A component carrier with an asymmetric build-up, which includes (a) a core; (b) a first stack at a first main surface of the core, the first stack having at least one first electrically conductive layer structure and a plurality of first electrically insulating layer structures; and (c) a second stack at a second main surface of the core, the second stack having at least one second electrically conductive layer structure and a plurality of second electrically insulating layer structures. At least two of the second electrically insulating layer structures are in direct contact with each other and each one of these electrically insulating layer structures has a smaller thickness than and/or includes a different material property than one of the first electrically insulating layer structures. Further described are methods for designing and manufacturing such an asymmetric component carrier.

A surface-treated copper foil including a treating surface, where the root mean square height (Sq) of the treating surface is in a range of 0.20 to 1.50 μm and the texture aspect ratio (Str) of the treating surface is not greater than 0.65. When the surface-treated copper foil is heated at a temperature of 200° C. for 1 hour, the ratio of the integrated intensity of (111) peak to the sum of the integrated intensities of (111) peak, (200) peak, and (220) peak of the treating surface is at least 60%.

A method for manufacturing a wiring substrate includes forming a plating film on a metal foil laminated on a surface of an insulating layer, forming an etching resist on the plating film such that the etching resist has an opening for forming a conductor pattern, conducting a first etching process such that part of the plating film exposed from the opening of the etching resist is removed and that part of the metal foil is exposed, removing the etching resist from the plating film on the metal foil laminated on the surface of an insulating layer, and conducting a second etching process such that the part of the metal foil exposed by the first etching process is removed and that a conductor layer having the conductor pattern is formed on the surface of the insulating layer.

The casing of an electronic control device includes a casing-side contact surface in contact with the end of a printed-circuit board. A cover includes a cover-side contact surface holding the end of the printed-circuit board together with the casing-side contact surface by being in contact with the end of the printed-circuit board. In the printed-circuit board, a held portion held between the casing-side contact surface and the cover-side contact surface is provided with a through-hole via.

A supported copper foil is disclosed, comprising: a poly-based film that contains polyimide and polytetrafluoroethylene; a thin copper foil; and an adhesive provided between the poly-based film and the thin copper foil, the adhesive removably coupling the poly-based film to the copper foil.

A reel-to-reel method to laser-ablate a circuitry pattern on the fly in a reel-to-reel machine as part of a process to fabricate a printed flexible circuit. The laser ablation method includes using an appropriate laser to irradiate a metal sheet thus ablating the edges of an intended circuitry pattern. Slugs can be removed by using an optional sacrificial liner, and the slugs can be optionally ablated into smaller parts first. The laser ablation can also include an optional method of creating tie bars to provide structural support to the web of circuitry patterns.

A pure copper sheet of the present invention has a composition including 99.96 mass % or more of Cu, 10.0 mass ppm or less of a total content of Pb, Se, and Te, 3.0 mass ppm or more of a total content of Ag and Fe, and inevitable impurities as a balance, in which an average crystal grain size of crystal grains on a rolled surface is 10 μm or more, an aspect ratio of the crystal grain on the rolled surface is 2.0 or less, and an average crystal grain size of the crystal grains on the rolled surface after a pressure heat treatment performed under conditions of a pressure of 0.6 MPa, a heating temperature of 850° C., and a retention time at the heating temperature of 90 minutes is 500 μm or less.

A metal substrate includes a first insulating substrate, a second insulating substrate, a first metal layer, a second metal layer and a release layer. The first insulating substrate has a first modified surface and a second surface opposite to the first modified surface. The first metal layer faces the second surface. The release layer is bonded on the first modified surface. The second insulating substrate is bonded on a side of the release layer, such that the release layer is between the first modified surface and the second insulating substrate. The second metal layer is disposed on a side of the second insulating substrate, such that the second insulating substrate is between the release layer and the second metal layer. An original surface roughness of the first modified surface has a variation substantially less than 10% after the first modified surface is released from the release layer.

Provided is copper foil with a resin layer, the resin layer having excellent adhesion, the copper foil exhibiting low dielectric characteristics, which is suitable for high-frequency applications, the copper foil being capable of exhibiting excellent characteristics of reducing transmission loss. More specifically, a laminate of copper foil and an epoxy resin composition layer is provided, the epoxy resin composition layer being present on at least one surface of the foil, the epoxy resin composition containing an epoxy resin and an acid-modified polyolefin, wherein a test piece composed of the laminate and a prepreg has 90-degree peel strength between the copper foil and the prepreg of 0.6 N/mm or more as measured in accordance with JISC6481, and has a reduction rate of the 90-degree peel strength between the copper foil and the prepreg of 20% or less after immersion of the test piece in boiling water for 2 hours.

Provided is a method for producing a wired circuit board in which a first preparation step of preparing a first substrate having an insulating layer and a conductive layer disposed on one surface of the insulating layer; a second preparation step of preparing a second substrate having a metal layer; a bonding step of laminating the first substrate and the second substrate so that the conductive layer and the metal layer are in contact with each other, and metal-bonding the conductive layer and the metal layer; and a patterning step of forming a conductive pattern on the other surface of the insulating layer are carried out.