A circuit board with improved heat dissipation function and a method for manufacturing the circuit board are provided. The method includes providing a first metal layer defining a first slot; forming a first adhesive layer in the first slot; electroplating copper on each first pillar to form a first heat conducting portion; forming a first insulating layer on the first adhesive layer having the first heat conducting portion, and defining a first blind hole in the first insulating layer; filling the first blind hole with thermoelectric separation metal to form a second heat conducting portion; forming a first wiring layer on the first insulating layer; forming a second insulating layer on the first wiring layer, defining a second blind hole on the second insulating layer; electroplating copper in the second blind hole to form a third heat conducting portion; mounting an electronic component on the second insulating layer.

A printed circuit board is housed in a connector. A temperature sensor is mounted on the printed circuit board between two connection pads located on one of the faces of the printed circuit board. A contact housed in the connector is placed in thermal continuity with two thermal conduction lands, one of which is arranged on the same face of the printed circuit board as the connection pads and the other of which is arranged beneath the temperature sensor. Each of the connection pads is connected to a temperature measurement circuit.

Embodiments of the disclosure relate to apparatuses for enhanced thermal management of an inductor assembly using functionally-graded thermal vias for heat flow control in the windings of the inductor. In one embodiment, a PCB for an inductor assembly includes a top surface and a bottom surface. Two or more electrically-conductive layers are embedded within the PCB and stacked vertically between the top surface and the bottom surface. The two or more electrically-conductive layers are electrically connected to form an inductor winding. A plurality of thermal vias thermally connects each of the two or more electrically-conductive layers to a cold plate thermally connected to the bottom surface. A number of thermal vias thermally connecting each electrically-conductive layer to the cold plate is directly proportional to a predetermined rate of heat dissipation from the electrically-conductive layer.

A printed circuit board according to an embodiment includes: an insulating layer including a via hole; and a via disposed in the via hole of the insulating layer, wherein the via includes; a connection portion disposed in the via hole of the insulating layer; a first pad disposed on an upper surface of the insulating layer and an upper surface of the connection portion; and a second pad disposed under a lower surface of the insulating layer and a lower surface of the connection portion, wherein the upper surface of the connection portion has a concave shape in a downward direction, the lower surface of the connection portion has a concave shape in an upward direction, a lower surface of the first pad has a convex shape corresponding to the upper surface of the connection portion, and an upper surface of the second pad has a convex shape corresponding to the lower surface of the connection portion.

A heat sink component can include a body including a thermally conductive material that is electrically non-conductive, a lower conductive layer formed over a bottom surface of the body and electrically connected with the ground plane layer, and an upper conductive layer formed over a top surface of the body. The heat sink component can have a length in an X-direction that is parallel with the top surface of the body and a thickness in a direction perpendicular to the top surface. A ratio of the length to the thickness can be greater than about 7.

An illustrative example embodiment of an electronic device includes an integrated circuit component having a plurality of solder balls on one side. The substrate includes a first side adjacent the one side of the integrated circuit component. The substrate includes a plurality of openings. At least some of those openings are aligned with the solder balls. A cooling plate is situated toward a second side of the substrate. A thermally conductive material within the plurality of openings is thermally coupled with the cooling plate. At least some of the thermally conductive material is thermally coupled with the solder balls.

An electronic control unit includes: a wiring substrate having a first surface on which a conductor wire is formed; a first electronic component that is implemented on the first surface of the wiring substrate, and has a large heat generation amount; a second electronic component that is implemented on the first surface of the wiring substrate, and has a heat generation amount smaller than the first electronic component; and a resin that covers the first electronic component, the second electronic component, and the first surface of the wiring substrate, and a second surface of the wiring substrate that is opposite to the first surface. A distance between an outer surface of the resin immediately below the first electronic component, and the second surface of the wiring substrate is longer than a distance between an outer surface of the resin immediately above the second electronic component, and the first surface of the wiring substrate.

A multilayer PCB structure includes a core layer, a first layer on a first surface of the core layer, a second layer on a second surface of the core layer, and a thermally conductive material in the core layer. The first surface and the second surface of the core layer are opposite to each other, and a window is formed on the second layer by removing part of the second layer. The window of the second layer exposes part of the core layer below the thermally conductive material.

A circuit board with improved heat dissipation function and a method for manufacturing the circuit board are provided. The circuit board includes a heat dissipation substrate, an insulating layer on the heat dissipation substrate, an electronic component, a base layer on the insulating layer, and a circuit layer on the base layer. The heat dissipation substrate includes a phase change structure and a heat conductive layer wrapping the phase change structure. The heat dissipation substrate defines a first through hole. The insulating layer defines a groove for receiving the electronic component. A second through hole is defined in the circuit layer, the base layer, and the insulating layer. A bottom of the second through hole corresponds to the heat conductive layer. A heat conductive portion is disposed in the second through hole.

A method for assessing a thermal path associated with an integrated circuit includes identifying a heat application mode based on a design type of the integrated circuit. The method also includes measuring a first temperature of at least one thermal sensing device associated with the integrated circuit. The method also includes applying heat to at least a portion of the integrated circuit according to the heat application mode. The method also includes measuring a second temperature of the at least one thermal sensing device. The method also includes determining a difference between the first temperature and the second temperature. The method also includes determining whether a thermal path between the integrated circuit and an associated substrate is sufficient based on a comparison of the difference between the first temperature and the second temperature with a predetermined difference between an initial temperature and a subsequent temperature of the at least one thermal sensing device.