A Printed Circuit Board (PCB) includes a via extending through at least one layer of the PCB. The PCB may also include a first catch pad connected to the via and located within a first metal layer of the PCB. The first catch pad may have a first size. The PCB may further include a second catch pad connected to the via and located within a second metal layer of the PCB. The second catch pad may have a second size greater than the first size. The second catch pad may overlap horizontally with a portion of a metallic feature in the first metal layer to obstruct light incident on a first side of the PCB from transmission to a second side of the PCB through a region of dielectric material near the via.

In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a circuit board may include a first trace formed in a first layer of the circuit board, a second trace formed in a second layer of the circuit board, a via, and a termination pad. The via may be configured to electrically couple the first trace to the second trace, the via comprising a via stub corresponding to a first portion of a length of the via not within a second portion of the via between a first location in which the first trace is electrically coupled to the via and a second location in which the second trace is electrically coupled to the via. The termination pad may be formed at an end of the via stub opposite at least one of the first location and the second location.

A laminate substrate inductor reduces insertion loss and improves isolation while reducing the area for integrating the laminate substrate inductor. The laminate substrate includes a spiral trace. The laminate substrate also includes a first capture pad at a first end of the spiral trace. The first end is located at a corner of the spiral trace. The first capture pad is substantially within a bounding box of the spiral trace. At least a portion of the first capture pad and an outer edge of the spiral trace have a same distance from a ground.

Before a laminated body is subjected to hot pressing, at least two or more land electrodes are displaced from each other as viewed in the lamination direction, whereby at least two or more gaps disposed in the lamination direction are displaced from each other as viewed in the lamination direction. The hot pressing on the laminated body causes resin materials that compose resin films to flow and fill the gaps in the laminated body. Consequently, the planarity of a multilayer substrate can be improved to a greater extent than in a case where a plurality of gaps disposed in the lamination direction is located at the same position as viewed in the lamination direction.

The various structures forming communication paths on a printed circuit board can create several undesired effects, especially when high frequency signals are considered. Non-functional pads created during the manufacturing process have the potential to create an undesired effect, but when the overall collection of non-functional pads are carefully configured, an optimized communication path can be formed. More specifically, by selectively removing some collection of the non-functional pads, the high frequency characteristics of the communication paths can be optimized.

A flexible printed circuit board (PCB), a method for manufacturing the flexible PCB, and a PCB structure having the flexible PCB are disclosed. A flexible printed circuit board includes a first conductive pattern layer, a second conductive pattern layer, a plurality of first conductive pillars, and a plurality of second conductive pillars. Each of the plurality of first conductive pillars electrically connects to the first conductive pattern layer and is spaced from the second conductive pattern layer, and a plurality of second conductive pillars electrically connects to the second conductive pattern layer and is spaced from the first conductive pattern layer. The plurality of first conductive pillars and the plurality of second conductive pillars are exposed from one surface of the flexible printed circuit board to form a plurality of electrical contact pads.

An electronic element mounting substrate includes a substrate including a first layer, a second layer located on a lower surface of the first layer, and a third layer located on a lower surface of the second layer, and on which an electronic element is to be mounted. The substrate has a via conductor that passes through the first layer to the third layer in a vertical direction. The substrate includes respective electrical conductor layers located between the respective layers and connected to the via conductor in a plan perspective. Each electrical conductor layer includes a land portion surrounding the via conductor, a clearance portion surrounding the land portion, and a peripheral portion surrounding the clearance portion and electrically insulated from the land portion with the clearance portion interposed between the land portion and the peripheral portion. The first land portion has, in a plan perspective, a first portion overlapping the second land portion, and the first clearance portion has, in a plan perspective, a second portion not overlapping the second clearance portion. The first peripheral portion and the second peripheral portion each have, in a vertical cross-sectional view, an end portion that becomes thinner as a distance from the via conductor increases.

A multilayered substrate in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure may include an insulating layer, a conductive pattern embedded, at least partially, in the insulating layer, and a bump being electrically connected to the conductive pattern and penetrating the insulating layer. The bump may include a low melting point metal layer having a melting point lower than a melting point of the conductive pattern and a high melting point metal layer having a melting point higher than the melting point of the low melting point metal layer and having a latitudinal cross-sectional area smaller than a latitudinal cross-sectional area of the low melting point metal layer.

The coil device includes a plurality of printed wiring boards and an adhesive layer. The plurality of printed wiring boards are stacked in a thickness direction of the coil device. Each of the plurality of printed wiring boards includes a base film having a first main surface and a second main surface, and a coil wire formed in a spiral shape on at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface. The adhesive layer is disposed between the plurality of printed wiring boards adjacent to each other in the thickness direction of the coil device. The coil device has a portion that satisfies expression (1).

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A high-frequency signal line includes a first base layer having flexibility, a linear signal line provided on the first base layer and including a first line portion having a first width and a second line portion having a second width greater than the first width, and a first reinforcing conductor provided on the first base layer along the first line portion.