Wave transmission lines and networks – Plural channel systems
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-22
2010-02-09
Lee, Benny (Department: 2817)
Wave transmission lines and networks
Plural channel systems
C333S238000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07659790
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and associated systems and methods may include one or more features for high speed transmission line structures that may substantially reduce signal degradation due to effects, such as dielectric loss, parasitic capacitance, cross-talk, and/or reflections. For example, one such feature may include a dielectric layer having a reduced thickness within at least a part of a region that extends between two conductors fabricated on a PCB (printed circuit board). In some embodiments, the dielectric layer may include a solder mask layer that is partially or substantially absent in the region between two coplanar conductors. In another embodiment, a substrate layer made of a dielectric material may include a trench in the region between the two conductors. Another such feature, for example, may include a conductor having vias spaced less than a quarter wavelength apart to substantially reduce resonance effects on propagating high frequency signals.
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Shaul Yigal
Sutono Albert
Fish & Richardson P.C.
LeCroy Corporation
Lee Benny
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