A thermosetting resin composition, a prepreg, a laminate, and a printed circuit board are provided. The thermosetting resin composition has a thermosetting polyphenylene ether resin, an unsaturated polyolefin resin, a curing agent, and hollow borosilicate microspheres with surfaces treated with a bromine-containing silane coupling agent. The laminate produced from the thermosetting resin composition satisfies the requirements for overall properties such as low dielectric constant, low dielectric loss, low water absorption rate, high peeling strength, and the like for a high-frequency electronic circuit substrate.

The application relates to a transparent conductive film (1) according to one embodiment, wherein the first transparent layer (31) having a first pattern of first electrodes is provided, e.g. deposited, on the first side (2a) of a transparent base film (2) and the second transparent layer (32) having a second pattern of second electrodes is provided, e.g. deposited, on the second side (2b) of the transparent base film (2). Further, the application relates to a method for producing a transparent conductive film. Further, the application relates to a touch sensing device and to different uses.

A composite with hollow nano-structures comprises multiple one dimensional hollow nanowires being dispersed into a polymer film; the polymer film is flexible; a dielectric constant of the one dimensional hollow nanowire is lower than a dielectric constant of the polymer film; and a dielectric constant of the composite is between the dielectric constant of the one dimensional hollow nanowire and the dielectric constant of the polymer film.

A pin assembly is provided for a plated via of a circuit board. The pin assembly includes a pin sized for insertion into the plated via, and a plurality of expandable elements affixed to the pin. A conductive coating is disposed over the pin and over the plurality of expandable elements. With the pin assembly inserted into the plated via, one or more expandable elements of the plurality of expandable elements can be expanded within the plated via to enhance contact of the pin assembly to a wall of the plated via.

A ceramic electronic component that includes a plurality of ceramic layers which are stacked together, and an internal conductor layer disposed between two adjacent ceramic layers among the plurality of ceramic layers, and in which a ceramic layer that is adjacent to the internal conductor layer includes a plurality of pores.

A wiring substrate includes an insulating layer including a first layer and a second layer, and a conductor layer including a metal film formed on a surface of the second layer of the insulating layer such that the conductor layer includes a conductor pattern. The first layer includes resin and first inorganic particles, the second layer includes resin and second inorganic particles at the content rate that is lower than the content rate of the first inorganic particles in the first layer, and the thickness of the first layer is 90% or more of the thickness of the insulating layer. The second layer of the insulating layer includes a composite layer having the thickness in the range of 0.1 to 0.3 ?m, and the composite layer includes part of the metal film in the conductor layer formed in gaps between the second inorganic particles and resin in the second layer.

In an embodiment a carrier structure includes at least one conductor structure configured for electrically contacting electrical components, wherein the conductor structure includes a plurality of conductor bodies, wherein at least some of the conductor bodies are in direct contact with electrically conductive first connectors, and wherein the conductor structure includes the conductor bodies and the first connectors.

A method of direct printing or writing of a metallic material involves depositing, with a printing device or writing device, an ink comprising of at least undercooled liquid metallic particles dispersed in a carrier fluid. The ink is deposited on any substrate surface to deposit the undercooled liquid metal particles thereon as one or more layers that can form a desired pattern or layered structure.

A method and associated apparatus are disclosed for forming a conductive via that extends partly through a multi-layer assembly, wherein the method comprises forming a cavity from a surface of the multi-layer assembly to a first depth. The cavity extends through a plurality of layers of the multi-layer assembly. The plurality of layers comprises a healing layer comprising a plurality of microcapsules. Forming the cavity ruptures some of the plurality of microcapsules to release encapsulated material into the cavity. The released encapsulated material defines a second depth from the surface, the second depth being closer to the surface than the first depth. The method further comprises depositing conductive material within the cavity to form the conductive via that extends to the second depth.

A sheet for manufacturing a component carrier includes a first structure having first filler particles in a resin matrix, and a second structure stacked with the first structure and having second filler particles in a resin matrix, wherein a hollow volume in a respective one of the second filler particles is larger than in a respective one of the first filler particles.