A printed wiring board according to an aspect of the present invention includes an insulating resin, a plated copper formed on a front surface side of the insulating resin, and a plated copper formed on a back surface side of the insulating resin. The plated copper and the plated copper are electrically connected via a plated copper that fills a through hole penetrating the insulating resin from the front surface side to the back surface side. Furthermore, the through hole includes a conical section whose opening diameter decreases from the front surface side to the back surface side of the insulating resin, and a cylindrical section that communicates with the conical section at a bottom surface of the conical section.

In some embodiments, a manufacturing process includes injection molding a palladium-catalyzed material into a substrate, forming a thin copper film over exterior and exposed surfaces of the substrate; ablating or removing copper film from the substrate to provide first, second and optional third portions of the copper film and ablated sections; electrolytically plating each portion to form metallic-plated portions; and ablating or removing the second portion in order to isolate the first portion. The metallic-plated first portion comprises a circuit portion of a molded interconnect device (MID), and where the metallic-plated third portion comprises a Faraday cage portion of a MID. A soft etching step may be included. A solder resist application step can be added, along with an associated solder resist removal step.

A substrate is provided that includes a substrate body made of a material such as glass, and at least one electrical via that can extend at least into or through the substrate body. The via is metalized with a molten metal that enters the via under capillary action and solidifies to establish electrical conductivity through the via. The melting temperature of the metal is less than the transition temperature and melting temperature of the substrate body.

A method of fabricating a substrate core structure comprises: providing first and second patterned conductive layers defining openings therein on each side of a starting insulating layer; providing a first and a second supplemental insulating layers onto respective ones of a first and a second patterned conductive layer; laser drilling a set of via openings extending through at least some of the conductive layer openings of the first and second patterned conductive layers; filling the set of via openings with a conductive material to provide a set of conductive vias; and providing a first and a second supplemental patterned conductive layer onto respective ones of the first and the second supplemental insulating layers, the set of conductive vias contacting the first supplemental patterned conductive layer at one side thereof, and the second supplemental patterned conductive layer at another side thereof.

A manufacturing method of a substrate structure including vias includes the following steps. A substrate is provided, wherein a material of the substrate includes polyimide. An etching stop layer is formed on the substrate, wherein the etching stop layer covers two opposite surfaces of the substrate. A patterned process is performed on the etching stop layer to form a plurality of openings exposing a part of the substrate. An etching process is performed on the substrate to remove the part of the substrate exposed by the openings and form a plurality of vias.

An array-type electrode, which may include a substrate, an isolating layer, an electrode and a micro-structure layer. The isolating layer may be disposed on one side of the substrate. The first part of the electrode may be disposed on one side of the substrate and covered by the isolating layer; the second part of the electrode penetrates through the substrate; the third part of the electrode may be disposed on the other side of the substrate; the first part may be connected to the third part via the second part. The micro-structure layer may be disposed on the isolating layer.

A three-dimensional wiring board production method is provided that includes: a preparation step of preparing a resin film (1) having a breaking elongation of 50% or more; a first metal film formation step of forming a first metal film (3) on a surface of the resin film; a pattern formation step of performing patterning on the first metal film to form a desired pattern; a three-dimensional molding step of performing three-dimensional molding by heating and pressurizing the resin film; and a second metal film formation step of forming a second metal film (21) on the first metal film having a pattern formed thereon. In the first metal film formation step, metal is deposited in a particle state to form the first metal film in a porous state.

A three-dimensional wiring board production method is provided that includes: a preparation step of preparing a resin film having a breaking elongation of 50% or more; a first metal film formation step of forming a first metal film on a surface of the resin film; a pattern formation step of performing patterning on the first metal film to form a desired pattern; a three-dimensional molding step of performing three-dimensional molding by heating and pressurizing the resin film; and a second metal film formation step of forming a second metal film on the first metal film having a pattern formed thereon. In the first metal film formation step, metal is deposited in a particle state to form the first metal film in a porous state.

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 including a signal wiring, and a via conductor formed in the resin insulating layer such that the via conductor is connecting the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. The resin insulating layer has an opening such that the opening is exposing a portion of the first conductor layer and that the via conductor is formed in the opening of the resin insulating layer, and the resin insulating layer includes inorganic particles and resin such that the resin is forming the surface of the resin insulating layer.

The present invention provides a novel method of constructing a coax spring-pin socket that furnishes better performance and is easier to manufacture in volume using common dielectrics and copper plating. This is accomplished by, in application, a lamination of PCB dielectric layers. This dielectric block is then drilled, plated, etched, and drilled in steps for the construction of a coaxial structure for the signal pins, and a ground structure for ground pins. This design process that can be quickly adjusted and customized for each design.