# US 12,183,758 B2 · Circuit board, semiconductor device, and electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,183,758 B2 - Document ID: US12183758B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/309,987 - Filed: 2020-01-09 - Published: 2022-05-26 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2019-01-22 - Assignees: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation - Applicants: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation - Inventors: Takashi Miyamoto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12183758B2 ## CPC - H10F 39/811: {Interconnections} - H05K 1/02: Details - H05K 3/46: Manufacturing multilayer circuits - H10F 39/12: Image sensors - H10F 39/802: {Geometry or disposition of elements in pixels, e.g. address-lines or gate electrodes} - H10P 14/40: of conductive or resistive materials - H10W 20/01: {Manufacture or treatment} - H10W 20/40: Interconnections external to wafers or substrates, e.g. back-end-of-line [BEOL] metallisations or vias connecting to gate electrodes - H10F: INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - H10P: GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10 - H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10 ## Abstract Provided is a circuit board comprising a first conductor periodically arranged with a first periodic width in a first region, a second conductor periodically arranged with a second periodic width in the first region, a third conductor periodically arranged with a third periodic width in a second region, and a fourth conductor periodically arranged with a fourth periodic width in the second region. The first periodic width and the second periodic width, and the third periodic width and the fourth periodic width are in a rational number relationship, the first periodic width and the fourth periodic width are same or substantially same, the first region and the second region have a conductor structure mirror-symmetrical or substantially mirror-symmetrical in a first direction. A first power supply is connected to the first conductor and the third conductor and a second power supply is connected to the second conductor and the fourth conductor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A circuit board, comprising: a first conductor periodically arranged with a first periodic width in a first region; a second conductor periodically arranged with a second periodic width in the first region; a third conductor periodically arranged with a third periodic width in a second region different from the first region; and a fourth conductor periodically arranged with a fourth periodic width in the second region, wherein the first periodic width and the second periodic width are in a first rational number relationship, the third periodic width and the fourth periodic width are in a second rational number relationship, the first periodic width and the fourth periodic width are same or substantially same, the first region and the second region have a conductor structure which is mirror-symmetrical or substantially mirror-symmetrical in a first direction, the first conductor and the second conductor in the first region are one of diagonal conductors or stepped conductors arranged at a first angle with respect to the first direction, the third conductor and the fourth conductor in the second region are one of the diagonal conductors or the stepped conductors arranged at a second angle with respect to the first direction, the first angle is more than 0° and lesser than 90°, the second angle is more than −90° and lesser than 0°, an absolute value of the first angle and an absolute angle of the second angle are same or substantially same, a first power supply is connected to the first conductor and the third conductor, a second power supply is connected to the second conductor and the fourth conductor, and the first power supply and the second power supply have different voltage values. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The circuit board according to claim 1, wherein a first sum of first conductive areas within a first range of the first conductor and the third conductor connected to the first power supply, and a second sum of second conductive areas within a second range of the second conductor and the fourth conductor connected to the second power supply are same or substantially same. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The circuit board according to claim 1, wherein a first sum of first conductor widths within a first range of the first conductor and the third conductor connected to the first power supply, and a second sum of second conductor widths within a second range of the second conductor and the fourth conductor connected to the second power supply are same or substantially same. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The circuit board according to claim 1, wherein the first conductor is periodically arranged with the first periodic width in a direction orthogonal to the first angle, the second conductor is periodically arranged with the second periodic width in the direction orthogonal to the first angle, the third conductor is periodically arranged with the third periodic width in a direction orthogonal to the second angle, and the fourth conductor is periodically arranged with the fourth periodic width in the direction orthogonal to the second angle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The circuit board according to claim 1, wherein the first region and the second region further have the conductor structure which is mirror-symmetrical or substantially mirror-symmetrical in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The circuit board according to claim 1, wherein the first conductor, the second conductor, the third conductor and the fourth conductor are in a same first conductor layer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The circuit board according to claim 1, wherein each of the first conductor, the second conductor, the third conductor and the fourth conductor is at least one of a linear conductor or a rectangular conductor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The circuit board according to claim 1, wherein each of the first conductor, the second conductor, the third conductor and the fourth conductor is at least one of a reticulated conductor or a planar conductor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The circuit board according to claim 1, wherein the first conductor and the fourth conductor are reticulated conductors, and the second conductor and the third conductor are non-reticulated conductors. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The circuit board according to claim 1, wherein the first conductor and the third conductor are mirror-symmetrically or substantially mirror-symmetrically arranged in the first direction, and the second conductor and the fourth conductor are mirror-symmetrically or substantially mirror-symmetrically arranged in the first direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The circuit board according to claim 1, wherein the first conductor and the fourth conductor are mirror-symmetrically or substantially mirror-symmetrically arranged in the first direction, and the second conductor and the third conductor are mirror-symmetrically or substantially mirror-symmetrically arranged in the first direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The circuit board according to claim 1, wherein the first region and the second region are continuously arranged without a gap between the first region and the second region. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The circuit board according to claim 1, wherein the first region and the second region are discontinuously arranged with a gap between the first region and the second region. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The circuit board according to claim 1, further comprising a conductor group at a position that overlaps with at least a part of the first region and at least a part of the second region as viewed from the first direction and a third direction, wherein the third direction is orthogonal to a second direction, and the second direction is orthogonal to the first direction. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The circuit board according to claim 14, wherein the conductor group is one of a control line configured to control a transistor of a pixel or a signal line configured to transmit a pixel signal. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The circuit board according to claim 14, wherein the conductor group is includes two or more conductors periodically arranged with a fifth periodic width in the second direction, and the two or more conductors are longer in the first direction than in the second direction. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The circuit board according to claim 16, further comprising a circuit configured to selectively switch at least one conductor from the two or more conductors of the conductor group. ### Claim 18 A semiconductor device, comprising: a circuit board including: a first conductor periodically arranged with a first periodic width in a first region; a second conductor periodically arranged with a second periodic width in the first region; a third conductor periodically arranged with a third periodic width in a second region different from the first region; and a fourth conductor periodically arranged with a fourth periodic width in the second region, wherein the first periodic width and the second periodic width are in a first rational number relationship, the third periodic width and the fourth periodic width are in a second rational number relationship, the first periodic width and the fourth periodic width are same or substantially same, the first region and the second region have a conductor structure which is mirror-symmetrical or substantially mirror-symmetrical in a first direction, the first conductor and the second conductor in the first region are one of diagonal conductors or stepped conductors arranged at a first angle with respect to the first direction, the third conductor and the fourth conductor in the second region are one of the diagonal conductors or the stepped conductors arranged at a second angle with respect to the first direction, the first angle is more than 0° and lesser than 90°, the second angle is more than −90° and lesser than 0°, an absolute value of the first angle and an absolute angle of the second angle are same or substantially same, a first power supply is connected to the first conductor and the third conductor, a second power supply is connected to the second conductor and the fourth conductor, and the first power supply and the second power supply have different voltage values. ### Claim 19 An electronic device, comprising: a semiconductor device including a circuit board, wherein the circuit board includes: a first conductor periodically arranged with a first periodic width in a first region; a second conductor periodically arranged with a second periodic width in the first region; a third conductor periodically arranged with a third periodic width in a second region different from the first region; and a fourth conductor periodically arranged with a fourth periodic width in the second region, wherein the first periodic width and the second periodic width are in a first rational number relationship, the third periodic width and the fourth periodic width are in a second rational number relationship, the first periodic width and the fourth periodic width are same or substantially same, the first region and the second region have a conductor structure which is mirror-symmetrical or substantially mirror-symmetrical in a first direction, the first conductor and the second conductor in the first region are one of diagonal conductors or stepped conductors arranged at a first angle with respect to the first direction, the third conductor and the fourth conductor in the second region are one of the diagonal conductors or the stepped conductors arranged at a second angle with respect to the first direction, the first angle is more than 0° and lesser than 90°, the second angle is more than −90° and lesser than 0°, an absolute value of the first angle and an absolute angle of the second angle are same or substantially same, a first power supply is connected to the first conductor and the third conductor, a second power supply is connected to the second conductor and the fourth conductor, and the first power supply and the second power supply have different voltage values.