Embedded Substrate With Intersecting Through Holes

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Solution Overview

Problem

The increasing demand for miniaturization and higher functionality in electronic devices limits the number of electronic components that can be mounted on printed circuit boards, necessitating a technology to embed components within the substrate while minimizing electrical connection paths.

Innovation Solution

An electronic component embedded substrate design featuring intersecting through portions in insulating layers, allowing for the embedding of electronic components in a top-bottom direction, with insulating materials covering the components and minimizing electrical connection paths through layered wiring and vias.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If electronic components are mounted on the surface of the printed circuit board, then the board can be simple in structure, but the number of mountable components is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of electronic componentsVSAvoidsubstrate structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transitions from two-dimensional surface mounting to three-dimensional embedding by creating through portions that penetrate the substrate. Electronic components are placed within these through portions and connected via conductive materials, enabling vertical stacking and multi-layer integration. This dimensional change allows significantly more components to be mounted on the same substrate area while maintaining structural organization through the layered insulating and conductive material arrangement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Quantity of substance

If electronic components are embedded in the substrate, then the number of components increases, but the electrical connection path becomes longer

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of electronic componentsVSAvoidelectrical connection path
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSLength of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by providing insulating materials selectively at specific locations where needed - namely, covering the electronic components disposed in the through portions. This localized insulation approach allows direct electrical connections between components through conductive materials while providing necessary isolation only where components are present, rather than requiring comprehensive insulation throughout the entire substrate structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Area of moving object

If more electronic components are embedded in the substrate, then product miniaturization is achieved, but the substrate structure becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveproduct sizeVSAvoidsubstrate structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of moving objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the substrate into distinct functional layers: insulating layers forming the base structure, through portions creating embedded cavities, electronic components placed within through portions, and insulating materials covering components. This segmentation allows each element to be optimized independently while maintaining overall structural coherence, enabling higher component density without proportionally increasing overall complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS10939556B1Electronic component embedded substrate
Publication Date: 2021.03.02 SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS CO LTD
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AI summary

An electronic component embedded substrate includes first insulating layer having a first through portion; a first electronic component disposed in the first through portion; a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and having a second through portion; a second electronic component disposed in the second through portion; and an insulating material covering at least a portion of each of the first electronic component and the second electronic component. The first through portion and the second through portion intersect, such that a portion of the first through portion and a portion of the second through portion overlap each other, on a plane.