Patent ID: 8222535

Claim:
A circuit arrangement comprising: one or more signal layers; one or more ground layers; one or more voltage layers; one or more signal vias for connecting with the one or more signal layers; one or more ground vias for connecting with only the one or more ground layers; one or more voltage vias for connecting with only the one or more voltage layers; wherein at least one signal via of the one or more signal vias provides a signal path for a high-frequency (HF) signal current; wherein at least one ground via of the one or more ground vias and at least a voltage via of the one or more voltage vias provide return paths for return currents associated with the signal current; wherein the return path provided by the voltage via of the one or more voltage vias is connected with a voltage layer of the one or more voltage layers; and wherein at least one ground layer of the one or more ground layers is arranged between the voltage layer of the one or more voltage layers and each signal layer of the one or more signal layers.