Disclosed are systems or apparatuses and methods for forming a junction between conductive fibers that are incorporated into a fabric. Briefly, one method includes the steps of removing insulation from two intersecting individually insulated conductive fibers to expose the individually conductive fibers, bringing the exposed individually conductive fibers into contact with each other at a junction point, and forming a molecular bond between the conductive fibers at the junction point. Also disclosed are systems for forming a junction between conductive fibers that are incorporated into a fabric. In this regard, one embodiment of such a system can include a first apparatus that removes insulation from two intersecting individually insulated conductive fibers to expose the individually conductive fibers, a second apparatus that brings the exposed individually conductive fibers into contact with each other at a junction point, and a third apparatus that aids in formation of a molecular bond between the conductive fibers at the junction point.

Devices including electrical connections to embedded electronic components and methods of making the same are provided. The devices include a flexible electronic component buried inside a substrate. The free end of the flexible electronic component can be extracted to stick out of the major plane of the substrate as a projecting contact.

In a method of producing a device in which an element structure is provided on a substrate including a through wiring, a through hole is formed so as to extend from a first surface of the substrate to a second surface of the substrate disposed on an opposite side of the substrate to the first surface, the through wiring is formed by filling the through hole with an electrically conductive material, and the element structure is formed on a first surface side. In the step of forming the through hole, a degree of surface irregularities of an inner wall of the through hole is larger on the first surface side than on a second surface side.

An object of the present invention is to provide a printed wiring board in which conductive layers formed on two surfaces of a base layer that contains a fluororesin as a main component are reliably connected to each other through a via-hole. A printed wiring board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base layer containing a fluororesin as a main component, a first conductive layer stacked on one surface of the base layer, a second conductive layer stacked on the other surface of the base layer, and a via-hole that is formed along a connection hole penetrating the base layer and at least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer in a thickness direction and that electrically connects the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer to each other. At least a part of an inner circumferential surface of the base layer in the connection hole has a pre-treated surface having a content ratio of oxygen atoms or nitrogen atoms of 0.2 atomic percent or more.

A package structure includes a circuit substrate, first and second build-up circuit structures, and a plurality of piezoelectric heat dissipation units. The circuit substrate includes a core layer, a plurality of electronic devices, and a conducting unit. The electronic devices are embedded in the core layer, and active surfaces of the two adjacent electronic devices respectively face a first surface and a second surface of the core layer. The conducting unit is disposed on the core layer and electrically connected to the electronic devices. The first and second build-up circuit structures are respectively disposed on the first and the second surfaces and respectively have at least one first and at least one second openings. The piezoelectric heat dissipation units respectively correspond to the active surfaces of the electronic devices and are electrically connected to the conducting unit exposed by the first and the second openings.

A wiring circuit board includes an insulating layer having a via penetrating in a thickness direction, a first conductive layer disposed on a one-side surface in the thickness direction of the insulating layer, a second conductive layer disposed on the other-side surface in the thickness direction of the insulating layer, and a conductive portion disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the via and electrically connecting the first and second conductive layers. Length L of 1 m-10 m inclusive, is measured by: drawing a segment joining first and second connection points from respectively, the one-side surface to the other-side surface in the thickness direction of the insulating layer and the inner peripheral surface in the cross-sectional view; identifying an outermost position farthest outward from the segment on the inner peripheral surface in the cross-sectional view; and measuring the length as the shortest distance from the segment to the outermost position.

A device comprising a laminate (2) comprising at least two layers (3.sub.1, 3.sub.2, 3.sub.3, 3.sub.4, 3.sub.5) and a plurality of electronic components (5, 6, 7, 8) disposed between two layers. At least one of the layers (3.sub.1, 3.sub.4) supports conductive tracks (10, 11) arranged to connect electronic components.

The invention is directed to a method of bonding a hermetically sealed electronics package to an electrode or a flexible circuit and the resulting electronics package, that is suitable for implantation in living tissue, such as for a retinal or cortical electrode array to enable restoration of sight to certain non-sighted individuals. The hermetically sealed electronics package is directly bonded to the flex circuit or electrode by electroplating a biocompatible material, such as platinum or gold, effectively forming a studbump connection, which bonds the flex circuit to the electronics package. The resulting electronic device is biocompatible and is suitable for long-term implantation in living tissue.

A laminate and method for producing the laminate are provided for contacting at least one electronic component. An insulating layer is laminated between first and second metal layers electrically contacted to each other in at least one contact region. At least one recess in the contact region is generated with at least one embossing and/or bulging in the first metal layer. The distance between the two metal layers is reduced, such that dimensions of the embossing/bulging are sufficient for taking up the electronic component, which is inserted and connected into the embossing/bulging in a conductive manner therein. The electronic component is taken up in the embossing/bulging entirely with respect to its circumference and at least partly with respect to the height (H) of the electronic component. The laminate may be used as a circuit board, sensor, LED lamp, mobile phone component, control, or regulator.

Method of producing a device comprising at least two distinct components that are interconnected by interconnecting wires, and device thereby obtained. The invention relates to a method of producing a device having at least two distinct components which are interconnected on a substrate by at least one interconnecting wire. The method includes the following steps: creating the interconnecting wire by depositing individual wires on the substrate in a predefined interconnecting pattern, the wire comprising at least one terminal connection portion which is exposed on the substrate, bringing at least one contact of a component to face the terminal portion and connecting the contact to this terminal portion. The invention also relates to the device thereby obtained and to a multi-component product comprising same.