A Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and methods for manufacturing the PCB board are provided. The PCB includes a Radio Frequency (RF) signal transition at a RF signal pad. Multiple conductive layers other than a conductive signal layer of the PCB and conductive portions of the conductive signal layer not in electrical contact with a RF signal transmission trace have common ground connections forming a ground cage structure within the PCB around the RF signal pad and RF the signal transmission trace.

A method for producing a printed circuit board is disclosed, In the method, a slot is formed in a substrate having at least three layers with the slot extending through at least two of the layers. The slot has a length and a width with the length being greater than the width. The sidewall of the substrate surrounding the slot is coated with a conductive layer. Then, the conductive layer is separated into at least two segments that are electrically isolated along the side wall of the substrate.

The disclosure relates to research (No. GK17N0100, millimeter wave 5G mobile communication system development) that was conducted with the support of the “Cross-Departmental Giga KOREA Project” funded by the government (the Ministry of Science and ICT) in 2017. An Radio Frequency (RF) package module according to various embodiments and an electronic device including the RF package module are provided. The RF package module according to an embodiment includes a sub module including an Radio Frequency Integrated Chip (RFIC); an antenna configured to transmit and receive a signal wirelessly through a predetermined metal pattern; and a multi-layer circuit board including a plurality of layers in which a signal via for transferring the signal between the RFIC and the antenna and one or more ground vias are formed, wherein the antenna is spaced from the one or more ground vias by one or more anti-pads.

A component carrier and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The component carrier includes a stack having a plurality of electrically conductive layer structures and a plurality of electrically insulating layer structures and a coax structure with an electrically conductive substantially horizontally extending central trace and an electrically conductive surrounding structure at least partially surrounding the central trace with electrically insulating material in between. The coax structure is formed by material of the layer structures of the stack.

For example, an apparatus may include a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) including a Ball Grid Array (BGA) on a first side of the PCB, the BGA configured to connect a Surface Mounted Device (SMD) to the PCB; an antenna disposed on a second side of the PCB opposite to the first side, the antenna to communicate a Radio Frequency (RF) signal of the SMD; and an RF transition to transit the RF signal between the BGA and the antenna, the RF transition including a plurality of signal buried-vias; a first plurality of microvias configured to transit the RF signal between the plurality of signal buried-vias and a ball of the BGA, the first plurality of microvias are rotationally misaligned with respect to the plurality of signal buried-vias; and a second plurality of microvias configured to transit the RF signal between the plurality of signal buried-vias and the antenna.

A printed circuit board includes a plurality of layer structures disposed in a stacked manner, and the printed circuit board has a disposing face. A differential pair unit and a shielding structure for shielding the differential pair unit are disposed on the disposing face. The differential pair unit includes two signal via holes, each signal via hole passes through the plurality of layer structures, and an anti-pad corresponding to each signal via hole is disposed on a ground layer through which the signal via hole passes. A part of metal of a ground layer is spaced between two anti-pads. Each signal corresponds to one anti-pad, and a ground layer is spaced between anti-pads.

An interconnect structure includes a first conductor, a second conductor, a dielectric block, a substrate, and a pair of conductive lines. The first conductor and the second conductor form a differential pair design. The dielectric block surrounds the first conductor and the second conductor. The first conductor is separated from the second conductor by the dielectric block. The substrate surrounds the dielectric block and is spaced apart from the first conductor and the second conductor. The pair of conductive lines is connected to the first conductor and the second conductor, respectively, and extends along a top surface of the dielectric block and a top surface of the substrate.

A circuit board structure includes a substrate, a first build-up structure layer, first and second external circuit layers, at least one first conductive via, and second conductive vias. The first build-up structure layer is disposed on a first circuit layer of the substrate. The first external circuit layer is disposed on the first build-up structure layer. The second external circuit layer is disposed on a second circuit layer and a portion of a third dielectric layer of the substrate. The first conductive via is electrically connected to the first external circuit layer and the second external circuit layer to define a signal path. The second conductive vias surround the first conductive via, and the first external circuit layer, the second conductive vias, the first circuit layer, the outer conductive layer, and the second external circuit layer define a first ground path. The first ground path surrounds the signal path.

Provided is a circuit board structure including a substrate, a loop-wrapping ground layer, an insulating structure, a first build-up layer, a top wiring layer, a bottom wiring layer, a first conductive via, and a plurality of second conductive vias. The aforementioned structure defines a signal transmitting structure. An equivalent circuit of the signal transmitting structure at least includes a first equivalent circuit, a second equivalent circuit, a third equivalent circuit and a fourth equivalent circuit, which correspond to different uniform transmitting sections respectively. The first equivalent circuit, the second equivalent circuit, the third equivalent circuit and the fourth equivalent circuit are connected in series with each other according to an ABCD transmission matrix series connection principle.

A circuit board, including a first dielectric material, a second dielectric material, a third dielectric material, a fourth dielectric material, a first external circuit layer, a second external circuit layer, a conductive structure, a first conductive via, and multiple second conductive vias, is provided. The first conductive via at least passes through the first dielectric material and the fourth dielectric material, and is electrically connected to the first external circuit layer and the second external circuit layer to define a signal path. The second conductive vias pass through the first dielectric material, the second dielectric material, the third dielectric material, and a part of the conductive structure, and surround the first conductive via. The second conductive vias are electrically connected to the first external circuit layer, the conductive structure, and the second external circuit layer to define a ground path, and the ground path surrounds the signal path.