Faraday cage for a printed circuit card

Details Faraday cage for a printed circuit card Faraday cage for a printed circuit card

1993-03-05

1995-12-12

Trans, Vincent N.

Boots, shoes, and leggings

174260, 174258, 174 35R, H05K 300

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054756065

ABSTRACT:
In a printed circuit board having a plural number of conductor layers separated by a plural number of insulator layers, a Faraday cage is constructed including a first and a second ground plane disposed in a first and second conductor layer respectively. The ground planes being electrically interconnected at their peripheries, preferably by a plurality of vias. A third conductor layer is disposed between the first and second conductor layers in which a plurality of signal paths are defined. The Faraday cage surrounds a shielded portion of the third conductor layer so that electrical signals conducted through the shielded portion are isolated from electrical noise. The invention finds particular application in a mixed digital/analog board separated into a digital section of the board having a digital ground plane defined in one of the conductor layers and a plurality of digital signal paths defined in another of the conductor layers and an analog section of the board having the Faraday cage and the shielded portion. Thus, the plurality of signal paths in the shielded region are intended for analog signals which are sensitive to digital noise. Additional conductor layers in the analog section can be added inside and outside the Faraday cage. Those analog signal paths located outside the cage are defined for analog signals which are less sensitive than analog signals in the shielded region. The board may be an audio card for a digital computer.

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