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 printed circuit board according to an embodiment includes a first insulating layer; a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer; and a cavity formed in the first and second insulating layers; wherein the cavity includes a first portion formed in the second insulating layer; and a second portion formed in the first insulating layer; wherein the first portion has a first cross-sectional shape, and wherein the second part has a second cross-sectional shape different from the first cross-sectional shape.

A glass wiring board in which a glass substrate with a small thickness is used as a core substrate to prevent glass breakage during manufacture, and an analog splitter composed of a capacitor and an inductor is formed on the glass substrate so as to stabilize the electrical properties of the analog splitter. An inductor is formed using a through electrode which is in contact with an inorganic adhesive layer on a glass substrate on which the inorganic adhesive layer is formed. A capacitor is formed using an insulating resin opening part formed in an insulating resin layer covering the glass substrate having wiring. The inductor and the capacitor are formed on different layers.

A method for manufacturing a flexible circuit board includes providing a first laminated structure, the first laminated structure including two first wiring boards, a first adhesive layer sandwiched between the two first wiring boards, and a first conductive structure. The first conductive structure penetrates the two first wiring boards and the first adhesive layer and electrically connects the two first wiring boards. The first adhesive layer defines a first opening, the first opening includes a first edge away from the first conductive structure. The first laminated structure is cut along the first edge and then the two first wiring boards are unfolded. A flexible circuit board manufactured by such method is also disclosed.

Disclosed herein is an electronic component that includes a substrate and a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of insulating layers which are alternately laminated on the substrate. The side surface of at least one of the plurality of insulating layers has a recessed part set back from a side surface of the substrate and a projecting part projecting from the recessed part.

The invention relates to a carrier arrangement (100; 500; 600; 700; 800; 900; 1000), and a method for producing a carrier arrangement. The method comprises: producing a layer (130; 530; 630; 730; 830; 930; 1030) on a surface (120; 520; 620; 720; 820; 920; 1020) of a carrier (110; 510; 610; 710; 810; 910; 1010), the layer comprising a first region (131; 531; 631; 731; 831; 931; 1031) and a second region (132; 532; 632; 732; 832; 932; 1032) connected to the first region, the first region covering a first surface region (121; 521; 621; 721; 821; 921; 1021) of the carrier and the second region covering a second surface region (122; 722; 922) of the carrier, detaching the second region of the layer from the carrier, the first region of the layer remaining on the first surface region of the carrier and not being separated from the second region, the layer being flexible in the detached second region.

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.

An apparatus is provided which comprises: a cavity made in a substrate of a printed circuit board (PCB); a plurality of solder balls embedded in the cavity; and a horizontal trace within the substrate, wherein the horizontal trace is partially directly under the plurality of solder balls and is coupled to the plurality of solder balls and another trace or via in the substrate such that a substrate region under the plurality of solder balls is independent of a stop layer under the cavity.

The present application provides a method for manufacturing a microelectrode film. The method includes: forming at least one recess on the carrier substrate by isotropic etching; forming a microelectrode seed pattern in the recess; growing a microelectrode in the recess by using the microelectrode seed pattern; making a first substrate to be in contact with a side of the carrier substrate having the recess thereon; separating the microelectrode from the carrier substrate to transfer the microelectrode onto the first substrate.

A flexible printed circuit board includes a base layer and a pattern line. At least one communication hole penetrating opposite surfaces of the base layer. The pattern line includes two conductive circuit layers formed on the opposite surfaces of the base layer. At least one conductive pole are formed in the at least one communication hole and electrically connects the two conductive circuit layers. A gap being is formed between the conductive pole and the base layer.