A metal-clad laminate includes: an insulating layer; and a metal layer stacked on the insulating layer. The insulating layer includes: a first layer; and a second layer interposed between the first layer and the metal layer. The first layer contains a cured product of a first resin composition containing composite particles. The second layer contains a cured product of a second resin composition. The first resin composition contains composite particles, each having a core containing a fluororesin and a shell containing a silicon oxide that coats the core at least partially. The second resin composition may or may not contain composite particles. When the second resin composition contains the composite particles, a ratio of the composite particles in the second resin composition to solid content of the second resin composition is lower than a ratio of the composite particles in the first resin composition to solid content of the first resin composition.

A wiring board including a component mounting portion with an increased strength is provided. In addition, an electronic device and an electronic module with high reliabilities are provided. The wiring board includes a base having a first face and a conductor positioned on the first face. The conductor has a region in which a plurality of first protrusions are positioned on a surface of the conductor, the plurality of first protrusions protruding in a same oblique direction that is oblique to a direction normal to the first face. The electronic device and the electronic module include the above-described wiring board and an electronic component mounted on the wiring board.

An electronic device includes a component mounting portion, an electronic component disposed on the component mounting portion, a solder between the component mounting portion and the electronic component, a mounting base member, and a supporting beam connecting the component mounting portion and the mounting base member. The supporting beam has a plurality of bent portions. The supporting beam includes a frame, an outer supporting portion connecting the frame and the mounting base member, and an inner supporting portion connecting the frame and the component mounting portion. The inner supporting portion is shifted from the outer supporting portion along the frame. One of the plurality of bent portions is a connecting portion between the frame and the outer supporting portion. Another of the plurality of bent portions is a connecting portion between the frame and the inner supporting portion.

A circuit board according to an embodiment includes an insulating portion; and a pattern portion disposed on the insulating portion, wherein the insulating portion includes: a first insulating region, and a second insulating region disposed outside the first insulating region and spaced apart from the first insulating region with a separation region therebetween; wherein the pattern portion includes: a first pattern portion for signal transmission; and a second pattern portion including a dummy pattern separated from the first pattern portion, wherein the first pattern portion includes: a first terminal portion disposed on the first insulating region; a second terminal portion disposed on the second insulating region; and a connection portion disposed on the separation region and connecting between the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion, wherein the second pattern portion includes: a second-first pattern portion disposed on the first insulating region; and a second-second pattern portion disposed on the second insulating region and separated from the second-first pattern portion.

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing composite solder balls that are metallized on the surface and calibrated, these balls comprising a core consisting of a spherical support particle of diameter Do made of expanded polystyrene and having an intergranular porosity of at least 50%, and a shell covering said support particle and formed by a plurality of metallic surface layers. The present invention also relates to balls that can be obtained by the method according to the invention, as well as to the use thereof for the assembly of electronic boards.

A package includes a conductive pad, with a plurality of openings penetrating through the conductive pad. A dielectric layer encircles the conductive pad. The dielectric layer has portions filling the plurality of openings. An Under-Bump Metallurgy (UBM) includes a via portion extending into the dielectric layer to contact the conductive pad. A solder region is overlying and contacting the UBM. An integrated passive device is bonded to the UBM through the solder region.

A ceramic circuit substrate having high bonding performance and excellent thermal cycling resistance properties, having a circuit pattern provided on a ceramic substrate with a braze material layer interposed therebetween, and a protruding portion formed by the braze material layer protruding from the outer edge of the circuit pattern, wherein: the braze material layer includes Ag, Cu, Ti, and Sn or In; and an Ag-rich phase is formed continuously for 300 μm or more, towards the inside, from an outer edge of the protruding portion, along a bonding interface between the ceramic substrate and the circuit pattern, and has a bonding void ratio of 1.0% or less.

In an exemplary embodiment, a coil component includes: an element body part 10 including a magnetic material; a coil 30 built into the element body part 10; an external electrode 50a electrically connected to the coil 30 and provided at least on a bottom face 12 of the element body part 10 along a side 13a of the bottom face 12; and an external electrode 50b electrically connected to the coil 30 and provided at least on the bottom face 12 along a side 13b, opposite the side 13a, of the bottom face 12; wherein the external electrode 50a has a tip part 52a facing the external electrode 50b; the external electrode 50b has a tip part 52b facing the external electrode 50a; and a void 70a is formed between the external electrode 50a and the bottom face 12 in a manner extending from the tip part 52a.

An apparatus includes a body having one or more protrusions from a surface of the body, wherein each of the protrusions has a corresponding coupling positioned at a corresponding end of each of the protrusions. The apparatus further includes one or more mechanical energy storage components, wherein each of the one or more mechanical energy storage components provide a force that is greater than an external force exerted on the apparatus.

An electronic device includes: a housing and a printed circuit board (PCB) structure disposed in the housing. The PCB structure includes a circuit board including an opening area formed through a first surface of the circuit board and a second surface of the circuit board opposite the first surface and a conductive pattern formed in a peripheral area around the opening area, a plate disposed on the second surface of the circuit board covering the opening area, an electronic element disposed on the plate and electrically connected with the circuit board, a resin portion disposed between the plate and the circuit board and extending from the conductive pattern, the resin portion including a conductive material, and a solder portion formed between the resin portion and the plate.