Via Technologies, Inc.

Via Technologyies, Inc.

Shu-Hui Chen

Nai-Shung Chang

Tsai-Sheng Chen

Chia-Hsing Yu

Ching-Fu Chuang

Hsiu-Wen Ho

Hsiu-Tzu Chen

Chia-Hsing Yuo

This invention relates to a layout structure for providing stable power supply to a four-layer motherboard and a main bridge chip substrate. In the invention, on the top signal layer and power path of the bottom solder layer for layout of the main bridge chip and on the power ring, the decoupling capacitors are connected in between the ground bonding pads/solder balls and the power bonding pads/solder balls of the power paths and power rings, so as to provide a stable power supply for the operation of the main bridge chip. In this invention, the ground bonding pad/solder ball connected with each power bonding pad/solder ball can be the closest ground bonding pad/solder ball to the power bonding pad/solder ball. In addition, in the embodiment of the main bridge chip substrate, decoupling capacitors can be disposed at four corners of the power ring or underneath the bonding wires, or can be packaged inside the molding compound.

Layout structure for providing stable power source to a main bridge chip substrate and a motherboard

A layout structure of a central processing unit (CPU) that supports two different package techniques, comprising a motherboard that comprises the layout structure and a layout method. The layout structure of the preferred embodiment according to the present invention from up to down sequentially places a top signal layer, a grounded layer, a power layer having a grounded potential, and a bottom solder layer in the area where the signals of the CPU are coupled to the signals of the control chip, so that the signals that are placed on the bottom solder layer can refer to a grounded potential area of the power layer. Therefore, part of signals of the CPU that are coupled to the control chip can be placed on the bottom solder layer. Since the preferred embodiment of the present invention provides more flexibility in the placement design, a layout structure that supports the Pentium IV CPUs of different package techniques can be designed on the motherboard of the 4 layers stack structure, and these two CPUs can be supported by the same control chip.

Layout structure and method for supporting two different package techniques of CPU

A chipset to support multiple CPU's and a layout method thereof. Those independent signal lines for delivering high frequency clock signals of the chipset are isolated from using by other signals without being multiplexed. Trace length of the independent signal line is shorter than that of the others. The spaces between the independent signal line and others are also larger than that between other signal lines. Signal transmission quality is significantly upgraded because the high frequency clock signal is not multiplexed and isolated from others.

Chipset supporting multiple CPU's and layout method thereof

The present invention is a placement that is utilized in a 4 layers motherboard and a main bridge chip substrate. The layout adds a placement of the power rings and the power paths on the top signal layer and the bottom solder layer of the main bridge chip on the motherboard, the second layer and the third layer are planned as grounded layers, so that all signals on the top signal layer and the bottom solder layer on the motherboard can easily refer to the grounded layer. The layout of the power ring and the power path on the top signal layer on the motherboard is symmetrical to the layout of the power ring and the power path on the bottom solder layer on the motherboard, and all power paths couple to the corresponding power rings. The power bonding pads/solder balls are arranged on the area where the power rings and the power paths pass through, and the moderate quantity of the grounded bonding pads are arranged on the both sides of the power paths. Regarding to the layout of the main bridge chip substrate, the power of the graphics module, memory, subaltern bridge and APG are placed on the third layer and the bottom layer of the main bridge chip substrate. Moreover, more vias are provided to couple to the power paths.

Power layout structure of main bridge chip substrate and motherboard

A layout structure of a central processing unit (CPU) that supports two different package techniques, having a motherboard that comprising the layout structure and a layout method. The layout structure of the preferred embodiment according to the present invention from up to down sequentially placed a top signal layer, a grounded layer, a power layer having an operating potential area and a grounded potential area, and a bottom solder layer in the area where the signals of the CPU are coupled to the signals of the control chip, so that the signals that are placed on the bottom solder layer can refer to a grounded potential area of the power layer.

A solder ball allocation on a chip, and a method of the same are provided. The chip has a substrate, first solder balls and second solder balls. The first solder balls are located on a periphery of the substrate and arranged outwardly. The second solder balls are located in a central part of the substrate and arranged with several first geometric patterns that construct a second geometric pattern. The first geometric patterns are also arranged to divide the chip into several power source blocks. The conflict between the second solder balls and the power source blocks are analyzed to remove the second solder balls with conflicts. The power line can go through the middle directly to avoid the power source bypass, or other reasons that cause the chip unable to work stable. The invention divides the chip into several power source blocks without increase the chip volume and cost.

Solder ball allocation on a chip and method of the same

A circuit sub-board for regulating constant power source and strengthening ground connections. The circuit sub-board is a double-layered printed circuit board having a large surface power-source layer and a ground-connection layer. The circuit sub-board is utilized to cover the insufficiently ground-covered main board signaling lines as well as insufficiently ground-connected power and ground signaling lines on the main board. With the installation of the circuit sub-board, signals can be transmitted more reliably and with less interference.

PCB structure for regulating constant power source and strengthening ground connections

A trace layout of a printed circuit board (PCB) is provided with a north bridge, at least a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) slot, and an accelerate graphics port (AGP) slot. The PCB includes at least a first trace layer and a second trace layer under the first trace layer. The AGP slot is mounted between the north bridge and the PCI slot. The PCB further includes a number of first traces, and a number of second traces. The first traces are used for connecting the north bridge to the PCI slot while the second traces are used to connect the north bridge to the AGP slot. Some of the first traces are on the second trace layer under the AGP slot, while the other of the first traces are on the first trace layer or the second trace layer and trace aside the AGP slot. Most of the second traces are on the first trace layer and the other of the second traces are on the second trace layer.

Trace layout of a printed circuit board with AGP and PCI slots

A memory control system for controlling write-enable signals. The memory control system has a first memory slot having a write-enable pin thereon, a second memory slot having a first write-enable pin and a second write-enable pin thereon and a control chipset having a write-enable pin and a dual-purpose write-enable/memory-parity-data pin thereon. The write-enable pin of the control chipset is connected to the write-enable pin of the first memory slot and the first write-enable pin of the second memory slot. The write-enable/memory-parity-data pin of the control chipset is connected to the second write-enable pin of the second memory slot. In this invention, since the design of the write-enable system is more flexible, length of trace line on a computer board can be greatly reduced. In addition, the system permits the incorporation of one cycle (1T) timing into design of memory access commands.

Memory control system for controlling write-enable signals

An integrated circuit (IC) mounting board is provided for use to mount an IC module and as least one bypass capacitor thereon. The IC mounting board allows the layout of the wiring between the IC module and the circuit lines on the IC mounting board to be more convenient to carry out. Moreover, the IC mounting board allows the bypass capacitor to provide the bypass effect more effectively.

Integrated circuit mounting board with bypass capacitors

The present invention provides a computer motherboard having an Intel P54C compatible processor socket and a control chip having specifically arranged data pins and address pins which allows a short signal path arrangement from the processor socket to a cache tap RAM and a cache data RAM. The computer motherboard comprises a four-layer printed circuit board, a processor socket, a cache data RAM, a cache tag RAM, and a control chip. All these components are connected by using a high-order-bit data bus, a low-order-bit data bus, and an address bus through the top and bottom layers of the circuit board. The cache data RAM is positioned on the right side of the processor socket. The control chip is positioned on the top side of the cache data RAM and on the top-right side of the processor socket. It comprises an address section positioned at a bottom-middle portion of the control chip, a high-order-bit data section positioned at a bottom-right corner of the control chip, and a low-order-bit data section positioned at a bottom-left corner of the control chip. The cache tag RAM is positioned between the processor socket and the cache data RAM.

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