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An inexpensive and high throughput process for manufacturing a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate includes first weaving a plurality of electrically non-conductive strands (e.g., fiberglass yarns) and at least one electrically conductive strand (e.g., a copper wire) to form a woven fabric with an upper surface and a lower surface. Next, the woven fabric is impregnated with a resin material to form an impregnated fabric, which is then cured to form a cured fabric. The upper and lower surfaces of the cured fabric are subsequently planed. The planing step segments the electrically conductive strand(s) and forms a PCB substrate that includes a planarized cured fabric with upper and lower planed surfaces and a plurality of electrically conductive strand segments extending from the upper planed surface to the lower planed surface. Since each of the electrically conductive strand segments extends from the upper planed surface to the lower planed surface, the segments function as electrically conductive vias of the PCB substrate. Also, a PCB substrate that includes a planarized woven fabric with a cured resin material impregnated therein. The planarized woven fabric includes planed upper and lower surfaces and a plurality of integrally formed electrically conductive strand segments (e.g., copper wire segments) extending from the upper planed surface to the lower planed surface. Since the electrically conductive strand segments were formed integrally with the remainder of the planarized woven fabric, PCB substrates are of high mechanical stability.
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