Patent ID: 7361994

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a conductive reference plane defining a non-conductive antipad area and a non-conductive area extending from the non-conductive antipad area in at least a first direction; a dielectric plane coupled to the conductive reference plane; a conductive via passing through the dielectric plane and the antipad area; a conductive pad connected to an end of the conductive via, the dielectric plane disposed between the conductive pad and the conductive plane; and a conductive trace coupled to the dielectric plane and connected to the conductive pad, wherein the conductive trace extends from the conductive pad in the first direction, wherein a first portion of the conductive trace is disposed above a portion of the non-conductive area, wherein the conductive trace comprises a second portion disposed above a conductive portion of the conductive reference plane, and wherein the first portion of the conductive trace is narrower than the second portion of the conductive trace.