Patent ID: 8330047

Claim:
A printed circuit board comprising: a conductive substrate; a first insulating layer formed on said conductive substrate; a first wiring trace formed on said first insulating layer; a first ground trace formed on said first insulating layer so as to extend along the first wiring trace on one side of the first wiring trace with a spacing therebetween and configured to be held at a ground potential; a second insulating layer formed on said first insulating layer to cover said first wiring trace and said first ground trace; a second wiring trace formed on said second insulating layer; and a third insulating layer formed on said second insulating layer to cover said second wiring trace, wherein said first wiring trace and said second wiring trace are arranged to overlap each other with part of said second insulating layer sandwiched therebetween, said first and second wiring traces constitute a first signal line pair that is configured to suppress occurrence of a difference between an impedance of the first wiring trace and an impedance of the second wiring trace and to transmit a differential signal, a width of said second wiring trace is set larger than a width of said first wiring trace, at least a partial region of said first ground trace and at least a partial region of said second wiring trace are arranged to overlap each other with part of said second insulating layer sandwiched therebetween.