Abstract:
Mounting components such as LSIs, which emit noise to the outside and are subjected to the influence of external noise, on the top-most layer and the bottom-most layer respectively, a co-existing layer of the ground region and the power source region has been employed, where a ground region has been provided respectively to the range corresponding to the position the LSIs on the next layer below the top-most layer and the next layer above the bottom-most layer. Accordingly, the number of layers to be laminated to form the multilayer substrate has been reduced, because it is no longer required, unlike the related art, to provide a ground layer where the ground pattern is formed substantially over the entire surface of layer respectively to the next layer below the top-most layer having mounted a LSI thereon and of the next layer above the bottom-most layer having mounting a LSI thereon.
Abstract:
For electrical backplanes and the like, a power plane adaptation to improve the propagation of high-speed signals through clearances in an embedded power plane is disclosed. In exemplary embodiments, the power plane is segmented in a high-speed connector region, such that a portion of the metal layer that forms the power plane is retained in the high-speed connector region—but isolated from the power-delivery portion of the power plane. The isolated portion is connected to digital ground, and clearances are formed therein where high-speed signaling throughholes will pass through the region. In some embodiments, various attainable advantages include better manufacturability, better matching and control of high-speed signaling throughhole impedance, and improved noise isolation. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Abstract:
A printed circuit board (PCB) having a multi-layered structure for improving shielding against electromagnetic interference, the PCB including one or more signal layers and an outer grounding layer located on an outermost surface of the PCB. Accordingly, the radiation of electromagnetic waves to the outside from the outer grounding layer is prevented.
Abstract:
An electronic control apparatus includes an exclusive power source line for a charge pump circuit which is discriminated from a common power source line. The exclusive power source line is connected to the common power source wiring via a via-hole va having an impedance larger than that of the exclusive source line. Similarly, the electronic control apparatus includes an exclusive ground line for the charge pump circuit which is discriminated from a common ground line. The exclusive ground line is connected to the common ground via an additional via-hole vb. Furthermore, a noise-suppressing capacitor C is connected between the exclusive power source and around lines.
Abstract:
A circuitized substrate which includes a plurality of contiguous open segments which define facing edge portions within an electrically conductive layer to isolate separate portions of the conductive layer such that the layer can be used for different functions, e.g., as both power and ground elements, within a product (e.g., electrical assembly) which includes the substrate as part thereof. A method of making the substrate, an electrical assembly utilizing the substrate, a multilayered circuitized assembly also utilizing the substrate and an information handling system, e.g., a mainframe computer, are also provided.
Abstract:
A DC bus for use in a power module has a positive DC conductor bus plate parallel with a negative DC conductor bus plate. One or more positive leads are connected to the positive bus and are connectable to a positive terminal of a power source. One or more negative leads are connected to the negative bus and are connectable to a negative terminal of a power source. The DC bus has one or more positive connections fastenable from the positive bus to the high side of a power module. The DC bus also has one or more negative connections fastenable from the negative bus to the low side of the power module. The positive bus and negative bus permit counter-flow of currents, thereby canceling magnetic fields and their associated inductances, and the positive and negative bus are connectable to the center portion of a power module.
Abstract:
A layout structure of a central processing unit (CPU) that supports two different package techniques, comprising a motherboard that comprises the layout structure and a layout method. The layout structure of the preferred embodiment according to the present invention from up to down sequentially places a top signal layer, a grounded layer, a power layer having a grounded potential, and a bottom solder layer in the area where the signals of the CPU are coupled to the signals of the control chip, so that the signals that are placed on the bottom solder layer can refer to a grounded potential area of the power layer. Therefore, part of signals of the CPU that are coupled to the control chip can be placed on the bottom solder layer. Since the preferred embodiment of the present invention provides more flexibility in the placement design, a layout structure that supports the Pentium IV CPUs of different package techniques can be designed on the motherboard of the 4 layers stack structure, and these two CPUs can be supported by the same control chip.
Abstract translation:支持两种不同包装技术的中央处理单元(CPU)的布局结构,包括包括布局结构和布局方法的主板。 根据本发明的优选实施例的布局结构从上到下顺序地在CPU的信号区域中放置顶层信号层,接地层,具有接地电位的功率层和底部焊料层 耦合到控制芯片的信号,使得放置在底部焊料层上的信号可以指功率层的接地电位区域。 因此,耦合到控制芯片的CPU的部分信号可以放置在底部焊料层上。 由于本发明的优选实施例在布局设计中提供了更多的灵活性,因此可以在四层堆栈结构的主板上设计支持不同封装技术的Pentium IV CPU的布局结构,并且这两个CPU可以由 相同的控制芯片。
Abstract:
A printed circuit board includes a signal layer and a supply voltage plane layer. The signal layer includes traces to communicate signals that are not associated with regulated supply voltages. The supply voltage plane is embedded in the signal layer to supply power to multiple supply voltage pins of a component that is mounted to the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board may also include a supply voltage plane layer to communicate a supply voltage. A ground plane may be embedded in the supply voltage plane layer to provide ground connections to multiple pins of the component.
Abstract:
A circuit board is provided. The circuit board includes two conductive layers, either horizontally-opposed, or vertically-overlapping, formed around a dielectric layer. Mutually-engaging interstices or tongues and grooves are formed in each conductive layer, with the dielectric disposed between them. The interstices (or tongues and grooves) are typically formed in a complementary shape, but this is not necessary. Any number of interstices and/or tongues and grooves may be formed into the conductive layers. The amount of engagement between the interstices, or the amount each conductive layer overlaps the other along its width, may be selected to provide a predetermined amount of capacitance between the conductive layers. The dielectric layer dielectric constant may also be selected in order to adjust the capacitance formed between the conductive layers. Other embodiments of the invention include electronic circuits and methods for constructing the disclosed circuit boards and related electronic circuits.
Abstract:
A high frequency, low impedance network is integrated into the substrate level of a power module for the reduction of electromagnetic interference (nullEMInull). In one embodiment, capacitance is electrically connected to at least one of the positive conducting layer in a substrate or the negative conducting layer in a substrate and a ground. Integrating a capacitive network of low stray inductance in a substrate of a power module allows relatively small, inexpensive capacitors to be used.