Provided are circuit board excellent in interlayer adhesion and solder heat resistance, and production method thereof. The circuit board is produced by a method including: preparing a plurality of at least one kind of thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer (TLCP) films, forming a conductor layer on one side or both sides of a film in at least one of the films to obtain a unit circuit board, laminating the films containing the unit circuit board to obtain a stacked material, conducting thermo-compression-bonding of the stacked material under pressurization to a first temperature giving an interlayer adhesion to integrate the stacked material, carrying out structure-controlling thermal treatment by heating the integrated stacked material at a second temperature which is lower than the first temperature and is lower than a melting point of a TLCP having a lowest melting point out of the plurality of TLCP films.

A first embodiment of a substrate for a high-frequency printed wiring board according to the present disclosure is directed to a substrate for a high-frequency printed wiring board, the substrate including: a dielectric layer including a fluororesin and an inorganic filler; and a copper foil layered on at least one surface of the dielectric layer, wherein a surface of the copper foil at the dielectric layer side has a maximum height roughness (Rz) of less than or equal to 2 m, and a ratio of the number of inorganic atoms of the inorganic filler to the number of fluorine atoms of the fluororesin in a superficial region of the dielectric layer at the copper foil side is less than or equal to 0.08.

A method of etching an electrically conductive layer structure during manufacturing a component carrier is provided. The method includes subjecting the electrically conductive layer structure to an etching composition having an etchant and a photosensitive compound to thereby form a recess in the electrically conductive layer structure; while, at least for a part of time, irradiating and/or heating the recess. In addition, an apparatus for etching an electrically conductive layer structure during manufacturing a component carrier, an etched electrically conductive layer structure and a component carrier are provided.

A first embodiment of a substrate for a high-frequency printed wiring board according to the present disclosure is directed to a substrate for a high-frequency printed wiring board, the substrate including: a dielectric layer including a fluororesin and an inorganic filler; and a copper foil layered on at least one surface of the dielectric layer, wherein a surface of the copper foil at the dielectric layer side has a maximum height roughness (Rz) of less than or equal to 2 ?m, and a ratio of the number of inorganic atoms of the inorganic filler to the number of fluorine atoms of the fluororesin in a superficial region of the dielectric layer at the copper foil side is less than or equal to 0.08.

A highly conductive transparent glass-based circuit board includes a glass substrate. The glass substrate is a glass-tempered substrate. A surface of the glass-tempered substrate faces air. A conductive paste, printed on the surface of the glass-tempered substrate, is baked, heated, and cooled to form a conductive circuit fused with the surface of the glass-tempered substrate. The surface of the glass-tempered substrate and an upper surface of the conductive circuit are at the same level. A surface of the conductive circuit, except a region reserved for a solder pad used for welding a component, is covered with a printed-circuit-board (PCB) organic solder-resistant layer. The conductive circuit is tightly fused with the glass substrate. It is a fusional relation between the conductive circuit and the glass substrate. A surface of the glass substrate and an upper surface of the conductive circuit are at the same level. Because a surface of the highly conductive transparent glass-based circuit board is smooth, the conductive circuit is not easily damaged. The highly conductive transparent glass-based circuit board has the characteristics of high conductivity and high transmittance.

An article includes a glass or glass-ceramic substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface, and at least one via extending through the substrate from the first major surface to the second major surface over an axial length in an axial dimension. The article also includes a metal connector disposed within the via that hermetically seals the via. The article has a helium hermeticity of less than or equal to 1.010.sup.8 atm-cc/s after 1000 thermal shock cycles, each of the thermal shock cycle comprises cooling the article to a temperature of 40 C. and heating the article to a temperature of 125 C., and the article has a helium hermeticity of less than or equal to 1.010.sup.8 atm-cc/s after 100 hours of HAST at a temperature of 130 C. and a relative humidity of 85%.

A wiring board includes a board including a board body and a plurality of electrodes, and an annealed copper wire connected between the electrode and the electrode. The plurality of electrodes are provided a front surface of the board body. Both ends of the annealed copper wire are soldered to the electrode. The annealed copper wire is mounted in contact with a front surface of the board from one end to the other end.

A flexible laminated sheet manufacturing method includes thermocompression-bonding an insulation film formed of a liquid crystal polymer onto a metal foil between endless belts to form a flexible laminated sheet. The thermocompression bonding includes heating the flexible laminated sheet so that the maximum temperature of the sheet is in the range from a temperature that is 45? C. lower than the melting point of the liquid crystal polymer to a temperature that is 5? C. lower than the melting point. The thermocompression bonding also includes slowly cooling the flexible laminated sheet so that an exit temperature, which is a temperature of the sheet when transferred out of the endless belts, is in the range from a temperature that is 235? C. lower than the melting point of the liquid crystal polymer to a temperature that is 100? C. lower than the melting point.

A wiring substrate includes a pad, an insulation layer that covers the pad, and a via wiring extending through the insulation layer and connected to the pad. The via wiring includes a first via portion, which has a diameter that is decreased from an upper surface of the insulation layer toward the pad, and a second via portion, which has a diameter that is increased from a lower end of the first via portion toward the pad. The diameter of the second via portion at an upper surface of the pad is larger than the diameter of the first via portion at the upper surface of the insulation layer.

A first embodiment of a substrate for a high-frequency printed wiring board according to the present disclosure is directed to a substrate for a high-frequency printed wiring board, the substrate including: a dielectric layer including a fluororesin and an inorganic filler; and a copper foil layered on at least one surface of the dielectric layer, wherein a surface of the copper foil at the dielectric layer side has a maximum height roughness (Rz) of less than or equal to 2 ?m, and a ratio of the number of inorganic atoms of the inorganic filler to the number of fluorine atoms of the fluororesin in a superficial region of the dielectric layer at the copper foil side is less than or equal to 0.08.