A printed wiring board includes: a board having a through-hole; a land portion that is disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the through-hole and on a surface of the board at a circumferential edge of the through-hole, and that has a through-hole conductor portion; and a wire that is disposed on the surface of the board and that has one longitudinal end portion electrically connected to the land portion, a maximum length of a connection portion between the wire and the land portion being greater than or equal to a sum of a maximum diameter of the through-hole and a minimum line width of the wire.

In one aspect, a PCB is provided. The PCB includes at least one insulating layer, a blind slot, and at least one via. The at least on insulating layer includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The blind slot is plated and formed in the at least one insulating layer, where the blind slot partially extends from the first surface to the second surface, and where the blind slot includes a conductive plating bonded along a major surface of the blind slot. The at least one via is electrically conductive and filled, where the at least one via is coupled with and extends between the conductive plating of the blind slot and the second surface of the at least one insulating layer.

In one embodiment, a grounding structure for a printed circuit board (PCB) of an information handling system includes: a first ground via electrically coupled to a ground layer of the PCB; a second ground via electrically coupled to the ground layer of the PCB; and a conductive strip electrically coupling the first ground via to the second ground via, the conductive strip providing a vertical ground reference for a signal transferred from a first surface of the PCB to a second surface of the PCB through a signal via disposed on the PCB.

A method reduces an area of a mounting electrode provided on a first surface of a multilayer body and connected to a specific component is reduced and decreases a pitch between mounting electrodes. A plating film is formed on the mounting electrodes with the reduced area. The mounting electrodes for connection to specific components are defined by first end surfaces of first via conductors, and hence, the areas of the mounting electrodes are significantly reduced, and the pitch between the mounting electrodes is significantly decreased. Also, the mounting electrodes defined by the first end surfaces of the first via conductors are connected to plane electrodes at end surfaces of second via conductors exposed from a surface of the multilayer body with internal wiring electrodes interposed therebetween. Thus, a plating film is able to be reliably provided on the mounting electrodes.

There is provided a flexible printed circuit board. The flexible printed circuit board includes: a flexible insulation layer having a first surface and a second surface; a first land which is conductive and which is provided on the first surface of the flexible insulation layer; and a conductive member which is provided on the second surface of the flexible insulation layer. A recess is formed on the first land.

A circuit board according to an embodiment includes an insulating layer; a second outer circuit pattern disposed on an upper surface of the insulating layer; and a via disposed in the insulating layer and connected to the second outer circuit pattern; wherein the second outer circuit pattern includes: a first pattern embedded in the insulating layer and having a first width; and a second pattern protruding on the upper surface of the insulating layer, having a second width greater than the first width, and connected to the first pattern through the via.

An apparatus includes a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board includes at least one conductive layer on top a first dielectric layer, wherein the at least one conductive layer comprises at least one of a ground plane and a power plane. The printed circuit board includes a second dielectric layer on top of the at least one conductive layer. The printed circuit board includes a thermal pad on top of the second dielectric layer. The printed circuit board is fabricated by forming at least one plated through hole for electrically coupling the thermal pad to the at least one conductive layer. The printed circuit board is fabricated by backdrilling the at least one plated through hole to remove a portion of the conductive material, wherein subsequent to the backdrilling the conductive material remaining in the at least one plated through hole electrically couples one or more of the at least one conductive layer to the thermal pad.

A flexible substrate includes: an insulating base member; a plurality of lands formed aligned in a plurality of lines in a first direction on the base member; and a plurality of wirings formed on the base member, extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and connected to the plurality of lands on each line of the plurality of lines, wherein the plurality of wirings include a wiring extending between the lands aligned in the first direction, and wherein each of the plurality of lands has a planar shape longer in the second direction.

A passive device packaging structure embedded in a glass medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosures includes a glass substrate and at least one capacitor embedded in the glass substrate. The capacitor includes an upper electrode, a dielectric layer, and a lower electrode. The glass substrate is provided on its upper surface with a cavity, the dielectric layer covers a surface of the cavity and has an area larger than that of the cavity. The upper electrode is provided on the dielectric layer. The dielectric layer and the lower electrode are connected by a metal via pillar passing through the glass substrate.

A circuit board according to an embodiment includes an insulating layer; and a lead pattern portion disposed on the insulating layer, wherein the lead pattern portion includes: a first portion disposed on the insulating layer; and a second portion extending from one end of the first portion; wherein the first portion is disposed overlapping the insulating layer in a vertical direction, wherein the second portion is disposed in an outer region of the insulating layer and does not overlap the insulating layer; and wherein the lead pattern portion has a centerline average roughness in a range of 0.05 .Math.m to 0.5 .Math.m or a 10-point average roughness in a range of 1.0 .Math.m to 5.0 .Math.m.