A circuit wire crossing structure, comprising a substrate with a supporting surface, an electrical circuit disposed on the supporting surface of the substrate, with the electrical circuit comprising, two lateral wires with one of the wires having a first terminal and a second terminal and another one of the lateral wires having a second terminal, wherein the first terminal and the second terminal are spaced apart from each other, and a central wire, disposed between and apart from the first terminal and the second terminal, and an electronic component arranged above the supporting surface and two terminals of the electronic component connecting with the first terminal and the second terminal, wherein the electronic component has an insulating shell facing the central wire, and an orthographic projection of the electronic component to the supporting surface extends across an orthographic projection of the central wire to the supporting surface.

Disclosed is a system and method for monitoring a characteristic of an environment of an electronic device. The electronic device may include a printed circuit board and a component. A sensor is placed on the printed circuit board, and may be between the component and the board, and connects to a monitor, or detector. An end user device may be used to store, assess, display and understand the data received from the sensor through the monitor.

A motherboard includes a multilayer printed circuit board (PCB), a central processing unit (CPU) slot, at least one first memory slot, at least one second memory slot, a plurality of first traces, and a plurality of second traces. The CPU slot, the first memory slot, and the second memory slot are disposed on the first wiring layer of the multilayer PCB, and the second memory slot is disposed between the first memory slot and the CPU slot. The first traces are disposed on the first wiring layer of the multilayer PCB. The CPU slot is electrically connected to the first memory slot by the first traces. The second traces are disposed on the second wiring layer of the multilayer PCB which is different from the first wiring layer, and the CPU slot is electrically connected with the second memory slot by the second traces.

The invention relates to a semiconductor component (2), comprising a semiconductor chip (3), a housing (5) and a connection point arrangement (10) having at least two rows (14, 16) of planar connection points (12), which are arranged on a bottom side of the housing (5) and can be electrically connected by means of connections to corresponding contacts of a contact arrangement having at least two rows, which contact arrangement is arranged on a printed circuit board, wherein the geometry of the contact arrangement corresponds to the geometry of the connection point arrangement (10), a first distance is specified between two adjacent first connection points (14A) of a first row (14) of the connection point arrangement (10) and a second distance is specified between two adjacent second connection points (16A) of a second row (16) of the connection point arrangement (10), and the second connection points (16A) of the second row (16) are offset to the first connection points (14A) of the first row (14). The invention also relates to a corresponding contacting assembly having such a semiconductor element (2) and a printed circuit board. The first distance at least between two adjacent first connection points (14A) of the first row (14) of the connection point arrangement (10) corresponds to an intermediate space (C, D) between two contacts of the corresponding contact arrangement, in which intermediate space at least two conducting tracks (28) having functionally reliable dimensions and distances can be arranged.

Disclosed is a system and method for monitoring a characteristic of an environment of an electronic device. The electronic device may include a printed circuit board and a component. A sensor is placed on the printed circuit board, and may be between the component and the board, and connects to a monitor, or detector. An end user device may be used to store, assess, display and understand the data received from the sensor through the monitor.

An electronic device, and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The method of manufacturing the electronic device includes forming a first metal layer on a first substrate, forming an integrated circuit or a discrete electrical component on a second substrate, forming electrical connectors on input and/or output terminals of the integrated circuit or discrete electrical component, forming a second metal layer on the first metal layer, the second metal layer improving adhesion and/or electrical connectivity of the first metal layer to the electrical connectors on the integrated circuit or discrete electrical component, and electrically connecting the electrical connectors to the second metal layer.

An integrated circuit/printed circuit board (IC-PCB) assembly comprises a PCB and a heatsink plate. The PCB has a first side including a first patterned conductive layer with one or more thermal pads onto which one or more heat slugs of one or more ICs mount, and a second, opposing side including a second patterned conductive layer with a heatsink plate receiving pad onto which the heatsink plate mounts. The heatsink plate has one or more posts that project from a mounting surface of the heatsink plate, and when the heatsink plate is mounted to the heatsink plate receiving pad, each post extends from the second side of the PCB, through a matching hole in the PCB, and to an associated thermal pad located on the first side of the PCB.

A semiconductor substrate and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor substrate includes a dielectric layer, a circuit layer, a first protection layer and a plurality of conductive posts. The dielectric layer has a first surface and a second surface that are opposite to each other. The circuit layer is embedded in the dielectric layer and is exposed from the first surface. The first protection layer covers a portion of the first circuit layer and defines a plurality of holes that expose a remaining portion of the first circuit layer. The conductive posts are formed in the holes.

A motherboard includes a multilayer printed circuit board (PCB), a central processing unit (CPU) slot, at least one first memory slot, at least one second memory slot, a plurality of first traces, and a plurality of second traces. The CPU slot, the first memory slot, and the second memory slot are disposed on the first wiring layer of the multilayer PCB, and the second memory slot is disposed between the first memory slot and the CPU slot. The first traces are disposed on the first wiring layer of the multilayer PCB. The CPU slot is electrically connected to the first memory slot by the first traces. The second traces are disposed on the second wiring layer of the multilayer PCB which is different from the first wiring layer, and the CPU slot is electrically connected with the second memory slot by the second traces.

A semiconductor substrate and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor substrate includes a dielectric layer, a circuit layer, a first protection layer and a plurality of conductive posts. The dielectric layer has a first surface and a second surface that are opposite to each other. The circuit layer is embedded in the dielectric layer and is exposed from the first surface. The first protection layer covers a portion of the first circuit layer and defines a plurality of holes that expose a remaining portion of the first circuit layer. The conductive posts are formed in the holes.