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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Timothy D. Wig, Northborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/18 (2006.01); H01R 13/6471 (2011.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/6471 (2013.01); H01R 12/718 (2013.01);
Abstract
A circuit board is provided including a top ground plane, a bottom ground plane, and a pin field of a connector with a plurality of pins that includes a plurality of differential pin pairs, one or more ground pins, and one or more sideband pins. At least a particular one of the sideband pins is positioned within the pin field adjacent to a first pin of a first one of the differential pin pairs. One or more ground vias are provided on the circuit board positioned to correspond to the particular sideband pin.