Patent 7491895 was granted and assigned to Sanyo on February, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A wiring substrate is provided with an insulating resin film; and first and second conductive films provided on the back side and top side of the insulating resin film, respectively. The wiring substrate includes a via formed to fill a recess provided in the insulating resin film and electrically connecting the top side and back side of the insulating resin film. The via includes a first metal film formed to cover the side wall of the recess, an oxide film formed to cover the first meal film, and a second metal film formed on the metal oxide film.