Abstract: A method for producing a printed circuit board structure comprising at least one insulation layer, at least one conductor layer, and at least one embedded component having a contact pad that has an outer barrier layer, in which structure at least two conductor paths/conductor layer are connected to at least two connections using vias, and each via runs from a conductor path/conductor layer directly to the barrier contact layer of the corresponding connection of the component.

Abstract: An electronic module and method for the production of the electronic module in accordance with some embodiments of the invention are disclosed. The electronic module includes at least one electronic component affixed to a conductive layer by means of sticky electrically insulating layer, where the electronic component is embedded in a transparent foil. The electronic module is produces by providing an electrically conductive layer. At least one electronic component is affixed to the electrically conductive layer by means of a sticky electrically insulating layer and embedded in a transparent foil. The at least one electronic component is electronically contacted with the conductive layer.

Abstract: The invention refers to a component carrier realized as a printed circuit board, an intermediate printed circuit board product or an IC-substrate, comprising at least one heat-passage component, said at least one heat-passage component being realized in form of a heat-generating or a heat-absorbing component that is mounted on an outside surface layer or is embedded within at least one inner layer of the component carrier, and further comprising at least one latent-heat storage unit with a phase-change material. The phase-change material is arranged within at least one cavity and integrated within a laminated build-up of the component carrier and is directly thermoconductively coupled with the at least one heat-passage component. The invention also refers to a method for producing said component carrier.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for the bonding of a component embedded into a printed circuit board exhibiting the following steps: Provision of a core exhibiting at least one insulating layer and at least one conductor layer applied to the insulating layer, Embedding of at least one component into a recess of the insulating layer, wherein the contacts of the component are essentially situated in the plane of an outer surface of the core exhibiting the at least one conductor layer, Application of a photoimageable resist onto the one outer surface of the core on which the component is arranged, while filling the spaces between the contacts of the component, Clearing of end faces of the contacts and of the areas of the conductor layer covered by the photoimageable resist by exposing and developing the photoimageable resist, by application of a semi-additive process, deposition of a layer of conductor material onto the cleared end faces of the contacts and the cleared areas of the conductor layer and formati

Abstract: The invention relates to a printed circuit board structure with at least one dielectric insulating layer and at least one conductive layer, in which within the at least one insulating layer, a layer made of a dielectric thermally conductive material is provided that is located at least in the vicinity of, or in contact with, an inner conductor arrangement. Another thermally conductive layer, preferably an electrically conductive metal layer, can be provided in the immediate vicinity of, or in contact with, the layer made of a dielectric thermally conductive material. It is also possible for an at least thermally conductive, preferably electrically conductive feedthrough to pass from a conductor section lying on the outside of the printed circuit board into the inside of the printed circuit board, at least into the vicinity of the layer made of a dielectric thermally conductive material.

Abstract: A printed circuit board structure that includes at least one insulation layer, at least one conductor layer, and at least one embedded component having a contact pad that has an outer barrier layer, in which structure at least two conductor paths/conductor layers are connected to at least two connections using vias, and each via runs from a conductor path/conductor layer directly to the barrier contact layer of the corresponding connection of the component.

Abstract: Methods for the bonding of a component embedded into a printed circuit board are provided. A printed circuit board is also provided with at least one insulated layer and at least one structured conductor layer with conductor paths, with at least one component, which, by means of an adhesive layer, is embedded into a recess of the printed circuit board, with its contacts essentially being situated in the plane of an outer surface of the printed circuit board exhibiting the at least one conductor layer, and with conductive connections between the contacts of the components and the conductor paths of the conductor layer.

Abstract: In a connection panel for electronic components comprising a plurality of insulating layers and conductive layers and further comprising an electronic sensor, the sensor is comprised of at least one flexure member formed by a flexure layer, the flexure member protruding from the flexure layer and into a clearance within the flexure layer and carrying at least a part of a flexure sensing device.

Abstract: A mounting device for mounting electronic components, wherein the mounting device comprises a stack, in particular a layer stack configured as alternating sequence of at least one support structure for providing mechanical support and a plurality of thermally conductive and electrically insulating structures.

Abstract: The invention relates to a nonstick material for use during removal of a part (11) of a substantially planar material layer (2) which is connected in a connecting step to at least on further, substantially planar material layer (9). According to the invention, the nonstick material (8) has a different polarity than the adjoining, substantially planar material layers (2, 9). The invention also relates to a method for removing a part (11) of a substantially planar material layer (2) which is connected in a connecting step to at least one further, substantially planar material layer (9), to a multilayer structure which consists of at least two substantially planar material layers (2, 9) to be interconnected, and to a use of the same, especially in a multilayer printed circuit board.

Abstract: Methods for the production of a circuit board involving the removal of a subregion in accordance with various embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, the production of a circuit board, made of at least two interconnected layers of material, involving the removal of a subregion including a portion of at least one of the at least two interconnected layers from the circuit board includes providing an adhesion preventing material under the subregion to be removed to a layer in the at least two interconnected layers that is adjacent to the at least one layer including the subregion, separating edge regions of the subregion to be removed from adjoining regions of the circuit board, connecting an external surface of the subregion to be removed to an external element, and displacing the external element to separate the subregion to be removed from the adjacent layer of the circuit board.

Abstract: A method of supplying a medium into a cavity of a component carrier or a preform of a component carrier, wherein the method comprises providing the component carrier or the preform of the component carrier with the cavity having a slanted sidewall, providing a medium supply device with a tapering portion and a medium supply opening, and optionally supplying the medium into the cavity while the slanted sidewall and the tapering portion are in alignment with one another.

Abstract: In a method for producing a printed circuit board consisting of at least two printed circuit regions, wherein the printed circuit board regions each compromise at least one conductive layer and/or at least one device or once conductive component, wherein printed circuit board regions to be connected to another one, in the region of in each case at least one lateral surface directly adjoining one another, are connected to one another by a coupling or connection, and wherein, after a coupling or connection of printed circuit board regions, at least one additional layer or ply of the printed circuit board is applied over the printed circuit board regions, the additional layer is embodied as a conductive layer, which is contact-connected via plated-through holes to conductive layers or devices or components integrated in the printed circuit board regions.

Abstract: A circuit board is described which includes a layer composite with at least one dielectric layer which includes a planar extension in parallel with respect to an xy-plane which is spanned by an x-axis and a y-axis perpendicular thereto, and which includes a layer thickness along a z-axis which is perpendicular with respect to the x-axis and to the y-axis; and at least one metallic layer which is attached to the dielectric layer in a planar manner. The layer composite along the z-axis is free from a symmetry plane which is oriented in parallel with respect to the xy-plane, and the dielectric layer includes a dielectric material which has an elastic modulus E in a range between 1 and 20 GPa and along the x-axis and along the y-axis a coefficient of thermal expansion in a range between 0 and 17 ppm/K. A method of manufacturing such a circuit board is also described.

Abstract: The invention refers to a component carrier comprising at least one heat pipe, wherein the at least one heat pipe has at least a largely cylindrical heat pipe section with a largely cylindrical profile with an outer diameter. The at least one heat pipe is embedded within a recess of at least one inner layer or is surface-mounted on an outer layer of said component carrier, wherein at least the largely cylindrical heat pipe section of the heat pipe is thermoconductively coupled by means of at least one adapter means that directly contacts the heat pipe with at least one layer of the component carrier. Furthermore the invention refers to several methods for producing said component carrier.

Abstract: An electronic assembly includes (a) a base carrier structure having a cavity formed therein, (b) a cover carrier structure, and (c) an electronic component disposed within the cavity and connected electrically and/or thermally both with the cover carrier structure and with the base carrier structure. The base carrier structure is made at least partially from a printed circuit board. Preferably, also the cover carrier structure is made at least partially from a further printed circuit board. A method for manufacturing such an electronic assembly is also described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit board element (1) comprising a substrate (2), on which at least one dielectric layer (7) is arranged, and at least one LED (light-emitting diode) (10), wherein at least one channel-shaped waveguide cavity (11) leading away from the LED (10) is provided in the dielectric layer (7), which waveguide cavity leads to at least one integrated light-sensitive component (12), preferably a photo-diode or photocell, arranged for examining the light emission, wherein the LED (10) is preferably also arranged in a cavity (9) that is connected to the waveguide cavity (11). The invention further relates to a method for producing such a circuit board element (1).

Abstract: In a semi-finished product for the production of a printed circuit board with at least one recessed electronic component having at least one conductive layer structured to provide a connector pad for an electronic component, fan-out lines connected to the connector pad and further to provide at least one laser-stop device encompassing the connector pad, wherein the laser-stop device has at least one passage for passing-through the fan-out lines, the semi-finished product further comprises at least one cap layer applied to the conductive layer, the at least one cap layer having an opening in registration with each passage.

Abstract: A printed circuit board that includes conductive layers separated by insulation layers of dielectric material, at least one conductive layer being patterned and having at least one signal line embedded in an insulation material, whereby a conductive ground plan layer, separated by the insulation material and lying in a predetermined distance (d) from the at least one signal line includes a ground plane area associated to and extending along the at least one signal line, the conductive layer associated to and extending along the at least one signal line is provided with openings therein. Preferably the openings are spaces between conducting stripes, extending, seen from above, across the at least one signal line, the conducting stripes being integrally connected with the conductive remainder of the conductive layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board or a sub-assembly thereof by coupling at least two elements of insulating materials with different properties on adjacent side surfaces and covering the elements with a layer of conductive material and building up at least one further layer at least partly overlapping the at least two elements.