Circuit board and card
A circuit board comprises a row of solder pads adapted to be soldered to a row of contacts of a connector, a plurality of first conductive vias, and a plurality of second conductive vias. The contacts include a plurality of ground contacts and a plurality of signal contacts. The solder pads include a plurality of ground solder pads each soldered to a solder foot of one of the ground contacts and a plurality of signal solder pads each soldered to a solder foot of one of the signal contacts. The first conductive vias correspond to and are electrically connected to the ground solder pads and are electrically connected to each other by a first connection bar. The second conductive vias correspond to and are electrically connected to the ground solder pads and are electrically connected to each other by a second connection bar. The solder foot of each of the ground contacts is disposed between one of the first conductive vias and one of the second conductive vias.
1. A circuit board, comprising:
a row of first solder pads adapted to be soldered to a row of first contacts of a connector, the row of first contacts includes a plurality of first ground contacts and a plurality of first signal contacts, the row of first solder pads includes a plurality of first ground solder pads each soldered to a first solder foot of one of the first ground contacts and a plurality of first signal solder pads each soldered to a first solder foot of one of the first signal contacts;
a plurality of first conductive vias corresponding to the plurality of first ground solder pads and electrically connected to the plurality of first ground solder pads, the plurality of first conductive vias are electrically connected to each other by a first connection bar; and
a plurality of second conductive vias corresponding to the plurality of first ground solder pads and electrically connected to the plurality of first ground solder pads, the plurality of second conductive vias are electrically connected to each other by a second connection bar, the first solder foot of each of the first ground contacts is disposed between one of the first conductive vias and one of the second conductive vias when the first solder foot is soldered to one of the first ground solder pads, the circuit board has a plurality of layers, the row of first solder pads is located on a top layer or a bottom layer of the circuit board, the first connection bar and the second connection bar are located in a same layer between the top layer and the bottom layer, the second connection bar is spaced apart from the first connection bar in the same layer.
2. The circuit board of claim 1 , wherein the one of the first conductive vias is located on a side close to a tail of the first solder foot of the first ground contact and the one of the second conductive vias is located on an opposite side from the tail of the first solder foot of the first ground contact.
3. The circuit board of claim 1 , wherein a pair of first signal solder pads are disposed between two adjacent first ground solder pads.
4. The circuit board of claim 1 , further comprising a row of second solder pads adapted to be soldered to a row of second contacts of the connector, the row of second contacts includes a plurality of second ground contacts and a plurality of second signal contacts, the row of second solder pads includes a plurality of second ground solder pads each soldered to a second solder foot of one of the second ground contacts and a plurality of second signal solder pads each soldered to a second solder foot of one of the second signal contacts.
5. The circuit board of claim 4 , further comprising a plurality of third conductive vias corresponding to the plurality of second ground solder pads and electrically connected to the plurality of second ground solder pads, the plurality of third conductive vias are electrically connected to each other by a third connection bar.
6. A card, comprising:
a row of first contact pads disposed on a top layer of the card and adapted to electrically contact a row of first contacts of a connector, the row of first contacts includes a plurality of first ground contacts and a plurality of first signal contacts, the row of first contact pads includes a plurality of first ground contact pads each adapted to electrically contact a first contact portion of one of the first ground contacts and a plurality of first signal contact pads each adapted to electrically contact a first contact portion of one of the first signal contacts;
a plurality of first conductive vias corresponding to the plurality of first ground contact pads and electrically connected to the plurality of first ground contact pads, the plurality of first conductive vias are electrically connected to each other by a first connection bar; and
a plurality of second conductive vias corresponding to the plurality of first ground contact pads and electrically connected to the plurality of first ground contact pads, the plurality of second conductive vias are electrically connected to each other by a second connection bar, the first contact portion of each of the first ground contacts is disposed between one of the first conductive vias and one of the second conductive vias when the first contact portion is in electrical contact with one of the first ground contact pads, the card has a plurality of layers and the first connection bar and the second connection bar are located in a same layer below the top layer of the card, the second connection bar is spaced apart from the first connection bar in the same layer.
7. The card of claim 6 , wherein the one of the first conductive vias is located on a side close to a tail of the first contact portion of the first ground contact and the one of the second conductive vias is located on an opposite side from the tail of the first contact portion of the first ground contact.
8. The card of claim 6 , wherein a pair of first signal contact pads are disposed between two adjacent first ground contact pads.
9. The card of claim 8 , further comprising a row of second contact pads disposed on a bottom layer of the card and adapted to electrically contact a row of second contacts of the connector, the row of second contacts includes a plurality of second ground contacts and a plurality of second signal contacts, the row of second contact pads includes a plurality of second ground contact pads each adapted to electrically contact a second contact portion of one of the second ground contacts and a plurality of second signal contact pads each adapted to electrically contact a second contact portion of one of the second signal contacts.
10. The card of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of first conductive vias are electrically connected to the plurality of second ground contact pads and the plurality of second conductive vias are electrically connected to the plurality of second ground contact pads.
11. The card of claim 10 , wherein the second contact portion of each of the second ground contacts is disposed between one of the first conductive vias and one of the second conductive vias when the second contact portion is in electrical contact with one of the second ground contact pads.
12. The card of claim 11 , wherein the one of the first conductive vias is located on a side close to a tail of the second contact portion of the second ground contact and the one of the second conductive vias is located on an opposite side from the tail of the second contact portion of the second ground contact.
13. The card of claim 9 , wherein a pair of second signal contact pads are disposed between two adjacent second ground contact pads.
14. The card of claim 9 , further comprising a third connection bar disposed below the first connection bar, the plurality of first conductive vias are electrically connected to each other by the third connection bar.
15. The card of claim 14 , further comprising a fourth connection bar disposed below the second connection bar, the plurality of second conductive vias are electrically connected to each other by the fourth connection bar.
16. The card of claim 15 , wherein the second connection bar is located between the top layer of the card and the fourth connection bar.
17. The card of claim 16 , wherein the fourth connection bar is located in any layer between the bottom layer of the card and the second connection bar.