A composite sheet includes porous a nitride sintered body having a thickness of less than 2 mm and resins filled in pores of the nitride sintered body, and has a main surface having a maximum height roughness Rz of less than 20 μm. A method for manufacturing the composite sheet includes an impregnating step of impregnating pores of a porous the nitride sintered body having a thickness of less than 2 mm with a resin composition, a smoothing step of smoothing the resin composition attached to a main surface of the nitride sintered body to obtain a resin-impregnated body in which a part of the main surface is exposed, and a curing step of heating the resin-impregnated body to cure or semi-cure the resin composition impregnated in the pores to obtain the composite sheet.

A method for producing a metal-ceramic substrate with a plurality of electrically conductive vias includes: attaching a first metal layer in a planar manner to a first surface side of a ceramic layer; after attaching the first metal layer, introducing a copper hydroxide or copper acetate brine into a plurality of holes in the ceramic layer delimiting a via, to form an assembly; converting the copper hydroxide or copper acetate brine into copper oxide; subjecting the assembly to a high-temperature step above 500° C. in which the copper oxide forms a copper body in the plurality of holes; and after converting the copper hydroxide or copper acetate brine into the copper oxide, attaching a second metal layer in a planar manner to a second surface side of the ceramic layer opposite the first surface side. The copper body produces an electrically conductive connection between the first and the second metal layers.

A web browser interface for visualizing realtime network communications in spatial communication environments allows communicants to interact with other communicants in an immersive spatial communication environment without having to install any specialized communication software and without requiring special proxies or firewall additions or exceptions.

A persistent virtual area that supports establishment of respective presences of communicants operating respective network nodes connected to the virtual area even after all network nodes have disconnected from the virtual area is maintained. A presence in the virtual area is established for a user of a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) terminal device. Transmission of data associated with the virtual area to the PSTN terminal device.

Implementations of semiconductor packages may include a metallic baseplate, a first insulative layer coupled to the metallic baseplate, a first plurality of metallic traces, each metallic trace of the first plurality of metallic traces coupled to the electrically insulative, one or more semiconductor devices coupled to each one of the first plurality of metallic traces, a second plurality of metallic traces coupled to the one or more semiconductor devices, and a second insulative layer coupled to the metallic traces of the second plurality of metallic traces.

Method of manufacturing a metal-ceramic substrate (1) which, in the finished state, has a ceramic layer (11) and a metal layer (12) extending along a main extension plane (HSE) and arranged one above the other along a stacking direction (S) extending perpendicularly to the main extension plane (HSE) comprising providing the metal layer (12) and the ceramic layer (11) and bonding the metal layer (12) to the ceramic layer (11) in regions to form a first region (B1), which has a materially bonded connection between the metal layer (12) and the ceramic layer (11), and a second region (B2), in which the metal layer (12) and the ceramic layer (11) are arranged one above the other without a materially bonded connection, as seen in the stacking direction (S).

A power electronic substrate includes a metallic baseplate having a first and second surface opposing each other. An electrically insulative layer also has first and second surfaces opposing each other, its first surface coupled to the second surface of the metallic baseplate. A plurality of metallic traces each include first and second surfaces opposing each other, their first surfaces coupled to the second surface of the electrically insulative layer. At least one of the metallic traces has a thickness measured along a direction perpendicular to the second surface of the metallic baseplate that is greater than a thickness of another one of the metallic traces also measured along a direction perpendicular to the second surface of the metallic baseplate. In implementations the electrically insulative layer is an epoxy or a ceramic material. In implementations the metallic traces are copper and are plated with a nickel layer at their second surfaces.

The present application relates to a method of laser ablation of a metal-ceramic substrate, in which a laser is used under process conditions in which the formation of solid metal particles on the metal-ceramic substrate, which can separate from metal particles released by laser ablation near the ablation edge, is essentially avoided. Further the present application relates to a ceramic-metal substrate comprising a ceramic substrate and a metallization on at least one side of the ceramic substrate, wherein the ceramic substrate and the metallization have flush cutting edge.

A polycrystalline diamond compact including a cemented carbide substrate and a polycrystalline diamond layer bonded to the cemented carbide substrate. The polycrystalline diamond layer is nonplanar and includes a central part and a peripheral part surrounding the central part. The central part includes a protruding surface relative to the peripheral part. The protruding surface is spherical or planar. The peripheral part includes a plurality of radially-disposed ridges.

Provided are a heat dissipating substrate and a preparation method thereof, which can form a precise pattern in a thick electrode metal plate and improve insulating strength and peel strength. heat dissipating substrate for semiconductor may include: an electrode metal plate having a plurality of electrode patterns which are electrically insulated from each other by a pattern space formed therebetween; a metal base disposed under the electrode metal plate, and configured to diffuse heat conducted from the electrode metal plate; an insulating layer formed between the electrode metal plate and the metal base; and an insulating material filled portion configured to fill the pattern space and a peripheral portion outside an electrode pattern group composed of the plurality of electrode patterns, and support the electrode patterns while brought in direct contact with side surfaces of the plurality of electrode patterns.