A package device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The package device includes a redistribution layer including a first dielectric layer, a conductive layer, and a second dielectric layer. The conductive layer is disposed between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. The redistribution layer has a test mark, the test mark includes a plurality of conductive patterns formed of the conductive layer, and the conductive patterns are arranged in a ring shape.

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 substrate for a printed wiring board, the substrate includes a base film containing polyimide as a main component and a sinter layer disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the base film and containing copper nanoparticles. The base film contains a nitrogen atom bonded to a copper atom of the copper nanoparticles, an average number of the nitrogen atom bonded to the copper atom per unit area of the surface of the base film on which the sinter layer is disposed is 2.6×10.sup.18 atoms/m.sup.2 to 7.7×10.sup.18 atoms/m.sup.2, and the average number is an average number calculated for a measurement region estimated to have a thickness of 3 nm from a measurement value of the surface of the base film measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Provided is a novel resin composition for a metal-clad laminate, with which a metal-clad laminate having excellent adhesion with a metal foil, solder heat resistance, insulation and the like can be produced. A terminally modified polybutadiene contained in the resin composition for a metal-clad laminate according to the present invention has a structure of formula (III) on each of both terminals of a polybutadiene comprising a repeating unit of formula (I) and a repeating unit of formula (II), wherein a proportion of the repeating unit of formula (I) in all the repeating units is 70 to 99% by mol.

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The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a conductive pattern and applications thereof, the method including: a step of preparing a laminate including a transparent substrate, a light shielding pattern that is formed on the transparent substrate, and a negative tone photosensitive resin layer that is disposed on the transparent substrate and the light shielding pattern and is in contact with the transparent substrate; a step of irradiating a surface of the transparent substrate opposite to a surface facing the light shielding pattern with light; a step of developing the negative tone photosensitive resin layer to form a resin pattern in a region defined by the transparent substrate and the light shielding pattern; and a step of forming a conductive pattern on the light shielding pattern.

A circuit forming method, comprising: a coating step of applying a metal-containing liquid and a metal paste in an overlapping manner on a base, the metal-containing liquid containing fine metal particles and the metal paste containing a resin binder and metal particles larger than the fine metal particles in the metal-containing liquid; and a heating step of making the metal-containing liquid and the metal paste coated in the coating step conductive by heating the metal-containing liquid and the metal paste.

A curable composition includes an olefin-aromatic vinyl compound-aromatic polyene copolymer satisfying conditions (1) to (4) and an additive resin, which is at least one of a hydrocarbon-based elastomer, polyphenylene ether, olefin-aromatic vinyl compound-aromatic polyene copolymerized oligomer, and aromatic polyene-based resin. (1) The number average molecular weight of the copolymer is 5000 to 100000. (2) The aromatic vinyl compound monomer has 8 to 20 carbon atoms, and the content of the unit of the monomer is 0 to 70 mass %. (3) The aromatic polyene is selected from polyenes having 5 to 20 carbon atoms and a plurality of vinyl and/or vinylene groups in the molecule, and the content of the groups is 1.5 to 20 pieces per number average molecular weight. (4) The olefin is selected from olefins having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and the total monomer units of the olefin, aromatic vinyl compound, and aromatic polyene is 100 mass %.

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 substrate for a printed wiring board includes a base layer, and a copper foil directly or indirectly stacked on at least a part of one or both surfaces of the base layer. The base layer includes a matrix containing a fluororesin as a main component and one or more reinforcing material layers included in the matrix, and a ratio B/A is 0.003 to 0.37, where A is an average thickness of the base layer, and B is an average distance between a surface of the copper foil facing the matrix and a surface of a reinforcing material layer closest to the surface of the copper foil facing the copper foil.

An object of the present invention is to provide a laminated sheet for a metal-clad laminate and a method of manufacturing the same, the laminated sheet including: a substrate that includes a liquid crystal polymer or a fluoropolymer; and an adhesive layer, in which adhesiveness with a metal layer formed on the adhesive layer is excellent. Another object of the present invention is to provide a metal-clad laminate and a method of manufacturing the same.

A laminated sheet for a metal-clad laminate includes: a substrate that includes a liquid crystal polymer or a fluoropolymer; an inorganic oxide layer; and an adhesive layer, in which the substrate, the inorganic oxide layer, and the adhesive layer are laminated in this order.