Abstract: A printed wiring board device includes circuit parts which are mounted on a wiring board and constitute parts of a circuit in the printed wiring board device. Pads are provided on the wiring board in the circumference of the circuit parts, and the pads being electrically isolated from the circuit. Heat-absorbing dummy parts are mounted on the pads, and the dummy parts absorb heat from the circuit parts through the pads during reflow soldering.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor bare chip and a board member with a thin-film structure capacitor. The semiconductor bare chip has a power supply terminal and a grounding terminal on the back surface thereof. The semiconductor bare chip is mounted on a circuit board by flip-chip bonding. The board member includes a board and a thin-film structure capacitor provided on the board. The capacitor has terminals corresponding to the power supply terminal and the grounding terminal of the semiconductor bare chip thereon. The side of the board member where the capacitor is provided is bonded to the back surface of the semiconductor bare chip. The terminals of the capacitor are electrically connected to the power supply terminal and the grounding terminal of the semiconductor bare chip.

Abstract: A dummy pad is formed through a polyimide insulating layer so as to be provided opposite to a via connecting pad formed on the surface of a ceramic substrate. A defect occurring in the via connecting pad is filled with a protrusion when the dummy pad is formed. Accordingly, the influence of the defect upon a layer above the dummy pad is prevented. Further, in a method for manufacturing a thin film wiring board obtained by forming a thin film layer on a base substrate having a via that allows interlayer electric conduction, a void defect existing in the via is filled with a conductive material having corrosion resistance against an etchant, and then the thin film layer is formed on the base substrate.

Abstract: A multi-layer wiring substrate includes a main substrate and a plurality of insulating films stacked on the main substrate. The plurality of insulating films have wiring patterns formed on wiring regions thereof and dummy wiring patterns formed on peripheral regions of the wiring regions. The wiring patterns include signal wiring patterns, power supply wiring patterns, and vias. The dummy wiring patterns correspond to the wiring patterns, respectively.

Abstract: A multilayer thin-film wiring board including a base material provided with a plurality of wiring layers and an insulating layer laminated on the base material, and including a via formed by laminating the wiring layers so as to be provide through the insulating layer. A plurality of branching vias are provided by forming a plurality of branches in one of the wiring layers forming the via, the plurality of branching vias being placed along a direction of extension of the base material. The plurality of branching vias are joined to the one of the plurality of wiring layers which is placed at a position closest to the base material.

Abstract: There is provided an I/O pin by which an MCM is positively prevented from being damaged by solder flowing from the fore end to the base of the I/O pin when the I/O pin is soldered in the case of mounting the MCM. An I/O pin used for an electrical connection is provided, one end of which is perpendicularly fixed to an MCM and the other end of which is soldered to a predetermined position on the mother board in the case of mounting the MCM on the mother board. In an intermediate portion of the I/O pin, there is formed a solder dam composed of a plated layer of Ni of low solder wettability, a layer of highly heat-resistant resin or a layer of high-temperature solder.

Abstract: A multilayer thin-film wiring board includes a base material provided with a plurality of wiring layers and an insulating layer laminated on the base material, and includes a via formed by laminating the wiring layers so as to be provided through the insulating layer. A plurality of branching vias are provided by forming a plurality of branches in at least one of the wiring layers forming the via, the plurality of branching vias being placed along a direction of extension of the base material. The plurality of branching vias are joined to one of the plurality of wiring layers which is placed at a position closest to the base material.

Abstract: The thin-film multi-layer substrate includes an insulating substrate base plate, and a thin-film structure including a plurality of conducting layers and a plurality of insulating layers formed on the substrate base plate. A via structure is formed in the thin-film structure and connected to one of the conducting layers of the thin-layer structure. Pins are connected to the via structure, such that the bottom of the via structure is directly laminated on the substrate base plate, and the pins are secured onto the via structure.

Abstract: A heat sink structure of a module substrate includes a plurality of stripe-like bottom regions extending in a longitudinal direction and repeated in a lateral direction with a predetermined pitch, a plurality of stripe-like top regions extending in said longitudinal direction and repeated in the lateral direction with said predetermined pitch, such that the stripe-like bottom regions and the stripe-like top regions are repeated alternately in the lateral direction, wherein the stripe-like top regions and the stripe-like bottom regions have respective lateral edges that are connected with each other by cooling fins.

Abstract: A semiconductor element cooling apparatus adapted to cool at least one semiconductor element mounted on a circuit substrate. The semiconductor element cooling apparatus includes a first mechanism for generating a coolant flow by flowing a coolant over a top surface of the semiconductor element, and a second mechanism for obliquely obstructing the coolant flowing over the semiconductor element from an upstream side towards a downstream side of the coolant flow.

Abstract: A multi-chip module includes a base board, a thin-film multi-layer circuit board which is provided on a first surface of the base board and has a multi-layer structure in which insulating layers and wiring conductors are stacked, circuit elements mounted on a main surface of the thin-film multi-layer circuit board, and terminals which are attached to the main surface of the thin-film multi-layer circuit board and electrically connect the wiring conductors to circuits formed on a wiring board on which the multi-chip module is mounted.

Abstract: A cooling system includes a cooling module which has a heat transfer plate elastically biased and exposed to the flow of a coolant for transferring heat dissipated from a circuit component on a printed circuit board to the coolant, and a solder or low-melting-point metal for establishing thermal contact between the transfer plate and the circuit component.

Abstract: A printed circuit board assembly having a printed circuit board mounted, on both faces, heat generative electronic circuit components, such as integrated circuit chips, and a pair of liquid-cooling modules arranged on both sides of the printed circuit board. Each of the liquid-cooling modules is provided with a liquid cooling plate having liquid coolant supply heads and a plurality of resilient heat transfer units held by the liquid-cooling plate and arranged in compressive contact with the electronic circuit components on both faces of the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A cooling system includes a cooling module which has a heat transfer plate elastically biased and exposed to the flow of a coolant for transferring heat dissipated from a circuit component on a printed circuit board to the coolant, and a solder or low-melting-point metal for establishing thermal contact between the transfer plate and the circuit component.

Abstract: A cooling system including a cooling module which has a heat transfer plate that is exposed to a flow of coolant and is elastically biased toward a circuit component on a printed circuit board for transferring heat dissipated by the component to the coolant, and means for guiding and preventing improper alignment of the transfer plate as the same is resiliently biased toward the circuit component. The coolant module may include a solder or low-melting-point metal for establishing thermal contact between the transfer plate and the circuit component.

Abstract: A cooling system for electronic circuit components mounted on a printed circuit board, includes a cooling plate having a coolant passage, thermal contacts arranged on the cooling plate to be in resilient contact with the surfaces of the electronic components, which are cooled via the thermal contacts by liquid coolant flowing through the coolant passage. The cooling plate has one or more shortcut passages, the cross-sectional area of which is smaller than that of the coolant passage, to mutually connect predetermined portions of the coolant passage. The liquid coolant can be discharged from the cooling plate via the shortcut passage.