A circuit board is formed from a catalytic laminate having a resin rich surface with catalytic particles dispersed below a surface exclusion depth. Trace channels and apertures are formed into the catalytic laminate, electroless plated with a metal such as copper, filled with a conductive paste containing metallic particles, which are then melted to form traces. In a variation, multiple circuit board layers have channels formed into the surface below the exclusion depth, apertures formed, are electroless plated, and the channels and apertures filled with metal particles. Several such catalytic laminate layers are placed together and pressed together under elevated temperature until the catalytic laminate layers laminate together and metal particles form into traces for a multi-layer circuit board.

A method of forming a metallic pattern on a substrate is provided. The method includes applying onto a metallic surface, a chemically surface-activating solution having an activating agent that chemically activates the metallic surface; non-impact printing an etch-resist ink on the activated surface to produce an etch resist mask according to a predetermined pattern, wherein at least one ink component within the etch-resist ink undergoes a chemical reaction with the activated metallic surface to immobilize droplets of the etch-resist ink when hitting the activated surface; performing an etching process to remove unmasked metallic portions that are not covered with the etch resist mask; and removing the etch-resist mask.

The invention provides a manufacturing method of a heat dissipation component. A substrate is provided. The substrate has an outer surface. A patterned dry film is formed on the outer surface. The patterned dry film is composed of a plurality of microporous patterns. A thermally conductive layer is formed on a region excluding the microporous patterns on the outer surface. The patterned dry film is removed to form a plurality of micro meshes. The thermally conductive layer surrounds the micro meshes.

Various embodiments of a sealed package and a method of forming such package are disclosed. The package can include a non-conductive substrate that includes a cavity disposed in a first major surface. A cover layer can be disposed over the cavity and attached to the first major surface of the non-conductive substrate to form a sealed enclosure. The sealed package can also include a feedthrough that includes a via between a recessed surface of the cavity and a second major surface of the substrate, and a conductive material disposed in the via. An external contact can be disposed over the via on the second major surface of the non-conductive substrate, where the external contact is electrically connected to the conductive material disposed in the via. The sealed package can also include an electronic device disposed within the sealed enclosure that is electrically connected to the external contact.

The present invention includes a method of making a RF impedance matching device in a photo definable glass ceramic substrate. A ground plane may be used to adjacent to or below the RF Transmission Line in order to prevent parasitic electronic signals, RF signals, differential voltage build up and floating grounds from disrupting and degrading the performance of isolated electronic devices by the fabrication of electrical isolation and ground plane structures on a photo-definable glass substrate.

A process for making a circuit board from a catalytic laminate having a resin rich surface with catalytic particles dispersed below a surface exclusion depth includes drilling holes, etching the surface to expose the catalytic particles, electroless plating the unmasked areas, applying a mask to the etched surface, electroplating the exposed areas using the electroless plating to form a continuous conductor, then stripping the mask and etching away the electroless copper deposition.

A printed circuit board includes: an insulating layer having a via hole formed therein; a single layer metal pad disposed in the insulating layer and having a center portion that is exposed by the via hole, the center portion of the pad having a higher roughness than peripheral portions of the pad; and a via formed in the via hole and connected to the center portion of the pad.

A glass core device with a wiring pattern on a first surface of a glass core and a wiring pattern on a second surface thereof being electrically connected via a wiring pattern embedded in TGVs formed in the glass core. In a state of being cut out by dicing, each glass core has a second surface and side faces which are continuously covered with an outer protective layer.

A touch panel is manufactured by a method that decreases undesirable reflections of external light while improving the visibility of emitted light. The touch panel includes a base layer including an active region responsive to an external touch to generate an electronic signal and a peripheral region adjacent to the active region, and a first conductive pattern disposed on the active region and a second conductive pattern disposed on the peripheral region, each of the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern including a conductive layer having an external light reflectivity and a darkening layer disposed over the conductive layer. External light reflectivity of each of the first and second conductive patterns is lower than that of the conductive layer.

An example apparatus is disclosed that includes a base and a wickless capillary driven constrained vapor bubble heat pipe carried by the base. The wickless capillary driven constrained vapor bubble heat pipe includes a capillary, and the capillary has a longitudinal axis and a cross-sectional shape orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. The cross-sectional shape includes a first curved wall, a second curved wall, a first corner between a first straight wall and a second straight wall, and a second corner between a third straight wall and a fourth straight wall.