An electronic component module includes a first board comprising a component insertion portion, at least one heat-generating component mounted on a first surface of the first board and in which at least a portion of an active surface is exposed through the component insertion portion, a radiating component inserted into the component insertion portion and mounted on the active surface of the heat-generating component, a second board mounted on a second surface of the first board and configured to electrically connect the first board to an external source, and a connection conductor disposed on an inactive surface of the radiating component and configured to allow contact between the inactive surface of the radiating component and a main board.

A substrate assembly includes at least one printed circuit (PC) substrate. Each PC substrate includes a PC top surface and a PC bottom surface spaced from each other and an edge that runs at least partially about a periphery of the PC substrate between the PC top surface and the PC bottom surface. The edge includes or defines on a facet or edge surface of the edge at least one projection that extends transverse or normal to the facet or edge surface. The projection includes a projection top surface and a projection bottom surface spaced from each other and the projection can include or be made of conductive material.

An electrical component is configured to allow electrical cables to be mounted directly to a package substrate, such that electrical traces of the package substrate directly place the electrical cables in electrical communication with an integrated circuit that is mounted to the package substrate without passing through any separable interfaces of an electrical connector.

A printed wiring board includes a first conductor layer, a resin insulating layer formed on the first conductor layer, a second conductor layer formed on a surface of the resin insulating layer, and a via conductor formed in an opening formed in the resin insulating layer such that the via conductor is connecting the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. The via conductor is formed such that the via conductor includes a seed layer covering an inner wall surface of the resin insulating layer inside of the opening and an electrolytic plating layer formed on the seed layer such that the seed layer has a plurality of columnar parts grown in columnar shapes.

A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board includes: forming first and second resist films, respectively having first and second openings exposing a first metal layer disposed on one surface of an insulating layer; forming a second metal layer on the first metal layer, exposed through the first and second openings, to fill at least a portion of each of the first and second openings; and removing the first and second resist films. The first and second openings have different widths in a cross-section.

A wiring board includes: a base material including, on one side of the base material, a protruding part that protrudes toward an outside, wherein the protruding part has a shape in which a center portion of a principal surface rises from the outer periphery, and a plurality of external connection terminals is arranged on the principal surface. A composite substrate includes: the above-mentioned wiring board and a metallic frame member, wherein the frame member includes an opening whose shape is corresponding to a shape in a plan view of the protruding part, and the frame member is arranged such that the opening surrounds the protruding part to fill a periphery of the protruding part. An electric device includes: an electric element on a right face of the wiring board.

A light-emitting diode (LED) package assembly includes a substrate. The substrate includes a top surface, a bottom surface and an opening formed through the substrate. The opening includes a first portion adjacent the top surface and a second portion adjacent the bottom surface that is wider than the first portion such that portions of the substrate overhang the second portion of the opening. Pads are provided on a bottom surface of the portions of the substrate that overhang the second portion of the opening. The assembly also includes a hybridized device in the opening. The hybridized device includes a silicon backplane that has a top surface, a bottom surface and interconnects on the top surface. The interconnects are electrically coupled to the pads. The hybridized device also includes an LED array on the top surface of the silicon backplane.

Described are component carriers including a stepped cavity into which a stepped component assembly is embedded. The component carriers have (a) fully cured electrically insulating material originating from at least one electrically insulating layer structure of the component carrier and circumferentially surrounding the stepped component assembly and/or (b) an undercut in a transition region between a narrow recess and a wide recess of the stepped cavity. Further described are methods for manufacturing such component carriers.

A flexible light emitting diode (LED) circuit having a first layer, the first layer including a conductive material configured to connect to an LED die, a second layer, the second layer including an electrically insulating material, and a third layer positioned between the first and second layer, the third layer having a first terminal extended electrically connecting tab that extends outward beyond the first layer and the second layer.

A printed circuit board includes a plurality of layers including attachment layers and routing layers; and columns of via patterns formed in the plurality of layers, wherein via patterns in adjacent columns are offset in a direction of the columns, each of the via patterns comprising: first and second signal vias forming a differential signal pair, the first and second signal vias extending through at least the attachment layers; and at least one conductive shadow via located between the first and second signal vias of the differential pair. In some embodiments, at least one conductive shadow via is electrically connected to a conductive surface film.