A printed circuit board includes: an insulating layer; and a first circuit layer disposed on an upper surface of the insulating layer. A lower surface of the first circuit layer is in contact with at least a portion of the insulating layer, and the first circuit layer includes a first region embedded in the insulating layer, and a second region protruding from the upper surface of the insulating layer.

A wiring board includes a first wiring layer, an insulating layer that is arranged on the first wiring layer, and a second wiring layer that is arranged on the insulating layer. The first wiring layer includes a first plain layer, an opening that penetrates through the first plain layer, and a reinforcing pad that is arranged in the opening. The second wiring layer includes a second plain layer. The insulating layer includes a reinforcing via that connects the reinforcing pad and the second plain layer.

The present publication discloses a method for manufacturing a circuit-board structure. In the method, a conductor layer is made, which comprises a conductor foil and a conductor pattern on the surface of the conductor foil. A component is attached to the conductor layer and the conductor layer is thinned, in such a way that the conductor material of the conductor layer is removed from outside the conductor pattern.

A method of making an electrically-conductive film is provided. The method includes providing a release layer, optionally having a topologically structured surface, and depositing at least one electrically-conductive layer on the release layer whereby the at least one electrically-conductive layer has an outer surface that substantially replicates the topologically structured surface. The electrically-conductive layer can be peeled away from the release layer to obtain the electrically-conductive film. Such electrically-conductive films can be useful in lightning strike applications.

The present invention provides a surface treated copper foil in which a dropping of the roughening particles from a roughening treatment layer on the surface of the copper foil is suppressed and an occurrence of wrinkles or stripes when bonding with an insulating substrate is suppressed. The surface of the roughening treatment layer satisfies one or more of the following: a roughness Ra is 0.08 to 0.20 m, a roughness Rz is 1.00 to 2.00 m, a roughness Sq is 0.16 to 0.30 m, a roughness Ssk is 0.6 to 0.35, a roughness Sa is 0.12 to 0.23 m, a roughness Sz is 2.20 to 3.50 m, a roughness Sku is 3.75 to 4.50, and a roughness Spk is 0.13 to 0.27 m, a glossiness of a TD of the surface of the side of the roughening treatment layer of the surface treated copper foil is 70% or less.

The present invention provides a surface treated copper foil in which a dropping of the roughening particles from a roughening treatment layer provided on the surface of the copper foil is favorably suppressed and an occurrence of wrinkles or stripes when bonding with an insulating substrate is favorably suppressed. The surface treated copper foil comprises a copper foil, and a roughening treatment layer on at least one surface of the copper foil, wherein an aspect ratio of roughening particles of the roughening treatment layer satisfies one or more of the following items (1) and (2), the aspect ratio being a height of the roughening particles/a thickness of the roughening particles: (1) the aspect ratio of the roughening particles is 3 or less, (2) the aspect ratio of the roughening particles satisfies any one of the following items (2-1) or (2-2): (2-1) the aspect ratio of the roughening particles is 10 or less in the case that the height of the roughening particles is more than 500 nm and 1000 nm or less, (2-2) the aspect ratio of the roughening particles is 15 or less in the case that the height of the roughening particles is 500 nm or less; and a glossiness of a TD of the surface of the side of the roughening treatment layer of the surface treated copper foil is 70% or less.

Provided is a method for manufacturing a wiring board that forms a wiring layer having favorable adhesion without a resin resist pattern. A method prepares a substrate with seed-layer including: a underlayer on the surface of an insulating substrate; and a seed layer on the surface of the underlayer, the seed layer having a predetermined pattern and containing metal; presses a solid electrolyte membrane against the seed layer and the underlayer, and applies voltage between an anode and the underlayer to reduce metal ions in the membrane and form a metal layer on the surface of the seed layer; and removes an exposed region without the seed layer and the metal layer of the underlayer to form a wiring layer including the underlayer, the seed layer and the metal layer on the surface of the substrate.

A wiring board includes a first interconnect layer, a first insulating layer covering the first interconnect layer, a second interconnect layer, thinner than the first interconnect layer, formed on the first insulating layer and having an interconnect density higher than that of the first interconnect layer, and a second insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer and covering the second interconnect layer. The first insulating layer includes a first layer including no reinforcing material, and a second layer including a reinforcing material. The first and second layers include a non-photosensitive thermosetting resin as a main component thereof. The first layer has a coefficient of thermal expansion higher than that of the second layer, and the second insulating layer includes a photosensitive resin as a main component thereof. The second interconnect layer includes an interconnect formed directly on and electrically connected to the first interconnect layer.

A printed wiring board includes a laminate including first conductor pads on first surface side of the laminate and second conductor pads on second surface side of the laminate, and a solder resist layer formed on the first surface side of the laminate and having openings formed such that the openings are exposing the first conductor pads respectively. The laminate includes a resin insulating layer and has first surface on the first surface side and second surface on the second surface side on the opposite side with respect to the first surface of the laminate, and the second conductor pads are embedded in the second surface of the laminate such that the second conductor pads have surfaces exposed from the second surfaces of the laminate respectively and that the surfaces of the second conductor pads are protruding from the second surface of the laminate.

A printed wiring board includes a resin insulating layer, a metal post formed in the insulating layer and protruding from first surface of the insulating layer, a conductor layer formed on second surface of the insulating layer, and a via conductor penetrating through the insulating layer and connecting the metal post and conductor layer. The metal post has a protruding portion protruding from the first surface of the insulating layer and an embedded portion connected to the protruding portion and embedded in the insulating layer such that the protruding portion does not extend onto the insulating layer, and the metal post has upper and side surfaces such that the side surface has unevenness including a first unevenness on side surface of the protruding portion and a second unevenness formed on side surface of the embedded portion and having a size that is larger than a size of the first unevenness.