A composite metal foil and a preparation method thereof are provided. The composite metal foil includes a carrier layer, a barrier layer, a striping layer, and a metal foil layer. The carrier layer, the barrier layer, the striping layer, and the metal foil layer are sequentially stacked, the barrier layer includes a metal bonding layer and a high-temperature resistant layer stacked, and the metal bonding layer is disposed between the carrier layer and the high-temperature resistant layer. The striping layer is disposed between the carrier layer and the metal foil layer so as to facilitate peeling of the carrier layer, and the barrier layer is disposed between the carrier layer and the metal foil layer so as to prevent the carrier layer and the metal foil layer from diffusing mutually to cause bonding at a high temperature, so that the carrier layer and the metal foil layer are easy to peel off. In addition, the metal bonding layer is disposed between the carrier layer and the high-temperature resistant layer, so that the barrier layer is not easy to separate from the carrier layer, and peeling between the barrier layer and the carrier layer is prevented.

Provided is a surface-treated copper foil in which in order to avoid failures of electronic parts by corrosion, a high bond strength between an electrolytic copper foil and a resin base material can be maintained even when the surface-treated copper foil is exposed to corrosive gases and microparticles, and a method for manufacturing the same. The surface-treated copper foil of the present invention comprises an electrolytic copper foil, a roughened layer covering at least one surface side of the electrolytic copper foil, and a rust preventive layer further covering the roughened layer, wherein the rust preventive layer is at least one surface of the surface-treated copper foil; the rust preventive layer comprises at least a nickel layer; and the thickness of the nickel layer is 0.8 to 4.4 g/m.sup.2 in terms of mass per unit area of nickel; and the noncontact roughness Spd of the rust preventive layer is 1.4 to 2.6 peaks/μm.sup.2 and the surface roughness RzJIS of the rust preventive layer is 1.0 to 2.5 μm. The method for manufacturing the surface-treated copper foil forms the roughened layer having higher roughnesses than the noncontact roughness Spd and surface roughness RzJIS on one surface of the electrolytic copper foil, and thereafter forming the rust preventive layer meeting the predetermined condition.

A packaging process for embedded chips includes: (1) mounting at least one IC chip on a circuit substrate, the IC chip having at least one exposed pin; (2) attaching a self-adhesive copper foil film to the surface of the circuit substrate, wherein the self-adhesive copper foil film has a copper foil layer and a B-stage insulating adhesive layer, the copper foil layer has at least one to-be-opened copper foil area corresponding to the pin, the insulating adhesive layer is applied on the copper foil layer, has no glass fiber, covers the IC chip, and has at least one to-be-opened insulating adhesive area corresponding to the pin, and the pin is in contact with the insulating adhesive layer but not with the copper foil layer; (3) removing the to-be-opened copper foil area; (4) removing the to-be-opened insulating adhesive area with an etching solution; and (5) curing the insulating adhesive layer completely.

A wiring substrate includes a first insulating layer, a conductor layer formed on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer such that the second insulating layer is covering the conductor layer, and a coating film formed on a surface of the conductor layer such that the coating film is adhering the conductor layer and the second insulating layer. The conductor layer includes a conductor pad and a wiring pattern, and the conductor pad of the conductor layer has a mounting surface including a first region and a component mounting region formed such that the second insulating layer has a through hole exposing the component mounting region and that the first region is covered by the second insulating layer and roughened to have a surface roughness higher than a first surface roughness of a surface of the wiring pattern facing the second insulating layer.

Provided is a plating lamination technology for providing a highly adhesive inner layer of a printed circuit board. The plating lamination technology is effective in providing an electroless plated laminate, including a non-etched/low-roughness pretreated laminate or a low-roughness copper foil, and a printed circuit board including the plated laminate.

A component carrier includes a stack with at least one electrically conductive layer structure, at least one electrically insulating layer structure, a cavity delimited at a bottom side at least partially by a top side of a stepped metal structure of the at least one electrically conductive layer structure, and a component embedded in the cavity and arranged on the stepped metal structure. A bottom side of the stepped metal structure has a flat surface extending continuously along at least one horizontal direction.

A wiring board including a component mounting portion with an increased strength is provided. In addition, an electronic device and an electronic module with high reliabilities are provided. The wiring board includes a base having a first face and a conductor positioned on the first face. The conductor has a region in which a plurality of first protrusions are positioned on a surface of the conductor, the plurality of first protrusions protruding in a same oblique direction that is oblique to a direction normal to the first face. The electronic device and the electronic module include the above-described wiring board and an electronic component mounted on the wiring board.

A multilayer resin substrate includes resin layers that are laminated, a first copper foil on the resin layers and including first and second main surfaces having first and second surface roughnesses, respectively, and a second copper foil on the resin layers and including third and fourth main surfaces having third and fourth surface roughnesses, respectively. A distance between the first main surface and the second copper foil is shorter than a distance between the second main surface and the second copper foil. When the first, second, third, and fourth surface roughnesses are denoted as SR1, SR2, SR3, and SR4 respectively, a relationship SR1<SR3≤SR4<SR2 is satisfied.

A bonded body has a structure in which an insulating resin member made of an insulating resin and a metal part made of a metal are bonded. In the bonded body, a bonded interface between the insulating resin member and the metal part has an uneven shape including a protrusion in which the metal part protrudes toward an insulating resin member side and a recess in which the metal part retracts from the insulating resin member side, at least one of a kurtosis Rku of contour curve at the bonded interface of the metal part and a kurtosis Sku of contour surface at the bonded interface of the metal part is in a range of 2.75 or more and 6.00 or less, and an overhang rate that indicates a length ratio of regions overlapping in a lamination direction in a direction along the bonded interface is 7% or more.

A manufacturing method of copper foil and circuit board assembly for high frequency transmission are provided. Firstly, a raw copper foil having a predetermined surface is produced by an electrolyzing process. Subsequently, a roughened layer including a plurality of copper particles is formed on the predetermined surface by an arsenic-free electrolytic roughening treatment and an arsenic-free electrolytic surface protection treatment. Thereafter, a surface treatment layer is formed on the roughened layer, and the roughened layer is made of a material which includes at least one kind of non-copper metal elements and the concentration of the non-copper metal elements is smaller than 400 ppm. By controlling the concentration of the non-copper elements, the resistance of the copper foil can be reduced.