Patent 8022309 was granted and assigned to Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd on September, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An exemplary FPCB includes a signal layer having a differential pair consisting of two transmission lines arranged therein, a ground layer, and a dielectric layer lying between the signal layer and the ground layer. Two sheets made of conductive materials are respectively arranged at opposite sides of the differential pair, and both connected to ground. The sheets are apart from and parallel to the transmission lines. The ground layer has a void defined therein, and the void is located under the two transmission lines.