A transmission line includes a first interlayer connection conductor connecting a first signal conductor and a first mounting electrode, a second interlayer connection conductor connecting a second signal conductor and a second mounting electrode, a third and fourth interlayer connection conductors respectively including third and fourth interlayer connection conductors, and each connecting first and second ground conductors between the first and second signal conductors. The third interlayer connection conductor is closer to the first and second interlayer connection conductors than the fourth interlayer connection conductor is, an adjacent distance between two of the fourth interlayer connection conductors is greater than an adjacent distance between two of the third interlayer connection conductors, and the adjacent distance between the two fourth interlayer connection conductors is less than about ½ of a minimum wavelength of signals transmitted by the first signal conductor and the second signal conductor.

A transmission line includes a first structure including a first insulating substrate and a ground conductor on the first insulating substrate, a second structure including a second insulating substrate and a signal line, ground conductors, and interlayer connection conductors on or in the second insulating substrate, a third insulating substrate including openings, and metal bonding materials that bond the structure and the structure to each other with the third insulating substrate interposed therebetween. The first and second insulating substrates are stacked with the third insulating substrate interposed therebetween to define hollow portions. The signal line and the ground conductor partially face each other across the hollow portions in a bonding direction. The ground conductor includes openings in regions that overlap the signal line but do not overlap the hollow portions when looking in plan view in the bonding direction.

A method for producing a printed circuit board is disclosed, In the method, a slot is formed in a substrate having at least three layers with the slot extending through at least two of the layers. The slot has a length and a width with the length being greater than the width. The sidewall of the substrate surrounding the slot is coated with a conductive layer. Then, the conductive layer is separated into at least two segments that are electrically isolated along the side wall of the substrate.

A wiring structure and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The wiring structure includes a conductive structure and at least one conductive through via. The conductive structure includes a plurality of dielectric layers, a plurality of circuit layers in contact with the dielectric layers, and a plurality of dam portions in contact with the dielectric layers. The dam portions are substantially arranged in a row and spaced apart from one another. The conductive through via extends through the dam portions.

A dielectric substrate has a first surface including a first terminal connector and a second terminal connector located along a first side surface. A recess is between the first terminal connector and the second terminal connector. The recess has a first inner surface continuous with the first terminal connector, a second inner surface continuous with the second terminal connector, and a bottom surface between the first inner surface and the second inner surface. The first terminal connector has first wettability with a bond on its surface, and a first region has second wettability with the bond on its surface lower than the first wettability.

A flexible display device includes a first non-bending area, a second non-bending area spaced apart from the first non-bending area, and a bending area between the first non-bending area and the second non-bending area; and a protective member on a surface of the flexible display panel, and including a first protective member overlapping the first non-bending area and a second protective member overlapping the second non-bending area, each of the first protective member and the second protective member including an inclined surface inclined with respect to the surface of the flexible display panel overlapping the flat area adjacent to the bending area, and the inclined surfaces do not physically contact each other in a bending state.

Disclosed are a package structure of an integrated passive device and a manufacturing method thereof and a substrate. The method includes: providing an organic frame having a chip embedding cavity and a metal pillar, laminating at least one layer of first dielectric on an upper surface of the organic frame, and processing the first dielectric by photolithography to form an opening correspondingly above the chip embedding cavity; mounting an electronic component in the chip embedding cavity through the opening, the electronic component including an upper and lower electrodes; laminating and curing a second dielectric into the chip embedding cavity and on an upper surface of the first dielectric, thinning the first and second dielectrics to expose the upper and lower electrodes, upper and lower surfaces of the metal pillar; performing metal electroplating to form a circuit layer communicated with the upper and lower electrodes and the metal pillar.

A substrate equipped with an antenna of the present disclosure includes a circuit substrate and an antenna element. When viewed from a thickness direction, an area of one principal surface of the circuit substrate is larger than that of another principal surface thereof, and each of the one principal surface and the other principal surface of the circuit substrate is formed in a rectangular shape. When a maximum width between a first outer periphery of the other principal surface projected onto the one principal surface and a first outer periphery of the one principal surface is defined as W.sub.1, the antenna element is mounted in at least part of a region on the one principal surface of the circuit substrate, in which the region has the width W.sub.1 from the second outer periphery of the other principal surface projected onto the one principal surface toward the inner side.

An electronic device may include a connector having a connector body and conductive pins extending outwardly from the connector body, and a circuit board having a dielectric layer, and spaced apart female contacts extending therein. Each female contact may include a conductive tubular via, a core within the conductive tubular via, and a conductive cup having a lower end abutting and joined to the conductive tubular via and an upper end defining a recess receiving a corresponding conductive pin of the connector. The conductive cup may have an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the conductive tubular via.

A printed circuit board includes a plurality of layers including conductive layers separated by dielectric layers, the conductive layers including a signal layer; and via patterns formed in the plurality of layers, each of the via patterns comprising first and second signal vias extending from a first surface of the printed circuit board to the signal layer, the signal layer including first and second signal traces connected to the first and second signal vias, respectively, the signal layer further including a ground conductor located between the signal traces and adjacent signal-carrying elements.