Reconfigurable repeater system
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09679854B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-13

    申请号:US14619052

    申请日:2015-02-10

    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a reconfigurable repeater system. A system may comprise a PCB to which devices are coupled. At least one communication channel may convey communications signals between the devices. At least one receptacle may also be coupled to the PCB and may intersect the at least one communication channel so as to separate the at least one communication channel into sections. Inserting at least one extender module into the at least one receptacle may couple the at least one extender module to the sections of the communication module. The at least one extender module may include at least one conductor to convey communication signals between the sections of the at least one communication channel. Another configuration of the at least one extender module may include a repeater to receive, amplify and transmit communication signals between the sections of the at least one communication channel.

    INTERCONNECTS WITH TRENCHES
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170086288A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-23

    申请号:US14862159

    申请日:2015-09-23

    Abstract: A conductor in a laminar structure, such as a printed circuit board or thin-film stack, is closely flanked by at least one open trench filled with an ambient medium (e.g., air, another gas, vacuum) of a lower dielectric loss than the conductor's surrounding dielectric. The trench may be made by any suitably precise method such as laser scribing, chemical etching or mechanical displacement. A thin layer of dielectric may be left on the sides of the conductor to prevent oxidation or other reactions that may reduce conductivity. When the conductor carries a signal, part of an electric and/or magnetic field that would ordinarily travel through the surrounding dielectric encounters the low-loss ambient medium (e.g. air) in the trench. The effective dielectric loss surrounding the conductor is lowered, reducing signal attenuation and crosstalk, particularly at high frequencies.

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