Embodiments include package structures having integrated waveguides to enable high data rate communication between package components. For example, a package structure includes a package substrate having an integrated waveguide, and first and second integrated circuit chips mounted to the package substrate. The first integrated circuit chip is coupled to the integrated waveguide using a first transmission line to waveguide transition, and the second integrated circuit chip is coupled to the integrated waveguide using a second transmission line to waveguide transition. The first and second integrated circuit chips are configured to communicate by transmitting signals using the integrated waveguide within the package carrier.

The present invention relates to the fabrication of complicated electronic and/or mechanical structures and devices and components using homogeneous or heterogeneous 3D additive build processes. In particular the invention relates to selective metallization processes including electroless and/or electrolytic metallization.

An electronic device according to the present disclosure includes a component, an electrode placed on the component, a conductor which includes a first conductor section, including an electrode contact surface in contact with the electrode, and two second conductor sections, electrically connected to two respective facing edges of the first conductor section to extend in respective directions away from the electrode and including respective inclined surfaces inclined in directions toward a central axis passing through a center of the electrode and perpendicular to the surface of the electrode, an insulator which is in contact with the two second conductor sections from sides opposite to the central axis and encloses the conductor and the electrode, and a case housing the component, the electrode, the conductor, and the insulator. A space without the insulator is defined between the two second conductor sections.

A component carrier including: i) a stack with at least one electrically insulating layer structure and at least one electrically conductive layer structure; ii) a first metal trace comprising a rough surface; and iii) a second metal trace arranged adjacent to the first metal trace, comprising a smooth surface. The component carrier is configured to guide high-frequency and or high-speed signals through the second metal trace.

Embodiments include package structures having integrated waveguides to enable high data rate communication between package components. For example, a package structure includes a package substrate having an integrated waveguide, and first and second integrated circuit chips mounted to the package substrate. The first integrated circuit chip is coupled to the integrated waveguide using a first transmission line to waveguide transition, and the second integrated circuit chip is coupled to the integrated waveguide using a second transmission line to waveguide transition. The first and second integrated circuit chips are configured to communicate by transmitting signals using the integrated waveguide within the package carrier.

The invention relates to a control device for a vehicle. The control device includes a printed circuit board on which a plurality of electronic components is arranged. The control device also includes a body which is manufactured from an electrically conductive material. The printed circuit board is fastened to the body at a plurality of fastening points. A coupling device is provided which is designed such that the printed circuit board is capacitively coupled to the body in the region between the fastening points. The coupling device includes an electrically conductive pin provided on the body and an opening formed on the printed circuit board having an electrically conductive peripheral layer, the pin extending into the opening.

A printed circuit board that includes a core substrate including a core layer, an upper glass layer on a surface of the core layer, and a lower glass layer on another surface of the core layer; an optical waveguide including at least a portion between the upper glass layer and the lower glass layer, the optical waveguide including a reflection layer on at least a portion of an inner wall of the optical waveguide; a first pad on the core substrate, the first pad being connected to the optical waveguide; a second pad on the core substrate, the second pad being spaced apart from the first pad, and the second pad being connected to the optical waveguide; and a heat emission layer contacting at least a portion of each of the first pad and the second pad.