A wiring substrate includes a core substrate including a core insulating layer, a first conductor layer, a second conductor layer, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a third conductor layer, and a fourth conductor layer. The first conductor layer includes first land and first plane parts, the second conductor layer includes second land and second plane parts, the third conductor layer includes fine wirings and a third plane part, the fourth conductor layer includes fine wirings and a fourth plane part, the substrate includes a through-hole conductor connecting the first and second land parts through the core insulating layer, a first via conductor connecting the first land part and third conductor layer, a second via conductor connecting the second land part and fourth conductor layer, a third via conductor connecting the first and third plane parts, and a fourth via conductor connecting the second and fourth plane parts.

A ceramic electronic component that includes an electronic component body having a superficial base ceramic layer; a surface electrode on a surface of the electronic component body, a peripheral section of the surface electrode having an opening therein; and a covering ceramic layer covering the peripheral section of the surface electrode and the opening therein.

The casing of an electronic control device includes a casing-side contact surface in contact with the end of a printed-circuit board. A cover includes a cover-side contact surface holding the end of the printed-circuit board together with the casing-side contact surface by being in contact with the end of the printed-circuit board. In the printed-circuit board, a held portion held between the casing-side contact surface and the cover-side contact surface is provided with a through-hole via.

An electronic component includes: an insulating layer; and a first metal bump disposed on the insulating layer and provided with: a first metal layer disposed on the insulating layer; and a second metal layer disposed on the first metal layer, wherein, in a cross-sectional view of the electronic component, the first metal layer has a first width, the second metal layer has a second width, and the first width is smaller than the second width.

A printed circuit board includes an insulating layer, a circuit pattern embedded in the insulating layer and including a first metal layer, a second metal layer and a third metal layer disposed between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, and a connection conductor disposed on one surface of the insulating layer and connected to the circuit pattern, wherein the first metal layer is exposed through the one surface of the insulating layer.

A method for manufacturing a circuit board with narrow conductive traces and narrow spaces between traces includes a base layer and two first wiring layers disposed on opposite surfaces of the base layer. Each first wiring layer includes a first bottom wiring and a first electroplated copper wiring. The first bottom wiring is formed on the base layer. The first bottom wiring includes a first end facing the base layer, a second end opposite to the first end, and a first sidewall connecting the first end and the second end. The first electroplated copper wiring covers the second end and the first sidewall of the first bottom wiring.

Provided is a method for manufacturing a wiring board that forms a wiring layer having favorable adhesion without a resin resist pattern. A method prepares a substrate with seed-layer including: a underlayer on the surface of an insulating substrate; and a seed layer on the surface of the underlayer, the seed layer having a predetermined pattern and containing metal; presses a solid electrolyte membrane against the seed layer and the underlayer, and applies voltage between an anode and the underlayer to reduce metal ions in the membrane and form a metal layer on the surface of the seed layer; and removes an exposed region without the seed layer and the metal layer of the underlayer to form a wiring layer including the underlayer, the seed layer and the metal layer on the surface of the substrate.

A printed circuit board includes an insulating layer, a circuit pattern embedded in the insulating layer and including a first metal layer, a second metal layer and a third metal layer disposed between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, and a connection conductor disposed on one surface of the insulating layer and connected to the circuit pattern, wherein the first metal layer is exposed through the one surface of the insulating layer.

A package that includes a substrate and an electrical component coupled to the substrate. The substrate includes at least one dielectric layer, a plurality of interconnects located in the at least one dielectric layer, and a solder resist layer located over a surface of the at least one dielectric layer. The solder resist layer includes a first solder resist layer portion comprising a first thickness, and a second solder resist layer portion comprising a second thickness that is less than the first thickness. The electrical component is located over the second solder resist layer portion.

Light reflection from a metal mesh touch sensor is reduced or prevented by encasing the metal lines with a passivation coating and including non-reflective nanoparticles in the patterning photoresist. The photoresist is mixed with catalytic nanoparticles wherein the nanoparticles are formed to minimize light reflection. The nanoparticles may be carbon coated metallic particles, or uncoated palladium nanoparticles. Also, a standoff photoresist layer may be included between the substrate and the photoresist composition to prevent reflection from the edges of the metallic lines.