A carrier assembly may include a first carrier sub-assembly, said first carrier sub-assembly having an elongated shape and comprising at least one electrically conductive layer structure and at least one electrically insulating layer structure, said at least one electrically conductive layer structure extending up to a first area provided on one of two extremities of the elongated shape, wherein a first plurality of conductive nanowires is provided on said first area, and a second carrier sub-assembly, said second carrier sub-assembly comprising at least one electrically conductive layer structure and at least one electrically insulating layer structure, said at least one electrically conductive layer structure comprising a second area, wherein a second plurality of conductive nanowires is provided on that second area.

A printed circuit board according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises an insulation board and a plurality of metal electrodes disposed on the insulation board, wherein: the plurality of metal electrodes include a first electrode and a second electrode; the first electrode includes a first surface parallel to an upper surface of the insulation board, a second surface facing the first surface, a first side surface disposed between the first surface and the second surface, and a second side surface facing the first side surface; a part of the first side surface and a part of the second side surface protrude toward the outside of the first electrode in the direction parallel to the upper surface of the insulation board; the first side surface protrudes farther in an area adjacent to the first surface than in an area adjacent to the second surface; and the second side surface protrudes farther in the area adjacent to the second surface than in the area adjacent to the first surface.

In some examples, an electronic device comprises a first component having a surface, a second component having a surface, and a bond layer positioned between the surfaces of the first and second components to couple the first and second components to each other. The bond layer includes a set of metallic nanowires and a dielectric portion. The dielectric portion comprises a polymer matrix and dielectric nanoparticles.

Provided are an electrodeposited copper foil, a current collector, an electrode, and a lithium-ion secondary battery comprising the same. The electrodeposited copper foil has a deposited side and a drum side opposite the deposited side. In a first aspect, ΔRS between the deposited side and the drum side is at most about 95 MPa, and the deposited side exhibits a Vv in a range from about 0.15 μm.sup.3/μm.sup.2 to about 1.35 μm.sup.3/μm.sup.2. In a second aspect, the deposited side has a Sku of about 1.5 to about 6.5 and the deposited side exhibits a Vv in a range from about 0.15 μm.sup.3/μm.sup.2 to about 1.35 μm.sup.3/μm.sup.2. The characteristics are beneficial to improve the quality of the electrodeposited copper foil, thereby extending the charge-discharge cycle life of a lithium-ion secondary battery comprising the same.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electronic component in which a copper electrode and an inorganic substrate exhibit strong adhesion to each other. A method for producing an electronic component according to the present invention comprises: an application step wherein a paste is applied onto an inorganic substrate, which paste contains copper particles, copper oxide particles and/or nickel oxide particles, and inorganic oxide particles having a softening point: a sintering step wherein a sintered body which contains at least copper is formed by means of heating in an inert gas atmosphere at a temperature that is less than the softening point of the inorganic oxide particles but not less than the sintering temperature of the copper particles; and a softening step wherein hearing is carried out in an inert gas atmosphere at a temperature that is not less than the softening point of the inorganic oxide particles.

An electronic device is provided and includes a wiring structure including a conductive wiring and an insulating layer. The conductive wiring is disposed on a substrate and has a top side and two side walls opposite to each other. The insulating layer wraps around the conductive wiring at least through the top side and two side walls, wherein there is a gap between the insulating layer and at least one of the two side walls. The conductive wiring includes a first layer, a second layer and a third layer, the second layer is disposed between the first layer and the third layer, and the first layer is disposed between the second layer and the substrate. A thickness of the second layer is greater than a thickness of the first layer, and the thickness of the second layer is greater than a thickness of the third layer.

A circuit board includes a board body and pair of connection portions disposed at both ends of the board body. Each of the pair of connection portions is inserted into a connector. Each of the pair of connection portions includes a connection terminal electrically connected to the connector, and at least one of the pair of connection portions includes an extending portion extending from the connection terminal to an insertion leading end of the at least one of the pair of connection portion. The extending portion is disposed at a position to avoid a virtual line extending in an insertion direction through a position where the connector and the connection terminal are electrically connected.

Surface-treated copper foils exhibiting a void volume (Vv) in a range of 0.4 to 2.2 μm.sup.3/μm.sup.2 and an arithmetic mean waviness (Wa) lower than or equal to 0.4 μm are reported. Where the surface-treated copper foil is treated on the drum side and includes a treatment layer comprising a nodule layer. Such surface-treated copper foils can be used as a conductive material having low transmission loss, for example in circuit boards.

A wiring structure is provided, including a conductive wiring and an insulating layer. The conductive wiring is disposed on a substrate and has a top side, a bottom side and two side walls opposite to each other. The insulating layer which wraps around the conductive wiring at least through the top side and two side walls, wherein there is a gap between the insulating layer and at least one of the two side walls.

A method of forming a structure upon a substrate is disclosed. The method comprises: providing a substrate upon a surface of which a plurality of electrically conductive pads are disposed; depositing fluid containing a dispersion of electrically polarizable nanoparticles onto the substrate such that at least a portion of a first one of the plurality of pads is in contact with the fluid; applying an alternating electric field to the fluid using a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode being positioned so as to provide an effective first electrode end position from which the electric field is applied, coincident with the deposited fluid, and spaced apart from the first pad by a distance, and the second electrode being in contact with the first pad, such that a plurality of the nanoparticles are assembled to form a first elongate structure extending along at least part of the distance between the effective first electrode end position and the portion of the first pad.