Abstract:
In one example an electronic device comprises a housing. A receptacle in the housing comprising an opening at a distal end to receive a plug and an electrostatic conductor assembly positioned proximate the opening in the receptacle, wherein the electrostatic conductor assembly is coupled to a dedicated electrical discharge path. Other examples may be described.
Abstract:
A retention apparatus for a shielded cable is described. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a substrate having a ground; a connector coupled to the substrate; a cable shielded with a conductive material and having an end connectable to the connector to electrically connect with the connector; an electrically conductive material coupled to the ground of the substrate; and a grounding retention mechanism to cause the electrically conductive material to electrically connect the cable to the ground of the substrate by applying a force to the cable shield.
Abstract:
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes an add-on conductive attachment that includes a single piece of material. The add-on conductive attachment is to suppress radiation from a connector. The apparatus includes a plurality of ground pads, where at least one end-portion of the add-on conductive attachment is to couple with a ground pad of a printed circuit board (PCB) via at least one of the ground pads.
Abstract:
In one example an electronic device comprises a housing, a receptacle in the housing comprising an opening at a distal end to receive a plug, a data connector positioned in the receptacle to provide a communication connection, and an electrostatic conductor assembly positioned proximate the opening in the receptacle, wherein the electrostatic conductor assembly comprises a dedicated discharge path and a conductive pin mounted on a retention latch and moveable between a first position in which the conductive pin is in electrical contact with the data connector and a second position in which the conductive pin is not in electrical contact with the data connector. Other examples may be described.
Abstract:
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes an add-on conductive attachment that includes a single piece of material. The add-on conductive attachment is to suppress radiation from a connector. The apparatus includes a plurality of ground pads, where at least one end-portion of the add-on conductive attachment is to couple with a ground pad of a printed circuit board (PCB) via at least one of the ground pads.
Abstract:
A universal serial bus hybrid footprint design is described herein. The design includes an outer row of one or more surface mount technology (SMT) contacts and an inner row of one or more printed through holes (PTH). The hybrid footprint design enables a data through put of at least 10 Gbps.
Abstract:
An example apparatus includes interface circuitry, machine-readable instructions, and at least one processor circuit to be programmed by the machine-readable instructions to identify crosstalk between a first signal via and a second signal via on a printed circuit board (PCB) layout, determine an area for placement of a ground via between the first signal via and the second signal via, and classify one or more regions of the PCB layout into at least one of a protective area or a non-protective area based on the area for placement of the ground via.
Abstract:
An interconnect topology that includes vertical trench routing in a substrate is disclosed. In one embodiment, the interconnect comprises a substrate having a plurality of layers including a first ground plane layer; a pair of signal conductors that form a differential signal pair, each conductor of the pair of signal conductors having a first portion and a second portion, the second portion extending from the first portion into at least one of the plurality of layers, wherein width of the second portion is less than width of the first portion; and wherein the first ground plane layer is only a first partial layer and has a first void region that is closer to the pair of signal conductors than the first partial layer.
Abstract:
Techniques for routing signal traces in a circuit board are described. An example of an electronic device in accordance with the described techniques includes a circuit board comprising a plurality of conductive layers. The conductive layers include a signal layer and a reference plane. The signal layer includes signal traces and the reference plane includes an additional signal trace.
Abstract:
An apparatus is described herein. The apparatus includes a receptacle to receive a plug to couple a peripheral device to a computing device. The apparatus includes a ground contact of a printed circuit board of the computing device. The apparatus includes a shield communicatively coupled to the ground contact, wherein the shield is to reduce radio frequency interference (RFI) from an interface between the plug and the receptacle.