixed to a first side thereof to form a first ground plane, a plurality of elongated first conductive traces formed on a second side of the first non-conductive substrate and having transverse widths of 50 microns or less and rising above the upper surface of the first substrate to a height equal to or greater than the widths thereof such that a transverse cross section of the first conductive traces has a height-to-width ratio equal to or exceeding 1, adjacent ones of the first traces being separated from each other by first elongated spaces, the first conductive traces being variously useful as ground lines, signal lines and/or power lines.
Abstract:
A process for making a multi-layered circuit board having electrical current traces includes providing a substrate having a 1st layer of conductive material to form a ground plane, plurality of metallic 1st traces on a 2nd side of the substrate having widths of approximately 25 microns or less, developing 1st ribs of photoresist forming 1st walls rising above upper surface of an adjacent seed layer trace, depositing 1st conductive signal traces having a thickness exceeding 25 microns into channels and over seed layer traces and stripping the ribs to leave 1st conductive traces having a height-to-transverse ratio exceeding 1.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and a printed board assembly for use in a MicroTCA system, wherein backplane pin connectors of the printed board assembly are arranged to be received in receiving connectors of a backplane interconnect, characterized in that it comprises at least one switch unit which is arranged with physical output/input ports that have physical port numbers that can be overridden by logical port numbers, an optimal routing of a number of sets of conductive threads in the printed board assembly arranged so that none of the conductive threads cross over each other while connecting physical output/input ports of the switch units with the backplane pin connectors, and printed circuit board layers arranged to shield signals travelling in the conductive threads in conductive layers of the printed circuit board layers from any significant crosstalk.
Abstract:
A high-frequency device having high-frequency-signal-treating circuits in and on a laminate substrate comprising pluralities of dielectric layers having conductor patterns, the high-frequency-signal-treating circuits having amplifier circuits and switch circuits; terminals including input and output terminals of high-frequency signals, the power supply terminals of the amplifier circuits and the power supply terminals of the switch circuits being formed on one main surface of the laminate substrate; power supply lines each having one end connected to each of the power supply terminals of the amplifier circuits and power supply lines each having one end connected to each of the power supply terminals of the switch circuits being formed on one dielectric layer to constitute a power supply line layer; a first ground electrode being arranged on the side of the main surface with respect to the power supply line layer, the first ground electrode overlapping at least part of the power supply lines in a lamination direction; a second ground electrode being arranged on the opposite side of the first ground electrode with respect to the power supply line layer, the second ground electrode overlapping at least part of the power supply lines in a lamination direction; and the high-frequency-signal-treating circuits being arranged on the opposite side of the power supply line layer with respect to the second ground electrode.
Abstract:
A circuit board includes multiple signal layers, in which signal lines are routed, and reference plane layers, in which power reference planes are provided. To connect signal lines at different signal layers, vias are passed through at least one signal layer and at least one reference plane layer. At the one signal layer, a first clearance (or anti-pad) is defined around the via. At the reference plane layer, a second clearance is defined around the via. The second clearance is larger in size than the first clearance to match the impedance of the via as closely as possible with the impedance of a signal line the via is electrically connected to.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing multilayer flexible circuits is disclosed. The cross-sectional area of an unoccupied signal layer volume is initially determined. The unoccupied signal layer includes multiple conductive elements, and the unoccupied signal layer volume is formed between two of the conductive elements. Next, the thickness of an adhesive layer for filling the unoccupied signal layer volume is determined. Finally, the thickness of the adhesive layer is adjusted such that the adhesive layer only fills the unoccupied signal layer volume while the two conductive elements come in direct contact with a dielectric layer without any adhesive in between.
Abstract:
A tuner section is provided on one surface of a multilayered substrate, and a demodulating section on another surface of the multilayered substrate. The multilayered substrate further includes: an analog GND layer connected to the tuner section; a digital GND layer connected to the demodulating section; a shield GND layer which is provided between the analog GND layer and the digital GND layer; and insulation layers each provided (i) between the analog GND layer and shield GND layer, or (ii) between the digital GND layer and shield GND layer so as to electrically disconnect the shield GND layer from the analog GND layer and the digital GND layer. This allows the tuner section and the demodulating section to be respectively arranged on different surfaces of the substrate, for the purpose of downsizing of the receiving device, and yet allows the tuner section from being influenced by a harmonic signal generated in the demodulating section.
Abstract:
A compensating advanced feature patch panel that can include removable modular or fixed electronic components located directly on the patch panel which are separately or in combination capable of providing advanced features such as device detection and power insertion. The patch panel provides communications between an insulation displacement connector (IDC) at a PD/User end, and any standard interface type using unshielded twisted pair cables, such as an RJ45 connector at a switch end at performance levels of at least category 3, 5, 5e, 6 and/or higher (e.g. 6e or 7) and equivalent performance levels by compensating for the active electronics used in providing advanced features. Compensation is achieved in part through the separation and isolation of active and communication circuit elements.
Abstract:
The disclosed board fabrication techniques and design features enable the construction of a reliable, high-layer-count, and economical backplane for routers and the like that require a large number of signaling paths across the backplane at speeds of 2.5 Gbps or greater, as well as distribution of significant amounts of power to router components. The disclosed techniques and features allow relatively thick (e.g., three- or four-ounce copper) power distribution planes to be combined with large numbers of high-speed signaling layers in a common backplane. Using traditional techniques, such a construction would not be possible because of the number of layers required and the thickness of the power distribution layers. The disclosed embodiments use novel layer arrangements, material selection, processing techniques, and panel features to produce the desired high-speed layers and low-noise high-power distribution layers in a single mechanically stable board.
Abstract:
The disclosed board fabrication techniques and design features enable the construction of a reliable, high-layer-count, and economical backplane for routers and the like that require a large number of signaling paths across the backplane at speeds of 2.5 Gbps or greater, as well as distribution of significant amounts of power to router components. The disclosed techniques and features allow relatively thick (e.g., three- or four-ounce copper) power distribution planes to be combined with large numbers of high-speed signaling layers in a common backplane. Using traditional techniques, such a construction would not be possible because of the number of layers required and the thickness of the power distribution layers. The disclosed embodiments use novel layer arrangements, material selection, processing techniques, and panel features to produce the desired high-speed layers and low-noise high-power distribution layers in a single mechanically stable board.