Abstract:
A printed circuit includes a substrate having a pair of opposite sides. A signal via extends through at least one of the sides and at least partially through the substrate between the sides. Aggressor vias extend through at least one of the sides and at least partially through the substrate between the sides. The aggressor vias are arranged in a pattern around the signal via. Linear paths are defined between the signal via and the aggressor vias. At least some of the aggressor vias are arranged along the substrate directly adjacent the signal contact. Ground vias extend through at least one of the sides and at least partially through the substrate between the sides. The ground vias are arranged around the signal via. At least one ground via is positioned along each linear path between the signal via and each of the aggressor vias that is directly adjacent the signal via.
Abstract:
A printed circuit board includes a first layout layer, a second layout layer, a copper foil layer, a first via and a second via. The first layout layer has a first signal line and a second signal line, each of which has a curved first portion. The second layout layer has a third signal line and a fourth signal line, each of which also has a curved first portion. The curved first portions of the first signal line, the second signal line, the third signal line and the fourth signal line are coupled to the first via and the second via. In this case, the curved first portions of the first signal line, the second signal line, the third signal line and the fourth signal line cooperatively generate spiral inductance characteristic.
Abstract:
A capacitor structure is provided. In the capacitor structure, a signal electrode plate and an extension ground electrode plate are disposed on the same plane to form a co-plane capacitor structure. Due to slow wave characteristic, the resonance frequency of the capacitor structure is effectively raised and the capacitor structure may be applied in high frequency.
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 design method and system for minimizing blind via current loops provides for improvement of electrical interconnect structure design without requiring extensive electromagnetic analysis. Other vias in the vicinity of a blind via carrying a critical signal are checked for suitability to conduct return current corresponding to the critical signal that is disrupted by the transition from a layer between two metal planes to another layer. The distance to the return current via(s) is checked and the design is adjusted to reduce the distance if the distance is greater than a specified threshold. If the blind via transition is to an external layer, suitable vias connect the reference plane at the internal end of the blind via to an external terminal. If the transition is between internal layers, suitable vias are vias that connect the two reference planes surrounding the reference plane traversed by the blind via.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a broadband transition to joint a via structure and a planar transmission line in a multilayer substrate is formed as an intermediate connection between the signal via pad and the planar transmission line disposed at the same conductor layer. The transverse dimensions of the transition are equal to the via pad diameter at the one end and strip width at another end; The length of the transition can be equal to the characteristic dimensions of the clearance hole in the direction of the planar transmission line or defined as providing the minimal excess inductive reactance in time-domain according to numerical diagrams obtained by three-dimensional full-wave simulations.
Abstract:
A circuit board may include hybrid via structures configured to connect to components, such as connectors and electronic components, mounted on the circuit board. A hybrid via structure may include one or more micro-vias configured to provide an electrical connection to a signal trace in the circuit board and one or more through-vias configured to provide a ground connection to at least one reference plane in the circuit board. In one embodiment, a plurality of circuit boards including the hybrid via structures and signal traces may be connected to establish a channel supporting differential signaling and data transfer rates of at least about 5 Gb/s. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.
Abstract:
Substrates having power and ground planes, such as, for example, printed circuit boards, include at least one noise suppression structure configured to suppress electrical waves propagating through at least one of a power plane and a ground plane. The noise suppression structure may include a power plane extension that extends from the power plane generally towards the ground plane, and a ground plane extension that extends from the ground plane generally towards the power plane. The ground plane extension may be separated from the power plane extension by a distance that is less than the distance separating the power and ground planes. Electronic device assemblies and systems include such substrates. Methods for suppressing noise in at least one of a power plane and a ground plane include providing such noise suppression structures between power and ground planes.
Abstract:
In the vicinity of soldering through holes of lands for soldering a lead terminal in a multilayer printed board, electrically isolated lands are provided to form a thermal through hole. In the soldering, by the radiation and supply of heat of a lead-free solder filled in the thermal through hole, it is possible to suppress the radiation of heat of the soldering through hole. Thus, it is possible to achieve a sufficient solder rise and to obtain an excellent soldering property.
Abstract:
An arrangement of non-signal through vias suitable for a wiring board is provided. The wiring board has a contact surface, a core layer and pads. The contact pads are disposed on the contact surface, while the arrangement of non-signal through vias includes first non-signal through vias and a second non-signal through via. The first non-signal through vias pass through the core layer and are electrically connected to some of the contact pads. The second non-signal through via which passes through the core layer is disposed between the first non-signal through vias and is not electrically connected to the contact pads. The interval between the second non-signal through via and anyone of the surrounding first non-signal through vias is smaller than or equal to 0.72 times of the minimum interval between the second non-signal through via and one of the contact pads electrically connected to the corresponding first non-signal through vias.