Circuit board and layout structure

• US 10,412,831 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2018
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, Chang-Chun, Hsu, Su-Kai
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hoa C
• Application Number:
  US15/917,864
• Publication Number:
  US 20190159340A1
• Time in Patent Office: 547 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/392 Floor-planning or layout, e.g. partitioning or placement
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0243 Printed circuits associated with mounted high frequency components
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/111 Pads for surface mounting, e.g. lay-out
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/14 Structural association of two or more printed circuits providing electric connection to or between printed circuits H05K1/11, H01R12/00
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/181 associated with surface mounted components
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/09227 Layout details of a plurality of traces, e.g. escape layout for Ball Grid Array [BGA] mounting
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/09445 Pads for connections not located at the edge of the PCB, e.g. for flexible circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10098 Components for radio transmission, e.g. radio frequency identification [RFID] tag, printed or non-printed antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10159 Memory
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/0005 for designing circuits by computer

Abstract

A circuit board and a layout structure are provided. The layout structure includes a plurality of chip carrying areas, a plurality of inner layer connection pads and a plurality of outer leading wires. The chip carrying areas respectively carry a plurality of chips. The outer leading wires are disposed between the inner layer connection pads and the chip carrying areas. The layout structure is disposed on at least one circuit board and connects to a plurality of wires of the at least one circuit board through the outer leading wires, and the outer leading wires and the wires of the at least one circuit board are formed by sharing at least one metal layer.

Claims

1. A layout structure, comprising:

a plurality of chip carrying areas, respectively carrying a plurality of chips; and

a plurality of inner layer connection pads, disposed on at least one edge of the layout structure;

wherein the layout structure has a plurality of outer leading wires, and all outer leading wires of the layout structure are disposed between the inner layer connection pads and the chip carrying areas,

wherein the layout structure is disposed on at least one first circuit board and is connected to a plurality of wires of the at least one first circuit board through the outer leading wires, and the outer leading wires and the wires of the at least one first circuit board are formed by sharing at least one first metal layer,

wherein an extension direction of each of the all outer leading wires in the layout structure is orthogonal to an extension direction of the at least one edge corresponding to the corresponding inner layer connection pad.

2. The layout structure as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of inner leading wires disposed between the chip carrying areas, wherein the layout structure has a distribution range, and the chip carrying areas and the inner leading wires are all integrally disposed in the distribution range.

3. The layout structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein the inner layer connection pads are disposed on the at least one edge of the distribution range.

4. The layout structure as claimed in claim 3, wherein the inner layer connection pads are divided into a plurality of connection point groups corresponding to a plurality of signal types, and the connection point groups are respectively disposed in a plurality of regions of the at least one edge.

5. The layout structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein the inner leading wires comprise a plurality of voltage rail wires and at least one critical path wire, wherein the voltage rail wires are used for providing a power voltage to the chip carrying areas.

6. The layout structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the outer leading wires is a mobile industry processor interface (MIPI) wire, a general purpose input output (GPIO) interface wire, a radio frequency (RF) signal input output wire or a serial transmission interface wire.

7. The layout structure as claimed in claim 6, wherein when each of the outer leading wires is the mobile industry processor interface (MIPI) wire or the general purpose input output (GPIO) interface wire, each of the outer leading wires is arranged in an orthogonal junction manner within the distribution range.

8. The layout structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein the number of times that each of the outer leading wires passes through the at least one edge of the distribution range of the layout structure is not greater than 1.

9. The layout structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the chip carrying areas is used for carrying a central processing unit, a power management integrated circuit, a radio frequency signal processing chip or a memory chip.

10. The layout structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the layout structure is further disposed on at least one second circuit board, and the at least one first circuit board and the at least one second circuit board are different,

wherein the layout structure is connected to a plurality of wires of the at least one second circuit board through the outer leading wires, and the outer leading wires and the wires of the at least one second circuit board are arranged by sharing at least one second metal layer.

11. The layout structure as claimed in claim 10, wherein distribution range of the layout structure on the at least one first circuit board and on the at least one second circuit board are the same.

12. A circuit board, comprising:

a plurality of wires; and

at least one layout structure, comprising;

a plurality of chip carrying areas, respectively carrying a plurality of chips;

a plurality of inner layer connection pads, disposed on at least one edge of the layout structure; and

a plurality of outer leading wires, disposed between the inner layer connection pads and the chip carrying areas,

wherein all outer leading wires of the layout structure are disposed between the inner layer connection pads and the chip carrying areas,

wherein the layout structure is disposed on the circuit board and is connected to the wires of the circuit board through the outer leading wires, and the outer leading wires and the wires of the circuit board are formed by sharing at least one first metal layer,

wherein an extension direction of each of the all outer leading wires in the layout structure is orthogonal to an extension direction of the at least one edge corresponding to the corresponding inner layer connection pad.

13. The circuit board as claimed in claim 12, wherein the layout structure further comprises a plurality of inner leading wires disposed between the chip carrying areas, wherein the layout structure has a distribution range, and the chip carrying areas and the inner leading wires are all integrally disposed in the distribution range.

14. The circuit board as claimed in claim 13, wherein the inner layer connection pads are disposed on the at least one edge of the distribution range.

15. The circuit board as claimed in claim 14, wherein the inner layer connection pads are divided into a plurality of connection point groups corresponding to a plurality of signal types, and the connection point groups are respectively disposed in a plurality of regions of the at least one edge.

16. The circuit board as claimed in claim 13, wherein the inner leading wires comprise a plurality of voltage rail wires and at least one critical path wire, wherein the voltage rail wires are used for providing a power voltage to the chip carrying areas.

17. The circuit board as claimed in claim 13, wherein when each of the outer leading wires is the mobile industry processor interface (MIPI) wire or the general purpose input output (GPIO) interface wire, each of the outer leading wires is arranged in an orthogonal junction manner within the distribution range.

18. The circuit board as claimed in claim 13, wherein the number of times that each of the outer leading wires passes through the at least one edge of the distribution range of the layout structure is not greater than 1.