A method is provided for forming a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly. The method may include drilling a first plurality of vias having a first diameter in a PCB and filling the first plurality of vias to form a first plurality of plated or filled vias. The method may also include drilling a second plurality of vias having a second diameter in the PCB, and filling the second plurality of vias to form a second plurality of plated or filled vias. The first plurality of plated or filled vias is mixed with the second plurality of plated or filled vias such that the spacing between the first plurality of plated or filled vias and the second plurality of plated or filled vias is less than the first diameter and the second diameter.

An interposer-type component carrier includes a stack comprising at least one electrically conductive layer structure and at least one electrically insulating layer structure; a cavity formed in an upper portion of the stack; an active component embedded in the cavity and having at least one terminal facing upwards; and a redistribution structure having only one electrically insulating layer structure above the component. A method of manufacturing an interposer-type component carrier is also disclosed.

A wiring substrate includes an insulating layer having through holes, a first conductor layer formed on first surface of the insulating layer, a second conductor layer formed on second surface of the insulting layer on the opposite side, and interlayer connection conductors formed in the through holes through the insulating layer and connecting the first and second conductor layers. The insulating layer is formed such that the though holes include first and second groups of through holes and that the through holes in the second group have inner walls covered with non-conductive resin, and the interlayer conductors includes first interlayer conductors each including a plating film formed in the first group of through holes, and second interlayer conductors each including a plating film formed in the second group of through holes such that minimum distance between the second interlayer conductors is smaller than minimum distance between the first interlayer conductors.

A wiring substrate includes an insulating layer having through holes, a first conductor layer formed on first surface of the insulating layer, a second conductor layer formed on second surface of the insulting layer on the opposite side, and interlayer connection conductors formed in the through holes through the insulating layer and connecting the first and second conductor layers. The insulating layer is formed such that the though holes include first and second groups of through holes and that the through holes in the second group have inner walls covered with non-conductive resin, and the interlayer conductors includes first interlayer conductors each including a plating film formed in the first group of through holes, and second interlayer conductors each including a plating film formed in the second group of through holes such that minimum distance between the second interlayer conductors is smaller than minimum distance between the first interlayer conductors.

Embodiments may relate to a microelectronic package or a die thereof which includes a die, logic, or subsystem coupled with a face of the substrate. An inductor may be positioned in the substrate. Electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield elements may be positioned within the substrate and surrounding the inductor. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.

A method is provided for forming a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly. The method may include drilling a first plurality of vias having a first diameter in a PCB and filling the first plurality of vias to form a first plurality of plated or filled vias. The method may also include drilling a second plurality of vias having a second diameter in the PCB, and filling the second plurality of vias to form a second plurality of plated or filled vias. The first plurality of plated or filled vias is mixed with the second plurality of plated or filled vias such that the spacing between the first plurality of plated or filled vias and the second plurality of plated or filled vias is less than the first diameter and the second diameter.

A system package module is provided. The system package module includes a module substrate, a plurality of first pins and a plurality of second pins. The module substrate includes a module substrate surface. The module substrate surface includes a first pin arrangement area and a second pin arrangement area. The second pin arrangement area surrounds the first pin arrangement area. The first pins are disposed in the first pin arrangement area. A first pin gap is formed between the two adjacent first pins. The second pins are disposed in the second pin arrangement area. A second pin gap is formed between the two adjacent second pins. The first pin gap is greater than the second pin gap.

A connector with contact tails configured to provide a connector footprint enabling a low cost printed circuit board. The contact tails are positioned to leave routing channels, parallel to an edge of a printed circuit board, within the connector footprint. The routing channels may enable routing of high speed signal traces out of the connector footprint on a small number of routing layers. In a connector with 16 columns, each with 8 pairs of signal traces, two routing layers may be adequate to route traces connecting all of the signal vias in the connector footprint to components at the interior of the printed circuit board.

Systems and methods are provided for reducing crosstalk between differential signals in a printed circuit board (PCB) using fine pitch vias. A pair of contact pads are on the top surface of the PCB and configured to couple a PCB component to the PCB, the contacts a first distance from each other. A first via of a plurality of vias is electrically coupled to a first contact of the pair of contacts and a second via is electrically coupled to a second contact, the first via and second via a second distance from each other, the second distance being less than current standards for minimum via pitch. Each via comprises a via pad on the top surface and a plated through-hole extending from the top surface to a termination point. A separator gap is between the first via and the second via.

A multilayer wiring board includes two or more layers laminated together, each layer includes an insulating resin layer having a first surface and a second surface, and a conductor layer. The insulating resin layer includes a first recess that is open to the first surface, a groove section that is open to the first surface, and a second recess that is open to the second surface and communicates with one or more of the first recesses. Each insulating resin layer is integrally formed in a thickness direction thereof. The conductor layer includes a land portion and a wiring portion filling the first recess and the groove section, and a via portion protruding from the first surface at a position of the land portion. The via portion protruding from the first surface of the insulating resin layer fills a recess of another insulating resin layer adjacent to the first surface.