Abstract: An inductor component includes a plurality of stacked layer structures made of component carrier material with electrically conductive plate structures, and a plurality of electrically conductive interconnect structures connecting the electrically conductive plate structures to thereby form an inductance with multiple windings.

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 inductor component includes a plurality of stacked layer structures made of component carrier material with electrically conductive plate structures, and a plurality of electrically conductive interconnect structures connecting the electrically conductive plate structures to thereby form an inductance with multiple windings.

Abstract: A component carrier includes a base material stack having at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure, and a magnet stack with a plurality of magnetic layers and at least one bonding layer, each of the at least one bonding layer bonding two respectively neighboured magnetic layers, wherein the magnet stack is embedded in the base material stack.

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: A method of manufacturing a circuit board or a circuit board intermediate product, wherein the method comprises providing a carrier structure, applying a layer of flowable low-viscosity adhesive on the carrier structure over a surface area of the carrier structure which is larger than a mounting area in which an electronic component is to be mounted on the carrier structure, and pressing the electronic component into a subsection of the layer of adhesive in the mounting area so that at least part of the electronic component is immersed within the adhesive.

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: A component carrier includes a stack with at least one electrically insulating layer structure and/or at least one electrically conductive layer structure, and a component having one or more pads and at least one dielectric layer on at least one main surface of the component. The at least one dielectric layer does not extend beyond the main surface in a lateral direction. The dielectric layer at least partially covers one or more pads of the component. In addition, at least one electrically conductive contact extends through at least one opening in the dielectric layer up to at least one of the pads.

Abstract: Described are component carriers including a stepped cavity into which a stepped component assembly is embedded. The component carriers have (a) fully cured electrically insulating material originating from at least one electrically insulating layer structure of the component carrier and circumferentially surrounding the stepped component assembly and/or (b) an undercut in a transition region between a narrow recess and a wide recess of the stepped cavity. Further described are methods for manufacturing such component carriers.

Abstract: A method for producing a printed circuit board (10) having at least one embedded sensor chip (3), in which at least one sensor face (5) and terminals (4) are arranged on a face of the chip, said method comprising the following steps: a) providing an adhesive film (1), b) printing a conductor structure (2) formed from a conductive paste onto a surface of the adhesive film, c) placing the at least one sensor chip (3) with the face comprising the at least one sensor face (5) and the terminals (4) onto the conductor structure (2) formed from a conductive paste, in an indexed manner, d) curing the conductive paste, e) applying an insulation layer (6) having a conductor layer (7) arranged thereabove to the surface of the structure, created in the previous steps, comprising the chip (3), f) laminating the structure created in the previous steps, g) structuring the conductor layer (7) and forming vias (9) from the conductor layer to conductive tracks (7b, 7c) of the conductor structure on the surface of the adhesi

Abstract: A circuit board and a method of manufacturing a circuit board or two circuit boards are illustrated and described. The circuit board includes (a) a dielectric layer with 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 a layer thickness along a z-direction which is perpendicular with respect to the x-axis and to the y-axis; (b) a metallic layer which is attached to the dielectric layer in a planar manner; and (c) a component which is embedded in the dielectric layer and/or in a dielectric core-layer of the circuit board. The dielectric layer includes a dielectric material which has (i) an elastic modulus E in a range between 1 and 20 GPa and (ii) a coefficient of thermal expansion in a range between 0 and 17 ppm/K along the x-axis and along the y-axis.

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: A component carrier including a stack with a plurality of electrically insulating layer structures and/or a plurality of electrically conductive layer structures, and a non-uniform magnetic foil integrated in the stack.

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: 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: An inductor component includes a plurality of stacked layer structures made of component carrier material with electrically conductive plate structures, and a plurality of electrically conductive interconnect structures connecting the electrically conductive plate structures to thereby form an inductance with multiple windings.

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: 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.