A method of producing a multilayer printed circuit board includes a metallic conductor structure including providing a base substrate including a film or plate and having first and second substrate sides, which base substrate at least partly consists of an electrically non-conductive organic polymer material and wherein the first substrate side is covered with a cover metal layer, partially removing the cover metal layer while subdividing the first substrate side into at least one first partial area, in which the first substrate side is free of the cover metal layer, and into at least one second partial area, in which the first substrate side is covered with the cover metal layer, and causing a plasma to act on the first substrate side with the aid of which plasma the polymer material is removed in the at least one first partial area while forming at least one trench.

A manufacturing method of an interposed substrate is provided. A metal-stacked layer comprising a first metal layer, an etching stop layer and a second metal layer is formed. A patterned conductor layer is formed on the first metal layer, wherein the patterned conductor layer exposes a portion of the first metal layer. A plurality of conductive pillars is formed on the patterned conductor layer, wherein the conductive pillars are separated from each other and stacked on a portion of the patterned conductor layer. An insulating material layer is formed on the metal-stacked layer, wherein the insulating material layer covers the portion of the first metal layer and encapsulates the conductive pillars and the other portion of the patterned conductor layer. The metal-stacked layer is removed to expose a lower surface opposite to an upper surface of the insulating material layer and a bottom surface of the patterned conductor layer.

Provided is a double layer circuit board and a manufacturing method thereof. The double layer circuit board comprises a substrate, a first circuit layer formed on a first surface of the substrate, a second circuit layer formed on a second surface of the substrate, and at least one connecting pillar formed in and covered by the substrate. Each one of the at least one connecting pillar includes a first end connected to the first circuit layer and a second end connected to the second circuit layer. A terminal area of the second end is greater than a terminal area of the first end. Therefore, the second circuit layer is firmly connected to the first circuit layer through the at least one connecting pillar. A yield rate of the double layer circuit board may be increased.

A package that includes a substrate and an electrical component coupled to the substrate. The substrate includes at least one dielectric layer, a plurality of interconnects located in the at least one dielectric layer, and a solder resist layer located over a surface of the at least one dielectric layer. The solder resist layer includes a first solder resist layer portion comprising a first thickness, and a second solder resist layer portion comprising a second thickness that is less than the first thickness. The electrical component is located over the second solder resist layer portion.

In a conventional electronic device and a method of manufacturing the same, reduction in cost of the electronic device is hindered because resin used in an interconnect layer on the solder ball side is limited. The electronic device includes an interconnect layer (a first interconnect layer) and an interconnect layer (a second interconnect layer). The second interconnect layer is formed on the undersurface of the first interconnect layer. The second interconnect layer is larger in area seen from the top than the first interconnect layer and is extended to the outside from the first interconnect layer.

A printed circuit board includes a substrate including an external connection pad; and a metal post extending to the outside of the substrate in a thickness direction of the substrate from the external connection pad. The metal post may include a first post portion, elongated while having a substantially constant width, a second post portion extending to the outside of the substrate in the thickness direction of the substrate while having a narrow width, and a third post portion extending to the outside of the substrate in the thickness direction of the substrate from the second post portion while having substantially the same width as the first post portion. The third post portion may forma lower end portion of the metal post.

A printed circuit board includes a substrate including an external connection pad; and a metal post extending to the outside of the substrate in a thickness direction of the substrate from the external connection pad. The metal post may include a first post portion, elongated while having a substantially constant width, a second post portion extending to the outside of the substrate in the thickness direction of the substrate while having a narrow width, and a third post portion extending to the outside of the substrate in the thickness direction of the substrate from the second post portion while having substantially the same width as the first post portion. The third post portion may forma lower end portion of the metal post.

A flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) including a pattern circuit layer. The pattern circuit layer has a pattern fuse embedded therein, and the pattern fuse includes a first conductive wire made of a metal and having a spiral structure, and a second conductive wire made of a metal and having a spiral structure. The first conductive wire and the second conductive wire have a double helix structure.

According to various embodiments, an article including a glass or glass-ceramic substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface, and a via extending through the substrate from the first major surface to the second major surface over an axial length, L, the via defining a first axial portion, a third axial portion, and a second axial portion disposed between the first and third axial portions. The article further includes a helium hermetic adhesion layer disposed on the interior surface in the first and/or third axial portions and a metal connector disposed within the via, the metal connector being adhered to the helium hermetic adhesion layer. The metal connector fully fills the via over the axial length, L, the via has a maximum diameter, Φ.sub.max, of less than or equal to 30 μm, and the axial length, L, and the maximum diameter, Φ.sub.max, satisfy an equation: $\frac{L}{\sqrt{{\Phi }_{\max }}}>20{\mathrm{micron}}^{1/2}.$

An apparatus system is provided which comprises: a substrate; a metal pillar formed on the substrate, the metal pillar comprising a first section and a second section, wherein the first section of the metal pillar is formed by depositing metal in a first opening of a first photoresist layer, and wherein the second section of the metal pillar is formed by depositing metal in a second opening of a second photoresist layer.