Reference plane voids with strip segment for improving transmission line integrity over vias
US7821796B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 17, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 26, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/24322
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Reference plane voids with a strip segment for improving transmission line integrity over vias permits routing critical signal paths over vias, while increasing via insertion capacitance only slightly. The transmission line reference plane defines voids above (or below) signal-bearing plated-through holes (PTHs) that pass through a rigid substrate core, so that the signals are not degraded by an impedance mismatch that would otherwise be caused by shunt capacitance from the top (or bottom) of the signal-bearing PTHs to the transmission line reference plane. In order to provide increased routing density, signal paths are routed over the voids, but disruption of the signal paths by the voids is prevented by including a conductive strip through the voids that reduces the coupling to the signal-bearing PTHs and maintains the impedance of the signal path conductor.
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