Patent Grant
11224120
The present invention relates to a print circuit board, an optical module, and an optical transmission equipment, and in particular, to the print circuit board in which unnecessary electromagnetic waves propagating to a differential transmission line of a micro-strip line type are suppressed.
In a print circuit board, a differential transmission line transmitting a serial data signal may be formed in some cases. Unnecessary high frequency noise may occur in such a differential transmission line.
For such high frequency noise, a method of selectively inhibiting conduction propagation of a common mode signal component without having a bad influence on the differential signal component conducting and propagating the differential transmission line (without deteriorating differential signal quality) has been proposed. WO 2011/004453 A1 and JP 2012-227887A disclose a configuration in which a resonator is connected to a ground conductor layer through a via hole in which a rectangular conductor film is disposed at the center thereof, and the resonator is coupled by disposing the resonator below the differential transmission line. In US 2011/0298563 A1 discloses a configuration in which a resonator is configured by providing a plurality of spiral opening portions (slots) in the ground conductor layer and disposing the opening portions on both sides of the differential transmission line to connect both portions at opening portion on the line, and the resonator is coupled to a differential transmission line.
It is desirable to selectively inhibit conduction propagation of the common mode signal component transmitted to a differential transmission line in a desired frequency domain. Therefore, it is conceivable to couple a resonator structure to the differential transmission line. Here, the resonator structure is configured to include a ground conductor layer, a resonator conductor, and a pair of via holes connecting the resonator conductor and the ground conductor layer. However, the resonator conductor and the pair of the via holes are formed in separate steps. Therefore, due to a positional deviation of the pair of the via holes with respect to the resonator conductor, a frequency domain of a common mode signal component which can be inhibited varies. If it is difficult to selectively inhibit the conduction propagation of the common mode signal component in the desired frequency domain due to variation of the frequency domain, the yield is reduced.
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object to provide a print circuit board, an optical module, and an optical transmission equipment which can selectively inhibit transmission propagation of a common mode signal component to a differential transmission line.
(1) According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print circuit board including a ground conductor layer, a pair of strip conductors that is disposed on a board surface side in a lamination orientation of the ground conductor layer and extends along a first orientation, a first resonator conductor that is disposed between the ground conductor layer and the pair of the strip conductors, and three-dimensionally intersects with the pair of strip conductors along a second orientation intersecting the first orientation, a pair of first via holes that respectively connects the first resonator conductor and the ground conductor layer, and a dielectric layer that includes the first resonator conductor therein, and is disposed between the ground conductor layer and the pair of the strip conductors, in which in a differential transmission line of a micro-strip line type in which a digital modulation signal is transmitted is configured to include the ground conductor layer, the pair of the strip conductors, and the dielectric layer, a first resonator structure is configured to include the ground conductor layer, the first resonator conductor, and the pair of first via holes, a distance H1 along the lamination orientation between the pair of strip conductors and the ground conductor layer is twice or more a distance H2 along the lamination orientation between the pair of strip conductors and the first resonator conductor, and in the first resonator conductor, a line length L of the first resonator conductor from the center position of one via hole of the pair of first via holes to the center position of the other via hole is 0.4 wavelength or more and 0.6 wavelength or less at a frequency corresponding to the bit rate of the digital modulation signal to be transmitted.
(2) In the print circuit board according to (1), the first resonator conductor may extend from each of the pair of first via holes to any one of the inside and the outside of the first resonator conductor along the second orientation.
(3) In the print circuit board according to (1), the first resonator conductor may extend from each of the pair of first via holes to any one of the inside and the outside of the first resonator conductor along the second orientation, and further bend in any one direction of the first orientation.
(4) In the print circuit board according to (1), the first resonator conductor may extend outward along the second orientation from a portion in which the first resonator conductor three-dimensionally intersects with the pair of strip conductors, bend in any one direction of the first orientation, further extend along the first orientation, bends to the outside in the second orientation, and extend along any one of the outside and the inside along the second orientation to connect with the pair of first via holes.
(5) In the print circuit board according to any one of (1) to (4), the first resonator conductor may have a shape that is substantially line symmetric with respect to the pair of strip conductors in a plan view.
(6) In the print circuit board according to any one of (1) to (5), further including a second resonator conductor that is disposed in the same layer as the first resonator conductor, and three-dimensionally intersects with the pair of strip conductors along the second orientation, and a pair of second via holes that respectively connects the second resonator conductor and the ground conductor, a second resonator structure may be configured to include the ground conductor layer, the second resonator conductor, and the pair of second via holes, and in the second resonator conductor, a line length L of the second resonator conductor from the center position of one via hole of the pair of second via holes to the center position of the other via hole may be 0.4 wavelength or more and 0.6 wavelength or less at a frequency corresponding to the bit rate of the digital modulation signal to be transmitted.
(7) In the print circuit board according to (4), further including a second resonator conductor that is disposed in the same layer as the first resonator conductor, and three-dimensionally intersects with the pair of strip conductors along the second orientation, and a pair of second via holes that respectively connects the second resonator conductor and the ground conductor, a second resonator structure may be configured to include the ground conductor layer, the second resonator conductor, and the pair of second via holes, in the second resonator conductor, a line length L of the second resonator conductor from the center position of one via hole of the pair of second via holes to the center position of the other via hole may be 0.4 wavelength or more and 0.6 wavelength or less at a frequency corresponding to the bit rate of the digital modulation signal to be transmitted, and the second resonator conductor may extend outward along the second orientation from a portion in which the second resonator conductor in parallel with the first resonator conductor three-dimensionally intersects with the pair of strip conductors, bend in the other direction of the first orientation, further extend away from the first resonator conductor along the first orientation, bend to the outside in the second orientation, and extend along anyone of the outside and the inside along the second orientation to connect with the pair of second via holes.
(8) According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print circuit board including a ground conductor layer, a pair of strip conductors that is disposed on a board surface side in a lamination orientation of the ground conductor layer and extends along a first orientation, a first resonator conductor that is disposed on the board surface side in a lamination orientation of the pair of strip conductors, and three-dimensionally intersects with the pair of strip conductors along a second orientation intersecting the first orientation, a pair of first via holes that respectively connects the first resonator conductor and the ground conductor layer, and a dielectric layer that includes the pair of strip conductors therein, and is disposed between the ground conductor layer and the first resonator conductor, a differential transmission line of a micro-strip line type in which a digital modulation signal is transmitted may be configured to include the ground conductor layer, the pair of the strip conductors, and the dielectric layer, a first resonator structure may be configured to include the ground conductor layer, the first resonator conductor, and the pair of first via holes, a distance H1 along the lamination orientation between the pair of strip conductors and the ground conductor layer may be twice or more a distance H2 along the lamination orientation between the pair of strip conductors and the first resonator conductor, and in the first resonator conductor, a line length L of the first resonator conductor from the center position of one via hole of the pair of first via holes to the center position of the other via hole may be 0.4 wavelength or more and 0.6 wavelength or less at a frequency corresponding to the bit rate of the digital modulation signal to be transmitted.
(9) In the print circuit board according to any one of (1) to (8), an angle between the first orientation and the second orientation may be 85° or more and 90° or less.
(10) In the print circuit board according to any one of (1) to (9), the first orientation and the second orientation may be substantially orthogonal to each other.
(11) According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an optical module including the print circuit board according to any one of (1) to (10), the print circuit board further may include an IC that drives the digital modulation signal.
(12) In the optical module according to (11), a metal housing that covers the print circuit board to configure an electromagnetic shield, and includes an opening portion for exposing a portion of the print circuit board to an outside may be further included.
(13) According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an optical transmission equipment on which the optical module according to (11) or (12) may be mounted.
(14) According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an optical transmission equipment including the print circuit board according to any one of (1) to (10), the print circuit board may further include an IC that drives the digital modulation signal.
According to the present invention, a print circuit board, an optical module, and an optical transmission equipment which can selectively inhibit transmission propagation of a common mode signal component to a differential transmission line are provided.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described specifically and in detail with reference to the drawings. In all the drawings for describing the embodiments, the same reference numerals are given to the members having the same function, and the repeated description thereof will be omitted. The drawings illustrated below merely illustrate examples of the embodiments, and the sizes of the drawings and the scales described in the embodiments do not necessarily coincide with each other.
The optical transmission equipment 1 further includes an IC 12. The optical transmission equipment 1 is, for example, a large-capacity router or a switch. The optical transmission equipment 1 has, for example, a function of a switching equipment, and is disposed in a base station or the like. The optical transmission equipment 1 acquires data for receiving (electric signal for receiving) from the optical module 2, determines to transmit what data to where using the IC 12 or the like, generates data for transmitting (electric signal for transmitting), and transmits the data to the corresponding optical module 2 through the print circuit board 11.
The optical module 2 is a transceiver having a function of optical transmitting and a function of optical receiving, and includes a ROSA 23A which converts an optical signal received through an optical fiber 3A into an electric signal, and a TOSA 23B which converts an electric signal to an optical signal and transmits the optical signal to an optical fiber 3B. The print circuit board 21, the ROSA 23A and the TOSA 23B are connected to each other through flexible boards 22A and 22B (flexible printed circuit: FPC), respectively. An electric signal is transmitted from the ROSA 23A to the print circuit board 21 through the flexible board 22A, and an electric signal is transmitted from the print circuit board 21 to the TOSA 23B through the flexible board 22B. The optical modules 2 and the optical transmission equipment 1 are connected to each other through an electrical connector 5. The ROSA 23A and the TOSA 23B are electrically connected to the print circuit board 21 and are optical elements that convert from one to the other of optical signals or electric signals.
A transmission system according to the first embodiment includes two or more of the optical transmission equipment 1, two or more of the optical modules 2, and one or more of optical fibers 3. Each optical transmission equipment 1 is mounted on one or more of the optical modules 2. The optical fiber 3 is connected between the optical modules 2 mounted on the two optical transmission equipments 1, respectively. Transmission data generated by one of the optical transmission equipment 1 is converted into an optical signal by the mounted optical module 2, and such an optical signal is transmitted to the optical fiber 3. The optical signal transmitted over the optical fiber 3 is received by the optical module 2 mounted on the other optical transmission equipment 1, and the optical module 2 converts the optical signal into an electric signal and transmits the electric signal to the other optical transmission equipment 1 as reception data.
Here, the bit rate of the electric signal transmitted and received by each of the optical modules 2 is 100 Gbit/s class, and the optical module 2 has a multi-channel system of 4 channels for transmitting and 4 channels for receiving. The bit rate of the electric signal transmitting each channel is any one of 25 Gbit/s to 28 Gbit/s, specifically, the bit rate of the electric signal transmitting each channel is 25.78 Gbit/s. A differential transmission line is a line for propagating an electrical serial data signal with a bit rate of 25.78 Gbit/s.
The print circuit board 31 according to the first embodiment has a plurality of differential transmission lines for high speed digital signals, and the print circuit board 31 has a plurality of channels. In
As illustrated in
In the dielectric layer 100, a material (glass epoxy resin) including a glass cloth substrate and an epoxy resin is used. For example, the relative dielectric constant of the dielectric layer 100 is 3.5. The dielectric layer 100 includes the first resonator conductor 104 therein, and is disposed between the pair of strip conductors 101 and 102 and the ground conductor layer 103.
The pair of strip conductors 101 and 102 are disposed on the board surface side (upper side in
The ground conductor layer 103 is a copper foil with a thickness of 18 μm and is a third metal layer counted from the front surface side among the multilayer structure of the print circuit board 31. As illustrated in
The first resonator conductor 104 is disposed between the pair of strip conductors 101 and 102 and the ground conductor layer 103. The first resonator conductor 104 is a copper foil with a thickness of 36 μm and is a second metal layer counted from the front surface side among the multilayer structure of the print circuit board 31. As illustrated in
The first resonator conductor 104 three-dimensionally intersects with the pair of strip conductors 101 and 102 along the second orientation. It is desirable that the angle between the first orientation and the second orientation is 85° or more and 90° or less, and it is further desirable that the first orientation and the second orientation are substantially orthogonal to each other (angle formed is 90°). In the first embodiment, the first orientation (vertical orientation in
The pair of first via holes 105a and 105b (circular shape) are respectively disposed so that the center of the circular shape is ideally penetrated through the center of the circular shape of the land portions 110a and 110b. Each of the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b is a cylindrical through hole having a diameter of 0.20 mm, and a metal is disposed on the inner wall of the through hole. The distance D between the centers of the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b is 2.0 mm. A circular hole (through hole) is formed in the dielectric layer 100 by a drill step so as to extend from the pair of strip conductors 101 and 102 (uppermost metal layer) to the ground conductor layer 103 (third metal layer) perpendicular to the planar direction of the print circuit board 31, and the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b are formed by copper plating in the inner wall (inside surface) of the hole. The pair of first via holes 105a and 105b connect the first resonator conductor 104 (land portions 110a and 110b at the both ends of) and the ground conductor layer 103, respectively. A first resonator structure is configured to include the ground conductor layer 103, the first resonator conductor 104, and the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b.
As illustrated in
The first feature of the print circuit board 31 according to the first embodiment lies in the shape of the first resonator conductor 104. The second feature is that the distance H1 is twice or more the distance H2. Hereinafter, the shape of the first resonator conductor 104 will be described. The planar shape of the first resonator conductor 104 is processed and formed by patterning.
The first resonator conductor 104 extends in a linear shape from each of (centers of) the land portions 110a and 110b at both ends along the second orientation to the inside of the first resonator conductor 104. That is, the first resonator conductor 104 extends from each of (centers of) the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b along the second orientation to the inside of the first resonator conductor 104. Here, the description of “to extend to the inside of the first resonator conductor 104” means to extend in an orientation approaching from both sides with respect to the pair of strip conductors 101 and 102 with which the first resonator conductor 104 three-dimensionally intersects. The description of “to extend to the outside of the first resonator conductor 104” means to extend in an orientation away from both sides with respect to the pair of strip conductors 101 and 102 with which the first resonator conductor 104 three-dimensionally intersects. Actually, the planar shape of the first resonator conductor 104 and the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b are formed in separate steps, so that the positional deviation occurs between (centers of) the land portions 110a and 110b and (centers of) the pair of the first via holes 105a and 105b, respectively. Here, the positional deviation amount is 0.125 mm. The diameter 0.45 mm of the land portions 110a and 110b is a value that can correspond to the diameter 0.20 mm of the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b and the positional deviation amount of 0.125 mm. In addition, among the first resonator conductors 104, the width W1 of the portion extending in a linear shape (excluding the bent portion) is 0.20 mm.
Here, the description of “first resonator conductor 104 extends along the second orientation from each of the land portions 110a and 110b or from each of the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b” allows a tolerance in positional deviation on manufacturing, so that the center of the linear shape portion of the first resonator conductor 104 may not strictly extend from the center of the land portions 110a and 110b, and the extending orientation of the linear shape may be along the second orientation and may not be strictly parallel to the second orientation. In this specification, the description of “along the first orientation (or the second orientation)” is the same.
It is desirable that both of the first resonator conductor 104 according to the first embodiment extend along the second orientation from both ends thereof (land portions 110a and 110b) or from each of the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b to the inside of the first resonator conductor 104, and that both further bend in any one direction in the first orientation (downward in
The first resonator conductor 104 according to the first embodiment has a shape extending to the inside along the second orientation from the land portions 110a and 110b disposed at both ends thereof. Since the first resonator conductor 104 has such a shape, it is possible to suppress degradation of characteristics due to the positional deviation between the land portions 110a and 110b and the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b. Details of the effect will be described later. In addition, the first resonator conductor 104 according to the first embodiment has a shape connected to the pair of strip conductors 101 and 102 extending along the first orientation, and to the land portions 110a and 110b which three-dimensionally intersect along the second orientation, respectively extend along the second orientation from a portion three-dimensionally intersects, repeat bending and stretching, and are disposed at both ends thereof. Since the first resonator conductor 104 according to the first embodiment has such a shape, a line length L of the first resonator conductor 104 from the center position of one via hole (for example, via hole 105a) of the pair of first via holes to the center position of the other via hole (for example, via hole 105b) is 3.4 mm. Here, the line length L is the length of the center line of the linear shape in which the first resonator conductor extends, and in the bent portion, the line length L may be calculated based on the center line of the linear shape respectively extending to both sides. As illustrated in
The first resonator conductor 104 is disposed inside the dielectric layer 100 having a relative dielectric constant εr of 3.5, and a wavelength shortening ratio (1/√εr) of the dielectric layer 100 with respect to a vacuum is 0.535. One wavelength λg of the first resonator conductor 104 at a frequency of 25.78 GHz corresponding to the bit rate is calculated to be 6.22 mm. Therefore, the line length L of 3.4 mm of the first resonator conductor 104 is 0.55 λg in terms of the wavelength λg. In a case of changing the shape of the first resonator conductor 104, in a case of changing the distance between the first resonator conductor 104 and the ground conductor layer 103, and in a case of changing the material of the dielectric layer 100, an appropriate value of the line length L of the first resonator conductor 104 may be selected according to the case. The appropriate value can be obtained by, for example, an electromagnetic field analysis tool, and desirably has a length of 0.4 wavelength or more and 0.6 wavelength or less at a frequency corresponding to the bit rate of the digital modulation signal. Here, the bit rate is 25.78 Gbit/s, and the frequency corresponding to the bit rate is 25.78 GHz. That is, the frequency corresponding to the bit rate of the digital modulation signal is obtained by changing the unit to Hz with the numerical value of the bit rate (unit bit/s) unchanged.
It is desirable that the first resonator conductor 104 has a shape that is substantially line symmetrical with respect to the pair of strip conductors 101 and 102 in a plan view. Here, the description of “to be line symmetrical with respect to the pair of strip conductors 101 and 102” means to be line symmetrical with respect to the center line of the pair of strip conductors 101 and 102 (center line of the strip conductor 101 and center line of the strip conductor 102). It is desirable to reduce the influence on the conduction propagation of the differential signal component transmitted to the differential transmission line. Therefore, it is desirable that the resonator structure is symmetrical with respect to the pair of strip conductors 101 and 102.
In addition, the differential mode pass characteristic (Sdd 21) illustrates favorable characteristics. On the other hand, in the common mode pass characteristic (Scc 21), an attenuation region centered at the frequency 26.3 GHz is generated, and conduction propagation of the common mode signal component of the frequency 25.78 GHz can be inhibited by approximately 10 dB.
Next, the influence of characteristics due to the positional deviation of the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b with respect to the first resonator conductor 104 (or 304) between the differential transmission line 32 according to the first embodiment and the differential transmission line 32 according to the comparative example will be examined. As described above, the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b having the positional deviation amount of 0.125 mm may vary by ±0.125 mm maximum with respect to the first resonator conductor 104 (or 304) in each of the first orientation and the second orientation. As described above, since the first resonator conductor 104 (or 304) and the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b are formed in separate steps, respectively, the relative position between the first resonator conductor 104 (or 304) and the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b varies. However, since the planar shape of the first resonator conductor 104 is formed by patterning, the relative positional variations of the land portions 110a and 110b (or 310a and 310b) of the first resonator conductor 104 (or 304) are significantly small. Similarly, since the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b are formed by a common drilling step, the relative positional variations (distance D between the centers) of the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b are significantly small.
First, regarding the comparative example, the positional deviation Δy of the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b (each center position) with respect to the land portions 310a and 310b (each center position) along the first orientation (vertical orientation illustrated in
On the other hand, the first resonator conductor 104 according to the first embodiment extends in a linear shape to the inside of the first resonator conductor 104 along the second orientation from each of (centers of) the land portions 110a and 110b at both ends. Therefore, in the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b (each of the center positions), even in a case where the positional deviation Δy with respect to the land portions 110a and 110b (each of the center positions) along the first orientation (vertical orientation illustrated in
Secondly, a case where the positional deviation Δx with respect to the land portions 110a and 110b (each of the center positions) occurs in the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b (each of the center positions) along the second orientation (horizontal orientation illustrated in
In the differential transmission line 32 according to the first embodiment, it is possible to selectively inhibit the conduction propagation of the common mode signal component to the differential transmission line 32 while suppressing deterioration of the conduction propagation of the differential signal component. That is, substantially, only the conduction propagation of the common mode signal component to the differential transmission line can be selectively inhibited. In addition, in the formation of the first resonator conductor 104 and the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b according to the first embodiment, an additional step is not required, and an increase in manufacturing cost is suppressed. Furthermore, since the shape of the first resonator conductor 104 according to the first embodiment is bent, the region where the first resonator conductor 104 is disposed can be reduced, and the first resonator conductor 104 can be disposed at a high density.
Although the dielectric layer 100 according to the first embodiment is formed using a material including a glass cloth substrate and an epoxy resin (glass epoxy resin), it is not limited to this material, and may be a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) or a fluorine-based resin (Polytetrafluoroethylene: PTFE).
In the optical module (optical transceiver and optical transceiver module) for optical fiber transmission, speeding up, downsizing, and cost reduction is achieved, with the spread of broadband network in recent years, and regarding speeding up, currently the optical module having a bit rate of 100 Gbit/s are widely used. Regarding downsizing and cost reduction, the housing (case) volume is reduced and the number of parts is reduced from the CFP Multi Source Agreement (MSA) standard to CFP 2, CFP 4, and QSFP 28 (each MSA standard).
In addition, in the optical transmission equipment (network equipment) on which the optical module is mounted, it is required to suppress the intensity of unnecessary electromagnetic waves generated by the equipment to a limit value defined by law or regulations. For example, in the United States, it is required to reduce the intensity of unnecessary electromagnetic waves below the limit value of 53.9 dB (μV/m) specified in “FCC Part 15 Subpart B” standard (in a case where distance is 3 m, and frequency range is 1 GHz to 40 GHz in Class B standard). In the optical module, unnecessary electromagnetic waves at high frequency are generated in many cases due to switching noises or the like of built-in IC. Therefore, a design technique for reducing radiation of the unnecessary electromagnetic waves to the outside of the equipment is important in both the optical transmission equipment and the optical module.
In the optical module, the main excitation source of unnecessary electromagnetic waves is an IC (such as CDR, Driver, TIA, and the like) that amplifies and outputs an electrical serial data signal (modulation signal). Unlike the clock signal, the ideal serial data signal does not include repetitive signal patterns, so that it does not have a large peak intensity on the frequency spectrum. However, in a differential amplifier circuit inside the actual IC, switching noise is generated due to nonlinearity of the transistor. Therefore, in a case of observing the frequency spectrum of the common mode component of the output signal, a large peak occurs at the frequency corresponding to the bit rate. While conducting and propagating through the differential transmission line on the print circuit board, the common mode signal component propagates to space as apart thereof as radiation loss. As a result, since an electric serial data signal having a bit rate of 25.78 Gbit/s is used in the optical module of 4 channels on both the transmitting side and the receiving side at a bit rate of 100 Gbit/s, unnecessary electromagnetic waves having a frequency of 25.78 GHz corresponding to the bit rate are generated. In the optical module in the related art, the gap between the metal housing (metal casing) in the outer shell is further reduced, so that the space propagation of electromagnetic waves is further shielded. Furthermore, a radio wave absorbing material is disposed inside the metal housing, so that the space propagation of electromagnetic waves is attenuated to suppress leakage of unnecessary electromagnetic waves from the optical transceiver.
In recent years, as the capacity of the optical transmission equipment is increased, LSI (FPGA) having large power consumption (heat generation amount) is mounted on the optical transmission equipment. In the optical transmission equipment, a large number of ventilation holes are disposed to strengthen air blowing cooling, and the shielding effect of the equipment tends to be low. In addition, a plurality of optical modules of 100 Gbit/s class are mounted on the optical transmission equipment. In the optical module conforming to the main MSA standard, for example, QSFP 28, an external connection terminal is disposed on one end of the print circuit board, and the external connection terminal is connected to a connector mounted on the optical transmission equipment outside the metal housing. According to this configuration, there is a problem that unnecessary electromagnetic waves radiated from the differential transmission line and the connector drawn to the outside of the metal housing are the main cause, and unnecessary electromagnetic waves of the optical transmission equipment cannot be sufficiently suppressed.
In the optical module conforming to the QSFP 28, on a small print circuit board having a board width of approximately 16 mm, it is required to dispose four pairs of differential transmission lines for the transmitting circuit and four pairs of differential transmission lines for the receiver circuit, respectively. The inventors have found that the size (length and width) of the resonator structure in the related art requires a relatively large area to obtain a desired resonance frequency, and it is difficult to dispose the resonator structure in the related art on the print circuit board of the optical module conforming to the QSFP 28. On the other hand, the print circuit board 31 according to the first embodiment has a structure suitable for solving such a problem.
The optical module 2 according to the first embodiment is the optical module conforming to the QSFP (MSA standard). As illustrated in
When measuring the output spectrum of the CDR-IC 207, originally unnecessary clock noise components are observed as a peak of peak single at a frequency of 25.78 GHz corresponding to the bit rate. However, the first resonator structure illustrated in
In the print circuit board 21 illustrated in
The second resonator conductor 114 is disposed in the same layer (second metal layer) as the first resonator conductor 104, and is provided with circular land portions 120a and 120b at both ends thereof. The second resonator conductor 114 is disposed side by side with the first resonator conductor 104 along the first orientation (vertical orientation in
Here, in the print circuit board 32 according to the second embodiment, the distance between the centers (Via Pitch) between one first via hole (via hole 105a) of the pair of first via holes and one second via hole (via hole 115a) of the pair of second via holes disposed along the first orientation is changed. Therefore, the attenuation characteristic in the common mode pass characteristic can be adjusted. Here, the distance between the centers (Via Pitch) is set to 2.2 mm. However, the distance is not limited to this value, and the distance may be set to an appropriate value according to the attenuation characteristic in the common mode pass characteristic.
Since the first resonator conductor 104 and the second resonator conductor 114 are disposed on the print circuit board 32 according to the second embodiment, a wider region is required for disposing two resonator conductors. However, as illustrated in
In the second embodiment, the planar shape of the second resonator conductor 114 is substantially line symmetric with the plane shape of the first resonator conductor 104 with respect to the straight line X illustrated in
Similarly to the second embodiment, in the print circuit board 32 according to the third embodiment, the distance between the centers (Via Pitch) between one first via hole (via hole 105a) of the pair of first via holes and one second via hole (via hole 115a) of the pair of second via holes disposed along the first orientation is changed. Therefore, the attenuation characteristic in the common mode pass characteristic can be adjusted. Here, the distance between the centers (Via Pitch) is set to 1.2 mm. However, the distance is not limited to this value, and the distance may be set to an appropriate value according to the attenuation characteristic in the common mode pass characteristic.
Since the first resonator conductor 104 and the second resonator conductor 114 are disposed on the print circuit board 32 according to the third embodiment, a wider region is required for disposing two resonator conductors. However, as illustrated in
When the directions respectively extending from both ends of the first resonator conductor 104 extends are referred to as a first extending direction and a second extending direction, and in the first to third embodiments (and the fifth to seventh embodiments), the first extending direction and the second extending direction are opposed to each other on a straight line, and the angle between the first extending direction and the second extending direction is 180°. In the fourth embodiment, the first extending direction and the second extending direction tend to separate from each other on the straight line, and the angle between the first extending direction and the second extending direction is 180°. The first extending direction and the second extending direction may be either opposed to each other (facing inward) or separate away from each other (facing outward) along the second direction, and in either case, it is possible to reduce the variation of the line length L with respect to the positional deviation Δx along the second orientation.
It is desirable that both of the first resonator conductor 104 according to the fourth embodiment extend along the second orientation from both ends thereof (land portions 110a and 110b) or from each of the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b to the outside of the first resonator conductor 104, and that both further bend in any one direction in the first orientation (downward in
The distance D between the centers of the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b is 1.1 mm and the width W1 of the first resonator conductor 104 is 0.20 mm. Although the first resonator conductor 104 has a linear shape portion to be extended and a bending portion, for impedance matching, the corner of the bending portion has a cut off shape. The length L1 of the center line is 0.45 mm. Even with the print circuit board 31 according to the fourth embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment is achieved.
The first resonator conductor 104 according to the first embodiment has the bending portion, whereas the first resonator conductor 104 according to the fifth embodiment extends in a linear shape to the inside of the first resonator conductor 104 from both (centers of) the land portions 110a and 110h at both ends along the second orientation, and reaches the portions three-dimensionally intersecting with the pair of strip conductors 101 and 102. That is, it is desirable that the first resonator conductor 104 extends to the outside along the second orientation from the portions three-dimensionally intersecting with the pair of strip conductors 101 and 102 to connect with the pair of first via holes.
The first resonator conductor 104 according to the fifth embodiment extends in a linear shape except for the land portions 110a and 110b on both sides. The distance between the centers D between the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b is 3.05 mm. The width W1 of the first resonator conductor 104 is 0.19 mm. Although the first resonator conductor 104 is formed into a linear shape, so that the distance between the centers D is longer, the resonator structure can be realized with a significantly simple configuration.
Each of the first resonator conductor 104 and the second resonator conductor 114 according to the second and third embodiments has the bending portion, whereas each of the first resonator conductor 104 and the second resonator conductor 114 according to the sixth embodiment extends in a linear shape to the inside of the first resonator conductor 104 from each of the land portions at both ends along the second orientation, and reaches the portions three-dimensionally intersecting with the pair of strip conductors 101 and 102. That is, it is desirable that the first resonator conductor 104 and the second resonator conductor 114 extend to the outside along the second orientation from the portions three-dimensionally intersecting with the pair of strip conductors 101 and 102 to connect with the pair of first via holes and the pair of second via holes.
The first resonator conductor 104 and the second resonator conductor 114 according to the sixth embodiment extend in a linear shape except for the land portions on both sides. The distance between the centers D between the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b and the distance between the centers D between the pair of second via holes 115a and 115b are both 3.05 mm. The width W1 of the first resonator conductor 104 is 0.19 mm. Although the first resonator conductor 104 and the second resonator conductor 114 are formed into the linear shapes, so that the distances between the centers D are longer, the resonator structures can be realized with the significantly simple configurations.
Although the planar shape of the first resonator conductor 104 according to the seventh embodiment coincides with the planar shape of the first resonator conductor 104 according to the fifth embodiment, as illustrated in
Here, the distance H1 between the pair of strip conductors 101 and 102 and the ground conductor layer 103 is 138 μm, and the distance H2 between the pair of strip conductors 101 and 102 and the first resonator conductor 104 is 65 μm. As described above, the distance H1 is desirably twice or more the distance H2, and the print circuit board 31 according to the seventh embodiment satisfies such a condition. The width W of the pair of strip conductors 101 and 102 is 0.20 mm, and the interval G between the pair of strip conductors 101 and 102 is 0.20 mm. The distance between the centers D of the pair of first via holes 105a and 105b is 3.05 mm, and the width W1 of the first resonator conductor 104 is 0.19 mm.
Although in the print circuit board 31 according to the seventh embodiment, the layer on which the first resonator conductor 104 is disposed is different from these of the print circuit boards 31 according to the first to sixth embodiments, the print circuit board 31 according to the seventh embodiment has the same effects as that of the first embodiment. The configuration in which the first resonator conductor 104 and the second resonator conductor 114 are disposed further above the pair of strip conductors 101 and 102 is not limited to the seventh embodiment, and may be applied to each of the second to sixth embodiments.
Hereinbefore, the print circuit board, the optical module, and the optical transmission equipment according to the embodiments of the present invention are described. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments and may be widely applied to a print circuit board having a resonator structure and a differential transmission line of a micro-strip line type. Although the print circuit board according to the present invention is the print circuit board provided in the optical transmission equipment and the optical module, the print circuit board may be provided in another equipment. In addition, although in the print circuit board according to the embodiments of the present invention, the case where the bit rate of the digital electric signal transmitted through each channel is 25.78 Gbit/s is described, it is not limited to such a bit rate and is suitable for a further higher bit rate.
While there have been described what are at present considered to be certain embodiments of the invention, it will be understood that various modifications may be made thereto, and it is intended that the appended claims cover all such modifications as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.
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This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/835,532, filed Dec. 8, 2017, which claims priority from Japanese application JP 2016-245394, filed on Dec. 19, 2016, the content contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference into this application.
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