Compact routing package for high frequency isolation
Systems, methods, and devices for a ball grid array with non-linear conductive routing are described herein. Systems include a printed circuit board, a microprocessor, a ball grid array, and a substrate. The ball grid array includes a first solder ball and a second solder ball. The substrate includes a non-linear conductive routing electrically coupling the first solder ball and the second solder ball. The non-linear conductive routing includes a first routing section connected to the first solder ball, and a second routing section connected to the second solder ball. The non-linear conductive routing further includes a third routing section connected to the first routing section, and a fourth routing section connected to the third routing section, wherein each of the third routing section and the fourth routing section are rotational routing sections configured to flow current in a first rotational direction.
1. A system comprising:
a printed circuit board; and
a microprocessor, comprising a ball grid array and a substrate, coupled on the printed circuit board, and wherein:
the ball grid array comprises;
a first solder ball;
a second solder ball; and
the substrate comprises a non-linear conductive routing electrically coupling the first solder ball and the second solder ball, the non-linear conductive routing comprising, at least:
a first routing section connected to the first solder ball;
a second routing section connected to the second solder ball and non-linearly coupled to the first routing section, wherein the first solder ball and the second solder ball are separated by at least a portion of a first area, and wherein the non-linear conductive routing is non-linearly disposed within the first area;
a third routing section connected to the first routing section; and
a fourth routing section connected to the third routing section, disposed within the third routing section, and coupled to the second routing section, wherein each of the third routing section and the fourth routing section are rotational routing sections configured to flow current in a first rotational direction.
2. The ball grid array of claim 1 , wherein the non-linear conductive routing comprises at least four changes of routing a direction.
3. The ball grid array of claim 1 , wherein at least a first portion of the third routing section is substantially parallel to a second portion of the fourth routing section.
4. The ball grid array of claim 3 , wherein the third routing section comprises a third rotational first section, a third rotational second section, a third rotational third section, and a third rotational fourth section, wherein the fourth rotational routing section comprises a fourth rotational first section, a fourth rotational second section, a fourth rotational third section, and a fourth rotational fourth section.
5. The ball grid array of claim 4 , wherein the third rotational first section is parallel to the fourth rotational first section, the third rotational second section is parallel to the fourth rotational second section, the third rotational third section is parallel to the fourth rotational third section, and the third rotational fourth section is parallel to the fourth rotational fourth section.
6. The ball grid array of claim 1 , wherein the non-linear conductive routing is configured to increase mutual inductance between the third routing section and the fourth routing section.
7. The ball grid array of claim 1 , wherein the first solder ball and the second solder ball are separated by a first linear distance, and wherein the non-linear conductive routing comprises a second distance greater than the first linear distance.
8. A ball grid array comprising;
a first solder ball;
a second solder ball; and
a non-linear conductive routing electrically coupling the first solder ball and the second solder ball and comprising, at least:
a first routing section connected to the first solder ball;
a second routing section connected to the second solder ball and non-linearly coupled to the first routing section, wherein the first solder ball and the second solder ball are separated by at least a portion of a first area, and wherein the non-linear conductive routing is non-linearly disposed within the first area;
a third routing section connected to the first routing section; and
a fourth routing section connected to the third routing section, disposed within the third routing section, and coupled to the second routing section, wherein each of the third routing section and the fourth routing section are rotational routing sections configured to flow current in a first rotational direction.
9. The ball grid array of claim 8 , wherein the non-linear conductive routing comprises at least four changes of routing a direction.
10. The ball grid array of claim 8 , wherein the non-linear conductive routing is a portion of a substrate.
11. The ball grid array of claim 10 , wherein the substrate comprises a first layer and a second layer, and wherein the substrate is a portion of a microprocessor.
12. The ball grid array of claim 11 , wherein all of the non-linear conductive routing is disposed within the first layer.
13. The ball grid array of claim 8 , wherein at least a first portion of the third routing section is substantially parallel to a second portion of the fourth routing section.
14. The ball grid array of claim 13 , wherein the third routing section comprises a third rotational first section, a third rotational second section, a third rotational third section, and a third rotational fourth section, wherein the fourth rotational routing section comprises a fourth rotational first section, a fourth rotational second section, a fourth rotational third section, and a fourth rotational fourth section.
15. The ball grid array of claim 14 , wherein the third rotational first section is parallel to the fourth rotational first section, the third rotational second section is parallel to the fourth rotational second section, the third rotational third section is parallel to the fourth rotational third section, and the third rotational fourth section is parallel to the fourth rotational fourth section.
16. The ball grid array of claim 8 , wherein the non-linear conductive routing is configured to increase mutual inductance between the third routing section and the fourth routing section.
17. The ball grid array of claim 8 , wherein the first solder ball and the second solder ball are separated by a first linear distance, and wherein the non-linear conductive routing comprises a second distance greater than the first linear distance.
18. A method comprising;
communicating an electrical signal with a first solder ball, wherein the first solder ball is electrically coupled, via a non-linear conductive routing, with a second solder ball, wherein the first solder ball and the second solder ball are separated by at least a portion of a first area, wherein the non-linear conductive routing comprises a plurality of rotational routing sections, each rotational routing section configured to flow current in a first rotational direction, and wherein the non-linear conductive routing is non-linearly disposed within the first area; and
generating, based on a shape of the non-linear conductive routing, a mutual inductance to electromagnetically isolate the first solder ball and the second solder ball.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the non-linear conductive routing comprises a first routing section, a second routing section, a third routing section, and a fourth routing section; and
wherein the third routing section comprises a third rotational first section, a third rotational second section, a third rotational third section, and a third rotational fourth section, wherein the fourth rotational routing section comprises a fourth rotational first section, a fourth rotational second section, a fourth rotational third section, and a fourth rotational fourth section.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the third rotational first section is parallel to the fourth rotational first section, the third rotational second section is parallel to the fourth rotational second section, the third rotational third section is parallel to the fourth rotational third section, and the third rotational fourth section is parallel to the fourth rotational fourth section.