A light emitting device includes a support having an interstice and at least one LED located in the interstice and at least one of a waveguide or an optical launch having a transparent material encapsulating the at least one LED located in the interstice.

This disclosure relates generally to devices, systems, and methods for making a flexible microelectronic assembly. In an example, a polymer is molded over a microelectronic component, the polymer mold assuming a substantially rigid state following the molding. A routing layer is formed with respect to the microelectronic component and the polymer mold, the routing layer including traces electrically coupled to the microelectronic component. An input is applied to the polymer mold, the polymer mold transitioning from the substantially rigid state to a substantially flexible state upon application of the input.

An encapsulated semiconductor package. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of the present disclosure provide an integrated circuit package comprising a laminate, an integrated circuit die coupled to the laminate, an encapsulant surrounding at least top and side surface of the integrated circuit die, a conductive column extending from the top side of the integrated circuit die to a top side of the encapsulant, and a signal distribution structure on a top side of the encapsulant.

Described herein is a molded printed circuit board. The printed circuit board may be placed inside of a mold and a material is injected therein. The material hardens in the mold around the printed circuit board thereby forming an overmolded printed circuit board. The overmolded material may have apertures in it to allow access to the leads on the printed circuit board so that components to be connected to it. The overmolded printed circuit boards may allow a plurality of electrical components to selectively and removably attach to it. Further, the printed circuit board may be attached in a housing which may itself removably and selectively connect to components.

An electronic part embedded substrate is disclosed. The electronic part embedded substrate includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an electronic part, an electrically connecting member, and a sealing member. A method of producing an electronic part embedded substrate is also disclosed. The method includes mounting an electronic part onto a first substrate, laminating a second substrate on the first substrate through an electrically connecting member; and filling a space between the first substrate and the second substrate with a sealing member to seal the electronic part.

A method for producing a printed circuit board is disclosed, In the method, a slot is formed in a substrate having at least three layers with the slot extending through at least two of the layers. The slot has a length and a width with the length being greater than the width. The sidewall of the substrate surrounding the slot is coated with a conductive layer. Then, the conductive layer is separated into at least two segments that are electrically isolated along the side wall of the substrate.

Electronic modules having complex contact structures may be formed by encapsulating panels containing pluralities of electronic modules delineated by cut lines and having conductive interconnects buried within the panel along the cut lines. Holes defining contact regions along the electronic module sidewall may be cut into the panel along the cut lines to expose the buried interconnects. The panel may be metallized, e.g. by a series or processes including plating, on selected surfaces including in the holes to form the contacts and other metal structures followed by cutting the panel along the cut lines to singulate the individual electronic models. The contacts may be located in a conductive grove providing a castellated module.

A circuit package is provided, the circuit package including: an electronic circuit; a metal block next to the electronic circuit; encapsulation material between the electronic circuit and the metal block; a first metal layer structure electrically contacted to at least one first contact on a first side of the electronic circuit; a second metal layer structure electrically contacted to at least one second contact on a second side of the electronic circuit, wherein the second side is opposite to the first side; wherein the metal block is electrically contacted to the first metal layer structure and to the second metal layer structure by means of an electrically conductive medium; and wherein the electrically conductive medium includes a material different from the material of the first and second metal layer structures or has a material structure different from the material of the first and second metal layer structures.

Methods for producing a printed circuit board and printed circuit boards are disclosed, including a method in which a slot is formed in a substrate, the substrate having at least three layers with the slot extending through at least two of the layers. The slot has a length and a width with the length being greater than the width. The sidewall of the substrate surrounding the slot is coated with a conductive layer. The conductive layer is separated into at least two segments that are electrically isolated along the side wall of the substrate.

A package structure is disclosed herein. The package structure includes an insulating composite layer, a sealant disposed on the insulating composite layer, a first chip embedded in the sealant and having a plurality of first conductive pads exposed through the sealant, a circuit layer module having a plurality of circuit layers and a plurality of dielectric layers having a plurality of conductive vias, a second chip embedded in the circuit layer module and has a plurality of second conductive pads electrically connected to the circuit layers through the conductive vias, and a protecting layer having a plurality of openings disposed on the circuit layer module, in which the openings expose a portion of the circuit layer module.