A circuit board is disclosed, including a circuit board body and at least one via apparatus provided on the circuit board body. The via apparatus includes a via (101) formed on the circuit board body, a via pad (201) surrounding the via and separately provided from the via, and an electrical conductor (301) electrically connecting the via pad (201) with the via (101).

A light sensing module and a display apparatus are provided. The light sensing module includes a circuit board and a light sensing device, wherein the circuit board includes a mounting region and a device region surrounding the mounting region, an encapsulation layer is disposed on the device region, and a light sensing device, a light sensing hole and a barrier structure are provided on the mounting region, a vertical projection of the light sensing device on the mounting region at least partially overlaps with a vertical projection of the light sensing hole on the mounting region, and the barrier structure is disposed around the periphery of the light sensing hole, and separates the encapsulation layer from the light sensing hole.

An item may include fabric having insulating and conductive yarns or other strands of material. The conductive strands may form signal paths. Electrical components can be mounted to the fabric. Each electrical component may have an electrical device such as a semiconductor die that is mounted on an interposer substrate. The interposer may have contacts that are soldered to the conductive strands. A protective cover may encapsulate portions of the electrical component. To create a robust connection between the electrical component and the fabric, the conductive strands may be threaded through recesses in the electrical component. The recesses may be formed in the interposer or may be formed in a protective cover on the interposer. Conductive material in the recess may be used to electrically and/or mechanically connect the conductive strand to a bond pad in the recess. Thermoplastic material may be used to seal the solder joint.

A device that includes a substrate including a plurality of metal layers, and a plurality of dielectric layers. The device further includes a first passive component including a first terminal, a second terminal, and a first body, mounted to the substrate on one of the plurality of metal layers. The first terminal is coupled to a first ground signal and the second terminal is coupled to a second ground signal such that the first passive component is shorted. The first passive component may be an inductor, a capacitor or a resistor. The first passive component is operable as a heat sink, a heat shield, an electromagnetic shield, or as a tuning inductor.

A chip electronic component includes a stack, a first external electrode disposed at least on a first end surface and a first main surface of the stack, a second external electrode disposed at least on a second end surface and a first main surface of the stack, a first bump disposed at least on a portion of the first external electrode on the first main surface, and a second bump disposed at least on a portion of the second external electrode on the first main surface. The first bump and the second bump each have a porosity greater than or equal to about 5% and less than or equal to about 40%.

An electronic device is provided with an electronic component having a base material and a terminal electrode formed on a first surface of the base material, and a circuit substrate in which a pad for mounting the electronic component is formed on a first surface. A hole for light transmission is formed in the pad, and the pad and the terminal electrode are electrically and mechanically connected to each other with a cured product of optical firing paste obtained by receiving light from a second surface that is a surface opposite to the first surface of the circuit substrate.

Certain embodiments of the disclosure relate to an electronic device including a substrate having a shielding structure. The electronic device may include a first substrate, a second substrate, and a third substrate. The second substrate may include a first metal pattern connected to ground and including multiple first slits formed by removing a portion of the first metal pattern, each of the first slits having a cross shape, a second metal pattern connected to the ground and including multiple second slits formed by removing a portion of the second metal pattern, each of the second slits having the cross shape, and multiple ground vias extending through at least a portion of the second substrate so as to connect the first metal pattern of the first metal layer to the second metal pattern of the second metal layer. Various other embodiments are also disclosed.

In one implementation, a multilayered printed circuit board is configured to redirect current distribution. The current may be distributed by steering, blocking, or otherwise manipulating current flows. The multilayered printed circuit board includes at least one power plane layer. The power plane layer does not distribute current evenly. Instead, the power plane layer includes multiple patterns with different resistances. The patterns may include a hatching pattern, a grid pattern, a directional pattern, a slot, a void, or a continuous pattern. The pattern is a predetermined spatial variation such that current flows in a first area differently than current flows in a second area.

A optical module according to the present invention includes an optical semiconductor device, a package housing the optical semiconductor device, a first pattern provided on an upper surface of the package, a second pattern provided on a side surface continuous with the upper surface of the package, a flexible substrate provided on the first pattern and extending from the upper surface to a side surface side of the package and solder joining the first pattern and the flexible substrate together, wherein the solder is spread between a portion of the flexible substrate, the portion extending from the upper surface to the side surface side of the package, and the second pattern.

A circuit pattern of a power line and a circuit pattern of a signal line are disposed in a first layer of a laminated circuit board device, a circuit pattern of the signal line to be protected is disposed in a second layer, and a circuit pattern of a power line is disposed in a third layer. The shapes of the first circuit pattern of the power line of the first layer and the second circuit pattern of the power line of the third layer are substantially matched with each other with respect to a portion of the second layer lacing the circuit pattern of the signal line. The direction of the current of the first circuit pattern coincides with the direction of the current of the second circuit pattern.