Abstract: A method of manufacturing a multi-layer printed circuit board includes the following steps (A) and (B). (A) Providing penetrating openings which are formed into through holes and each of which has a small diameter for a core substrate, and (B) providing penetrating openings which are formed into through holes each having a large diameter for the core substrate.

Abstract: The present invention has for its object to provide a multilayer printed circuit board which is very satisfactory in facture toughness, dielectric constant, adhesion and processability, among other characteristics. The present invention is directed to a multilayer printed circuit board comprising a substrate board, a resin insulating layer formed on said board and a conductor circuit constructed on said resin insulating layer, wherein said resin insulating layer comprises a polyolefin resin.

Abstract: A sensor control circuit for controlling a sensor unit for measuring a physical value includes a timing controller which selects periodically one or more sensor units among multiple sensor units and converts an output signal from the sensor unit to a continuous serial input signal, an oscillator which receives the serial input signal input by the controller and outputs a frequency signal corresponding to the output signal detected by the sensor unit, a counter which counts for a predetermined duration a number of pulses of the frequency signal output from the oscillator, a data converter which converts the number of pulses to voltage data and outputs the data, and an RLC selector which inputs to the converter information indicating a characteristic value on which the number of pulses is based. The characteristic value is resistance, inductance or electrostatic capacitance. The sensor units measure physical values, respectively.

Abstract: An optical interconnect includes a transmitter circuit, a receiver circuit and an optical signal transmission route. The transmitter circuit includes a control circuit and an electrical/optical converter circuit. The control circuit receives an input electrical signal and outputs a drive signal. The electrical/optical converter circuit includes a light emitting element and converts the drive signal to an optical signal. The receiver circuit includes an optical/electrical converter circuit and a data recovery circuit. The data recovery circuit includes a second trigger signal generator and a latch circuit. The optical/electrical converter circuit includes a light receiving element and a received-signal amplifying circuit. The light receiving element converts the optical signal from the light emitting element to an output current signal. The received-signal amplifying circuit converts the output current signal to a required digital voltage signal.

Abstract: An optical interconnect device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an optical waveguide, an electrical wiring and a switching device. The first substrate has an electrical wiring circuit, an electrical-optical converter for converting an electrical signal to an optical signal, and a light emitting device for emitting a light. The second substrate has an electrical wiring circuit, an optical-electrical converter for converting the optical signal to the electrical signal, and a light receiving device for receiving the light from the light emitted device. The optical waveguide optically connects the light emitting and light receiving devices. The electrical wiring electrically connects the electrical wiring circuits of the first and second substrates. The switching device determines a fast signal of data to be transmitted via the optical substrate and a slow signal of data to be transmitted via the electrical wiring.

Abstract: The present invention has for its object to provide a multilayer printed circuit board which is very satisfactory in facture toughness, dielectric constant, adhesion and processability, among other characteristics. The present invention is directed to a multilayer printed circuit board comprising a substrate board, a resin insulating layer formed on said board and a conductor circuit constructed on said resin insulating layer, wherein said resin insulating layer comprises a polyolefin resin.

Abstract: The present invention has for its object to provide a multilayer printed circuit board which is very satisfactory in facture toughness, dielectric constant, adhesion and processability, among other characteristics. The present invention is directed to a multilayer printed circuit board comprising a substrate board, a resin insulating layer formed on said board and a conductor circuit constructed on said resin insulating layer, wherein said resin insulating layer comprises a polyolefin resin.

Abstract: The present invention has for its object to provide a multilayer printed circuit board which is very satisfactory in facture toughness, dielectric constant, adhesion and processability, among other characteristics. The present invention is directed to a multilayer printed circuit board comprising a substrate board, a resin insulating layer formed on said board and a conductor circuit constructed on said resin insulating layer, wherein said resin insulating layer comprises a polyolefin resin.

Abstract: An optical interconnect device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an optical waveguide, an electrical wiring and a switching device. The first substrate has an electrical wiring circuit, an electrical-optical converter for converting an electrical signal to an optical signal, and a light emitting device for emitting a light. The second substrate has an electrical wiring circuit, an optical-electrical converter for converting the optical signal to the electrical signal, and a light receiving device for receiving the light from the light emitted device. The optical waveguide optically connects the light emitting and light receiving devices. The electrical wiring electrically connects the electrical wiring circuits of the first and second substrates. The switching device determines a fast signal of data to be transmitted via the optical substrate and a slow signal of data to be transmitted via the electrical wiring.

Abstract: A transition layer 38 is provided on a die pad 22 of an IC chip 20 and integrated into a multilayer printed circuit board 10. Due to this, it is possible to electrically connect the IC chip 20 to the multilayer printed circuit board 10 without using lead members and a sealing resin. Also, by providing the transition layer 38 made of copper on an aluminum pad 24, it is possible to prevent a resin residue on the pad 24 and to improve connection characteristics between the die pad 24 and a via hole 60 and reliability.

Abstract: A multi-layer printed circuit board includes a core structure including resin layers and conductor circuits sandwiched by the resin layers, the core structure having first and second surfaces, a first conductor layer including conductor circuits on the first surface of the core structure, and a second conductor layer including conductor circuits on the second surface of the core structure. The core structure includes first and via holes, and the first and second via holes include a metal filling up to the respective top of openings in the resin layers, respectively, sandwich one or more conductor circuits in the core structure and are positioned vertically to form a through hole electrically connecting respective ones of the conductor circuits of the first and second conductor layers, and the first and second via holes are deviated from each other in a vertical direction.

Abstract: A multilayer printed circuit board including a substrate board and a built-up structure formed over the substrate board. The built-up structure includes conductor circuits and resin insulating layers. The built-up structure has via holes interconnecting the conductor circuits through one or more resin insulating layers. The via holes are filled up with plating, and the resin insulating layers is formed of a cycloolefin resin.

Abstract: Chip capacitors are provided in a printed circuit board. In this manner, the distance between an IC chip and each chip capacitor is shortened, and the loop inductance is reduced. In addition, the chip capacitors are accommodated in a core substrate having a large thickness. Therefore, the thickness of the printed circuit board does not become large.

Abstract: A metal layer 18 is sandwiched between insulating layers 14 and 20 so that required strength is maintained. Hence it follows that the thickness of a core substrate 30 can be reduced and, therefore, the thickness of a multi-layer printed circuit board can be reduced. Formation of non-penetrating openings 22 which reach the metal layer 18 in the insulating layers 14 and 20 is simply required. Therefore, small non-penetrating openings 22 can easily be formed by applying laser beams. Thus, through holes 36 each having a small diameter can be formed.

Abstract: A chip capacitor 20 is provided in a core substrate 30 of a printed circuit board 10. This makes it possible to shorten a distance between an IC chip 90 and the chip capacitor 20 and to reduce loop inductance. Since the core substrate 30 id constituted by provided a first resin substrate 30a, a second resin substrate 30b and a third resin substrate 30c in a multilayer manner, the core substrate 30 can obtain sufficient strength.

Abstract: An intermediate layer 38 is provided on a die pad 22 of an IC chip 20 and integrated into a multilayer printed circuit board 10. Due to this, it is possible to electrically connect the IC chip 20 to the multilayer printed circuit board 10 without using lead members and a sealing resin. Also, by providing the intermediate layer 38 made of copper on an aluminum pad 24, it is possible to prevent a resin residue on the pad 24 and to improve connection characteristics between the die pad 24 and a via hole 60 and reliability.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a multilayered printed circuit board free from cracks attributed to thermal expansion difference between a solder resist layer and another part and a multilayered printed circuit board of the present invention comprises a conductor circuit and a resin insulating layer serially formed on a substrate in an alternate fashion and in repetition and a solder resist layer formed as an outermost layer, and the solder resist layer contains an inorganic filler.

Abstract: An intermediate layer 38 is provided on a die pad 22 of an IC chip 20 and integrated into a multilayer printed circuit board 10. Due to this, it is possible to electrically connect the IC chip 20 to the multilayer printed circuit board 10 without using lead members and a sealing resin. Also, by providing the intermediate layer 38 made of copper on an aluminum pad 24, it is possible to prevent a resin residue on the pad 24 and to improve connection characteristics between the die pad 24 and a via hole 60 and reliability.

Abstract: An optical-electrical transmitting device for transmitting a signal includes an electrical signal transmitting circuit which divides a transmission signal into a first transmission signal and a second transmission signal, a switching device which is electrically connected to receive and converts the first signal into an identification signal for determining the transmission signal to be one of a fast signal and a slow signal, and a selector which is electrically connected to receive the second transmission signal and the identification signal and outputs the second transmission signal to an optical waveguide when the transmission signal is determined to be the fast signal and an electrical wiring when the transmission signal is determined to be the slow signal, the optical waveguide optically connecting the electrical signal transmitting circuit to an electrical signal receiving circuit, the electrical wiring electrically connecting the electrical signal transmitting circuit to the electrical signal receiving

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a multilayered printed circuit board free from cracks attributed to thermal expansion difference between a solder resist layer and another part and a multilayered printed circuit board of the present invention comprises a conductor circuit and a resin insulating layer serially formed on a substrate in an alternate fashion and in repetition and a solder resist layer formed as an outermost layer, and the solder resist layer contains an inorganic filler.