A printed circuit board of an information handling system includes a dielectric layer, adjacent differential pairs, a ground layer, and a ground wall. The adjacent differential pairs are plated on the dielectric layer, and generate crosstalk between each other. The ground wall is in physical communication with and electrically coupled to the ground layer. The ground wall extends substantially perpendicular from the ground layer through the dielectric layer. A top surface of the ground wall is a specific height above a top surface of the adjacent different pairs. The ground wall suppresses the generated crosstalk based on the specific height and a width of the ground wall.

Disclosed is a semiconductor device including a semiconductor die, a base member, a side wall, first and second conductive films, and first and second conductive leads. The base member has a conductive main surface including a region that mounts the semiconductor die. The side wall surrounds the region and is made of a dielectric. The side wall includes first and second portions. The first and second conductive films are provided on the first and second portions, respectively and are electrically connected to the semiconductor die. The first and second conductive leads are conductively bonded to the first and second conductive films, respectively. At least one of the first and second portions includes a recess on its back surface facing the base member, and the recess defines a gap between the at least one of the first and second portions below the corresponding conductive film and the base member.

The insertion loss of a multilayer substrate and an antenna element is reduced. A multilayer substrate according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a multilayer body, a wire conductor, and a first ground electrode. The multilayer body is formed by dielectric layers being layered. The wire conductor is formed in the multilayer body, and a radio frequency signal passes through the wire conductor. The first ground electrode is formed in or on the multilayer body and includes a first surface that faces the wire conductor. The first surface includes a first region and a second region. The surface roughness of the first region is lower than the surface roughness of the second region. The first region overlaps at least part of the wire conductor in plan view in a direction normal to the first ground electrode.

The insertion loss of a multilayer substrate and an antenna element is reduced. A multilayer substrate according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a multilayer body, a wire conductor, and a first ground electrode. The multilayer body is formed by dielectric layers being layered. The wire conductor is formed in the multilayer body, and a radio frequency signal passes through the wire conductor. The first ground electrode is formed in or on the multilayer body and includes a first surface that faces the wire conductor. The first surface includes a first region and a second region. The surface roughness of the first region is lower than the surface roughness of the second region. The first region overlaps at least part of the wire conductor in plan view in a direction normal to the first ground electrode.

A transmission line has a first conductor layer extending in a first direction, a second conductor layer disposed on a side of a first surface of the first conductor layer via a first dielectric layer, the second conductor layer extending in the first direction, and a third conductor layer disposed on a side of a second surface of the first conductor layer opposite to the first surface, via a second dielectric layer, the third conductor layer extending in the first direction, wherein a width, in a second direction intersecting the first direction, of each of the second conductor layer and the third conductor layer is different at a plurality of locations in the first direction, and the first conductor layer, the second conductor layer, and the third conductor layer at least partially overlap each other in a plan view from a normal direction of the first surface.

A transmission line has a first conductor layer extending in a first direction, a second conductor layer disposed on a side of a first surface of the first conductor layer via a first dielectric layer, the second conductor layer extending in the first direction, and a third conductor layer disposed on a side of a second surface of the first conductor layer opposite to the first surface, via a second dielectric layer, the third conductor layer extending in the first direction, wherein a width, in a second direction intersecting the first direction, of each of the second conductor layer and the third conductor layer is different at a plurality of locations in the first direction, and the first conductor layer, the second conductor layer, and the third conductor layer at least partially overlap each other in a plan view from a normal direction of the first surface.

The invention relates to a transition from a stripline to a waveguide, wherein: the stripline, preferably a microstrip line, is located on a substrate; an upper side of the substrate has a metallised surface and the lower side of the substrate has a metal layer, preferably a high-frequency ground-potential layer; the upper side and the lower side are connected to vias; and at least part of the metallised surface on the upper side of the substrate acts as a waveguide wall.

The invention relates to a transition from a stripline to a waveguide, wherein: the stripline, preferably a microstrip line, is located on a substrate; an upper side of the substrate has a metallised surface and the lower side of the substrate has a metal layer, preferably a high-frequency ground-potential layer; the upper side and the lower side are connected to vias; and at least part of the metallised surface on the upper side of the substrate acts as a waveguide wall.

An object of this invention is to reduce the size of a filter device. Provided is a filter device (1) including: a substrate (11) including a first main surface and a second main surface (111, 112); strip-shaped conductors (12a1 to 12a5) provided to the first main surface (111); and a ground conductor layer (13) provided at least to the second main surface (112), the second main surface (112) having a recessed portion (11ai) provided for each strip-shaped conductor (12ai), the recessed portion (11ai) overlapping the strip-shaped conductor (12ai) in plan view and having a surface covered with the ground conductor layer (13).

In a transmission line, a thickness of a second section is smaller than that of a first section and of a third section. A center of the second section is above a center of the first section and a center of the third section in a laminated body up-down direction. A distance between a second signal conductor layer and a neutral plane of the second section is shorter than a distance between a first signal conductor layer and a neutral plane of the second section and a distance between a third signal conductor layer and a neutral plane of the second section in the laminated body up-down direction. A length of the second signal conductor layer between first and second interlayer connection conductors is equal to or less than about ½ of a wavelength of a high-frequency signal transmitted by the transmission line.