Grid array pattern for crosstalk reduction
First Claim
1. A socket, comprising:
- a set of pads associated with facilitating a connection through a package and to a component,wherein the set of pads include a set of via pads and a set of grid array (GA) pads;
a first set of vias that are electrically connected to the set of via pads and that are connected to a set of layers that are perpendicular to the first set of vias,wherein the first set of vias are to be used to support differential signal pairs,wherein the differential signal pairs include a first differential signal pair that includes;
a first differential signal that causes crosstalk onto a particular differential signal, of a second differential signal pair, while propagating through the package, anda second differential signal;
a first set of interconnects that electrically connect the first set of vias to the set of GA pads,wherein the first set of interconnects include a first interconnect and a second interconnect that route the first differential signal, and the second differential signal, respectively, to offset the crosstalk that the first differential signal causes onto the particular differential signal while propagating through the package; and
a second set of interconnects that electrically connect the first set of vias to a second set of vias that are to be used to facilitate routing the differential signal pairs to the component, without the differential signal pairs propagating through a printed circuit board (PCB),wherein the first differential signal and the second differential signal are routed to the component through interconnects, of the second set of interconnects, and through vias, of the second set of vias.
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Abstract
An apparatus may include via pads and grid array pads associated with facilitating a connection through a package and to a component, and vias that are electrically connected to the via pads, wherein the vias are used to support high-speed differential signal pairs that are capable of causing crosstalk onto other high-speed differential signal pairs while propagating through the package. The apparatus may include interconnects that electrically connect the vias to the grid array pads, and that are capable of routing the high-speed differential signal pairs in a way that offsets the crosstalk that the high-speed differential signal pairs are capable of causing while propagating through the package. The apparatus may include additional interconnects that electrically connect the vias to additional vias that are to be used to facilitate routing the high-speed differential signal pairs to the component, without the high-speed differential signal pairs propagating through a printed circuit board.
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20 Claims
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1. A socket, comprising:
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a set of pads associated with facilitating a connection through a package and to a component, wherein the set of pads include a set of via pads and a set of grid array (GA) pads; a first set of vias that are electrically connected to the set of via pads and that are connected to a set of layers that are perpendicular to the first set of vias, wherein the first set of vias are to be used to support differential signal pairs, wherein the differential signal pairs include a first differential signal pair that includes; a first differential signal that causes crosstalk onto a particular differential signal, of a second differential signal pair, while propagating through the package, and a second differential signal; a first set of interconnects that electrically connect the first set of vias to the set of GA pads, wherein the first set of interconnects include a first interconnect and a second interconnect that route the first differential signal, and the second differential signal, respectively, to offset the crosstalk that the first differential signal causes onto the particular differential signal while propagating through the package; and a second set of interconnects that electrically connect the first set of vias to a second set of vias that are to be used to facilitate routing the differential signal pairs to the component, without the differential signal pairs propagating through a printed circuit board (PCB), wherein the first differential signal and the second differential signal are routed to the component through interconnects, of the second set of interconnects, and through vias, of the second set of vias. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A printed circuit board (PCB) assembly, comprising:
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a component that sends or receives differential signal pairs, wherein the differential signal pairs include a first differential signal pair and a second differential signal pair, wherein the first differential signal pair includes a first differential signal and a second differential signal; a package electrically connected to the component, wherein the first differential signal causes crosstalk onto a particular differential signal, of the second differential signal pair, while propagating through the package; one or more sockets that are electrically connected to the package, wherein a socket, of the one or more sockets, includes; a set of pads associated with facilitating connections through the package and to the component, wherein the set of pads includes a set of via pads and a set of grid array (GA) pads; a first set of vias that is electrically connected to the set of via pads and that is connected to a set of layers that is perpendicular to the first set of vias, a first set of interconnects that electrically connect the first set of vias to the set of GA pads, wherein the first set of interconnects include a first interconnect and a second interconnect that route the first differential signal, and the second differential signal, respectively, to offset the crosstalk that the first differential signal causes onto the particular differential signal while propagating through the package, and a second set of interconnects that electrically connect the first set of vias to a second set of vias that is to be used to facilitate routing the differential signal pairs to the component, without the differential signal pairs propagating through the PCB; and a PCB connected to the one or more sockets. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus, comprising:
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a set of pads associated with facilitating a connection through a package and to a component, wherein the set of pads include a set of via pads and a set of grid array (GA) pads; a first set of vias that is electrically connected to the set of via pads and that is connected to a set of layers that is perpendicular to the first set of vias, wherein the first set of vias is to be used to support differential signal pairs, wherein the differential signal pairs cause crosstalk onto other differential signal pairs while propagating through the package; a first set of interconnects that electrically connect the first set of vias to the set of GA pads, wherein the first set of interconnects routes the differential signal pairs in a way that offsets the crosstalk that the differential signal pairs cause while propagating through the package; and a second set of interconnects that electrically connect the first set of vias to a second set of vias that is to be used to facilitate routing the differential signal pairs to the component, without the differential signal pairs propagating through a printed circuit board (PCB). - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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