Abstract:
An arrangement of printed circuit traces includes a plurality of signal and ground traces on both surfaces of a substrate alternately arranged whereby no two signal traces are adjacent to each other on the same surface and a signal trace on one surface is aligned with a ground trace on the opposite surface. The ground traces on one surface of the substrate can be replaced with power pins for a high speed signal transmission application. Alternatively, a pair of signal traces can be provided between adjacent power pins on one surface of a substrate and between adjacent ground traces on an opposite surface of the substrate. Each signal trace is formed closer to the adjacent power pin or ground trace than the adjacent signal trace. The width of each power pin and ground trace is larger than the distance between outer extremes of each pair of signal traces.
Abstract:
In an IC packaging scheme, a multilayer substrate is composed of electrically conductive layers of interconnects, separated by insulative layers of epoxy resin or ceramic and connected by vias. Passive elements are integrated within the substrate at the definition stage during layout of the interconnects. The passives can be used to enhance the electrical performance of the active circuit die to a maximum extent allowed by the material technology used for the substrate. Material selection for the package is made to allow for the best passive integration for a given circuit design. Typical applications include power supply bypass capacitors, radio frequency tuning, and impedance matching. The incorporation of passives in the packaging substrate creates a new class of electrically tailorable packaging that can derive improved performance for any given die design over existing approaches.
Abstract:
A thin-film metal resistor (44) suitable for a multilayer printed circuit board (12), and a method for its fabrication. The resistor (44) generally has a multilayer construction, with the individual layers (34, 38) of the resistor (44) being self-aligned with each other so that a negative mutual inductance is produced that very nearly cancels out the self-inductance of each resistor layer (34, 38). As a result, the resistor (44) has a very low net parasitic inductance. In addition, the multilayer construction of the resistor (44) reduces the area of the circuit board (12) required to accommodate the resistor (44), and as a result reduces the problem of parasitic interactions with other circuit elements on other layers of the circuit board (12).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the placement of signal traces on a two-sided printed circuit board such that impedance of the traces is controlled and so that the number of power and ground pins required on an integrated circuit are minimized.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a board base having through-holes filled with a filling core, an additive layer provided on an upper surface of the board base as well as an upper surface of the filling core wherein the additive layer includes a wiring pattern having one or more paths, a semiconductor chip fixed on an upper surface of the additive layer, and nodes provided on a lower surface of the board base, wherein the one or more paths are laid out without a restriction posed by the through-holes, and are used for electrically connecting the semiconductor chip and the nodes.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for coupling high speed data components using imbedded PCB AC coupling capacitors is disclosed. The capacitor comprises a first and a second conductive plate of polygonal shape coupled to surrounding circuitry at the polygonal vertices of the polygonal plates. This configuration results in improved capacitor performance, particularly with respect to capacitive impedance and reflected waves for high bandwidth signals at the frequency ranges of interest.
Abstract:
An electronic device includes a substrate (200) for supporting electrical circuits (202), the substrate (200) including first and second opposing surface areas (204 and 206). At least first and second electrical contacts (214 and 216) are disposed on the substrate 200 and are electrically coupled to at least first and second conductive plates (210 and 212), respectively. The first and second conductive plates (210 and 212) are disposed on the first and second opposing surface areas (204 and 206) of the substrate (200), respectively. Preferably, the first and second conductive plates (210 and 212) at least partially overlap with each other. The first and second conductive plates (210 and 212) form a capacitive element therebetween for determining excessive variability in composition of the substrate as indicated by a measured inherent capacitance of the substrate at the capacitive element that is outside a specified tolerance of the capacitive element (200).
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a board base having through-holes filled with a filling core, and an additive layer provided on an upper surface of the board base as well as an upper surface of the filling core wherein the additive layer includes a wiring pattern having one or more paths. The semiconductor device further includes a semiconductor chip fixed on an upper surface of the additive layer, and nodes provided on a lower surface of the board base, wherein the one or more paths are laid out without a passage restriction posed by the through-holes, and are used for electrically connecting the semiconductor chip and the nodes.
Abstract:
A multilayer circuit is provided characterized by a multilayer conductor structure. The multilayer conductor structure is composed of at least two conductor layers, with each adjacent layer being separated by a dielectric material in the form of one or more dielectric layers. The multilayer circuit further includes electrically conductive members or features for electrically interconnecting the conductor layers at two or more locations along the lengths of the conductor layers. As a result, portions of the conductor layers between two or more locations are electrically in parallel with each other, such that the multilayer conductor is characterized by an electrical resistance between the locations which is less than the electrical resistance of the individual conductor layers between the locations. The multilayer conductor is therefore characterized by an augmented current-carrying capacity as compared to a single layer conductor of the same length and width.
Abstract:
A circuit board and method of forming a circuit board with signal and receptor pads arranged on layers spaced apart in a Z direction with a dielectric layer therebetween, parameters of a resulting AC signal transmitting circuit resulting wherein:capacitive reactance is defined by the equation (I) ##EQU1## where F is frequency and C is capacitance; inductive reactance is defined by the equation (II)X.sub.L =2.pi.FLwhere F is frequency and L is inductance;capacitance is defined by the equation (III) ##EQU2## where A is the effective mutual area of the signal and receptor pads, D is Faraday's constant, E is the dielectric constant, and .tau. is the thickness of the dielectric layer; andinductance is defined by the equation (IV)L=0.005 ln (4h/d).mu.H/in.where ln indicates the natural logarithm for the value 4h/d, where h is the distance above a ground plane, and d is the equivalent diameter of a conductor;wherein capacitance and inductance are established in equations I and II with X.sub.C and X.sub.L being equal or approaching equality and the values of A, D, .tau., I.sub.N, h (etc.) are preselected or calculated from equations III and IV.