Patent · US Expired

Multilayer printed circuit board, in particular, for high-frequency operation

US5336855A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 6, 1992
Grant dateAug 9, 1994
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Expiry dateJan 6, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K2201/0969
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a multilayer printed circuit board, in particular, for high-frequency operation, having least an outer, plane dielectric layer for accommodating interconnection paths of equal cross-section and component as well as further alternately provided metallic and dielectric layers for forming a reference earth and for the voltage supply to said interconnection paths and components via plated-through holes. In order to obtain a plane surface for the interconnection paths and predetermined areas on the printed circuit board, which areas have different characteristic impedances when interconnection paths having the same cross-section are used, at least the first metal layer comprises at least one window and the subsequent metal layer has a metal island corresponding to the area of the window, which island is connected to the reference earth via a buried plated-through hole, and the characteristic impedance of the interconnection paths is a function of the resulting thickness of the effective dielectric layers the number of which is increased in the area of the window.

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