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.

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.

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 method of forming integrated power electronics packages by 3D-printing the PCB on and around power devices includes bonding a power device to a first surface of a cold plate and printing, using a 3D-printer, a circuit board on and around the power devices such that the circuit board includes one or more insulating portions and one or more conductive portions.

An object of the present disclosure is to be able to further reduce the size of a substrate structure including a plurality of elements. The substrate structure includes: a base substrate that includes a first conductive plate and a second conductive plate; a first element connected to the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate; and a second element connected to the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate. The first conductive plate and the second conductive plate are disposed on the same plane on the base substrate in a state of being electrically insulated from each other, the first element is mounted on a first main surface of the base substrate, and the second element is mounted on a second main surface that is on the opposite side to the first main surface relative to the base substrate.

A high-power Voltage Regulator Module (VRM) includes a housing having side walls, an upper opening, and a lower opening, a VRM circuit board oriented within the housing, a plane of the VRM circuit board oriented in a parallel to at least one of the side walls of the housing, an upper Printed Circuit Board (PCB) coupled to the upper opening of the housing, a lower panel coupled to the lower opening of the housing, a coolant inlet port formed in the lower panel, and a coolant outlet port formed in the lower panel. The high power VRM may include a coolant inlet adapter coupled to the coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet adapter coupled to the coolant outlet port. The coolant inlet adapted and the coolant outlet adapter may provide support for the VRM.

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.

An LED lamp that can take the place of incandescent lamps. An elevated light source is positioned above a screw-type base. A first plurality of LEDs is connected in a series on one side of a flat substrate and a second plurality of LEDs, equal in number to the first, is connected in series on an opposite side of the substrate. Each LED of the first and second plurality of LEDs is mounted proximate a heat sink and a drive circuit is provided for the LEDs, with the drive circuit being located proximate and electrically connected to the screw base.

A first circuit board includes a positive output pin and a negative output pin of a power conversion circuit, each of which has a shape projecting from a second main surface. A second circuit board has a positive through via and a negative through via, each of which has a shape extending between a third main surface and a fourth main surface. The second main surface of the first circuit board and the third main surface of the second circuit board are physically in close contact with each other. The positive output pin is inserted through the positive through via to reach the fourth main surface. The negative output pin is inserted through the negative through via in such a manner as to reach the fourth main surface. The load receives a current supplied from the power conversion circuit through the positive output pin and the negative output pin.

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.