In one embodiment, an apparatus generally comprises a printed circuit board comprising a first side, a second side, and a plurality of power vias extending from the first side to the second side, the first side configured for receiving an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and a power delivery board mounted on the second side of the printed circuit board and comprising a power plane interconnected with power vias in the power delivery board to electrically couple voltage regulator modules and the ASIC. The voltage regulator modules are mounted on the second side of the printed circuit board.

An circuit board assembly includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board stacked with the first circuit board, and a connection plate connected between the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The connection plate includes a signal transmission part and at least one ground part at a spacing to the signal transmission part. The ground part can be used as a reference ground for a signal transmitted by the signal transmission part, so that the characteristic impedance of the signal transmission part is controllable, and the signal transmitted by the signal transmission part has strong continuity, thereby maintaining good matching performance and reducing an insertion loss caused by characteristic impedance mismatch.

A separable and reconnectable connector for semiconductor devices is provided that is scalable for devices having very small contact pitch. Connectors of the present disclosure include signal pins shielded by pins electrically-coupled to ground. One or more signal pins in a contact array are electrically-shielded by at least one ground pin coupled to a ground plane. Embodiments thereby provide signal pins, either single-ended or a differential pair, usable to transmit signals with reduced noise or cross-talk and thus improved signal integrity. Embodiments further provide inner ground planes coupled to connector ground pins to shield pairs of differential signal pins without increasing the size of the connector. Inner grounding layers can be formed within isolation substrates incorporated into connector embodiments between adjacent pairs of signal pins. These buried ground layers provide additional crosstalk isolation in close proximity to signal pins, resulting in improved signal integrity in a significantly reduced space

A circuit board includes at least one circuit board unit sequentially stacked in a thickness direction of the circuit board, an insulating layer, an electromagnetic shielding layer, and a barrier layer. The circuit board unit includes a substrate layer, and two conductive layers respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the substrate layer in a thickness direction of the substrate layer, and each of the conductive layers includes a plurality of signal lines. The insulating layer is located on a side of an outermost conductive layer away from the substrate layer. The electromagnetic shielding layer is located on a side of the insulating layer away from the substrate layer. The barrier layer is located between the electromagnetic shielding layer and the outermost conductive layer. The barrier layer at least covers a plurality of signal lines in the outermost conductive layer.

A motor assembly includes a motor, a controller controlling at least one aspect of operation of the motor, and a control housing defining a control chamber. The controller is in part received within the control chamber. The controller includes a main electronics board and a modular connector assembly. The modular connector assembly includes a secondary electronics board and a connector at least in part supporting the secondary electronics board. The connector includes an inner connector portion and an outer connector portion. The connector extends through the control housing such that the inner connector portion is disposed inside the control chamber and the outer connector portion is disposed outside the control chamber. The outer connector portion defines a first access portal facilitating access to a first component of the secondary electronics board.

Disclosed embodiments include alignment apparatuses for circuit boards, inverter assemblies, and methods for fabricating an assembly with a circuit board placed on an alignment apparatus. An illustrative apparatus includes an electrically insulative substrate having a first substantially planar surface and a second substantially planar surface forming an opposing side of the first substantially planar surface. The second substantially planar surface defines therein self-aligning features that are configured to align at least one power module pin with the electrically insulative substrate. The first substantially planar surface has at least one alignment feature configured to align a printed circuit board with the electrically insulative substrate. The apparatus also includes a routing feature coupled to the electrically insulative substrate. The routing feature is configured to route at least one low voltage conductor.

An integral toolless-installation Compression Attached Memory Module (CAMM) bolster plate has a generally flat, parallelepiped body portion configured to contact one surface of a CAMM Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and provide compression between the CAMM and a z-axis compression connector. The bolster plate body defines (a) ramped keyhole(s), each ramped keyhole converts lateral displacement of the toolless-installation CAMM bolster plate into vertical displacement, providing the compression between the CAMM and the z-axis compression connector, by the ramped keyhole(s) sliding along (a) bottom face(s) of (a) head(s) of (a) fixed standoff(s) extending from an information handling system (IHS) PCB, through the z-axis compression connector and the CAMM PCB. The integral toolless-installation CAMM bolster plate may lock in place, laterally displaced, to maintain the compression between the CAMM and the z-axis compression connector. The integral toolless-installation CAMM bolster plate may also have a flange portion extending generally perpendicular from the body portion.

An electronic module includes a first wiring board, a second wiring board, and an intermediate connection member. The intermediate connection member includes an insulator, a plurality of first wirings supported by the insulator and arranged at intervals in a second direction intersecting a first direction, a plurality of second wirings supported by the insulator and arranged at intervals in the second direction, and a metal layer supported by the insulator and interposed between the plurality of first wirings and the plurality of second wirings so as to oppose the plurality of first wirings and the plurality of second wirings in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction. A part of the metal layer sandwiched in the insulator is bonded to one of the first wiring board or the second wiring board by a conductive first bonding member.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a phased array antenna system includes a first portion carrying an antenna lattice including a plurality of antenna elements, wherein the plurality of antenna elements are arranged in a first configuration, and a second portion carrying a beamformer lattice including a plurality of beamformer elements, wherein the plurality of beamformer elements are arranged in a second configuration different from the first configuration, wherein each of the plurality of antenna elements are electrically coupled to one of the plurality of beamformer elements.

A first circuit board includes a positive output pin and a negative output pin of a power conversion circuit, each of which has a shape projecting from a second main surface. A second circuit board has a positive through via and a negative through via, each of which has a shape extending between a third main surface and a fourth main surface. The second main surface of the first circuit board and the third main surface of the second circuit board are physically in close contact with each other. The positive output pin is inserted through the positive through via to reach the fourth main surface. The negative output pin is inserted through the negative through via in such a manner as to reach the fourth main surface. The load receives a current supplied from the power conversion circuit through the positive output pin and the negative output pin.