Patent ID: 7022919

Claim:
A system, comprising: a printed circuit board comprising a reinforcement material embedded within a resin-based material, wherein the reinforcement material comprises strands arranged in a weave pattern, the strands of the weave pattern having a predetermined distance between any two strands; and a trace disposed on the printed circuit board, the trace for supplying a signal path between circuits residing on the printed circuit board, the trace comprising a number of mini-traces coupled so as to form a zigzag pattern, wherein one mini-trace of the number of mini-traces is disposed at an angle relative to one of the strands, the angle being selected so that the one mini trace crosses over a desired number of strands, the one mini-trace further having a calculated length defining a residual trace length for the one mini-trace length and selecting the number of mini-traces so that the residual trace length multiplied by the number is approximately an integer value, wherein the calculated length, the residual length, and the angle satisfy the following relationship: r ( L, d, φ):= d /(sin(φ))×fract( L x (sin(φ)/ d )), where L is the calculated length, d is the predetermined distance, φ is the angle and r is the residual length.