A curable epoxy composition comprising a polyvalent epoxy compound (A) having a biphenyl structure and/or condensed polycyclic structure, a trivalent or higher polyvalent phenol type epoxy compound (B), and a triazine structure-containing phenol resin (C) and a film, laminated film, prepreg, laminate, cured article, and composite article obtained using the same are provided.

An object of the present invention is to provide: a heat-curable composition capable of yielding a cured article in which crack generation during a heating-cooling cycle can be inhibited; a dry film thereof; and a printed wiring board comprising the cured article. The heat-curable composition is characterized by comprising a semisolid or a solid epoxy compound and a curing accelerator that is made miscible with the epoxy compound when heated at 130 to 220° C. The dry film comprises a resin layer formed from this heat-curable composition, and the printed wiring board comprises a cured article obtained from the heat-curable composition or the dry film.

An object of the present invention is to provide: a dry film comprising a resin layer which has excellent detachability from a carrier film and in which cracking and powdering are inhibited; and a printed wiring board comprising a cured article obtained by curing the dry film. The dry film comprises a resin layer containing a thermosetting resin component, a filler and at least two solvents, wherein the at least two solvents both have a boiling point of 100° C. or higher and the boiling points of the at least two solvents are different by not less than 5° C.

An epoxy resin exhibits a small change in volume after thermal history, is excellent in low thermal expansion and low moisture absorption, and has high heat resistance, in terms of a cured product obtained therefrom; a curable resin composition; a cured product which has all the above properties; a semiconductor encapsulating material; a semiconductor device; a prepreg; a circuit board; a buildup film; a buildup substrate; a fiber-reinforced composite material; and a molded article. The present invention is characterized by an epoxy resin, characterized by including as essential components, a cresol-naphthol co-condensed novolac type epoxy resin (A), a naphthol glycidyl ether compound (B), and one or more xanthene compounds (C) selected from the group of compounds represented by the following structural formulae (1) to (3), wherein the content of the xanthene compound(s) (C) is from 0.1% to 5.5% in terms of area ratio in a GPC measurement.

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A wiring board includes a first wiring layer formed on one surface of a core layer, a first insulating layer formed on the one surface of the core layer so as to cover the first wiring layer, a via wiring embedded in the first insulating layer, a second wiring layer formed on a first surface of the first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer thinner than the first insulating layer formed on the first surface of the first insulating layer so as to cover the second wiring layer. The first wiring layer comprises a pad and a plane layer provided around the pad. One end surface of the via wiring is exposed from the first surface of the first insulating layer and directly bonded to the second wiring layer. The other end surface of the via wiring is directly bonded to the pad in the first insulating layer.

Provided is an interlayer insulating film for a multi-layered printed wiring board, including a wiring embedding layer (A) obtained by forming a thermosetting resin composition (I) into a layer, and an adhesion assisting layer (B) obtained by forming a thermosetting resin composition (II) into a layer, in which the interlayer insulating film contains a residual solvent in an amount of 1% to 10% by mass in a total amount of the wiring embedding layer (A) and the adhesion assisting layer (B), and the residual solvent contains an organic solvent having a boiling point of 150° C. to 230° C. in an amount of 10% by mass or more in a total amount of the residual solvent.

A multilayer curable resin film comprising a first resin layer comprising a first curable resin composition including a polyphenylene ether oligomer (A1) with an end modified by an aromatic vinyl group and a curing agent (A2) and a second resin layer comprising a second curable resin composition including an alicyclic olefin polymer (B1) and a curing agent (B2), a prepreg comprised of this including a fiber substrate, and a laminate, cured product, composite, and multilayer circuit board obtained using these are provided.

A thermosetting polymer formulation includes: 40 to 90 volume percent of a thermosetting polymer system; 10 to 40 volume percent, preferably 20 to 35 volume percent, preferably 20 to 30 volume percent, of a plurality of hexagonal boron nitride platelets having a mean particle diameter of 5 to 20 micrometers, preferably 8 to 15 micrometers, and a D10 particle diameter of 3 to 7 micrometers, preferably 3 to 5 micrometers, and a D90 particle diameter of 20 to 30 micrometers, preferably 25 to 30 micrometers; a total of 0.01 to 10 volume percent of a coupling agent, an impact modifier, a curing agent, a defoamer, a colorant, a thickening agent, a release agent, an accelerator, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, wherein the volume percentages are based on the total volume of the formulation.

A method is used to identify and compensate for errors created by changes in the relative positions of a deposition unit and a vision system of a dispenser. The method includes calibrating the vision system, dispensing a pattern of features over a working area, moving the vision system over a deposition location to locate a deposition, obtaining an image of the deposition, tagging data associated with the image, calculating a relative distance between the deposition unit and the vision system, storing correction data with spatial location in a file for later use, and using the stored data to make small corrections prior to dispensing additional material.

A prepreg composite that comprises a fibrous substrate and polymer composition impregnated within the substrate is provided. The substrate has a thickness of from about 5 to about 500 micrometers and contains glass fibers. The polymer composition includes a crosslinked thermoset aromatic polyester. The aromatic polyester includes repeating units derived from an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid, aromatic dicarboxycarboxylic acid, aromatic diol, aromatic amide, aromatic amine, or a combination thereof.