Abstract:
In one embodiment, a via structure for a printed circuit board is provided which includes a signal via and an elongated signal conductor strip electrically connected to the signal via. The elongated signal conductor strip is adjacent to a ground conductor and extends from the conductive pad substantially to the ground conductor. The elongated signal conductor strip includes a portion extending laterally outward, which may be configured to have a capacitance so as to establish an impedance for the via structure.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an electronic device incorporating a heat distributor. It applies more particularly to devices of the plastic package type, with one or more levels of components. According to the invention, the electronic device, for example of the package type, is provided for its external connection with pads distributed over a connection surface. It includes a thermally conducting plate lying parallel to said connection surface and having a nonuniform structure making it possible, when the device is exposed to a given external temperature, to supply a controlled amount of heat to each external connection pad according to its position on the connection surface. If the device is a package comprising a support of the printed circuit type, the conducting plate will advantageously form an internal layer of said support.
Abstract:
The invention provides a wiring board with built-in capacitors, that has a multilayer wiring structure and capable of mounting an IC chip thereon. The wiring board with built-in capacitors includes: a first capacitor that is built into the multilayer wiring structure and formed so that an overlapping area between a first lower electrode and a first upper electrode provided on respective surfaces of a first dielectric layer is a predetermined area; and a second capacitor that is built into the multilayer wiring structure along the same plane as the first dielectric layer and formed so that an overlapping area between a second lower electrode and a second upper electrode provided on respective surfaces of a second dielectric layer with the same thickness as the first dielectric layer is different from the predetermined area. The wiring board further includes: a line that electrically connects either one of a power pad for supplying power to the IC chip and a ground pad for grounding the IC chip to either one of the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode; and a line that electrically connects the other of the power pad and the ground pad to the other of the first upper electrode and the second upper electrode.
Abstract:
A midplane has a first side to which contact ends of a first differential connector are connected and a second side opposite the first side to which contact ends of a second differential connector are connected. The midplane includes a plurality of vias extending from the first side to the second side, with the vias providing first signal launches on the first side and second signal launches on the second side. The first signal launches are provided in a plurality of rows, with each row having first signal launches along a first line and first signal launches along a second line substantially parallel to the first line. The second signal launches are provided in a plurality of columns, with each column having second signal launches along a third line and second signal launches along a fourth line substantially parallel to the third line.
Abstract:
A circuit board comprises signaling through-holes that pass through a plurality of layers, including signal trace and digital ground plane layers, and power reference plane layers. Clearances are set to achieve a desired impedance characteristic for the through-holes. At a power reference plane layer, the clearance is defined around multiple neighboring through-holes.
Abstract:
An exemplary printed circuit board includes at least a pair of differential vias defined therein, each of the differential vias has an annular ring formed on the PCB, a conductive hole defined in the PCB, and a clearance hole defined in at least one inner layer of the PCB. Each of the clearance holes of the differential vias is oval shaped thus providing a greater area for the clearance holes and needed clearance between vias without creating a superposition zone.
Abstract:
The invention provides a wiring board with built-in capacitors, that has a multilayer wiring structure and capable of mounting an IC chip thereon. The wiring board with built-in capacitors includes: a first capacitor that is built into the multilayer wiring structure and formed so that an overlapping area between a first lower electrode and a first upper electrode provided on respective surfaces of a first dielectric layer is a predetermined area; and a second capacitor that is built into the multilayer wiring structure along the same plane as the first dielectric layer and formed so that an overlapping area between a second lower electrode and a second upper electrode provided on respective surfaces of a second dielectric layer with the same thickness as the first dielectric layer is different from the predetermined area. The wiring board further includes: a line that electrically connects either one of a power pad for supplying power to the IC chip and a ground pad for grounding the IC chip to either one of the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode; and a line that electrically connects the other of the power pad and the ground pad to the other of the first upper electrode and the second upper electrode.
Abstract:
A printed circuit board with improved signal integrity for one or more differential signal pairs incorporates one or more conductive regions. In an exemplary embodiment, via structures for the differential pair that interconnect signal traces are isolated from the conductive region by an antipad area around the via structures and a conductive bridge. In alternate embodiment, an antipad area around the via structures includes a bridge between the via structures. The antipad area may comprise, by way of non-limiting example, a clipped circular aperture or a modified rectangular aperture. The bridge may, by non-limiting examples, comprise a portion of the conductive region to permit impedance tailoring of the differential pair with respect to the conductive region.
Abstract:
A high frequency coaxial through hole via in a multilayer printed circuit board is presented. The high frequency coaxial through hole via may include two traces connected by a plated through hole via and surrounded by more than one ground plane, where the more than one ground planes are capacitively coupled.
Abstract:
A via transmission line for a multilayer printed circuit board (PCB) in which a wave guiding channel is formed by a signal via or a number of signal vias, an assembly of ground vias surrounding the signal via or corresponding number of coupled signal vias, a set of ground plates from conductor layers of the multilayer PCB, and a clearance hole. In this via transmission line, the signal via, or the number of signal vias forms an inner conductive boundary, ground vias and ground plates from conductor layers of the multilayer PCB form an outer conductive boundary, and the clearance hole provides both isolation of the inner conductive boundary from the outer conductive boundary and high-performance broadband operation of the via transmission line by means of the predetermined clearance hole cross-sectional shape and dimensions where the cross-sectional shape of the clearance hole is defined by the arrangement of ground vias in the outer conductive boundary and dimensions of the clearance hole are determined according to a method to minimize frequency-dependent return losses caused by specific corrugations of the outer conductive boundary formed by ground plates in the wave guiding channel of the via transmission line.