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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1998
Steven Frederick Arndt, Endwell, NY (US);
Mark Budman, Vestal, NY (US);
James Richard Stack, Endicott, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A printed circuit board having a signal plane with increased channel width for enhanced wireability. The printed circuit board has a top plane having component lands arranged in a grid, wherein the component lands include a first grouping arranged in a first diagonal, and a second grouping arranged in a second diagonal where the second diagonal is parallel and adjacent to the first diagonal, a plurality of offset lands placed within the first diagonal between the component lands therein, and a plurality of electrical connectors electrically coupling component lands in the second diagonal to adjacent offset lands in the first diagonal.