Depicted embodiments are directed to an Application Specific Electronics Packaging (“ASEP”) system, which enables the manufacture of additional products using reel to reel (68a, 68b) manufacturing processes as opposed to the “batch” processes used to currently manufacture electronic products and MIDs. Through certain ASEP embodiments, it is possible to integrate connectors, sensors, LEDs, thermal management, antennas, RFID devices, microprocessors, memory, impedance control, and multi-layer functionality directly into a product.

A substrate for contacting an electrical pin arranged in a housing includes a base having a recess receiving the electrical pin, a metal leadframe having a contacting region electrically and/or thermally contacting the electrical pin, and a contact pin extending along a mating direction in a plane parallel to the metal leadframe and configured to electrically contact a mating contact pin of a mating connector. The metal leadframe is rigidly fixed to the base to prevent a relative movement between the metal leadframe and the substrate. The substrate is movable with respect to the housing along a locking direction from an unlocked position where the substrate is not locked to the housing to a locked position in which the substrate is locked to the housing. A movement of the contacting region with respect to the electrical pin is prevented in the locked position.

According to one embodiment, a metal base circuit board includes a metal base substrate, a first circuit pattern, and a first insulating layer between the metal base substrate and the first circuit pattern. The first insulating layer covers a lower surface of the first circuit pattern and at least part of a side surface of the first circuit pattern, the lower surface facing the metal base substrate, the at least part of the side surface being adjacent to the lower surface.

A circuit board according to an embodiment includes an insulating portion; and a pattern portion disposed on the insulating portion, wherein the insulating portion includes: a first insulating region, and a second insulating region disposed outside the first insulating region and spaced apart from the first insulating region with a separation region therebetween; wherein the pattern portion includes: a first pattern portion for signal transmission; and a second pattern portion including a dummy pattern separated from the first pattern portion, wherein the first pattern portion includes: a first terminal portion disposed on the first insulating region; a second terminal portion disposed on the second insulating region; and a connection portion disposed on the separation region and connecting between the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion, wherein the second pattern portion includes: a second-first pattern portion disposed on the first insulating region; and a second-second pattern portion disposed on the second insulating region and separated from the second-first pattern portion.

An insulated circuit substrate manufacturing method of the present invention includes a metal piece disposing step of disposing the metal piece in a circuit pattern shape on a resin material serving as the insulating resin layer and a bonding step of bonding the insulating resin layer and the metal piece by pressurizing and heating the resin material and the metal piece at least in a laminating direction. In the bonding step, the metal piece and the resin material are pressurized in the laminating direction by a pressurizing jig that includes a cushion material disposed on a side of the metal piece and a guide wall portion disposed at a position facing a peripheral portion of the cushion material, and the peripheral portion of the cushion material is brought into contact with the guide wall portion during pressurization.

The present invention relates to a prelaminate for an electronic card, wherein at least a first group of pads is formed from a metal plate formed from a piece comprising a central part and branches extending from the central part, the branches of the metal plate forming the pads of the first group. The invention also relates to a method for producing such a prelaminate and an electronic card comprising such a prelaminate.

There is provided a manufacturing method for an insulating resin circuit substrate, which is a manufacturing method for an insulating resin circuit substrate which includes an insulating resin layer composed of a polyimide resin and a circuit layer consisting of metal pieces disposed in a circuit pattern shape on one surface of the insulating resin layer. The manufacturing method includes a temporary fixing step of pressurizing the metal pieces toward the resin sheet material while heating the metal pieces to temporarily fix the metal pieces and a joining step of disposing a cushion material on a side of the metal pieces which are temporarily fixed and pressurizing the metal pieces and the resin sheet material in a laminating direction, while heating the metal pieces and the resin sheet material, to join the resin sheet material and the metal pieces.

A double layered electrolytic copper foil is disclosed. It is possible to freely control various physical properties of the double layered electrolytic copper foil. The double layered electrolytic copper foil contains a first copper layer, a second copper layer, and an interface formed between one surface of the first copper layer and one surface of the second copper layer. A method of manufacturing the double layered electrolytic copper foil is also disclosed.

The invention relates to a motor vehicle component support, in particular a motor vehicle door lock (1), and to a method for the production thereof. Said motor vehicle component support is equipped with a strip conductor structure (3) composed of several strip conductors (7). According to the invention, the strip conductor structure (3) comprises at least two conductor strip sub-structures (3a, 3b) which are electrically interconnected by means of at least one connecting element (8) which is applied later.

An insulated metal substrate (IMS) and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The IMS includes an electrically conductive line pattern layer, an encapsulation layer, a first adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer, and a heat sink element. The encapsulation layer fills a gap between a plurality of electrically conductive lines of the electrically conductive line pattern layer. An upper surface of the encapsulation layer is flush with an upper surface of the electrically conductive line pattern layer. The first and second adhesive layer are disposed between the electrically conductive line pattern layer and the heat sink element. A bonding strength between the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer is greater than 80 kg/cm.sup.2.