US4495479A
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Selective wiring for multilayer printed circuit board
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1982-10-22
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Granted: 1985-01-22
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Expires: 2002-10-22
Abstract
Abstract Multilayer printed circuit boards are designed and produced using a selective wiring technique which segregates short, medium length and long lines. By placing short medium length and long lines on different layers, line specifications can be relaxed for the layers with shorter lines. This relaxation of specifications allows for the effective use of subtractive, additive and encapsulated wire manufacturing techniques in the production of complex multilayer printed circuit boards. Each layer of segregated line lengths is fabricated in accordance with the appropriate technique for a given line length to obtain a multilayer printed circuit board optimized for cost and/or performance and reliability.
Inventors
- 👤 Karl Hermann
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 04:42
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/46; H05K3/4644; H05K3/4652; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/0213; H05K1/0216; H05K1/0228; H05K9/00; H05K9/0007; H05K9/002; H05K9/0039; H05K1/11; H05K1/115; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/03; H05K2201/0332; H05K2201/0335; H05K2201/0352; H05K2201/0355; H05K2201/09; H05K2201/09209; H05K2201/095; H05K2201/09509; H05K2201/10; H05K2201/10227; H05K2201/10287; H05K3/10; H05K3/103; H05K3/4611; H05K3/4641; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49124
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
A multilayer printed circuit board optimized for fabrication including: at least one signal layer exclusively of short lines having a wide tolerance range for line dimensions and line-to-line spacings; at least one signal layer exclusively of long lines, each long line being longer than each short line, having a tolerance range in line dimensions and line-to-line spacings narrower than said wide tolerance range; at least one dielectric layer located between a signal layer of short lines and a signal layer of long lines; wherein the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the short lines vary over a large range and the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the long lines vary over a range smaller than said large range.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
121 words
A multilayer printed circuit board optimized for fabrication including: at least one signal layer exclusively of short lines having a wide tolerance range for line dimensions and line-to-line spacings; at least one signal layer exclusively of long lines, each long line being longer than each short line, having a tolerance range in line dimensions and line-to-line spacings narrower than said wide tolerance range; at least one dielectric layer located between a signal layer of short lines and a signal layer of long lines; wherein the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the short lines vary over a large range and the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the long lines vary over a range smaller than said large range.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
A multilayer printed circuit board according to claim 1 wherein different fabrication techniques are used to produce said at least one signal layer exclusively of short lines and said at least one signal layer exclusively of long lines.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
221 words
A multilayer printed circuit board optimized for fabrication including: at least one signal layer exclusively of short lines having a wide tolerance range in line dimensions and line-to-line spacings; at least one signal layer exclusively of long lines, each long line being longer than each short line, having a narrow tolerance range, narrower than said wide tolerance range, in line dimensions and line-to-line spacings; at least one signal layer exclusively of medium length lines, each medium length line being longer than each short line and shorter than each long line, having a tolerance range in line dimensions and line-to-line spacings narrower than said wide tolerance range and wider than said narrow tolerance range; at least one dielectric layer located between a signal layer of short lines and a signal layer of medium length lines; at least one dielectric layer located between a signal layer of medium length lines and a signal layer of long lines; wherein the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the short lines vary over a large range, the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the long lines vary over a small range, smaller than said large range, and the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the medium length lines vary over a range larger than said small range and smaller than said large range.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
221 words
A multilayer printed circuit board optimized for fabrication including: at least one signal layer exclusively of short lines having a wide tolerance range in line dimensions and line-to-line spacings; at least one signal layer exclusively of long lines, each long line being longer than each short line, having a narrow tolerance range, narrower than said wide tolerance range, in line dimensions and line-to-line spacings; at least one signal layer exclusively of medium length lines, each medium length line being longer than each short line and shorter than each long line, having a tolerance range in line dimensions and line-to-line spacings narrower than said wide tolerance range and wider than said narrow tolerance range; at least one dielectric layer located between a signal layer of short lines and a signal layer of medium length lines; at least one dielectric layer located between a signal layer of medium length lines and a signal layer of long lines; wherein the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the short lines vary over a large range, the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the long lines vary over a small range, smaller than said large range, and the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the medium length lines vary over a range larger than said small range and smaller than said large range.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
90 words
A multilayer printed circuit board optimized for fabrication comprising: at least two types of signal layers each characterized by the line lengths present exclusively on that particular signal layer; signal layers exclusively with shorter lines having wider tolerances for line dimensions and line-to-line spacings than signal layers exclusively with longer lines; at least one dielectric layer located between any two adjacent signal layers; wherein the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficient of the signal layers with shorter lines vary over a wider range than the signal layers with longer lines.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
90 words
A multilayer printed circuit board optimized for fabrication comprising: at least two types of signal layers each characterized by the line lengths present exclusively on that particular signal layer; signal layers exclusively with shorter lines having wider tolerances for line dimensions and line-to-line spacings than signal layers exclusively with longer lines; at least one dielectric layer located between any two adjacent signal layers; wherein the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficient of the signal layers with shorter lines vary over a wider range than the signal layers with longer lines.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
151 words
A multilayer printed circuit board optimized for fabrication including: at least one signal layer exclusively of lines less than twelve inches in length having a wide tolerance range for line dimensions and line-to-line spacings; at least one signal layer exclusively of lines greater than or equal to twelve inches in length having a tolerance range in line dimensions and line-to-line spacings narrower than said wide tolerance range; at least one dielectric layer located between a signal layer of lines less than twelve inches in length and a signal layer of lines greater than or equal to twelve inches in length; wherein the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the lines less than twelve inches in length vary over a large range and the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the lines greater than or equal to twelve inches in length vary over a range smaller than said large range.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
151 words
A multilayer printed circuit board optimized for fabrication including: at least one signal layer exclusively of lines less than twelve inches in length having a wide tolerance range for line dimensions and line-to-line spacings; at least one signal layer exclusively of lines greater than or equal to twelve inches in length having a tolerance range in line dimensions and line-to-line spacings narrower than said wide tolerance range; at least one dielectric layer located between a signal layer of lines less than twelve inches in length and a signal layer of lines greater than or equal to twelve inches in length; wherein the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the lines less than twelve inches in length vary over a large range and the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the lines greater than or equal to twelve inches in length vary over a range smaller than said large range.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
246 words
A multilayer printed circuit board optimized for fabrication including: at least one signal layer exclusively of lines less than twelve inches in length having a wide tolerance range in line dimensions and line-to-line spacings; at least one signal layer exclusively of lines more than twenty inches in length having a narrow tolerance range, narrower than said wide tolerance range, in line dimensions and line-to-line spacings; at least one signal layer exclusively of lines between twelve and twenty inches in length having a tolerance range in line dimensions and line-to-line spacings narrower than said wide tolerance range and wider than said narrow tolerance range; at least one dielectric layer located between a signal layer of lines less than twelve inches in length and a signal layer of lines between twelve and twenty inches in length; at least one dielectric layer located between a signal layer of lines between twelve and twenty inches in length and a signal layer of lines greater than twenty inches in length; wherein the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the lines less than twelve inches in length vary over a large range, the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the lines greater than twenty inches in length vary over a small range, smaller than said large range, and the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the lines between twelve and twenty inches in length vary over a range smaller than said large range and larger than said small range.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
246 words
A multilayer printed circuit board optimized for fabrication including: at least one signal layer exclusively of lines less than twelve inches in length having a wide tolerance range in line dimensions and line-to-line spacings; at least one signal layer exclusively of lines more than twenty inches in length having a narrow tolerance range, narrower than said wide tolerance range, in line dimensions and line-to-line spacings; at least one signal layer exclusively of lines between twelve and twenty inches in length having a tolerance range in line dimensions and line-to-line spacings narrower than said wide tolerance range and wider than said narrow tolerance range; at least one dielectric layer located between a signal layer of lines less than twelve inches in length and a signal layer of lines between twelve and twenty inches in length; at least one dielectric layer located between a signal layer of lines between twelve and twenty inches in length and a signal layer of lines greater than twenty inches in length; wherein the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the lines less than twelve inches in length vary over a large range, the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the lines greater than twenty inches in length vary over a small range, smaller than said large range, and the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the lines between twelve and twenty inches in length vary over a range smaller than said large range and larger than said small range.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
93 words
A multilayer printed circuit board optimized for fabrication including a first signal core exclusively having short signal lines with a wide tolerance range in the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the signal lines, a second signal core exclusively having long signal lines, each long line being longer than each short line, with a tolerance range in the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the signal lines narrower than said wide tolerance range, a reference plane between said signal cores, and dielectric layers between said signal cores and said reference plane.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
93 words
A multilayer printed circuit board optimized for fabrication including a first signal core exclusively having short signal lines with a wide tolerance range in the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the signal lines, a second signal core exclusively having long signal lines, each long line being longer than each short line, with a tolerance range in the characteristic impedance and noise coupling coefficients of the signal lines narrower than said wide tolerance range, a reference plane between said signal cores, and dielectric layers between said signal cores and said reference plane.
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