PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15923494
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["361", "748000"]

Abstract:
A printed circuit board includes a differential signal via pairs to route differential signal between layers of the printed circuit board. A first differential signal via pair is oriented in a first orientation and a second differential signal via pair is oriented perpendicular to the first orientation. The second differential signal via pair is located such that a midpoint of a first line segment drawn between centers of first and second vias of the second differential signal pair intersects a first ray drawn from a center of a first via of the first differential signal via pair through a center of a second via of the first differential signal via pair. Further, the second differential signal via pair is located such that the midpoint of the first line segment is at a characteristic via-to-via pitch distance for the printed circuit board from the center of the second via of the first differential signal via pair.

Claim (Index 11):
A method for routing differential signals on a printed circuit board, the method comprising:\n providing a first differential signal via pair to route a first differential signal from a first layer of the printed circuit board to a second layer of the printed circuit board, wherein the first differential signal via pair is oriented on the printed circuit board in a first orientation, and first and second vias of the first differential signal via pair are spaced apart from each other at a characteristic via-to-via pitch distance for the printed circuit board; providing a second differential signal via pair to route a second differential signal from the first layer to the second layer, wherein the second differential signal via pair is oriented on the printed circuit board in a second orientation that is perpendicular to the first orientation, and first and second vias of the second differential signal via pair are spaced apart from each other at the characteristic via-to-via pitch distance; locating the second differential signal via pair such that a midpoint of a first line segment drawn between centers of the first and second vias of the second differential signal pair intersects a first ray drawn from a center of the first via of the first differential signal via pair through a center of the second via of the first differential signal via pair; locating the second differential signal via pair such that the midpoint of the first line segment is at the characteristic via-to-via pitch distance from the center of the second via of the first differential signal via pair; locating a first ground via such that a center of the first ground via is at the characteristic via-to-via pitch distance from the center of the second via of the first differential signal via pair and is located to a first side of the first ray; and locating a second around via located such that a center of the second ground via is at the characteristic via-to-via pitch distance from the center of the second via of the first differential signal via pair and is located to a second side of the first ray.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.26531
- Patent Class: 361.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15627018', '12107970', '13607281', '13607298', '15792953']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8327471858217802
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4646291714953136
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7959353843891335
- Mean Citation Score: 187.331
- Max Citation Score: 204.0221
- Similarity Product: 173.25131318868398

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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