Patent 8115316 was granted and assigned to Sanyo on February, 2012 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A technology is provided for a packaging board adapted to mount a device capable of improving handleability and securing connection reliability. The packaging board includes: a pad electrode formed on a substrate; an insulating layer covering the substrate, having an opening at least in part in an area over the pad electrode; and a joint layer formed on the pad electrode inside the opening. The surface of the joint layer is lower than the top lip of the opening.