A printed circuit board includes: a first insulating layer; a first wiring layer at least partially buried in the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer disposed on an upper surface of the first insulating layer; a second wiring layer at least partially buried in the second insulating layer; and a cavity penetrating through the second insulating layer and a portion of the first insulating layer and exposing a portion of the upper surface of the first insulating layer as a bottom surface of the cavity. The first wiring layer includes a wiring pattern at least partially exposed from the first insulating layer by the cavity, an upper surface of the wiring pattern has a step structure with the upper surface of the first insulating layer exposed by the cavity, and a lower surface of the wiring pattern is coplanar with a lower surface of the first insulating layer.

Methods include receiving at least one electronic device including a sensor or an emitter, placing a cover over the sensor or emitter, placing the electronic device, including the cover, into a transfer mold system, encapsulating the electronic device with charge material, and removing a portion of the encapsulating charge material and the cover to expose the sensor or emitter to the environment.

A conductive network fabrication process is provided and includes filling a hole formed in a substrate with dielectric material, laminating films of the dielectric material on either side of the substrate, opening a through-hole through the dielectric material at the hole, depositing a conformal coating of dielectric material onto an interior surface of the through-hole and executing seed layer metallization onto the conformal coating in the through-hole to form a seed layer extending continuously along an entire length of the through-hole.

A manufacturing method for a conductive substrate with a filtering function includes preparing a core layer and forming first and second conductive holes in the core layer, forming a sacrificial copper layer on the first conductive hole and on the core layer, forming a metal layer on the second conductive hole, forming a metal post in the first conductive hole, forming a lower insulating layer on the core layer, forming a lower insulative post in the second conductive hole, forming a magnet wrapping around the metal post to obtain a first conductive post, forming an upper insulating layer on the core layer, forming an upper insulative post in the second conductive hole to obtain a second conductive post, removing the upper insulating layer, the lower insulating layer, and the remaining sacrificial copper post layer, followed by flattening.

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.

Electronic substrates, contact pads for electronic substrates, and related methods are disclosed. Electronic substrates may include an electrically conductive layer that forms at least one contact pad and at least one metal trace on a non-conductive layer. The contact pads are arranged with greater thicknesses or heights above the non-conductive layer than the metal traces. Dielectric layers are disclosed that cover the metal traces while leaving top surfaces of the contact pads exposed. Top surfaces of the dielectric layers may be arranged to be coplanar with top surfaces of the contact pads to provide electronic substrates having generally planar top faces. Bottom faces of electronic substrates may include mounting pads that are coplanar with additional dielectric layers. Methods are disclosed that include forming dielectric layers to cover contact pads and metal traces, and removing surface portions of the dielectric layers until the contact pads are accessible through the dielectric layers.

An object of the present invention is to provide a unit capable of improving redispersibility in a concentrated liquid of a polishing composition containing alumina as abrasive grains. There is provided a concentrated liquid of a polishing composition which includes: particulate alumina; colloidal alumina having an aspect ratio of more than 5 and 800 or less; at least one phosphorus-containing acid selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid, phosphoric acid condensates, organic phosphoric acids, phosphonic acids, and organic phosphonic acids; and water, where a pH of the concentrated liquid of the polishing composition is 2 or more and 4.5 or less.

A substrate with an electronic component embedded therein includes: a core structure having a cavity; a metal layer disposed on a bottom surface of the cavity of the core structure; and an electronic component disposed on the metal layer in the cavity of the core structure. The substrate with the electronic component embedded therein has an excellent heat dissipation effect.

A substrate having an electronic component embedded therein includes a core structure including a first insulating body and a plurality of core wiring layers disposed on or in the first insulating body, and having a cavity penetrating at least a portion of the first insulating body in a thickness direction of the substrate and including a stopper layer as a bottom surface of the cavity, and an electronic component disposed in the cavity and attached to the stopper layer, and a surface of the stopper layer connected to the electronic component has a composite including at least two among a metal material, an inorganic particle, a filler, and an insulating resin.

A circuit board includes a board body, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The board body contains a resin material. The first electrode is disposed on a first main surface of the board body and includes a first electrode base and a first coating film that covers at least a part of an outer surface of the first electrode base. The second electrode is disposed on the first main surface of the board body and includes a pillar-shaped structure that includes a second electrode base, a first plating film that is disposed on the second electrode base, and a first plating structure having a first end directly connected to the first plating film, and a second coating film that covers at least a part of an outer surface of the pillar-shaped structure.