Thermally decoupled signal transmission lines
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSamuel R. Connor, Matthew Doyle, Matteo Cocchini, Layne A. Berge
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Abstract
A thermally decoupled signal transmission line includes a first segment and a second segment. Each of the first and second segments has an elongated body including a signal conductor, at least one reference plane, and a dielectric interposed between the signal conductor and the at least one reference plane. The first segment and second segments abut at a joint. At the joint, the dielectric in at least one of the first and second segments thermally and electrically insulates the signal conductor in the first segment from the signal conductor in the second segment.
Claims18
A thermally decoupled signal transmission line, comprising:
- a first segment and a second segment, wherein:
- each of the first and second segments has an elongated body including a signal conductor, at least one reference plane, and a dielectric interposed between the signal conductor and the at least one reference plane;
- the first segment and second segments abut at a joint;
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- the dielectric in at least one of the first and second segments thermally and electrically insulates the signal conductor in the first segment from the signal conductor in the second segment.
A method, comprising:
- providing a first segment and a second segment of a thermally decoupled signal transmission line, wherein each of the first and second segments has an elongated body including a signal conductor, at least one reference plane, and a dielectric interposed between the signal conductor and the at least one reference plane;
- assembling the first segment and second segments to abut at a joint, such that the dielectric in at least one of the first and second segments thermally and electrically insulates the signal conductor in the first segment from the signal conductor in the second segment;
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- retaining the first and second segments in fixed relation.
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