Abstract:
A circuit board with a quality-indicator mark and a method for indicating quality of the circuit board. The circuit board includes a plurality of circuit board units. A plating bus is formed around each circuit board unit and extended to form a plating trace in an inner-layer circuit structure of each circuit board unit. The inner-layer circuit structure is inspected in quality to maintain or break connection between the plating trace and plating bus if the quality is good or not. At least one circuit structure is formed on the inner-layer circuit structure and electrically connected to the plating trace to form a conductive mark on each circuit board unit. A metal protection layer is formed on the at least one circuit structure via the plating bus, and the conductive mark with the metal protection layer indicates that the inner-layer circuit structure of the circuit board unit is good.
Abstract:
Calibration standards for accurate high frequency or wide bandwidth calibration measurements. A “short” or “reflect” standard is formed in a printed circuit board from a conductive coating on a generally planar surface. The conductive coating connects a signal trace to one or more ground planes. The generally planar surface is at least as wide as the signal trace and is preferably several times wider than the signal trace to provide a short standard with properties uniform over a wide frequency range. The short standard is incorporated into a printed circuit upon which a device under test is to be mounted. Connections to the short standard are made through components equivalent to components used to connect a device under test. When a through and line standard are added to the same board, the test board contains all the standards needed for a TRL calibration.
Abstract:
Methods and systems of protecting substrates that are intended for use in fluidic devices are described. In accordance with one embodiment, sealant material is applied over one or more edges of at least one multi-chip module substrate that is intended for use in a fluidic device. At least one edge has an exposed electrical interconnect and the sealant material is applied over less than an entirety of the substrate and sufficiently to cover the exposed electrical interconnect. The sealant material is exposed to conditions effective to seal the one or more edges.
Abstract:
The A ceramic multilayer substrate includes a plurality of ceramic substrates being stacked vertically, each substrate having a designated thickness; pattern layers formed on surfaces of the ceramic substrates so as to form circuit elements; external terminals vertically formed on side surfaces of the stacked ceramic substrates; and internal connection parts, each of which is formed on a part of one of the pattern layers, is connected to one of the external terminal terminals so as to exchange signals with the outside, and be is broad enough to surround at least partially the connected external terminal.
Abstract:
A wiring board that allows the high-density connection with a plurality of circuit boards within a limited area, a manufacturing method for the same and electronic equipment using the same are provided. A wiring board includes: a plurality of conductive layers each including one or more wirings for transmitting signals; and a plurality of insulation layers for insulating the respective conductive layers. The conductive layers and the insulation layers are laminated alternately, and each of the plurality of conductive layers is provided with a terminal at at least one of both ends. The terminals are formed stepwise and separated by the insulation layers in a cross-sectional shape of a lamination structure of the conductive layers and the insulation layers.
Abstract:
A method of forming a printed circuit board with a metal power plane layer between two photoimageable dielectric layers is provided. Photoformed metal filled vias and plated through holes are in the photopatternable material, and signal circuitry is on the surfaces of each of the dielectric materials connected to the vias and plated through holes. A border may be around the board including a metal layer terminating in from the edge of one of the dielectric layers. Copper foil with clearance holes is provided. First and second layers of photoimageable curable dielectric material are on opposite sides of the copper. Patterns are developed on the first and second layers of the photoimageable material to reveal the metal layer through vias. Through holes are developed where holes were patterned in both dielectric layers. The surfaces of the photoimageable material, vias and through holes are metallized by copper plating, preferably using photoresist.
Abstract:
A printed circuit board comprises a plurality of patterned circuit layers, a plurality of insulation layers and a plurality of circuits. Each insulation layer is located between a pair of neighboring patterned circuit layers for isolating the patterned circuit layers. The insulation layer and the patterned circuit layers together form a laminated layer. The circuits are formed on the sidewalls of the printed circuit board or the interior sidewalls of a cavity or an opening within the printed circuit board for interconnecting various patterned circuit layers electrically.
Abstract:
An electronic circuit package includes a vertical package section (304, FIG. 3) electrically connected to a horizontal package section (306, FIG. 3). The vertical package section includes multiple conductive layers (512, 514, 516, FIG. 5) oriented in parallel with a vertical plane. A first set of bond pads (606, FIG. 6) on the vertical section's horizontal top surface (608, FIG. 6) can be connected to the bond pads (602, FIG. 6) of an integrated circuit (302, FIG. 3). A second set of bond pads (612, FIG. 6) on the vertical section's horizontal bottom surface (614, FIG. 6) can be connected to bond pads (616, FIG. 6) on the horizontal package section. The conductive layers of the vertical section perform a bond pad pitch conversion in a first direction, and conductive structures (906, 908, 910, FIG. 9) within the horizontal package section perform a bond pad pitch conversion in a second direction.
Abstract:
In a method of fabricating a multi-layer circuit board assembly, at least two multi-layer circuit board modules are provided. Each of the modules has a lateral edge provided with a plurality of solder pads that are connected electrically with module interconnect circuit traces on a respective one of the modules. The modules are stacked one upon the other, and are bonded together such that the solder pads of one of the modules are connected to registered ones of the solder pads of the other one of the modules, thereby establishing electrical connection among the circuit traces on the modules.
Abstract:
A module and a corresponding connector that include multiple rows of contacts is described. In one embodiment, the module may include a channel formed in a bottom edge of the module. A plurality of contacts may be disposed on the inner surface of the channel and the outer surface of the module. A complementary connector is also described.