Wiring Boards and Processes for Manufacturing the Same

摘要

A wiring board includes an insulating substrate and a wiring pattern. The wiring pattern includes a main body and an upper end portion and is embedded in the insulating substrate while exposing at least the upper end portion on a surface of the insulating substrate. The upper end portion has a cross-sectional width smaller than that of a lower end portion of the wiring pattern embedded in the insulating substrate. The upper end portion is formed of a metal that is more noble than a metal of the main body of the wiring pattern. The wiring board having this structure achieves very high adhesion of the wiring pattern to the insulating layer.