Abstract: A new structure is provided to replace the existing common planar capacitor structure used in printed circuit boards. The conventional common planar capacitor structure utilizes a single dielectric layer and embedded capacitors with different capacitances are achieved by adjusting the sizes of the embedded capacitors' conductive terminals. Since general applications usually require capacitors whose capacitance range covers several orders of magnitude, these embedded capacitors have significant differences in terms of their conductive terminals' sizes. This will make the manufacturing process more complicated and difficult. The new structure combines inorganic material having a specific dielectric constant and polymer having another specific dielectric constant into a singulated non-overlapping coplanar capacitor structure that is easy to manufacture and provides better precision.

Abstract: A new structure is provided to replace the existing common planar capacitor structure used in printed circuit boards. The common planar capacitor structure utilizes a single dielectric layer and embedded capacitors with different capacitances achieved by adjusting the sizes of the embedded capacitors' conductive terminals. Since general applications usually require capacitors whose capacitance range covers several orders of magnitude, these embedded capacitors have significant differences in terms of their conductive terminals' sizes. This will make the manufacturing process more complicated and difficult. The new structure combines inorganic material having a specific dielectric constant and polymer having another specific dielectric constant into a singulated coplanar capacitor structure.

Abstract: A new structure is provided to replace the existing common planar capacitor structure used in printed circuit boards. The common planar capacitor structure utilizes a single dielectric layer and embedded capacitors with different capacitances are achieved by adjusting the sizes of the embedded capacitors' conductive terminals. Since general applications usually require capacitors whose capacitance range covers several orders of magnitude, these embedded capacitors have significant differences in terms of their conductive terminals' sizes. This will make the manufacturing process more complicated and difficult. The new structure combines inorganic material having a specific dielectric constant and polymer having another specific dielectric constant into a singulated coplanar capacitor structure.

Abstract: A structure and a method of a substrate with built-in via hole resistors are disclosed. The substrate structure includes a core layer made of insulating material and a plurality of via holes for filling with polymer thick film resistor. After the via holes are filled with PTFR, a solder ball or a pad is formed on both ends of the via hole to provide electrical conductivity.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for forming resistors on a printed circuit substrate. The method includes the step of applying a photoresist layer onto substrate, and forming openings in the photoresist layer to expose the preselected regions for resistors, such that polymer thick resist pastes as well as resistive metallic films can be applied onto the substrate through these openings with precise geometry. The process according to the invention has higher accuracy and greater processing flexibility than the prior art processes where the resistor pastes are directly applied onto the substrate by screen printing.