Abstract:
A conductive fabric including a plurality of conductive elements defining an alternating sequence of segments and cross-over regions. Within each of the segments, the conductive elements are arranged substantially in parallel; within each of the cross-over regions located between two adjacent segments, the conductive elements are permuted so as to allow the position occupied by at least one of the conductive elements to be different in each of the two adjacent segments. Between a pair of reference segments, each of the conductive elements experience coupling with respect to a subset of said conductive elements other than itself, the coupling experienced by each of the conductive elements being substantially identical.
Abstract:
A connector is provided for simultaneously improving both the NEXT high frequency performance when low crosstalk plugs are used and the NEXT low frequency performance when high crosstalk plugs are used. The connector includes PCB substrates made of materials having different dielectric frequency characteristics.
Abstract:
Embodiments of substrate in accordance with the present invention provide interconnect cavities for direct interconnection between SMT components and internal conductive inner layers, as well as surface outer layers. Interconnect cavities eliminate the need for through hole vias and require less substrate surface area and internal volume. Each interconnect cavity comprises a cavity extending from the substrate surface to an adjacent internal conductive inner layer directly beneath the cavity. The cavity extends through a conductive outer layer on the substrate surface. The cavity has a conductive liner interconnected with the outer layer and the inner layer forming a cup-shaped conductive depression interconnecting the outer layer with the inner layer.
Abstract:
A system and method are provided for interconnecting the generally parallel conductors of a pair of flat circuits out of sequential order relative to each other. The system includes a pair of flat circuits each having a plurality of generally parallel conductors covered by a dielectric film. A pattern of windows are formed in the film of each circuit to expose the conductors at different locations longitudinally thereof. The patterns of windows of the two circuits are coincident with each other when the flat circuits are overlapped with each other and with the circuits oriented so that the conductors of the circuits are at angles relative to each other. The conductors of the respective circuits are electrically connected through the windows.
Abstract:
Single-sided conductor patterned films are prepared, each of which has a conductor pattern formed only one side of a resin film and via hole filled with conductive paste. A single-sided conductor patterned film which has a conductor pattern formed only one side of a resin film and an opening formed in the resin film so as to expose an electrode is laminated on the single-sided conductor patterned films. Moreover, a cover layer with an opening to expose an electrode is laminated on a bottom surface of the single-sided conductor patterned films to form a laminate. Then, by pressing while heating the laminate, a multilayer substrate having the electrodes at both sides thereof can be produced.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an improved magnetic head suspension including a flexure with a flexure wiring structure therein, a load beam constituting a suspension in cooperation with the flexure, and a relay FPC with a flexure wiring structure therein for connection between the flexure and an external wiring structure. A flexure signal line portion has a characteristic impedance matching with that of an FPC signal line portion. A connection portion of the flexure wiring structure has a width substantially equal to that of the FPC signal line portion, and has a length determined by multiplying a positional error in joining between the flexure and the FPC by two and adding the result to the width of the connection portion of the FPC wiring structure. The connection portion of the FPC wiring structure has a width substantially equal to that of the flexure wiring structure, and has a length determined by multiplying the positional error by two and adding the result to the width of the connection portion of the flexure wiring structure. The connection portion of the flexure wiring structure crosses the connection portion of the FPC wiring structure at right angle and is connected thereto.
Abstract:
A computer system includes a microprocessor, an an input coupled to provide signal inputs to the microprocessor, a mass storage coupled to the microprocessor, a video controller for coupling the microprocessor to a display, a memory coupled to provide storage to facilitate execution of computer programs by the microprocessor, and a multilayer printed circuit board for mounting the microprocessor thereon. The multilayer printed circuit board provides for reduced electromagnetic interference (EMI) and includes at least two layers. The multilayer printed circuit board further includes a first conductive segment on a first layer, a second conductive segment on the first layer, the second segment being separated from the first segment by a primary gap, and a conductive interconnect on a second layer, the interconnect for carrying a high frequency signal therein. The second layer is disposed laterally from and substantially parallel to the first layer. The interconnect is further disposed for crossing over the first segment to the second segment in a cross-over region and wherein the first segment and the second segment are further characterized by a secondary gap in the cross-over region, the secondary gap being less than the primary gap for providing an increased coupling in the cross-over region. A method for reducing a source of EMI in a multilayer printed circuit board is also disclosed.
Abstract:
The invention provides a means of reducing crosstalk in data connectors and includes a first conductive signal path and a second conductive signal path. The first signal path includes crossover connection means for changing over the position of the first signal path at a point intermediate between the ends of the first and second paths to reduce crosstalk in the first and second paths through the introduction of antiphase signals. In practice this antiphase crosstalk can be applied by a network of PCB tracks (36) to simulate the conductors.
Abstract:
An electrical connector (30) having crosstalk reduction between selected pairs of electrical contacts comprises a printed circuit board (36, 36') having a pair of circuit elements (40, 42) therein connected through welding pads to selected contacts (6, 3) the connector. The signal paths of such selected contacts are severed and then are re-routed by means of the pattern of circuit elements in the printed circuit board, each circuit element balancing the mutual inductance in such re-routed signal paths for enhanced crosstalk reduction.
Abstract:
A cross circuit comprises a lattice structure formed on a single layer of a multilayer printed circuit, the lattice structure having an arrangement of nodes consisting of two input nodes, two output nodes, a center node and four other nodes which are connected by quarter-wavelength lines. An input node is connected to both a first node and a second node by a quarter-wavelength line, and the other input node is connected to both the first node and a third node by a quarter-wavelength line. Similarly, an output node is connected to both the third node and a fourth node, the other output node to both the fourth node and the second node, the center node to the four nodes, by quarter-wavelength lines, respectively. A first input signal of a predetermined frequency applied to the first input node appears on only the first output node, and the second input signal of the same frequency applied to the second input node appears on only the second output node.