Abstract:
Disclosed is a foolproof polarity indication of poled electronics parts or devices to be given to a printed circuit board to assure that poled electronics parts and/or devices be correctly mounted in respect of their polarities to meet occasional requirements dependent on different specifications. Each pair of terminal holes are allotted to a given poled electronics part or device. Two symbols representative of such electronics part or device are arranged side by side on either side of the line drawn from one to the other terminal hole. The poled electronics part or device symbols are of reversed polarities. This dual symbol arrangement is effective to draw workers' attention in mounting electrode components in terms of their polarities. When extra components or dummy ones are combined with such a poled component, they are encircled by a boundary line, thereby showing the correct polarity direction of the poled component in respect of whether it is enclosed or not.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit design is provided capable of operating in multiple insertion orientations. In particular, the inventive circuit design includes an integrated circuit package having a plurality of contact elements extending from the integrated circuit package and arranged symmetrically thereon for enabling the integrated circuit to be inserted on a circuit board in at least two discrete orientations. A plurality of the contact elements are designated as orientation pins, the orientation pins being arranged such that, upon integrated circuit package power up, the orientation pins transmit orientation signals indicative of the integrated circuit packages insertion orientation in the circuit board. A plurality of multiplexer devices are provided for routing signals between the contact elements and integrated circuit functional circuitry in response to the orientation signals from the orientation pins.
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 packaged semiconductor device comprises a packaging substrate having a core substrate having core wiring layers formed on opposite surfaces thereof, respectively, and a plurality of core via holes in the core substrate for mutually electrically connecting the core wiring layers formed on the opposite surfaces of the core substrate. Upper and lower buildup layers, each having a wiring layer, are formed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the core substrate, respectively. A semiconductor device chip is mounted on mounting pads formed on the upper buildup layer, and externally connecting electrodes are formed on the lower buildup layer. The position of the core via holes in the core substrate is standardized, regardless of the size of semiconductor device chip to be mounted. When a semiconductor device chip having a different chip size, the mounting pads formed on the upper buildup layer are located to coincide connection terminals of the semiconductor device chip of the different kind to be mounted.
Abstract:
A connection technique for switchably and mutually exclusively coupling a plurality of device sets. The connection technique utilizes a low profile connector having multiple circuit sets, each of which is configured for mutually exclusive and removable insertion into a receptacle coupled to multiple devices. Each one of the multiple circuit sets, which is inserted into the receptacle, couples a desired set of the plurality of device sets.
Abstract:
A chip component such as chip resistor, which is capable of being mounted obversely or reversely to a substrate or the like. Since the color of the armor is adjusted so as to be green identical with that of a ceramics chip, the lightness distribution of the component front face is similar with that of the component back face. Therefore, there is no case that chip component mounted obversely and chip component mounted reversely are identified as different components in a testing step of detecting a positional deviation or unloaded component by a color or monochromatic image processing (digital image processing), even if the component is mounted reversely to a substrate or the like.
Abstract:
A miniaturized oscillator that is manufactured with greatly reduced production time and cost includes transmission lines defining resonance circuits provided on a circuit assembly board. In this state, the impedance of each transmission line is measured. Then, according to the transmission line impedance, chip components having impedances necessary to obtain a predetermined frequency are selected and mounted on the circuit substrate. With this arrangement and method of formation, the resulting oscillator oscillates at the desired oscillation frequency and it is not necessary to trim the transmission lines in order to achieve this result. Since the oscillator does not require time to make frequency adjustments and does require use of a trimming apparatus, no deterioration in the electric characteristics due to laser trimming occurs. In addition, it is unnecessary to provide an electrode land for making frequency adjustments. As a result, the entire oscillator is miniaturized.
Abstract:
There are provided IC packages which eliminate the need for preparing a plurality of wiring boards even when different types of IC packages are used and a circuit device using the same. A 128-pin package is arranged, so as to output the same signal from two pins positioned on both ends of each edge thereof and wires of a wiring board corresponding to those pins are short-circuited.
Abstract:
Two lamp sockets (40, 42) on a wiring board (32) behind a switch assembly (18) have identical geometries. Each comprises a through-hole with a polarizing feature. Plural discrete contact pads (44, 46, 48, 50) are disposed on the board surface spaced apart around the margin of each through-hole. Plural discrete conductor traces (52, 54, 56, 58) are printed on the board surface to run from the respective contact pads. Each socket can accept either a first model (66) or a second model (68) of lamp assembly to make either socket a status indicator for the switch assembly or a nighttime illumination socket. A common wiring board can thereby serve different requirements for the locations of status indicator and nighttime illumination lamps.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a video card (120) which comprises a substantially rectangular, sheetlike component support(29) with a lower edge (21) and a rear edge (22). The video card (120) has a first edge connector (25) formed as a projecting portion (23) starting from the lower edge (21) of the component support (29), which projecting portion (23) is provided with terminals (24). The video card (120) further has a sub-D connector (26) provided with terminals (28), arranged at the rear edge (22) of the component support (29). According to the present invention, the video card (120) further has a second edge connector (130) formed as a projecting portion (131) starting from the lower edge (21) of the component support (29), which projecting portion (131) is provided with terminals (132), and the terminals (28) of the sub-D connector (26) are coupled to terminals (132) of the second edge connector (130).