The present invention relates to a method for producing a flexible substrate. According to the method of the present invention, a flexible substrate layer can be easily separated from a carrier substrate even without the need for laser or light irradiation so that a device can be prevented from deterioration of reliability and occurrence of defects caused by laser or light irradiation. In addition, according to the method of the present invention, a flexible substrate can be continuously produced in an easier manner based on a roll-to-roll process.

In systems for printing a viscous material, the printing and post processing of the viscous material are performed sequentially one after another. In an initial step, a viscous material is printed on a sample mounted on a receiver substrate using a donor module and a laser scanner, and then the donor module is replaced with a post processing system for performing a post processing operation (and vice versa). Multiple post processing operations can be performed, and multiple different materials can be printed on the same layer. The systems can increase the speed, resolution and diversity of materials printed on the same sample, and opens the possibilities for new designs.

Embodiments are directed to a method of embedding a discrete component in a substrate. The method includes forming a cavity in the substrate. The method further includes inserting a discrete component into the cavity, wherein the discrete component comprises a top terminal and a bottom terminal. The method further includes positioning the discrete component within the cavity such that the top terminal is above the bottom terminal and below a front face of the substrate. The method further includes forming an intermediate conductive material within the cavity and over the top terminal. The method further includes forming a top conductive material over the intermediate conductive material such that the top conductive material is electrically coupled through the intermediate conductive material to the top terminal.

A copper foil with a release layer is provided that capable of forming a circuit, of such as an embedded trace substrate, by a subtractive method in a simple process. A copper foil with a release layer, containing, in this order, a release layer; a barrier layer having dissolution resistance to a copper etchant; and a copper foil.

Systems and methods in which dot-like portions of a material (e.g., a viscous material such as a solder paste) are printed or otherwise transferred onto an intermediate substrate at a first printing unit, the intermediate substrate having the dot-like portions of material printed thereon is transferred to a second printing unit, and the dot-like portions of material are transferred from the intermediate substrate to a final substrate at the second printing unit. Optionally, the first printing unit includes a coating system that creates a uniform layer of the material on a donor substrate, and the material is transferred in the individual dot-like portions from the donor substrate onto the intermediate substrate at the first printing unit. Each of the first and second printing units may employ a variety of printing or other transfer technologies. The system may also include material curing and imaging units to aid in the overall process.

A circuit board with embedded components and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The method includes coating an adhesive layer over a substrate, and disposing electronic components on the adhesive layer. Subsequently, after disposing a dielectric layer over the electronic components and the adhesive layer, the substrate and the adhesive layer are removed to form an embedded layer. Then, a wiring layer is formed on the electronic components, and conductive connecting components are formed within the dielectric layer. A cover layer is laminated over the dielectric layer and the wiring layer. Therefore, the electronic components are embedded within the dielectric layer, and the wiring layer electrically connecting to the electronic components are precisely located on a surface of the embedded layer.

Provided is a copper foil provided with a carrier in which the laser hole-opening properties of the ultrathin copper layer are good and which is suitable for producing a high-density integrated circuit substrate. A copper foil provided with a carrier having, in order, a carrier, an intermediate layer, and an ultrathin copper layer, wherein the specular gloss at 60° in an MD direction of the intermediate layer side surface of the ultrathin copper layer is 140 or less.

A method includes providing a layer of non-conductive material having a conductive electroplating seed layer formed on a surface thereof; applying a photoresist layer over the surface of the conductive electroplating seed layer; and defining wiring channels in the photoresist resist layer. The method includes electroplating a conductive material in the defined wiring channels; adhering a non-conductive layer over the photoresist layer and the plated conductive material in the wiring channels; and removing the layer of non-conductive material and the conductive electroplating seed layer.

A substrate structure including a carrier and a substrate is provided. The carrier includes a release layer, a dielectric layer and a metal layer. The dielectric layer is disposed between the release layer and the metal layer. The substrate includes a packaging region and a peripheral region. The peripheral region is connected to the packaging region and surrounds the packaging region. The peripheral region or the packaging region has a plurality of through holes. The substrate is disposed on the carrier. The release layer is located between the substrate and the dielectric layer. The release layer and the dielectric layer are filled in the through hole such that the substrate is separably attached to the carrier.

A method for producing a package substrate for mounting a semiconductor device includes:

forming a first substrate by forming a laminate in which a first metal layer that has a thickness of 1 μm to 70 μm and that is peelable from a core resin layer, a first insulating resin layer, and a second metal layer are arranged on both sides of the core resin layer having a thickness of 1 μm to 80 μm, and heating and pressurizing the laminate simultaneously;

forming a pattern on the second metal layer;

forming a second substrate by heating and pressurizing a laminate formed by arranging a second insulating resin layer and a third metal layer on a surface of the second metal layer; and

peeling, from the core resin layer, a third substrate including the first metal and insulating resin layers, the second metal and insulating layers, and the third metal layer.