A method of manufacturing a component carrier, wherein the method comprises mounting a known-good component on or spaced with regard to a first known-good component carrier block, thereafter forming an electrically conductive connection structure on and/or in and/or spaced with regard to the first component carrier block, and embedding the component between the first component carrier block and a second known-good component carrier block.

An apparatus for manufacturing printing circuit boards is provided. The apparatus includes a microcontroller, power supply, two-dimensional stage, laser, and one or more chemical treatment tanks. The apparatus may include a mutlifunctional print module, or multiple independent tool modules capable of being exchanged, to perform various different processes on a substrate on the same build plate, and may include mechanical means for transporting the substrate during different stages between the build plate, chemical processing chamber(s), and a pressing chamber. A rapid, auto-calibrating loading system may be provided for the independent tool modules, and a camera provided for an optical registration operation.

An electronic device includes a first component carrier with a stack of at least one first electrically conductive layer structure and at least one first electrically insulating layer structure, and a second component carrier with a respective stack of at least one second electrically conductive layer structure and at least one second electrically insulating layer structure. The second component carrier is connected with the first component carrier so that a stacking direction of the first component carrier is angled with regard to a stacking direction of the second component carrier.

A process of manufacturing a multiple-layer printed circuit board includes selectively applying a dielectric resin to a region of a circuitized core layer. The process also includes partially curing the dielectric resin prior to performing a lamination cycle to form the multiple-layer printed circuit board that includes the circuitized core layer.

Disclosed herein is a multi-planar circuit board, as well as related structures and methods. In an embodiment, a circuit board may include a first surface, a first section having the first surface in a first plane, a second section having the first surface in a second plane, and a third section connecting the first and second sections, where the third section defines a gradient between the first and second planes, and where all sections are sections within a contiguous board. In another embodiment, circuit board may further include a first component having a first thickness coupled on the first face of the first section, and a second component having a second thickness, greater than the first component, coupled on the first face of the second section, where the second section is in a lower plane, and where the overall thickness is the circuit board thickness plus the second thickness.

A circuit board utilizing the better and faster performance of optical signals includes interconnected first, second, and third areas. The first area includes a first circuit substrate, and a first coupling element and a chip connected thereon. The second area includes an optical fiber within an insulating layer. The third area includes a second circuit substrate, and a second coupling element and an electronic element connected thereon. The first coupling element and the second coupling element are optically aligned with the optical fiber for signal reception and transmission. A method for manufacturing such composite circuit board is also disclosed.

A method for manufacturing a circuit board comprises steps of providing a single-sided board comprising a first insulating base, a copper layer, and at least one first conductive structure; providing a laminated board comprising a metal layer, a third insulating base, a metal shielding layer, and a second insulating base; forming a wiring layer by the metal layer comprising at least one signal wire and at least one connecting pad; defining at least one second through hole each passing through the second insulating base, the metal shielding layer, and the third insulating base; forming a second conductive structure in each second through hole; providing a double-sided board comprising a wiring layer, a fourth insulating base, a first copper foil; and at least one third conductive structure; pressing the single-sided board, at least one middle structure, and the double-sided board in that sequence to form the circuit board.

A circuit board including: a first board material layer having a first planar surface and a first sidewall surface perpendicular to the first planar surface; a first conductive layer on the first planar surface; a second board material layer stacked on the first board material layer and having a second planar surface and a second sidewall surface perpendicular to the second planar surface; a second conductive layer on the second planar surface; and a plating on the first sidewall surface and the second sidewall surface and electrically connecting the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.

A method for manufacturing a photoelectric composite circuit board, includes providing a copper-clad carrier and an intermediate circuit, the copper-clad carrier includes a substrate layer and a bottom copper layer, a first groove is defined on the intermediate circuit. Forming an optical fiber in the first groove. Forming a first accommodating groove and a second accommodating groove at each end the optical fiber. Accommodating a first coupling element in the first accommodating groove. Removing the substrate layer. Removing the bottom copper layer corresponding to the optical fiber, the intermediate circuit on one side of the optical fiber and the bottom copper layer forming a first circuit substrate, the intermediate circuit on another side of the optical fiber and the bottom copper layer forming a second circuit substrate. Electrically connecting a chip to the first circuit substrate, and electrically connecting an electronic component to the second circuit substrate.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display panel, a light emitting module disposed adjacent to the display panel, and configured to output light, and a light receiving module disposed in a portion of the display panel or below or beneath the display panel, and configured to detect light of the outputted light that is reflected by an external object.