A circuit board structure has a first flexible circuit board, a second flexible circuit board, and a rigid board structure. The first flexible circuit board has a first dielectric layer and a first conductive circuit. The second flexible circuit board has a second dielectric layer and a second conductive circuit. The rigid board structure connects the first flexible circuit board and the second flexible circuit board. The rigid board structure has a third dielectric layer and a third conductive circuit. A dielectric loss value of the third dielectric layer is less than that of each of the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. The third conductive circuit is electrically connected to the first and second conductive circuits.

A circuit board according to an embodiments includes an insulating portion comprising a plurality of insulating layers, wherein the insulating portion includes: a first insulating portion; a second insulating portion disposed on the first insulating portion and having a coefficient of thermal expansion corresponding to the first insulating portion; and a third insulating portion disposed under the first insulating portion and having a coefficient of thermal expansion corresponding to the first insulating portion; wherein the first insulating portion includes a prepreg including glass fibers, and wherein the second and third insulating portions include a resin coated copper (RCC) with a coefficient of thermal expansion in the range of 10 to 65 (10.sup.−6 m/m.Math.k).

A component carrier includes a stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure, at least one electrically insulating layer structure, and a hole in the stack having a first hole portion covered with metal and having a second hole portion not covered with metal, wherein the second hole portion is defined by an anti-plating dielectric structure and an electroless plateable separation barrier.

Provided is a long laminate for a printed wiring board, which has reduced thickness of a resin layer and increased signal transmission speed, and which, while being excellent in dimensional stability and folding endurance, has no wrinkles in a fluororesin layer. The long laminate contains a metal layer of a long metal foil, a fluororesin layer containing a fluororesin and contacting the metal layer, and a heat-resistant resin layer containing a heat-resistant resin and contacting the fluororesin layer. Each fluororesin layer is 1 to 10 μm thick. The ratio of the total thickness of the fluororesin layer to the total thickness of the heat-resistant resin layer is 0.3 to 3.0. The sum of the total thickness of the fluororesin layer and the total thickness of the heat-resistant resin layer is at most 50 μm. Also provided are a method for producing the long laminate, and the printed wiring board.

Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a stretchable substrate according to various embodiments of the present disclosure for realizing the above-described objectives. The method may include generating an auxetic including a plurality of unit structures and adhering one or more elastic sheets to one surface of the auxetic.

Panels of LED arrays and LED lighting systems are described. A panel includes a substrate having a top and a bottom surface. Multiple backplanes are embedded in the substrate, each having a top and a bottom surface. Multiple first electrically conductive structures extend at least from the top surface of each of the backplanes to the top surface of the substrate. Each of multiple LED arrays is electrically coupled to at least some of the first conductive structures. Multiple second conductive structures extend from each of the backplanes to at least the bottom surface of the substrate. At least some of the second electrically conductive structures are coupled to at least some of the first electrically conductive structures via the backplane. A thermal conductive structure is in contact with the bottom surface of each of the backplanes and extends to at least the bottom surface of the substrate.

The present disclosure relates to a dielectric substrate that may include a polyimide layer and a first filled polymer layer overlying the polyimide layer. The first filled polymer layer may include a resin matrix component, and a first ceramic filler component. The first ceramic filler component may include a first filler material. The first filler material may further have a mean particle size of at not greater than about 10 microns.

The present disclosure relates to a multilayer circuit board manufacturing apparatus. The present disclosure includes: uncoiler configured to provide a member; a process unit configured to perform a process on the member provided from the uncoiler; a recoiler configured to wind the member on which the process is completed in the process unit; and a tension adjustment unit which is located in at least one of the uncoiler, the recoiler, a region between the uncoiler and the process unit, and a region between the process unit and the recoiler, and adjusts tension of the member.

Methods of manufacture are described. A method includes forming a first cavity in a substrate and placing a backplane in the first cavity. At least one layer of dielectric material is formed over the substrate and the backplane. A second cavity is formed in the at least one layer of the dielectric material to expose at least a portion of a surface of the backplane. A heat conductive material is placed in the second cavity and in contact with the at least the portion of the surface of the backplane.

The laminate includes a multilayer polyimide film having thermoplastic polyimide layers on both sides of a core layer which is a non-thermoplastic polyimide film and a surface layer contacting the thermoplastic polyimide layer on one surface-side of the multilayer polyimide film. The surface layer may be an inorganic layer having a thickness of 1 to 200 nm or a resin layer having a thickness of 0.1 to 5 μm. A single-sided metal-clad laminate is formed by laminating a metal layer on the thermoplastic resin layer on the surface layer non-formed surface of the laminate.