Patent GB-1382013-A (GB)
Title: Corsstalk reducing printed circuit board for a switching network
IPC: H01R13/6469
Filed: 1973-04-24
Abstract: 1382013 Printed circuit component assemblies PHILIPS ELECTRONIC & ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES Ltd 24 April 1973 [27 April 1972] 19267/73 Heading H1R A printed circuit board for a switching network comprises printed connections for plural switching members of the board; the connections arranged so that operation of each switching member derives a selected four wire signal path, in which at the location of certain switching members a crossover is provided between two printed tracks; such crossovers being arranged in relation to the switching member connections such that each selected four wire signal path includes one or more crossovers so that cross talk is reduced in the signal path. A printed circuit board 25 (Fig. 1) carries printed tracks of a switching network on both upper and lower surfaces interconnected by plated through holes and comprising eight switching members (not shown) each of the kind shown in Fig. 2, which may, e.g. be reed relays having four contacts 32 to 35 closed in the active state to interconnect terminals 36 to 39 with 40 to 43. These are positioned at locations 17 to 24 in Fig. 1 where eight interconnections, e.g. 17-6 to 17-13 are provided for connection, e.g. to terminals 36 to 43. The board has four groups 0-1 to 0-4 of each four input terminals and two groups 0-5, 0-6 of four output terminals capable of random interconnection; the switching locations being disposed in two rows respectively comprising locations 17 to 20 and 21 to 24; the switching members of locating 17, 21; 18, 22; 19, 23; 20, 24 being pair connected to input groups 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 0-4 respectively over conductor pairs 1, 2; 3, 4; 5, 6; 7, 8; each of which comprises printed tracks 1-1, 1-2; 2-1, 2-2; 3-1, 3-2; 4-1, 4-2; 5-1, 5-2; 6-1, 6-2; 7-1, 7-2; 8-1, 8-2 respectively. On the opposite side the switching members at locations 17 to and 21 to 24 are connected by rows over two pairs of conductors 9, 10; 11, 12 respectively; each comprising two printed tracks 9-1, 9-2; 10-1, 10-2; 11-1, 11-2 and 12-1, 12-2; to two conductor pairs 13, 14 each comprising two printed tracks 13-1, 13-2; 14-1; 14-2; 15-1, 15-2; 16-1, 16-2 respectively joined to output terminal groups 0-5, 0-6. Parallelism of conductors 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and conductors 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 lead to cross talk between odd and even pairs and vice versa, which is reduced by interconnection crossovers midway along the signal paths of the pairs to phase oppose the cross talk signals. The tracks 1-1, 1-2 and 2-1, 2-2 are connected at location 17 over interconnections 17-14 to 17-17 and tracks 17-1 to 17-4 to interconnections 17-6 to 17-9 while 13-1, 13-2 are connected to interconnections 17-10, 17-11 and track 14 is connected over interconnection 17-18 and track 10-2 to interconnections 17-13. Track 14-2 is directly connected to interconnection 17-12. Thus when switching member at location 17 is active, pair 1 is crossover connected to pair 14 and pair 2 is connected without crossover to pair 13. Pairs 1, 2 are of identical length with pairs 13, 14 so that crosstalk signals in the 4 wire path between input 0-1 and output 0-5 are eliminated. Also at location 18 tracks 3-1, 3-2; 4-1, 4-2 are interconnected over 18-14 and 18-17; tracks 18-1 to 18-4 to interconnections 18-6 to 18-9; and 18-10 to 18-13 are connected over tracks 9-1, 9-2; 10-1, 10-2 to interconnections 17-10 to 17-13; thus when the switching member at 18 is active the 4- wire path between input 0-2 and output 0-5 is completed; pair 3 being connected directly at location 17 over conductor pair 9 to conductor pair 17 while pair 4 is crossover connected over pair 10 to pair 14. Pairs 3, 4 are of identical length to pairs 13, 14 so that crosstalk is eliminated. No cross talk is however compensated between the parts of pairs 9, 10 between locations 17, 18 so that tracks 9-1, 9-2 are widely spaced from tracks 10-1, 10-2. Also at location 19 tracks 5-1, 5-2 are connected to interconnections 19-6, 19-7 over interconnections 19-14, 19-15 and tracks 19-1, 19-2 while track 6-1 is connected over interconnection 19-17 and track 19-4 to interconnection 19-9; track 6-2 being connected over interconnection 19-16 and track 19-3 to interconnection 19-16. A crossover connection is provided at location 18 by additional interconnection 18-18 and track 10-2 is continued over interconnection 18-13 to the upper surface to cross track 19-1 on the lower surface and returning to the upper surface over interconnection 18-18. Thus there are connections between 19-12 and 19-13 over tracks 10-2 and 10-1 to interconnections 17-13 and 17-12 and between tracks 9-1 and 9-2 and interconnections 17-10 and 17-11. When the switch at location 19 is active, a 4- wire path exists between input 0À3 and output 0-5; pair 5 being directly connected over pair 19 to pair 13 and pair 6 being crossover connected to pair 10 having a crossover at location 18 and connected without crossover to pair 14. Thus pair 5 is connected to pair 6 on one side similarly to the connection between pairs 9, 10 of locations 17, 18, but on the other side in an opposite manner to the connection between pairs 13, 14 and pairs 9, 10. Pairs 9, 10 between locations 17, 18 are of equal length to those pairs between 18, 19; and pairs 6, 6 are of equal length to pairs 13, 14 so that the crosstalk therebetween is eleminated. Pairs of tracks 7-1, 7-2; 8-1, 8-2 are connected at location 20 to interconnections 20-6 to 2-9 and interconnections 20-10 to 20-13 are connected to pairs of tracks 9-1, 9-2; 10-2, 10-1 in a similar manner to the connections at location 9 between pairs of traces 5-1, 5-2; 6-1, 6-2 and interconnections 19-6 to 19-9 and to the connections between 19-10 to 19-13 and tracks 9-1, 9-2 and 10-2, 10-1. Thus when switch in location 20 is active a 4 wire signal path exists between input 0-4 and output 0-5 wherein crosstalk is eliminated except insofar as conductors 9-10 between locations 9-20; which are consequently spaced widely apart. Pairs 1 to 4 are coupled to switches in locations 21, 22 similarly to the connection of pairs 5 to 8 and the switches in locations 19-20 and pairs 5 to 8 are coupled to switches in locations 23, 24 similarly to the connections of pairs 1 to 4 and the switches in locations 17, 18. The switches in locations 21 to 24 are interconnected over pairs 11, 12 similarly to the connections between switches in locations 17, 20 over pairs 9, 10; pairs 12 having a crossover at location 22 over interconnections 22 to 18. At location 23, pairs 15, 16 connected to outputs 0 to 6 are also connected to pairs 11, 12. When a switching member at location. 21 to 24 is activated, a 4-wire path is set up between the input terminal group of the switch and output terminal group 0 to 6 without crosstalk.