A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes providing a substrate with a first major surface having a microchannel, wherein the microchannel has a first end and a second end; dispensing a conductive liquid in the microchannel to cause the conductive liquid to move, primarily by capillary pressure, in a first direction toward the first end of the microchannel and in a second direction toward the second end of the microchannel; and solidifying the conductive liquid to form an electrically conductive trace electrically connecting a first electronic device at the first end of the microchannel to a second electronic device at the second end of the microchannel.

A method for printing a micro line pattern using inkjet printing, includes: a bump forming process for forming a micro bump that sections a predetermined conductive pattern by inkjet-printing a quick drying liquid on a substrate; and a pattern printing process for printing a conductive pattern according to the predetermined conductive pattern by inkjet-printing a conductive liquid on an area sectioned by the micro bump.

The invention relates to a method for producing a circuit board element having at least one electronic component, which component has a connection side defined by electrical contacts or a conductive layer and is connected to a temporary carrier for positioning and embedded in an insulating material; the component is attached in a specified position directly to a plastic film as a temporary carrier, whereupon a composite layer having at least a carrier and an electrical conductor, preferably also having an insulating material, is attached on the side of the component opposite the plastic film, with the carrier facing away from the component, and thereafter the plastic film is removed; then the component is embedded in insulating material. After the embedding of the component in the insulating material, an additional composite layer is preferably attached to the component and the embedding of the component on the side opposite the first composite layer.

Processes for automatic registration between a solid circuit die and electrically conductive interconnects, and articles or devices made by the same are provided. The solid circuit die is disposed on a substrate with contact pads aligned with channels on the substrate. Electrically conductive traces are formed by flowing a conductive liquid in the channels toward the contact pads to obtain the automatic registration.

An electronic module on a flexible planar circuit substrate with a conductor configuration on a first substrate surface and a plurality of electronic components on the opposite, second substrate surface, wherein the components have component contacts, which are electrically connected selectively by way of vias in the circuit substrate and the conductor configuration, wherein the circuit substrate is a thermoplastic polymer and the component contacts are melted or thermally pressed into the second substrate surface in the region of the vias.

An electronic package and a method of making the same in provided. The electronic package includes a dielectric layer and a conformal masking layer disposed on at least a portion of the dielectric layer. The electronic package further includes a routing layer disposed on at least a portion of the masking layer and a micro-via disposed at least in part in the conformal masking layer and the routing layer. Further, at least a portion of the routing layer forms a conformal electrically conductive layer in at least a portion of the micro-via. Also, the conformal masking layer is configured to define a size of the micro-via. The electronic package further includes a semiconductor die operatively coupled to the micro-via.

A semiconductor device has a plurality of interconnected modular units to form a 3D semiconductor package. Each modular unit is implemented as a vertical component or a horizontal component. The modular units are interconnected through a vertical conduction path and lateral conduction path within the vertical component or horizontal component. The vertical component and horizontal component each have an interconnect interposer or semiconductor die. A first conductive via is formed vertically through the interconnect interposer. A second conductive via is formed laterally through the interconnect interposer. The interconnect interposer can be programmable. A plurality of protrusions and recesses are formed on the vertical component or horizontal component, and a plurality of recesses on the vertical component or horizontal component. The protrusions are inserted into the recesses to interlock the vertical component and horizontal component. The 3D semiconductor package can be formed with multiple tiers of vertical components and horizontal components.

A method of manufacturing an electronic device may include providing alignment conductive pads and internal interconnects along an upper side of a first carrier and coupling alignment interconnects of a connect component to the alignment conductive pads. The method also includes encapsulating the connect component and the internal interconnects in a lower encapsulant, and covering an upper side of the lower encapsulant with an upper substrate. The method also includes coupling, via the upper substrate, first interconnects of a first electronic component and a second electronic component to the connect component interconnects and second interconnects of the first electronic component and the second electronic component to the internal interconnects. The method further includes removing the first carrier from a lower side of the lower encapsulant, and covering the lower side of the lower encapsulant with a lower substrate. Other examples and related electronic devices are also disclosed herein.