Described are solder stop features for electronic devices. An electronic device may include an electrically insulative substrate, a metallization on the electrically insulative substrate, a metal structure attached to a first main surface of the metallization via a solder joint, and a concavity formed in a sidewall of the metallization. The concavity is adjacent at least part of the solder joint and forms a solder stop. A first section of the metal structure is spaced apart from both the metallization and solder joint in a vertical direction that is perpendicular to the first main surface of the metallization. A linear dimension of the concavity in a horizontal direction that is coplanar with the metallization is at least twice the distance by which the first section of the metal structure is spaced apart from the first main surface of the metallization in the vertical direction. Additional solder stop embodiments are described.

Method and apparatus for producing RFID transponders (400) arranged on a carrying substrate, comprising:providing a first substrate (100), the first substrate having at least one antenna element (101) arranged thereon, and preferably several antenna elements arranged sequentially thereon along a longitudinal extension of the first substrate, each antenna element being formed by an electrically conductive pattern; providing a second substrate (200), the second substrate (200) having at least one RFID strap, each RFID strap comprising an IC (202) and at least one contact pad (201) coupled to the IC, and preferably several RFID straps being arranged sequentially along a longitudinal extension of the second substrate; and electrically connecting an antenna element (101) on the first substrate to the at least one contact pad on the second substrate by bringing said first and second substrates together, thereby bringing said antenna element in mechanical contact with said at least one contact pad, and heating the contact pad(s) to a temperature at least equal to a characteristic melting point of said at least contact pads, thereby electrically connecting the antenna element to said at least one contact pad.

The present application discloses a differential signal routing line of a circuit board and a circuit board, which comprises a circuit board, and the circuit board is provided with differential signal routing lines including a first differential signal routing line and a second differential signal routing line that are disposed at different layers of the circuit board.

A printed circuit board is housed in a connector. A temperature sensor is mounted on the printed circuit board between two connection pads located on one of the faces of the printed circuit board. A contact housed in the connector is placed in thermal continuity with two thermal conduction lands, one of which is arranged on the same face of the printed circuit board as the connection pads and the other of which is arranged beneath the temperature sensor. Each of the connection pads is connected to a temperature measurement circuit.

A flexible circuit board includes a plurality of first wires that have a first connection area and a first insulating layer that covers the first wires such that the first connection area is exposed. A printed circuit board includes a plurality of second wires that have a second connection area, a second insulating layer that covers the second wires such that the second connection area is exposed, and a plurality of island conductors adjacent to the second wires across a gap. The second connection area is covered with an anisotropic conductive layer. Each of the second wires in the second connection area at least partially faces a corresponding one of the first wires in the first connection area across the anisotropic conductive layer. The plurality of island conductors include an island conductor that is in contact with the anisotropic conductive layer and partially exposed from the anisotropic conductive layer.

According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include a first printed circuit board (PCB), a second PCB having a shape corresponding to the first PCB, and an interposer surrounding a space between the first PCB and the second PCB and including multiple pads, wherein the interposer may include a first surface in contact with the first PCB, a second surface in contact with the second PCB, a first lateral surface facing the space, and a second lateral surface opposite to the first lateral surface, and a first point exposed through the second lateral surface, a second point exposed through one of the first lateral surface or the second lateral surface, and a heat conduction pattern disposed on the first surface in an area between the multiple pads to connect the first point and the second point.

A system may include a printed circuit board with a microstrip and a conductive structure surrounding the microstrip. The system may include a probe lead in communication with the conductive structure. The system may include a first contact pad electrically connected to the conductive structure and a second contact pad electrically connected to the conductive structure.

Examples described herein relate to a system that includes: a circuit board comprising a plurality of layers, first and second conductive connections, first and second trace portions, first, second, and third routings, and a via wherein: the first conductive connection is coupled to the first trace portion, the second conductive connection is coupled to the second trace portion, the first routing is formed in a first layer of the plurality of layers, the second routing is formed in a second layer of the plurality of layers, the third routing is formed in the first layer of the plurality of layers, a portion of the first routing overlaps with a portion of the second routing to provide a capacitive region, and the via conductively couples a portion of the second routing overlaps with a portion of the third routing.

A printed circuit board includes: a base substrate; a pad region having a plurality of pad patterns disposed on one surface of the base substrate; and a dummy region having a plurality of conductive dummy patterns separated from the plurality of pad patterns to be disposed on the one surface of the base substrate. The pad region includes a first edge region, and a second edge region disposed in a diagonal direction of the first edge region on the one surface of the base substrate. The dummy region includes a third edge region, and a fourth edge region disposed in a diagonal direction of the third edge region on the one surface of the base substrate.

A multilayer substrate includes a stacked body including a first main surface, and a conductor pattern (including a mounting electrode provided on the first main surface, and a first auxiliary pattern provided on the first main surface). The stacked body includes a plurality of insulating base material layers made of a resin as a main material and stacked on one another. The first auxiliary pattern is located adjacent to or in a vicinity of the mounting electrode. The mounting electrode, in a plan view of the first main surface (when viewed in the Z-axis direction), is interposed between a different conductor pattern (the mounting electrode) and the first auxiliary pattern.