A printed circuit board for an information handling system includes a trace, a routing component, and one or more intermediate components. The trace has a first impedance, and the routing component has a second impedance. The intermediate components have respective intermediate impedances. Each of the intermediate impedances has a corresponding value in a range between a value of the first impedance and a value of the second impedance. The one or more intermediate impedances reduce an impedance discontinuity between the trace and the routing component.

Signal conductor patterns (21, 31) are respectively formed on a first main surface (101) and a second main surface (102) of an insulating substrate (100). Ground conductor patterns (222, 322) are formed on the first main surface (101) and the second main surface (102). A first conductive member (41) is formed in the insulating substrate (100) and electrically connects the signal conductor patterns (21, 31) in the thickness direction. A second conductive member (42) is formed in the insulating substrate (100) and connected to the ground conductor patterns (222, 322). A dielectric member (43) is disposed between the first conductive member (41) and the second conductive member (42), is in contact with the first conductive member (41) and the second conductive member (42), and has a dielectric constant different from the dielectric constant of the insulating substrate (100).

An antenna assembly for a transceiver having first antennas arranged on a circuit board, a transmitting and receiving circuit arranged on the circuit board. The first antennas are connected to the transmitting and receiving circuit. Second antennas and terminating resistors are arranged on the circuit board. Each second antenna is connected to one of the terminating resistors by means of a strip line. At least one first contact for measuring HF properties of one of the second antennas and / or at least one second contact for measuring HF properties of the terminating resistor connected to the measurement antenna is arranged on the circuit board. The strip line between the measurement antenna and the terminating resistor is disconnectable at a disconnection point, and the strip line forms, on the side of the disconnection point nearest the measurement antenna, a third contact for measuring the HF properties of the measurement antenna.

Provided is a structure including a first conductor plane (101); a second conductor plane (102); a first transmission line (104) that is formed in a layer different from the first conductor plane (101) and the second conductor plane (102); a second transmission line (105) that is disposed so as to face the second conductor plane (102) in a layer opposite to the first transmission line (104) with respect to the second conductor plane (102); a first conductor via (103) that connects one end of the first transmission line (104) with the first conductor plane (101); a second conductor via (106) that connects another end of the first transmission line (104) with one end of the second transmission line (105); and a slit (107) that is formed on the second conductor plane (102).

An electronic device may include one or more radios and one or more antennas. Radio-frequency transmission lines may couple a radio to a corresponding antenna. To more efficiently form a radio-frequency transmission line, the radio-frequency transmission line may be formed from interconnected conductive traces distributed between a plurality of printed circuits. By integrating transmission line structures onto printed circuits that also serve other functions, the device can require less space to implement a radio-frequency transmission line. While one or more of these printed circuits may individually be unsuitable to implement a radio-frequency transmission line with a particular impedance, the composite impedance of these transmission line structures across the printed circuits, when properly configured, may provide a radio-frequency transmission line with the particular impedance.

A waveguide structure includes a first waveguide section mechanically and electrically connected by a fixed connector to a second waveguide section. The waveguide sections include a dielectric material with a ground layer and a conductor structure with a pair of elongate conductors. The fixed connector includes a dielectric material with a pair of contact pads insulated from a ground layer. The fixed connector is attached by its top side to the bottom sides of interface sections of the waveguides sections forming a ground contact. The interface sections each comprise an intermediate conductor from each of the elongate conductors at the top side to the bottom side of the dielectric material. The intermediate conductors are connected via the contact pads.

A high-frequency circuit includes a first electric conductor layer, a first dielectric layer, a circuit layer, a second dielectric layer, a second electric conductor layer arranged in this order, and the circuit layer includes a ground pattern and a transmission line of a high-frequency signal. An electromagnetic wave shield is disposed around the transmission line. The electromagnetic wave shield includes a ground electric conductor on inner surfaces of a plurality of holes extending through the first dielectric layer, the ground pattern, the second dielectric layer, the first electric conductor layer, and the second electric conductor layer. The plurality of holes are a plurality of elongated holes provided at an interval in a direction in which the transmission line is surrounded. In each of the plurality of elongated holes, a longitudinal dimension in the direction in which the transmission line is surrounded is larger than a width dimension.

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.

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.

A transmission line includes connecting portion connected to the outside and a main body connected to the connecting portion. The connecting portion includes a terminal electrode connected to an external electrode, a signal conductor, and a ground conductor. The main body includes the signal conductor and the ground conductor. The connecting portion includes a first region including the terminal electrode, a second region adjacent to the first region along a signal transmission path, and a third region located between the second region and the main body. Impedance matching at the at least one of the connecting portions is achieved by the first region, the second region, and the third region.