Disclosed herein is a system for drilling in a multilayer printed circuit board. The system includes a source of electromagnetic radiation configured to transmit a measurement pulse in open air to a workpiece, an anode, a resettable electric charge sensor (ECS), operably connected to the anode, and a control unit, configured to receive at least one value indicative of the quantity of at least part of charged molecules received at the anode and determine a second value indicative of the quantity of charged molecules received at the anode that were derivative of emitted electrons responsive to the measurement pulse.

A component carrier includes an electrically insulating layer structure having a first main surface and a second main surface with a through hole extending through the electrically insulating layer structure between the first main surface and the second main surface. An electrically conductive bridge structure connects opposing sidewalls of the electrically insulating layer structure delimiting the through hole. A vertical thickness of the electrically insulating layer structure is not more than 200 μm and a narrowest vertical thickness of the bridge structure is at least 20 μm.

A component carrier includes a stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure and at least one electrically insulating layer structure, a component embedded in the stack, and a via formed in the at least one electrically insulating layer structure along a horizontal path having a length being larger than a horizontal width.

A component carrier and a method of manufacturing a component carrier are provided. The component carrier includes a stack having a front side and a back side, the stack including a plurality of stacked electrically insulating layer structures, a through hole being narrower in its inner portion compared to its exterior portions and extending through the plurality of electrically insulating layer structures so that sidewalls of each of the electrically insulating layer structures delimit respective parts of the through hole, and an electrically conductive filling medium filling at least a part of the through hole.

A copper clad laminate and a method to manufacture the same are provided. In one general aspect, a copper clad laminate include a first copper clad layer on a first surface of an insulating layer, and a second copper clad layer on a second surface of the insulating layer. The second copper clad layer includes polymer resin layer, a second copper layer, and a carrier foil layer.

Disclosed herein is a method of drilling in a multilayer printed circuit board. The method includes drilling a one hole; directing electromagnetic radiation having at least one wavelength with higher energy than a work-function the metal layer toward the hole, and thus causing the metal layer to emit free electrons; and measuring the quantity or intensity of electrically charged particles derived from the emitted free electrons, to detect the extent of exposure or disappearance of the metal layer during drilling.

A printed board includes: a plate-shaped base member having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface and having an insulation property; a first metal layer disposed on the upper surface; and a second metal layer disposed on the lower surface. The base member has a through-hole penetrating the base member in a thickness direction thereof. The second metal layer is spaced apart from the through-hole by a predetermined distance in a bottom view. The printed board may further include a third metal layer that continuously covers the first metal layer, the second metal layer, and an inner surface of the through-hole. A light emitting device includes the printed board and a light emitting element mounted on the printed board such as to be electrically connected with a wiring pattern composed of the first metal layer, the second metal layer, and the third metal layer.

The present invention relates to a component carrier having a stack including at least one electrically insulating layer structure and/or at least one electrically conductive layer structure, a component embedded in the stack and having a curved surface portion, and a conductive contact element in contact with the curved surface portion of the embedded component. The present invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such a component carrier.

A method for manufacturing a printed board includes steps of; providing a starting board comprising a base member having a plate-like shape, having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface, and having an insulation property, a first metal layer disposed on the upper surface, and a second metal layer disposed on the lower surface; and laser machining a through-hole penetrating the starting board in a thickness direction of the starting board by irradiating a laser beam irradiation area of the starting board with a laser beam from a side of the starting board on which side the first metal layer is disposed. The method further includes a step of etching the second metal layer so as to remove a portion of the second metal layer located in the laser beam irradiation area, prior to the step of laser machining.

A substrate bonding structure includes a first substrate including a first resin substrate that melts by heating, a second substrate having a second resin substrate that melts by heating, and an overlapping portion with the first substrate. The overlapping portion between the first substrate and the second substrate includes a hole continuously extending from the first substrate to the second substrate. The first substrate includes a melted portion of the first resin substrate around the hole, and the second substrate includes a melted portion of the second resin substrate around the hole. The first substrate and the second substrate are bonded to each other with a fused portion between the melted portion of the first resin substrate and the melted of the second resin substrate.