Abstract: A method for manufacturing a package substrate for mounting a semiconductor device, including a substrate forming step (a) of forming a supporting substrate for circuit formation including a first insulating resin layer, a release layer including at least a silicon compound, and ultrathin copper foil having a thickness of 1 ?m to 5 ?m, in this order; a first wiring conductor forming step (b) of forming a first wiring conductor on the ultrathin copper foil of the supporting substrate for circuit formation by pattern copper electroplating; a lamination step (c) of disposing a second insulating resin layer so as to be in contact with the first wiring conductor, and heating and pressurizing the second insulating resin layer for lamination; a second wiring conductor forming step (d) of forming in the second insulating resin layer a non-through hole reaching the first wiring conductor and connecting an inner wall of the non-through hole.

Abstract: There is provided a resin composition for printed wiring boards that, while maintaining excellent flame retardance, has excellent heat resistance, reflow resistance, and drilling workability, and, at the same time, has low water absorption without use of halogen compounds and phosphorus compounds. The resin composition comprises (A) a non-halogen epoxy resin, (B) a biphenyl aralkyl phenolic resin, (C) a maleimide compound and (D) an inorganic filler.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a resin composition that has a variety of properties required for a material for printed circuit boards such as high flame retardancy, and can attain a cured product having high moldability, high resistance against chemicals in a desmearing step, and a small coefficient of thermal expansion, a prepreg comprising the resin composition, a laminate including the prepreg, a metallic foil clad laminate including the prepreg, and a printed circuit board including the prepreg. A resin composition comprising an acrylic-silicone copolymer (A), a halogen-free epoxy resin (B), a cyanic acid ester compound (C) and/or a phenol resin (D), and an inorganic filler (E).

Abstract: The present invention provides a cutting method comprising a cutting step of cutting a workpiece material with a cutting tool to thereby form a through-groove in the workpiece material, wherein in the cutting step, the through-groove is formed in the workpiece material by cutting the workpiece material with the cutting tool while contacting a cut-assisting lubricant with the contact portion of the cutting tool with the workpiece material and/or the contact portion of the workpiece material with the cutting tool, and the workpiece material comprises a fiber reinforced composite material.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a prepreg for a printed laminate that has a low thermal expansion coefficient in the planar direction, excellent drillability, and further excellent heat resistance and flame retardancy, and a laminate and a metal foil-clad laminate. A resin composition according to the present invention includes a molybdenum compound (A); an epoxy resin (B); a curing agent (C); and an inorganic filler (D), wherein a Mohs hardness of the inorganic filler (D) is 3.5 or more, and a content of the inorganic filler (D) is 40 to 600 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of a total of resin solid components.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition which can simply provide, with good reproducibility, a laminate, a printed wiring board, and the like that not only have excellent heat dissipation properties but have good moldability, good mechanical drillability and excellent appearance, and a prepreg, a metal foil-clad laminate, and the like using the same. A resin composition having a cyanate ester compound (A), an epoxy resin (B), a first inorganic filler (C), a second inorganic filler (D), and a molybdenum compound (E), wherein an average particle diameter ratio of the first inorganic filler (C) to the second inorganic filler (D) is in a range of 1:0.02 to 1:0.2.

Abstract: A prepreg for printed wiring boards that has a low coefficient of thermal expansion in a plane direction, has excellent heat resistance and drilling workability, and, at the same time, can retain a high level of flame retardance includes a base material, a resin composition impregnated into or coated on the base material, and huntite. The resin includes (A) an inorganic filler that is a mixture composed of a hydromagnesite represented by xMgCO3·yMg(OH)2·zH2O wherein x:y:z is 4:1:4, 4:1:5, 4:1:6, 4:1:7, 3:1:3, or 3:1:4; (B) an epoxy resin; and (C) a curing agent. The prepreg can be used to prepare a laminated sheet and a metal foil-laminated sheet.

Abstract: A blower device includes an axial flow fan having blades to blow air, and a fan shroud that includes a cylindrical portion surrounding an outer circumference of the fan at a distance from the outer circumference, and an air guiding portion guiding air drawn by the fan. The fan shroud includes a short end part shorter in distance to the outer circumference of the fan than another part in an outer end portion of the fan shroud, and a protruding end part provided at a position advanced in a rotational direction from the short end part, protruding upstream in a flow of the drawn air more than the fan and protruding outward of the air guiding portion. Accordingly, the blower device which includes the fan shroud capable of reducing rotational noise can be provided.

Abstract: A resin composition capable of achieving a printed wiring board or the like excellent in heat dissipation properties, water absorption properties, copper foil peel strength, and heat resistance after moisture absorption is provided. A prepreg, a laminate, a metal foil clad laminate, a printed wiring board and the like, which use the resin composition are also provided. The resin composition of the present invention having at least an epoxy resin, a cyanate ester compound, and an inorganic filler, wherein the inorganic filler includes at least a surface-treated silicon carbide of a silicon carbide powder having at least a part of the surface treated with an inorganic oxide.

Abstract: A work machine includes an unload lever swingably supported by an operation box, the unload lever being configured to be swung to select whether or not to supply an operation fluid to the hydraulic actuator. The unload lever includes a second guide pin to move in a first guide groove in accordance with the swinging of the unload lever, the second guide pin being positioned on a first end of the first guide groove when the unload lever is positioned to a pushed-down position and positioned on a second end of the first guide groove when the unload lever is positioned to a pulled-up position. The first guide groove includes a first latch portion to latch the second guide pin at the first end of the first guide groove, and a second latch portion to latch the second guide pin at the second end of the first guide groove.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition with which a laminate, a printed wiring board, and the like that not only have high thermal conductivity but have good moldability with the occurrence of cracks and voids suppressed can be implemented simply and with good reproducibility, and a prepreg, a laminate, a metal foil-clad laminate, and the like using the same. The resin composition of the present invention is a resin composition comprising at least a cyanate ester compound (A), an epoxy resin (B), a first inorganic filler (C), and a second filler (D), wherein an average particle diameter ratio of the first inorganic filler (C) to the second inorganic filler (D) is in the range of 1:0.02 to 1:0.2.

Abstract: A laminate including at least providing a first intermediate laminate provided with a carrier substrate including a support and a peelable metal layer formed on at least one surface of the carrier substrate, forming, in a section not serving as a product of the first intermediate laminate, a first hole reaching at least the support from the surface of the first intermediate laminate, to prepare a second intermediate laminate with the first hole, stacking and disposing on the surface where the first hole is formed, an insulating material and a metal foil in this order when viewed from the surface, and pressurizing the second intermediate laminate, the insulating material and the metal foil in the stacking direction with heating, to prepare a third intermediate laminate where the first hole is filled with the insulating material, and performing treatment with a chemical agent on the third intermediate laminate.

Abstract: To provide a prepreg resin composition which has good solubility in a solvent and with which moreover a cured product having excellent flame resistance and a low water absorption rate can be made simply and with good reproducibility, and a prepreg and a laminate and a printed wiring board and the like using the same. The prepreg resin composition of the present invention including at least a cyanate compound (A) obtained by cyanation of a phenol-modified xylene formaldehyde resin, an epoxy resin (B), and an inorganic filler.

Abstract: A prepreg for printed wiring boards that has a low coefficient of thermal expansion in a plane direction, has excellent heat resistance and drilling workability, and, at the same time, can retain a high level of flame retardance includes a base material, a resin composition impregnated into or coated on the base material, and huntite. The resin includes (A) an inorganic filler that is a mixture composed of a hydromagnesite represented by xMgCO3.yMg(OH)2.zH2O wherein x:y:z is 4:1:4, 4:1:5, 4:1:6, 4:1:7, 3:1:3, or 3:1:4; (B) an epoxy resin; and (C) a curing agent. The prepreg can be used to prepare a laminated sheet and a metal foil-laminated sheet.

Abstract: A resin composition of the present invention contains a mixture (A) of at least two of cyanate ester compounds selected from the group consisting of cyanate ester compounds (A1) to (A3) having a specific structural unit, an epoxy resin (B), and an inorganic filler (C). A prepreg of the present invention is obtained by impregnating a base material with the resin composition or applying the resin composition to a base material. Furthermore, a metal foil-clad laminate of the present invention is the laminate comprising the prepreg. Furthermore, a printed wiring board of the present invention contains an insulating layer and a conductor layer formed on a surface of the insulating layer, in which the insulating layer contains the resin composition.

Abstract: A resin composition contains a cyanate ester compound, a maleimide compound, an epoxy resin, a silicone rubber powder, and an inorganic filler. The cyanate ester compound contains a compound represented by the following formula. The silicone rubber powder is contained in an amount of 40 to 150 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass in total of the cyanate ester compound, the maleimide compound, and the epoxy resin. The inorganic filler is contained in an amount of 100 to 340 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass in total of the cyanate ester compound, the maleimide compound, and the epoxy resin. A total content of the silicone rubber powder and the inorganic filler is 140 to 380 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass in total of the cyanate ester compound, the maleimide compound, and the epoxy resin.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide, without using a halogenated compound or a phosphorus compound, a resin composition for printed wiring boards, a prepreg, a laminate, and a metal foil-clad laminate, each of which has high-degree flame retardance, has a low water absorption ratio and a high glass transition temperature, and has a high elastic modulus at high temperature. A resin composition according to the present invention includes a specific maleimide compound (A); a cyanate ester compound (B); a non-halogen epoxy resin (C); and an inorganic filler (D).

Abstract: A method for efficiently producing a cyanogen halide with suppressed side effects, and a method for producing a high-purity cyanate ester compound at a high yield includes contacting a halogen molecule with an aqueous solution containing hydrogen cyanide and/or a metal cyanide, so that the hydrogen cyanide and/or the metal cyanide is allowed to react with the halogen molecule in the reaction solution to obtain the cyanogen halide, wherein more than 1 mole of the hydrogen cyanide or the metal cyanide is used based on 1 mole of the halogen molecule, and when an amount of substance of an unreacted hydrogen cyanide or an unreacted metal cyanide is defined as mole (A) and an amount of substance of the generated cyanogen halide is defined as mole (B), the reaction is terminated in a state in which (A):(A)+(B) is between 0.00009:1 and 0.2:1.

Abstract: A prepreg including: a thermosetting resin composition (C) containing a thermosetting resin (A) and an inorganic filler (B); and a glass cloth (D) impregnated or coated with the thermosetting resin composition (C); wherein the glass cloth (D) satisfies the following expressions (I) to (III), (x+y)?95??(I) 1.9<(X+Y)/(x+y)??(II) t<20??(III) wherein the glass cloth (D) is defined by X (threads/inch) representing number of warp yarn per inch; Y (threads/inch) representing number of weft yarn per inch; x (threads) representing number of filament per the warp yarn; y (threads) representing number of filament per the weft yarn; and t (?m) representing a thickness, and wherein the content of the inorganic filler (B) in the thermosetting resin composition (C) is from 110 to 700 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the thermosetting resin (A).

Abstract: This specification discloses an excellent communication device of a field coupling type that increases field coupling efficiency between electrodes and realizes a small-sized device. This specification also discloses a communication system and an electrode. A communication device 100 includes: a first resonant circuit 121 connected in series to an electrode unit 110 formed with two conductor plates; and a second resonant circuit 122 connected in parallel to the electrode unit 110 and the first resonant circuit 121, which are connected in series. The constant of a resonant circuit is determined so that the voltage V2 to be applied to the electrode unit 110 becomes higher than the voltage V1 to be applied to the electrode unit 110 and the first resonant circuit 121 connected in series. In this manner, a field coupling electrode that has a very high coupling strength at a target frequency is obtained.