WO2011127867A2 - 一种多层电路板及其制造方法 - Google Patents
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- H05K3/00—Apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits
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- H05K3/4611—Manufacturing multilayer circuits by laminating two or more circuit boards
- H05K3/4638—Aligning and fixing the circuit boards before lamination; Detecting or measuring the misalignment after lamination; Aligning external circuit patterns or via connections relative to internal circuits
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- H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
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- the present invention relates to the field of electronic communication technologies, and in particular, to a multilayer circuit board and a method of fabricating the same.
- Background Art In the fabrication process of a multilayer circuit board, since the multilayer circuit board includes a plurality of core boards stacked together, in the core board stacking process, especially when the number of core boards is large, stacking order disorder is apt to occur. For example: Originally, core A should be on the first layer and the result on the fifth.
- the inventors have found that the prior art has at least the following disadvantages: If the stacking order of the two core boards is wrong, the electrical network connection is usually normal, but the impedance or S-parameter of the trace will be affected during transmission. When the signal is present, there will be a signal anomaly and the crosstalk will increase. Summary of the invention
- Embodiments of the present invention provide a multilayer circuit board and a method of fabricating the same to reduce the error rate of the core board stack.
- Embodiments of the present invention provide the following aspects:
- the present invention provides an embodiment of a multilayer circuit board, comprising: a plurality of core boards stacked together, the core board comprising an insulating layer and at least one conductor layer disposed together
- the conductor layer includes an electric circuit
- the core board is provided with at least one identification conductor at an edge of the at least one conductor layer, and the identification conductor forms a logo pattern on a side surface of the core board along a stacking direction of the core board,
- the identification patterns of multiple core boards are different.
- the present invention also provides a method for fabricating a multilayer circuit board, comprising: processing a plurality of core plates, comprising: fabricating at least one conductor layer on each of the plurality of insulating layers, the guide The body layer includes a circuit located at a middle portion of the conductor layer, and an identification conductor at an edge of the conductor layer, the identification conductor of the core plate forming a logo pattern on a side along a stacking direction of the core board, the plurality of core boards
- the identification patterns are different; each of the plurality of core boards is identified according to the identification pattern of each of the plurality of core sheets, and each of the identified core boards is pressed The stacking sequence is stacked and pressed into a multilayer board.
- the identification conductors of the plurality of core plates are along the stacking direction of the core board.
- Different marking patterns are formed on the side surface.
- the stacking order can be arranged according to the identification pattern. After the stacking is completed, it is also easy to check whether the order of the core board stacking is wrong according to the identification pattern, and to find and eliminate the wrong stacking materials early, so as to avoid the stacking of the wrong semi-finished products, and proceed to the next step.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a core board in a multilayer circuit board of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a side view of a multilayer circuit board along a stacking direction of a core board according to the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a side view of another multilayer circuit board along a stacking direction of a core board according to the present invention
- FIG. 5 is a schematic flow chart of a method for fabricating a multilayer circuit board according to the present invention.
- the present invention is not limited by the embodiments of the present invention. As shown in FIG.
- the present invention provides an embodiment of a multilayer circuit board, comprising: a plurality of core boards 1 stacked together, the core board 1 comprising an insulating layer and at least one conductor layer laminated together
- the conductor layer includes a circuit
- the core board is provided with at least one identification conductor at an edge of at least one layer of the conductor layer
- the marking conductor 11 forms a marking pattern on a side surface of the core board along a stacking direction of the core board, and the marking pattern of the plurality of core boards is on a side of the multilayer circuit board along a core board stacking direction Different.
- the identification conductors of the plurality of core plates form different identification patterns on the side along the stacking direction of the core board, in the multilayer circuit board
- the stacking order can be arranged according to the identification pattern. After the stacking is completed, it is also easy to check whether the order of the core board stacking is wrong according to the logo pattern, and to find and eliminate the wrong stacking materials early, so as to avoid the semi-finished products with the wrong core stack stacking, and proceed to the next process.
- the multi-layer circuit board is completed, during the inspection of the finished product, it is possible to check whether the order of the core board stacking is in error according to the logo pattern, and to find and reject the unqualified multi-layer circuit board early.
- the marking conductor is simple in structure, and it is only necessary to arrange the marking conductor at the edge of the conductor layer when the conductor layer is arranged for the core board, and the processing procedure of the multilayer circuit board is not increased, and the processing is simple and convenient.
- the core board may include an insulating layer and a conductor layer which are attached together, or an insulating layer and two conductor layers which are laminated together, the insulating layer Located between the two layers of conductor layers.
- the identification pattern is a pattern of the identification conductors on a side of the core board along a stacking direction of the core sheets.
- at least one identification conductor may be disposed at an edge position of one side of at least one conductor layer of the core board, such that one side of the multilayer circuit board along the stacking direction of the core board A plurality of logo graphics are formed.
- the identification conductor may be disposed at an edge position of the plurality of side edges of the at least one conductor layer of the core board, such that the plurality of circuit boards are along the stacking direction of the core board.
- the logo is formed on the side.
- the identification conductor is formed with a logo pattern on a plurality of sides of the core board along the core board stacking direction.
- the plurality of identification patterns formed by the same core sheets on a plurality of sides along the stacking direction of the core sheets may be different, so as to distinguish the respective side edges of the core sheets when the core sheets are stacked.
- the identification conductors of the plurality of core plates constituting a multilayer circuit board may be located on different sides. Thus, the plurality of sides of the multilayer circuit board along the core stacking direction have identification patterns.
- the identification pattern of the partial core board is located on one side of the multilayer circuit board, and the identification pattern of the other part of the core board is located on the other side of the multilayer circuit board.
- the length of the identification conductor may be determined according to the ratio of the length of the core plate to the width of the plate, for example, may be greater than or equal to 2 mm. If the core board is detected by the naked eye for stacking errors, the length of the marking conductor can be recognized by the naked eye as a minimum requirement. If the test is performed by the test equipment, the test device can recognize that the identification conductor is the minimum requirement.
- the identification conductor may have a width of 5 to 10 mils or even less.
- the principle is not to obstruct the circuit arrangement of the intermediate portion of the conductor layer.
- the marking conductor may be a copper skin, the copper skin may be a non-functional copper skin, and the non-functional copper skin means a copper skin without a circuit.
- the identification patterns of the plurality of core plates are different, and can be implemented as follows: the color of the identification patterns located on different core boards is different; or
- the number of logo patterns located on different core boards is different; or The identification patterns of the different core boards are different in length from the ends of the side edges; or the identification patterns on the different core boards are located at: different sides of the multilayer circuit board along the stacking direction of the core sheets.
- the number of the identification patterns of the core boards located in the different layers may be different. As shown in FIG. 2 or 3, the number of the identification conductors of the core board is according to the core board in the multilayer circuit. The number of layers of the board is set. For example: If the core board A is located on the fifth layer starting from the top core board of the multilayer circuit board, the core board A can be provided with five identification conductors.
- the identification patterns of each layer of core sheets are unequal in size.
- the identification patterns of each layer of core sheets are substantially equal.
- the implementation manners of the identification patterns of the core boards of the different layers being different from the lengths of the ends of the side edges may be: as shown in FIG. 4, the identification patterns of the plurality of core boards stacked together are on the multi-layer circuit board On the side of the core, a diagonal line is formed. During the process of stacking the core plates, it can be easily judged whether the stacking order of the core plates is wrong.
- the multilayer circuit board may be a backplane, or a single board or the like.
- the present invention further provides an embodiment of a method for fabricating a multilayer circuit board, including: Step 101: processing a plurality of core boards, comprising: fabricating at least one conductor layer on each of the plurality of insulating layers, The conductor layer includes a circuit located at a middle portion of the conductor layer, and an identification conductor at an edge of the conductor layer, the identification conductor of the core plate forming a logo pattern on a side along a stacking direction of the core board, the plurality of core boards The logo graphics are different.
- Step 102 Identify each of the plurality of core boards according to an identification pattern of each of the plurality of core boards, and perform each of the identified core boards in a stacking order Stacked, laminated to a multilayer board.
- - g - in the embodiment of the invention by arranging the identification conductors at the edges of the conductor layers, the identification conductors of the plurality of core plates form different identification patterns on the sides along the stacking direction of the core sheets, In the manufacturing process of a multilayer circuit board, for example: During the inner layer processing stage, when stacking the core boards, the stacking order can be arranged according to the identification pattern.
- the multi-layer circuit board is completed, during the inspection of the finished product, it is possible to check whether the order of the core board stacking is in error according to the logo pattern, and to find and reject the unqualified multi-layer circuit board early.
- the marking conductor is simple in structure, and it is only necessary to arrange the marking conductor at the edge of the conductor layer when the conductor layer is arranged for the core board, and the processing procedure of the multilayer circuit board is not increased, and the processing is simple and convenient.
- the stacking sequence may be a stacking sequence in which the plurality of core boards are predetermined according to the function and circuit connection relationship of each core board.
- the length of the identification conductor may be determined according to the ratio of the length of the core plate to the width of the plate, for example, may be greater than or equal to 2 mm. If the core board is detected by the naked eye for stacking errors, the length of the marking conductor can be recognized by the naked eye as a minimum requirement. If the test is performed by the test equipment, the test equipment can recognize that the identification conductor is the minimum requirement.
- the identification conductor may have a width of 5 to 10 mils or even less. It is based on the principle that the circuit arrangement in the middle of the conductor layer is not hindered.
- the marking conductor may be a copper skin, the copper skin may be a non-functional copper skin, and the non-functional copper skin means a copper skin without a circuit.
- the identification patterns of the plurality of core plates are different, and can be implemented as follows: the color of the identification patterns located on different core boards is different; or
- the number of identification patterns on different core boards is different; or the identification patterns on different core boards are different in length from the end of the side; or The identification patterns on the different core boards are located at: different sides of the multilayer circuit board in the direction in which the core sheets are stacked.
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