Printed wiring board, electronic device, and wiring connection method
09859603 ยท 2018-01-02
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
H05K1/116
ELECTRICITY
H05K1/0245
ELECTRICITY
H05K1/0251
ELECTRICITY
Y10T29/49167
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
H05K1/0224
ELECTRICITY
H05K3/429
ELECTRICITY
H05K1/0253
ELECTRICITY
International classification
H05K1/11
ELECTRICITY
Abstract
A printed wiring board is provided with a wiring layer, a first ground layer, a second ground layer, a grounding through-hole, a signal through-hole, a first clearance, and a second clearance. The wiring layer has a signal line. The first ground layer has a first ground plane. The second ground layer is positioned between the wiring layer and the first ground layer and has a second ground plane. The grounding through-hole passes through the wiring layer, the first ground layer, and the second ground layer and is connected to the second ground plane. The signal through-hole passes through the wiring layer, the first ground layer, and the second ground layer and is connected to the signal line. The first clearance is formed in the first ground layer, is positioned in the vicinity of the signal through-hole and the grounding through-hole, and separates the first ground plane from the signal through-hole and the grounding through-hole. The second clearance is formed in the second ground layer, is positioned in the vicinity of the signal through-hole, and separates the second ground plane from the signal through-hole.
Claims
1. A printed wiring board comprising: a wiring layer including signal wirings for differential signals; a first ground layer including a first ground plane; a second ground layer positioned between the wiring layer and the first ground layer and including a second ground plane; a grounding through-hole penetrating the wiring layer and the first and second ground layers, and connected to the second ground plane; a signal through-hole penetrating the wiring layer and the first and second ground layers, and connected to the signal wirings; a first clearance formed in the first ground layer, positioned around the signal through-hole and the grounding through-hole, and separating the first ground plane from the signal through-hole and the grounding through-hole; and a second clearance formed in the second ground layer, positioned around the signal through-hole, and separating the second ground plane from the signal through-hole.
2. The printed wiring board according to claim 1, wherein the second ground layer neighbors the wiring layer such that only an insulating layer is interposed between the wiring layer and the second ground layer.
3. The printed wiring board according to claim 2, wherein the grounding through-hole is arranged beside the signal through-hole so as to form a pair with the signal through-hole.
4. The printed wiring board according to claim 3, further comprising: a third ground layer positioned on an opposite side of the wiring layer from the second ground layer, and including a third ground plane; and a third clearance formed in the third ground layer, positioned around the signal through-hole, and separating the third ground plane from the signal through-hole; wherein the third ground layer neighbors the wiring layer such that only an insulating layer is interposed between the wiring layer and the third ground layer, and the signal wirings extend in a state where the signal wirings are interposed between the second ground plane and the third ground plane.
5. An electronic device comprising a printed wiring board, wherein the printed wiring board comprises: a wiring layer including signal wirings for differential signals; a first ground layer including a first ground plane; a second ground layer positioned between the wiring layer and the first ground layer and including a second ground plane; a grounding through-hole penetrating the wiring layer and the first and second ground layers, and connected to the second ground plane; a signal through-hole penetrating the wiring layer and the first and second ground layers, and connected to the signal wirings; a first clearance formed in the first ground layer, positioned around the signal through-hole and the grounding through-hole, and separating the first ground plane from the signal through-hole and the grounding through-hole; and a second clearance formed in the second ground layer, positioned around the signal through-hole, and separating the second ground plane from the signal through-hole.
6. A wiring connection method used for a printed wiring board comprising: a wiring layer including signal wirings for differential signals; a first ground layer including a first ground plane; and a second ground layer positioned between the wiring layer and the first ground layer and including a second ground plane, the method comprising: connecting, to the second ground plane, a grounding through-hole penetrating the wiring layer and the first and second ground layers; connecting, to the signal wirings, a signal through-hole penetrating the wiring layer and the first and second ground layers; forming a first clearance in the first ground layer such that the first clearance is positioned around the signal through-hole and the grounding through-hole to separate the first ground plane from the signal through-hole and the grounding through-hole; and forming a second clearance in the second ground layer such that the second clearance is positioned around the signal through-hole to separate the second ground plane from the signal through-hole.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
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DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
(12) In the following, a printed wiring board according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is explained with reference to drawings.
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(14) As illustrated in
(15) The ground layer includes a ground plane 102 formed as a conductor pattern. This ground plane 102 functions as a ground. The wiring layer includes a signal wiring 103 formed as a conductor pattern. By the conductor pattern, this signal wiring 103 functions as a transmission line that propagates a predetermined electric signal.
(16) The printed wiring board 1 includes grounding through-holes 100a to 100c that each penetrate the board 1 and each connect to at least one of the ground planes 102 of a plurality of the ground layers. The grounding through-holes 100a to 100c are written generically as grounding through-holes 100.
(17) A plurality of the wiring layers each include the signal wiring 103. The printed wiring board 1 includes signal through-holes 101a to 101c that each penetrate the board 1 and each connect to at least one of the signal wirings 103. The signal through-holes 101a to 101c transmit differential signals. The signal through-holes 101a to 101c are written generically as signal through-holes 101. The signal through-hole 101 connects the signal wiring 103, and functions as a transmission line playing a role of propagating an electric signal.
(18) The signal through-holes 101a and 101b are connected to the differential-signal signal wirings that transmit electric signals whose phases are inverted from each other. As illustrated in
(19) A clearance 104 is formed by hollowing out the conductor plane 102 of the ground layer. The clearance 104 is a non-conductor pattern for making a state where the ground plane 102 and the signal through-hole 101 are physically separated from each other.
(20) The clearance 104 according to the present exemplary embodiment is formed around either one or both of the signal through-hole 101 and the grounding through-hole 100. The clearance 104 according to the present exemplary embodiment separates the signal through-hole 101 and the ground plane 102 from each other, or separates the grounding through-hole 100 and the ground plane 102 from each other. For example, in the ground layer illustrated on the most front side in
(21) In the printed wiring board 1, the grounding through-hole 100 is arranged beside the signal through-hole 101 so as to form a pair with the signal through-hole 101. For example, as illustrated in
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(23) The grounding through-hole 100 according to the present exemplary embodiment connects the ground plane 102 formed in a neighboring ground layer that is among a plurality of the ground layers and that neighbor the specific wiring layer. The grounding through-hole 100 according to the present exemplary embodiment is separated, by the clearance 104, from the ground planes 102 formed in the ground layers other than the neighboring ground layers. The neighboring ground layer indicates the ground layer that exists at the position shifted from the wiring layer via only one insulating layer (i.e., indicates the ground layer that neighbors the wiring layer via only one insulating layer).
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(26) As illustrated in
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(30) Into each through-hole 100a, 100b, 101a, and 101b, a corresponding signal pin of an integrated circuit (IC) is inserted. The insulating layers 105 exist between the respective conductor layers to electrically insulate the conductor layers from each other.
(31) As illustrated in
(32) In the ground layer B, the ground plane 102B is formed. In a ground layer C, a ground plane 102C is formed. In a ground layer D, a ground plane 102D is formed. The ground planes 102A and 102C illustrated in
(33) Thus, a clearance 104B is formed at a circumference of the grounding through-hole 100a and at a circumference of the grounding through-hole 100b such that the circumferences communicate with each other. As a result, a gap between the ground plane 102B and the signal through-hole 101 becomes large (refer to
(34) As described above, the grounding through-holes 100a and 100b connect the ground planes 102A and 102C (refer to
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(36) As illustrated in
(37) Thus, the clearance 104A is formed at a circumference of the grounding through-hole 100c and at a circumference of the grounding through-hole 100d such that the circumferences communicate with each other. As a result, a gap between the ground plane 102A and the signal through-hole 101 becomes large (refer to
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(39) In the graph depicted in
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(41) This is attributed to decreasing of parasitic capacitance Pc generated between portions of stubs St of the signal through-holes 101 (201) and the ground planes 102 (202) as in
(42) As described above, according to the present exemplary embodiment, impedance discontinuity in the transmission line caused by the parasitic stubs can be alleviated so that the printed wiring board enabling higher-speed data communication can be provided with low cost.
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(44) The printed wiring board 1 according to the present exemplary embodiment includes an LSI (Large Scale Integration) terminal 3 as in
(45) A partial LSI terminal 3a illustrated in
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(47) First, a ground layer A and a wiring layer A illustrated in
(48) A signal through-hole 101a is not connected to a wiring formed in the wiring layer A. The signal through-hole 101a is not connected to a signal wiring (not illustrated) of the wiring layer that neighbors the lower surface of the ground layer A (on the back side of the paper) as well. In this case, a grounding through-hole 100a forming the pair with the signal through-hole 101a does not connect the ground plane 102A formed in the ground layer A. In other words, a clearance 104Aa formed in the ground layer A is formed around the signal through-hole 101a and the grounding through-hole 100a (refer to the upper left in
(49) Next, a ground layer B illustrated in
(50) Next, a ground layer C illustrated in
(51) The signal through-hole 101b is not connected to a wiring formed in the wiring layer C. The signal through-hole 101b is not connected to a signal wiring (not illustrated) of the wiring layer that neighbors the lower surface (on the back side of the paper) of the ground layer C, as well. In this case, the grounding through-hole 100b forming the pair with the signal through-hole 101b does not connect the ground plane 102C formed in the ground layer C. In other words, a clearance 104Cb formed in the ground layer C is formed around the signal through-hole 101b and the grounding through-hole 100b (refer to the lower right in
(52) As in the above, even when the LSI terminal 3 is configured in the printed wiring board 1, the exemplary embodiment of the present invention can be applied by making the connection as described above.
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(54) The left side in
(55) In a ground layer A, a ground plate 102A and clearances 104Aa and 104Ab are formed. The ground layer A does not neighbor the wiring layer in the region illustrated in the drawing. For this reason, grounding through-holes 100a and 100b do not connect the ground plane 102A (refer to the upper right in
(56) In a ground layer B, a ground plate 102B and clearances 104Ba and 104Bb are formed. The ground layer B is the neighboring ground layer that neighbors a wiring layer B. A signal wiring 103B formed in the wiring layer B is connected to a signal through-hole 101a. Accordingly, the grounding through-hole 100a forming the pair with the signal through-hole 101a connects the ground plane 102B of the ground layer B (refer to the right center in
(57) A signal through-hole 101b is not connected to the wiring formed in the wiring layer B. Accordingly, the grounding through-hole 100b forming the pair with the signal through-hole 101b is separated, by the clearance 104Bb, from the ground plane 102B of the ground layer B (refer to the right center in
(58) In a ground layer C, a ground plate 102C and clearances 104Ca and 104Cb are formed. The ground layer C is the neighboring ground layer that neighbors a wiring layer C. A signal wiring 103C formed in the wiring layer C is connected to the signal through-hole 101b. Accordingly, the grounding through-hole 100b forming the pair with the signal through-hole 101b connects the ground plane 102C of the ground layer C (refer to the lower right in
(59) The signal through-hole 101a is not connected to the wiring formed in the wiring layer C. Accordingly, the grounding through-hole 100a forming the pair with the signal through-hole 101a is separated, by the clearance 104Ca, from the ground plane 102C of the ground layer C (refer to the lower right in
(60) Thus, in the printed wiring board 1 according to the present exemplary embodiment, at the upper surface and the lower surface of the signal wiring 103B, e.g., there are the ground planes 102B and 102D connected to the grounding through-hole 100a forming the pair with the signal through-hole 101a that connects to the signal wiring 103B.
(61) Likewise, at the upper surface and the lower surface of the signal wiring 103C, there are the ground planes 102C and 102E connected to the grounding through-hole 100b forming the pair with the signal through-hole 101b that connects to the signal wiring 103C.
(62) In other words, the grounding through-hole 100 connects the ground planes 102 formed in the ground layers that neighbor the upper surface and the lower surface of the wiring layer in which the signal through-holes 101 forming a pair each other are formed. The signal wiring 103 extends in a state where the signal wiring 103 is interposed between the ground planes 102 formed in the ground layers that neighbor the upper surface and the lower surface of the signal wiring 103.
(63) According to the above-described printed wiring board 1, parasitic capacitance Pc generated in the stub St is decreased. For this purpose, the grounding through-hole 100 does not connect all the ground planes 102, and connects only a part of the ground planes 102. In this case, there is caused a concern that electrical coupling among the ground planes 102 is weaken, so that a ground potential cannot be maintained as a whole, and as a result, the ground plane 102 cannot make shielding against electromagnetic interference between the signal wirings.
(64) However, as described above, according to the present exemplary embodiment, the grounding through-hole 100 connects at least the ground plane 102 that neighbor the upper surface and the lower surface of the wiring layer. By this configuration, a ground potential is effectively given, via the grounding through-hole 100, to the ground planes 102 closest to each signal wiring. For this reason, the grounding through-hole 100 can sufficiently attain the shielding effect for each signal wiring 103 by only the minimum connection. Therefore, according to the present exemplary embodiment, even when no connection between the grounding through-hole 100 and a part of the ground planes 102 is made for decreasing parasitic capacitance Pc, interference between the signal wirings 103 does not occur.
(65) In the above, the invention of the present application is shown and is described above with reference to the exemplary embodiments, but the invention of the present application is not limited to the above-described exemplary embodiments. It would be understood that a person skilled in the art can variously change the configuration or details without departing from the scope of the invention of the present application defined by claims.
(66) This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from Japanese patent application No. 2013-010899, filed on Jan. 24, 2013, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
(67) The present invention can be applied to a printed wiring board, an electronic device, and a wiring connection method.
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST
(68) 1, 2 . . . printed wiring board 100, 200 . . . grounding through-hole 101, 201 . . . signal through-hole 102, 202 . . . ground plane 103, 203 . . . signal wiring 104, 204 . . . clearance 3 . . . LSI terminal 4 . . . AC coupling capacitor