Abstract:
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for socket interconnect structures and related methods. An example socket interconnect apparatus includes a housing defining a plurality of first openings and a plurality of second openings and a ground structure coupled to the housing. The ground structure defines a plurality of third openings. The third openings of the ground structure align with the second openings of the housing when the ground structure is coupled to the housing. A plurality of ground pins are located in respective ones of the second openings and third openings. The ground structure is to electrically couple the ground pins. A plurality of signal pins are located in respective ones of the first openings of the housing. The signal pins are electrically isolated from the ground structure.
Abstract:
Microstrip routing circuits with dielectric films are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a substrate, the substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side and the second side defining a height of the substrate, traces on the first side of the substrate, and a dielectric film positioned on the first side to cover at least a portion of the traces.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises: a substrate having a first side and a second side, the second side being on an opposite side of the substrate from the first side, where the substrate has a first location on the first side at which an semiconductor package is to be coupled; and a cable coupled to the substrate on the second side of the substrate at a second location on the second side, the second location being at least partially below the first location.
Abstract:
Microelectronic assemblies, as well as related structures, devices, and methods, are disclosed herein. For example, in some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a microelectronic device having a hexagonal node configuration, wherein the hexagonal node configuration may include a differential signal node pair; a power node; and a plurality of ground nodes; and wherein the differential signal node pair, the power node, and the plurality of ground nodes are arranged in a hexagonal parallelogon pattern, wherein the differential signal node pair includes a first differential signal node adjacent to a second differential signal node, and wherein the power node is adjacent and symmetric to the differential signal node pair; and a microelectronic substrate electrically coupled to the microelectronic device.
Abstract:
An apparatus includes a terminal, a first device coupled to the terminal via a first node, the first device to drive a signal on the terminal via the first node, and a second device coupled to the terminal via a second node, wherein the second device comprises a dynamic on-die termination (ODT) circuit coupled to the second node. The dynamic ODT circuit includes: a bus holder circuit to receive the signal from the first device at the second node and select a termination voltage based on the signal, a response delay circuit coupled to the bus holder circuit, the response delay circuit to delay application of the termination voltage to the second node, and a time blanking delay circuit coupled to the bus holder circuit and the response delay circuit to prevent the termination voltage from changing before a threshold period of time elapses.
Abstract:
A broadside coupled differential design is described herein. The design may include a differential pair. Each trace of the differential pair includes a wide portion and a narrow portion. The wide portion of the first trace of the differential pair is to be aligned with a narrow portion of the second trace of the differential pair. Additionally, the wide portion of the second trace of the differential pair is to be aligned with a narrow portion of the first trace of the differential pair, such that the wide and narrow portions of the traces of the differential pair are staggered.
Abstract:
A system and apparatus can include a printed circuit board comprising a plurality of metal layers including a first set of metal layers and a set plurality of metal layers. A conductor extending through at least the first set of metal layers and the second set of metal layers, the conductor electrically connected to a metal trace, the conductor comprising a first conducting pad, and a first segment extending from the first conducting pad to the metal trace, and a second segment extending from the metal trace in a direction away from the first conducting pad. The PCB can include a first void separating the first segment of the conductor from the first set of metal layers; and a second void separating the second segment of the conductor from the second set of metal layers, the second void larger than the first void.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises: a substrate having a first side and a second side, the second side being on an opposite side of the substrate from the first side, where the substrate has a first location on the first side at which an semiconductor package is to be coupled; and a cable coupled to the substrate on the second side of the substrate at a second location on the second side, the second location being at least partially below the first location.
Abstract:
Microelectronic assemblies, as well as related structures, devices, and methods, are disclosed herein. For example, in some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a microelectronic device having a hexagonal node configuration, wherein the hexagonal node configuration may include a differential signal node pair; a power node; and a plurality of ground nodes; and wherein the differential signal node pair, the power node, and the plurality of ground nodes are arranged in a hexagonal parallelogon pattern, wherein the differential signal node pair includes a first differential signal node adjacent to a second differential signal node, and wherein the power node is adjacent and symmetric to the differential signal node pair; and a microelectronic substrate electrically coupled to the microelectronic device.
Abstract:
Techniques and mechanisms for facilitating connection between a packaged device and a substrate of another device. In an embodiment, a device—such as a printed circuit board—comprises a substrate and a hardware interface at a first side of the substrate, the hardware interface to couple the device to a package including integrated circuitry. The device is further configured to couple to a bridge device via contacts disposed at a second side of the substrate. An interconnect extends from the hardware interface to one of the contacts at the second side. In another embodiment, coupling the substrate to the bridge device interconnects two of the contacts at the second side to one another via the bridge device, where one or more contacts of the hardware interface (e.g., only a subset of all such contacts) are also interconnected with the bridge device via the second side.