A circuit board according to an embodiment includes an insulating layer including a first via hole; a first via disposed in the first via hole of the insulating layer; wherein the first via includes: a first via part disposed in a first region of the first via hole; and a second via part disposed in a second region other than the first region of the first via hole; wherein the second region is a central region of the first via hole, and the first region is an outer region surrounding the second region; wherein the first via part and the second via part includes: a first surface in contact with each other; and a second surface other than the first surface exposed on the insulating layer; wherein the first surface has a first surface roughness; wherein the second surface has a second surface roughness different from the first surface roughness.

The present disclosure provides a printed circuit board with a plated through hole. The through hole covered by a solder pad at both ends of the through hole. At least two pins are plugged into the through hole, one of which with its head end being thermal contacted with one of the solder pads. Another pin's head end being thermal contacted with the other solder pad. The at least two pins are thermal contacted with one another. Thermal dissipation rate is increased with the structure of the through hole.

A circuit board with improved heat dissipation function and a method for manufacturing the circuit board are provided. The method includes providing a first metal layer defining a first slot; forming a first adhesive layer in the first slot; electroplating copper on each first pillar to form a first heat conducting portion; forming a first insulating layer on the first adhesive layer having the first heat conducting portion, and defining a first blind hole in the first insulating layer; filling the first blind hole with thermoelectric separation metal to form a second heat conducting portion; forming a first wiring layer on the first insulating layer; forming a second insulating layer on the first wiring layer, defining a second blind hole on the second insulating layer; electroplating copper in the second blind hole to form a third heat conducting portion; mounting an electronic component on the second insulating layer.

A circuit module (e.g., an amplifier module) includes a module substrate, a thermal dissipation structure, a semiconductor die, encapsulant material, and an interposer. The module substrate has a mounting surface and a plurality of conductive pads at the mounting surface. The thermal dissipation structure extends through the module substrate, and a surface of the thermal dissipation structure is exposed at the mounting surface of the module substrate. The semiconductor die is coupled to the surface of the thermal dissipation structure. The encapsulant material covers the mounting surface of the module substrate and the semiconductor die, and a surface of the encapsulant material defines a contact surface of the circuit module. The interposer is embedded within the encapsulant material. The interposer includes a conductive terminal with a proximal end coupled to a conductive pad of the module substrate, and a distal end exposed at the contact surface of the circuit module.

Systems including power device embedded PCBs coupled to cooling devices and methods of forming the same are disclosed. One system includes a power device embedded PCB stack, a cooling assembly including a cold plate having one or more recesses therein, and a buffer cell disposed within each of the one or more recesses. The cooling assembly is bonded to the PCB stack with a insulation substrate disposed therebetween. The cooling assembly is arranged such that the buffer cell faces the PCB stack and absorbs stress generated at an interface of the PCB stack and the cooling assembly.

A method for manufacturing a circuit board includes providing an insulating substrate, defining a through hole in the insulating substrate, forming a first conductive layer on two surfaces of the insulating substrate and on an inner wall of the through hole, forming a phase change material layer on a surface of each first conductive layer, forming a seed layer on a surface of the first conductive layer, forming a second conductive layer on a surface of the seed layer, and etching the seed layer, the first conductive layer, and the second conductive layer, so that a first conductive circuit layer and a second conductive circuit layer are respectively formed on two opposite surfaces of the insulating substrate, so that the phase change material layer is embedded in the first conductive circuit layer and in the second conductive circuit layer. The application also provides a circuit board.

Semiconductor device assemblies are provided with a package substrate including one or more layers of thermally conductive material configured to conduct heat generated by one or more of semiconductor dies of the assemblies laterally outward towards an outer edge of the assembly. The layer of thermally conductive material can comprise one or more allotropes of carbon, such as diamond, graphene, graphite, carbon nanotubes, or a combination thereof. The layer of thermally conductive material can be provided via deposition (e.g., sputtering, PVD, CVD, or ALD), via adhering a film comprising the layer of thermally conductive material to an outer surface of the package substrate, or via embedding a film comprising the layer of thermally conductive material to within the package substrate.

A printed circuit board (PCB) having an engineered thermal path and a method of manufacturing are disclosed herein. In one aspect, the PCB includes complementary cavities formed on opposite sides of the PCB. The complementary cavities are in a thermal communication and/or an electrical communication to form the engineered thermal path and each cavity is filled with a thermally conductive material to provide a thermal pathway for circuits and components of the PCB. The method of manufacturing may further include drilling and/or milling each cavity, panel plating the cavities and filling the cavities with a suitable filling material.

A substrate for mounting electronic element includes: a first substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a second substrate including a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface; and heat dissipation bodies each including a fifth surface and a sixth surface opposite to the fifth surface. The first substrate includes at least one mounting portion for at least one electronic element at the first surface. Heat conduction of the heat dissipation bodies in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the at least one mounting portion and perpendicular to a direction along opposite sides of the second substrate is greater than heat conduction of the heat dissipation bodies in the longitudinal direction of the at least one mounting portion and in the direction along opposite sides of the second substrate in a transparent plan view of the substrate.

An amplifier device includes a substrate, a composite packaged amplifier having a bottom plate and an output plate, a first amplifier and a second amplifier provided on the bottom plate, a combining node that combines an output of the first amplifier with an output of the second amplifier, an output matching circuits provided on the bottom plate, that has a first transmission line provided between the first amplifier and the combining node, and a second transmission line provided between the combining node and the second amplifier, a third transmission line having one transmission line on which the output plate is mounted and other transmission line that connects the one transmission line to the external port, and wirings connecting to one terminal of the output plate and the combining node. A length of the output plate and the other transmission line is equal or less than π/4 radian for a signal.