Abstract:
An hermetically sealed integrated microwave circuit comprising a coplanar waveguide on a printed circuit board (PCB) electrically connected on one major surface to an integrated circuit, and thermally and electrically connected to a ball grid array (BGA) on its opposite major surface, in which the PCB has at least first and second printed layers, a microwave signal path extends from a ball of the BGA through a through-hole in both printed layers to the coplanar wave guide, and plural ground paths extend from balls of the BGA through first through-holes in the first printed layer of the PCB and through second through-holes of the second printed layer of the PCB, the first and second through-holes being non-coincident, to allow for an hermetic seal across the PCB whilst introducing a predetermined impedance in the PCB between the signal and ground paths.
Abstract:
A microstripline transmission line arrangement carries a signal having a fundamental frequency. The arrangement includes a first microstripline transmission line, a second microstripline transmission line, and a coaxial electrically conductive conduit interconnecting the first transmission line and the second transmission line. The conduit includes a signal conductor and an electrically grounded shield substantially surrounding the signal conductor. The conductor and the shield are positioned relative to each other to thereby comprise a means for lowpass filtering the signal. A cutoff frequency of the lowpass filtering is less than a third harmonic of the fundamental frequency.
Abstract:
To automatically arrange vias on a printed circuit board so as to satisfy a predetermined condition. A printed circuit board design support method for causing a computer to execute a ground conductive area identifying conductive areas which can be used as grounds of a printed circuit board having a plurality of condicutive layers, an extracting an overlapping conductive area in which the conductive areas identified in the ground conductive area identifying are two-dimensionally overlapped with one another, and an automatic arranging interlayer connection members configured to electrically connect at least two layers with one another among the plurality of conductive areas in the overlapping conductive area extracted in the extracting at an interval within a predetermined distance.
Abstract:
In one implementation, a method is provided for constructing an interface module which includes constructing a board having a signal via through the board, and having at least one ground via extending through the board. The method further includes back drilling the signal via to create a center conductor hole above a remaining portion of the signal via and back drilling a shield opening in the board and at least part way into the at least one ground via such that a height of the center conductor hole is reduced. The method further includes plating the shield opening and the center conductor hole, and back drilling to remove a portion of the plating to electrically isolate the plated shield opening and the plated center conductor hole.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a plurality of bumps are formed by repeatedly applying conductive paste to the conductive pattern portion, a plurality of bump-guiding openings are provided in the cover layer to align with the plurality of bumps, a plurality of crushed portions are formed by crushing heads of the plurality of bumps protruding from the cover layer through the bump-guiding openings, and a ground layer is formed on the cover layer. The ground layer is electrically connected to the plurality of crushed portions.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a plurality of conductive-paste-filling openings are provided in the cover layer to align with the conductive pattern portion, and a plurality of conductive portions are formed by filling conductive paste in the plurality of conductive-paste-filling openings to conductively join the metal layer to the conductive pattern portion.
Abstract:
A high frequency module comprises a layered substrate. Inside the layered substrate, a reception diplexer for processing reception signals and a transmission diplexer for processing transmission signals are provided. The reception diplexer and the transmission diplexer are located in two different regions inside the layered substrate. A conductor portion that is connected to the ground and that electromagnetically separates the reception diplexer and the transmission diplexer from each other is provided between the two regions inside the layered substrate. The conductor portion is formed by using a plurality of through holes.
Abstract:
A printed circuit board having an embedded cavity capacitor is disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the printed circuit board having the embedded cavity capacitor, the printed circuit board can include two conductive layers to be used as a power layer and a ground layer, respectively; and a first dielectric layer, placed between the two conductive layers, wherein at least one cavity capacitor is arranged in a noise-transferable path between a noise source and a noise prevented destination which are placed on the printed circuit board, the cavity capacitor being formed to allow a second dielectric layer to have a lower stepped region than the first dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer using the two conductive layers as a first electrode and a second electrode, respectively, and placed between the first electrode and the second electrode.
Abstract:
A printed wiring board suppresses characteristic impedance mismatch that occurs when the printed wiring board is equipped with a through-type coaxial connector, and includes ground layers stacked in a plurality of layers via insulating layers; a through-hole; a clearance serving as an anti-pad provided in an area between the through-hole and the ground layers; and signal wiring extending from the through-hole to between prescribed ones of the ground layers through the clearance. The prescribed ones of the ground layers have a wiring-impedance adjustment area for adjusting the impedance of the signal wiring, the wiring-impedance adjustment area being arranged so as to overlap a portion of the signal wiring in the clearance.
Abstract:
Signal line conductors passing through vertical vias in an insulative substrate for supporting and interconnecting integrated circuit chips are provided with shielding conductors in adjacent vias that link respective power and ground planes. The shielding conductors' presence in positions around a signal via is made possible through the employment of power plane and ground plane conductive grids that are laid out in rhomboid patterns. The power plane and ground plane grids possess a left-right mirror relation to one another and are displaced to place the rhomboid's corners to avoid overlapping any of the grid lines.