A semiconductor package that includes a conductive can, a power semiconductor device electrically and mechanically attached to the inside surface of the can, and an IC semiconductor device copackaged with the power semiconductor device inside the can.

A printed circuit board according to the embodiment includes an insulating layer; a first pad on a top surface of the insulating layer; a second pad on a bottom surface of the insulating layer; and a via formed in the insulating layer and having one surface connected to the first pad and an opposite surface connected to the second pad, wherein the via includes a plurality of via parts which are at least partially overlapped with each other.

A high density region for a low density circuit. At least a first liquid dielectric layer is deposited on the first surface of a first circuitry layer. The dielectric layer is imaged to create plurality of first recesses. Surfaces of the first recesses are plated electro-lessly with a conductive material to form first conductive structures electrically coupled to, and extending generally perpendicular to, the first circuitry layer. A plating resist is applied. A conductive material is electro-plated to the first conductive structure to substantially fill the first recesses, and the plating resist is removed.

Various circuit boards and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of manufacturing is provided that includes forming a first interconnect layer of a circuit board. The first interconnect layer includes a first conductor trace with a first segment that does not include a via land. A first via is formed on the first segment.

A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board or a sub-assembly thereof by coupling at least two elements of insulating materials with different properties on adjacent side surfaces and covering the elements with a layer of conductive material and building up at least one further layer at least partly overlapping the at least two elements.

An automated feed manufacturing product is disclosed. The automated feed manufacturing product is provided with a flexible substrate having a plurality of card zones with the card zones defining sensing areas with sensor units formed within the sensing areas. The sensor units have a first electrode having first fingers, and a second electrode having second fingers and with the first fingers interleaved with the second fingers and with the first fingers spaced away from the second fingers. The sensor units also comprising biomolecule receptors on the flexible web between the first electrode and the second electrode such that a physical property of the first electrode relative to the second electrode is effected upon one or more of the biomolecule receptors binding to a biomolecule. The automated feed manufacturing product can be formed as a continuous web, or discrete sheets formed using a sheet feeder that picks up and processes the discrete sheets.

A multi-layer substrate structure to achieve multiple arrangements of power/ground domains is disclosed. The multi-layer substrate structure comprises a first layer for disposing an integrated circuit thereon and a second layer coupled to the first layer, wherein a connection structure is electrically connected to a plurality of power/ground domains on the second layer. With different combinations of the sawing lines and keep-out regions on the multi-layer substrate structure for cutting off some portions of the connection structure, the invention can achieve multiple arrangements of power/ground domains without impacting the customer's PCB or system board design so as to cut short the cycle time for engineering development phase.

Normally closed (shut) micro-electro-mechanical switches (MEMS), methods of manufacture and design structures are provided. A structure includes a beam structure that includes a first end hinged on a first electrode and in electrical contact with a second electrode, in its natural state when not actuated.

A non-planar printed circuit board has an interior surface and an exterior surface. Between the interior surface and exterior surfaces are layers of conductive and dielectric materials. Passive and active electrical components are embedded within the interior and exterior surfaces. A hollow region is defined by the interior surface of the non-planar circuit board. The non-planar printed circuit board is manufactured on a mandrel having a non-planar shape such as, for example, a cylinder or sphere so as to form a hollow, curved non-planar structure.

The present disclosure is related to display panels, especially to flexible electronic devices. By means of adding an inorganic membrane with surface roughness between a bonding layer and a PI film, in order to effectively improve the dimensional stability of plastic substrate and the water/oxygen barrier property of flexible substrate during the PI film fabrication and the follow-up process, improving the yield of good products and prolonging the working life thereof.