Abstract:
Example multi-layer printed circuit boards (‘PCBs’) are described as well as methods of making and using such PCBs that include layers of laminate; at least one via hole traversing the layers of laminate, and a via conductor contained within the via hole, the via conductor comprising a used portion and an unused portion, the via conductor comprising copper coated with a metal having a conductivity lower than the conductivity of copper.
Abstract:
A light-emitting device capable of ensuring an electric connection between a light-emitting element and an electrode without generating any problem in practical use, by both connecting methods with a solder and a connector, and a lighting device provided with the light-emitting device are provided. The light-emitting device according to the present invention has a plurality of LED chips, and a soldering electrode land and a connector connecting electrode land electrically connected to the chips, on a ceramic substrate. The soldering electrode land is formed of a first conductive material having a function to prevent diffusion to a solder, and the connector connecting electrode land is formed of a second conductive material having a function to prevent oxidation.
Abstract:
With the present invention, conductor grids for electronic housings and a manufacturing method for such conductor grids are provided. According to the invention, the conductor grid is produced from two metal strips (130, 110, 140) welded along the joint edge (150), with only one of the two metal strips needing to have a surface suitable for the wire bonding. The amount of the conventionally used, plated starting material can be considerably reduced in this way.
Abstract:
An electronic device may have a touch screen display. The display may have a touch sensor structure that determines the location at which external objects touch the display. The touch sensor structure may have a clear substrate on which conductive capacitive touch sensor electrodes are formed. The electrodes may be formed from a transparent conductive material such as indium-tin oxide. The clear substrate may be formed from a flexible material such as a polymer. The polymer may be a clear polyimide. Copper traces or other conductive traces may be used to route sensor signals from the capacitive touch sensor electrodes to processing circuitry in the electronic device.
Abstract:
A package structure for an electronic device having an electronic device mounted on a substrate; the electronic device including an external electrode; the substrate including an interconnection and an electrode pad for mounting the electronic device thereon. Part or entire of the interconnection and part or entire of the electrode pad of the substrate are formed of the same material; and the external electrode of the electronic device is joined to the electrode pad of the substrate with a joining part which is the same material as the interconnection and the electrode pad.
Abstract:
A packaging substrate and a method for fabricating the same are proposed, including: providing a substrate body having a first surface and an opposing second surface, wherein the first surface has a plurality of flip-chip solder pads and wire bonding pads and the second surface has a plurality of solder ball pads; forming a first and a second solder mask layers on the first and second surfaces respectively and forming openings in the first and second solder mask layers to expose the flip-chip solder pads, the wire bonding pads and the solder ball pads; forming first bumps on the flip-chip solder pads; and forming an electroless Ni/Pd/Au layer on the first bumps and the wire bonding pads by electroless plating, wherein the electroless Ni/Pd/Au layer has a thickness tolerance capable of meeting evenness requirements for fine pitch applications.
Abstract:
An LED lamp includes a board, a metal wiring provided on the board, an LED mounted on the metal wiring, and a metal heat dissipation film mainly made of a metal different from a metal for forming the metal wiring. The metal heat dissipation film partially overlaps the metal wiring. The metal heat dissipation film has an irregular surface. The metal heat dissipation film is mainly made of a metal that is softer than the metal wiring. The metal heat dissipation film intervenes between the board and the metal wiring, and part of the metal heat dissipation film that is in contact with the metal wiring has an irregular surface.
Abstract:
A printed circuit board and method thereof and a solder ball land and method thereof. The example printed circuit board (PCB) may include a first solder ball land having a first surface treatment portion configured for a first type of resistance and a second solder ball land having a second surface treatment portion configured for a second type of resistance. The example solder ball land may include a first surface treatment portion configured for a first type of resistance and a second surface treatment portion configured for a second type of resistance. A first example method may include first treating a first surface of a first solder ball land to increase a first type of resistance and second treating a second surface of a second solder ball land to increase a second type of resistance other than the first type of resistance. A second example method may include first treating a solder ball land to increase a first type of resistance and second treating the solder ball land to increase a second type of resistance other than the first type of resistance.
Abstract:
A printed circuit board and method thereof and a solder ball land and method thereof. The example printed circuit board (PCB) may include a first solder ball land having a first surface treatment portion configured for a first type of resistance and a second solder ball land having a second surface treatment portion configured for a second type of resistance. The example solder ball land may include a first surface treatment portion configured for a first type of resistance and a second surface treatment portion configured for a second type of resistance. A first example method may include first treating a first surface of a first solder ball land to increase a first type of resistance and second treating a second surface of a second solder ball land to increase a second type of resistance other than the first type of resistance. A second example method may include first treating a solder ball land to increase a first type of resistance and second treating the solder ball land to increase a second type of resistance other than the first type of resistance.
Abstract:
A method for fabricating an electrical conductive structure of a circuit board is disclosed. The method includes providing a circuit board having a plurality of first and second electrically conductive pads; forming on the circuit board an insulating protection layer having a plurality of openings for exposing the first and second electrically conductive pads; forming a metal adhesive layer on the first and second electrically conductive pads; forming a conductive layer on the insulating protection layer and on the metal adhesive layer formed on the first and second electrically conductive pads, the conductive layer being electrical conductive to the first and second electrically conductive pads; forming on the conductive layer a resist layer having a plurality of openings for exposing the conductive layer on the second electrically conductive pads; and electroplating a conductive structure on the conductive layer on the second electrically conductive pads exposed from the openings.