Abstract:
Provided are vertical transitions which have the high electrical performance and the high shielding properties in the wide frequency band in a multilayer PCB, printed circuit boards with the vertical transitions and semiconductor packages with the printed circuit boards and semiconductor chips. In vertical transitions for a multilayer PCB, a wave guiding channel is a conductor which includes at least more than one of signal vias 201, an assembly of ground vias 202 surrounding the signal via, ground plates from conductor layers of the PCB connected to the ground vias, closed ground striplines 205 connecting the ground vias and power supply layer.
Abstract:
An electronic circuit is obtained that has reduced EMI levels. The circuit includes an integrated circuit, which is a source of noise, a bypass capacitor, and a circuit substrate on which they are mounted. An electronic circuit one electrode terminal of the bypass capacitor and one connecting electrode of the integrated circuit are connected through a first wire interconnect formed in the circuit substrate, and, additionally, another electrode terminal of the bypass capacitor and another connecting electrode of the integrated circuit are connected through a second wire interconnect, and the gap between the first wire interconnect and the second wire interconnect is made smaller than either the gap between the one connecting electrode and the other connecting electrode on the integrated circuit or the gap between the one electrode terminal and the other electrode terminal of the bypass capacitor.
Abstract:
A wiring board equipped with differential lines which compensate for differences in via lengths to minimize signal deterioration is disclosed. Two conductors are couple to different substrate levels through vias of different lengths. Compensation means are provided to correct for the phase difference caused by the different lengths.
Abstract:
A multi-layer substrate includes a planar transmission line structure and a signal via, which are connected by a multi-tier transition. The multi-tier transition includes a signal via pad configured to serve for a full-value connection of the signal via and the planar transmission line; and a dummy pad connected to the signal via, formed in an area of a clearance hole in a conductor layer disposed between a signal terminal of the signal via and the planar transmission line, and isolated from the conductor layer.
Abstract:
A system may include a first conductive ground pad, a second conductive ground pad, a first conductive via coupling the first ground pad to the second ground pad, a first conductive signal trace, a second conductive signal trace, and a second conductive via disposed within the first conductive via and coupling the first conductive signal trace to the second conductive signal trace. The first conductive ground pad and the second conductive ground pad may be disposed between the first conductive signal trace and the second conductive signal trace.
Abstract:
A design method and system for minimizing blind via current loops provides for improvement of electrical interconnect structure design without requiring extensive electromagnetic analysis. Other vias in the vicinity of a blind via carrying a critical signal are checked for suitability to conduct return current corresponding to the critical signal that is disrupted by the transition from a layer between two metal planes to another layer. The distance to the return current via(s) is checked and the design is adjusted to reduce the distance if the distance is greater than a specified threshold. If the blind via transition is to an external layer, suitable vias connect the reference plane at the internal end of the blind via to an external terminal. If the transition is between internal layers, suitable vias are vias that connect the two reference planes surrounding the reference plane traversed by the blind via.
Abstract:
A plurality of coaxial leads is made within a single via in a circuit substrate to enhance the density of vertical interconnection so as to match the demand for higher density multi-layers circuit interconnection between top circuit layer and bottom circuit layer of the substrate. Coaxial leads provide electromagnetic interference shielding among the plurality of coaxial leads in a single via.
Abstract:
A semiconductor package substrate is provided, which includes a substrate body having a plurality of conductive through holes formed therein, wherein at least two adjacent conductive through holes are formed as a differential pair, each of which has a ball pad formed at an end thereof; and at least one electrically integrated layer formed in the substrate body, and having an opening corresponding to the two adjacent conductive through holes formed as the differential pair and the ball pads thereof. Thus, the spacing between the conductive through holes and the electrically integrated layer and the spacing between the ball pads can be enlarged by the opening, so as to balance the impedance match.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit package having a multi-segment transmission line transformer for impedance matching a packaged integrated circuit, such as a driver or receiver, to a printed circuit board (PCB) transmission line to which the packaged chip is attached by, for example, solder balls. In one exemplary embodiment, a three-segment transmission line transformer provides improved broadband performance with the advantage of having a middle segment with a flexible length for easier routing. The length of each end segment of the three-segment transformer is adjusted to provide at least partial cancellation of reflections between the PCB and the transformer, and between the transformer and a circuit on the integrated circuit, respectively. Further, the inductive reactance of the solder balls and via wiring may be cancelled out by the transformed chip impedance to provide a non-inductive termination to the PCB transmission line at approximately one-half the highest data rate of the channel.
Abstract:
A printed circuit board includes a first signal via, a second signal via, and a first ground via. A distance between the first ground via and the first signal via is substantially equal to a distance between the first ground via and the second signal via.