Abstract:
In a printed circuit board having a plural number of conductor layers separated by a plural number of insulator layers, a Faraday cage is constructed including a first and a second ground plane disposed in a first and second conductor layer respectively. The ground planes being electrically interconnected at their peripheries, preferably by a plurality of vias. A third conductor layer is disposed between the first and second conductor layers in which a plurality of signal paths are defined. The Faraday cage surrounds a shielded portion of the third conductor layer so that electrical signals conducted through the shielded portion are isolated from electrical noise. The invention finds particular application in a mixed digital/analog board separated into a digital section of the board having a digital ground plane defined in one of the conductor layers and a plurality of digital signal paths defined in another of the conductor layers and an analog section of the board having the Faraday cage and the shielded portion. Thus, the plurality of signal paths in the shielded region are intended for analog signals which are sensitive to digital noise. Additional conductor layers in the analog section can be added inside and outside the Faraday cage. Those analog signal paths located outside the cage are defined for analog signals which are less sensitive than analog signals in the shielded region. The board may be an audio card for a digital computer.
Abstract:
A microstrip transmission line structure a series of connected microstrip strip sections having different widths disposed on an outside layer of a unitized multilayer circuit structure and forming a microstrip line, respective ground planes for each of the strip sections formed between insulating layers of the unitized multilayer circuit structure and respectively spaced from the associated strip sections to provide a substantially constant impedance along the length of the microstrip line, and a plurality of conductive vias for electrically interconnecting the respective ground planes.
Abstract:
Electromagnetic filtering for a VLSI device having multiple power input leads is realized by employing a sub-power plane which is physically separate from a main power distribution system on a circuit board. The sub-power plane is placed directly under a corresponding VLSI device. Decoupling capacitors are connected to the sub-power plane and, in turn, to each of the power input leads on the VLSI device. Power is supplied from the main power distribution system to the sub-power plane via a ferrite bead type filter.
Abstract:
A wiring board includes a signal conductor wiring positioned on a first face of a first dielectric layer, and a ground conductor wiring positioned on a second face thereof. A region of the ground conductor wiring where a first end portion of the signal conductor wiring is positioned in plan view is cut away inwardly from a first side of the second face opposing a first side of the first face.
Abstract:
In one implementation, a multilayered printed circuit board is configured to redirect current distribution. The current may be distributed by steering, blocking, or otherwise manipulating current flows. The multilayered printed circuit board includes at least one power plane layer. The power plane layer does not distribute current evenly. Instead, the power plane layer includes multiple patterns with different resistances. The patterns may include a hatching pattern, a grid pattern, a directional pattern, a slot, a void, or a continuous pattern. The pattern is a predetermined spatial variation such that current flows in a first area differently than current flows in a second area.
Abstract:
A power signal transmission structure and a design method are provided. The power supply signal transmission structure is adapted for a circuit board having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the power signal transmission structure includes a first power electrode, a second power electrode, and a plurality of vias. The first power electrode is disposed on the first surface and has a plurality of power pad regions for receiving a power signal. The second power electrode is disposed on the second surface. The vias penetrate the circuit board to electrically connect the first power electrode and the second power electrode. The vias are arranged in accordance with the current direction of the power signal to balance the current received by the vias.
Abstract:
A circuit board includes: a substrate; a first power feed line disposed so as to be close to a plurality of radiating elements provided on a surface of the substrate and to extend in a first direction; a first connection conductor (17) extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, one end of the first connection conductor being connected to the first power feed line substantially at its central portion in the first direction; and a second power feed line (19, 51) that has a first line part (191) extending in a third direction orthogonal to the second direction, the first line part joining to another end of the first connection conductor (17), and also has a second line part (193) branching from the first line part (191), the second line part joining to the other end from a third direction side.
Abstract:
An apparatus for communication with another apparatus including a second waveguide formed on a second dielectric, the apparatus comprising: a coupler including a first waveguide formed on a first dielectric; and a circuit connected to the coupler and configured to convert a baseband signal into a high-frequency signal and a high-frequency signal to a baseband signal, wherein a cross-section of the first waveguide and a cross-section of the second waveguide are communicatively coupled to form a waveguide coupler through which electromagnetic wave communication is performed, the first and second waveguides being surrounded by the first and second dielectrics when communicatively coupled, the first waveguide includes a slot through which an electromagnetic wave passes, and the first waveguide further includes a via through which the electromagnetic wave enters or leaves the slot.
Abstract:
A device comprising a slot resonator (140) etched in a printed circuit board (110) comprising a short-circuit plane (142) and a high impedance plane (144), the high impedance plane being located on the edge of a ground plane of the printed circuit board, between two electronic modules (120, 130) hosted on the printed circuit board, the high impedance plane comprising an active component (150) tuned to optimize the noise level of the electronic modules. The overall length of the etching is equal to the quarter guided wave length modulo the half guided wave length of the frequency to be inhibited.