Abstract: An embodiment of the disclosure provides AgInGaS quantum dots, a method for preparing the same, and an electronic device capable of controlling the emission wavelength according to the composition of Ag, In, and Ga precursors constituting a quantum dot core.

Abstract: A hydrogen supply method includes a two-side heat exchange mode in which both introducing a second fluid into a hydrogen storage part after the second fluid exchanges heat with a first fluid in a second heat exchanger in a state in which a compressor is driven to compress the first fluid and introducing the second fluid into the hydrogen storage part after the second fluid is heated or cooled in the thermal device are performed. The method also includes a one-side heat exchange mode in which one of introducing the second fluid into the hydrogen storage part after the second fluid exchanges heat with the first fluid in the second heat exchanger in a state in which the compressor is driven to compress the first fluid and introducing the second fluid into the hydrogen storage part after the second fluid is heated or cooled in the thermal device is performed.

Abstract: A hydrogen supply method includes a two-side heat exchange mode in which both introducing a second fluid into a hydrogen storage part after the second fluid exchanges heat with a first fluid in a second heat exchanger in a state in which a compressor is driven to compress the first fluid and introducing the second fluid into the hydrogen storage part after the second fluid is heated or cooled in a thermal device are performed. The method also includes a one-side heat exchange mode in which one of introducing the second fluid into the hydrogen storage part after the second fluid exchanges heat with the first fluid in the second heat exchanger in a state in which the compressor is driven to compress the first fluid and introducing the second fluid into the hydrogen storage part after the second fluid is heated or cooled in the thermal device is performed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides autotaxin (ATX) inhibitor compounds and compositions including said compounds. The present disclosure also provides methods of using said compounds and compositions for inhibiting ATX. Also provided are methods of preparing said compounds and compositions, and synthetic precursors of said compounds.

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with touch sensors. One or more shielding layers may be interposed between the display and the touch sensors. The display may include transistors with gate conductors, a first planarization layer formed over the gate conductors, one or more contacts formed in a first source-drain layer within the first planarization layer, a second planarization layer formed on the first planarization layer, one or more data lines formed in a second source-drain layer within the second planarization layer, a third planarization layer formed on the second planarization layer, and a data line shielding structure formed at least partly in a third source-drain layer within the third planarization layer. The data line shielding structure may be a routing line, a blanket layer, a mesh layer formed in one or more metal layers, and/or a data line covering another data line.

Abstract: A hydrogen storage system is disclosed and includes a storage unit including a plurality of unit storage containers, in which metal hydride materials are respectively provided in an interior thereof and which are connected to each other in parallel, and a thermal fluid line defining a thermal fluid passage, which passes via the plurality of unit storage containers continuously and through which a thermal fluid flows for heating or cooling the unit storage containers, thereby enhancing a storage performance and an efficiency of the hydrogen.

Abstract: A hydrogen storage device includes a storage container having an accommodation space in an interior thereof, a first metal hydride material provided in the interior of the storage container and that stores hydrogen, and a second metal hydride material provided in the interior of the storage container and that stores the hydrogen at a pressure that is different from that of the first metal hydride material. An advantageous effect of restraining an excessive rise of a pressure of the storage container and enhancing safety and reliability may be obtained.

Abstract: A method for application management and an electronic device therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store a first application, and a processor configured to obtain a request for installing a second application, compare a first identifier corresponding to the first application with a second identifier corresponding to the second application, if the first identifier is the same as the second identifier, compare first signature information corresponding to the first application with second signature information corresponding to the second application, if the first signature information is different from the second signature information, compare the first signature information with additional signature information corresponding to the second application, and if the first signature information is the same as the additional signature information, replace at least a portion of the first application by using at least a portion of the second application.

Abstract: A method for application management and an electronic device therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store a first application, and a processor configured to obtain a request for installing a second application, compare a first identifier corresponding to the first application with a second identifier corresponding to the second application, if the first identifier is the same as the second identifier, compare first signature information corresponding to the first application with second signature information corresponding to the second application, if the first signature information is different from the second signature information, compare the first signature information with additional signature information corresponding to the second application, and if the first signature information is the same as the additional signature information, replace at least a portion of the first application by using at least a portion of the second application.

Abstract: A method for application management and an electronic device therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store a first application, and a processor configured to obtain a request for installing a second application, compare a first identifier corresponding to the first application with a second identifier corresponding to the second application, if the first identifier is the same as the second identifier, compare first signature information corresponding to the first application with second signature information corresponding to the second application, if the first signature information is different from the second signature information, compare the first signature information with additional signature information corresponding to the second application, and if the first signature information is the same as the additional signature information, replace at least a portion of the first application by using at least a portion of the second application.

Abstract: An integrated circuit packaging system, and a method of manufacture thereof, including: a substrate including: a first trace layer, an encapsulation on the first trace layer, the first trace layer having a surface exposed from the encapsulation with a rough texture characteristic of removal of a conductive carrier coating, a second trace layer on the encapsulation and over the first trace layer, the second trace layer connected to the first trace layer; and an integrated circuit die attached to the substrate.

Abstract: An integrated circuit packaging system and method of manufacture thereof including: providing a substrate; forming contact pads on top of the substrate; forming a protection layer on top of the contact pads and the substrate; exposing the contact pads from the protection layer; printing under bump metallization (UBM) layers over the exposed contact pads extended over the protection layer with conductive inks; and forming bumps on top of the under bump metallization layers. It also including: printing an adhesion layer using conductive ink, wherein the adhesion layer comprises interconnected adhesion layer pads; forming additional under bump metallization (UBM) layers and bumps on top of the adhesion layer pads utilizing an electro-deposition process; and removing connections among the interconnected adhesion layer pads.

Abstract: An integrated circuit packaging system and method of manufacture thereof includes: a base substrate having a bottom pad; an integrated circuit device mounted on the base substrate; an interposer having a package interconnect mounted on the base substrate, the package interconnect includes an underside base portion having an irregular surface characteristic of a coining process; and an encapsulation between the interposer and the base substrate.

Abstract: A method for application management and an electronic device therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store a first application, and a processor configured to obtain a request for installing a second application, compare a first identifier corresponding to the first application with a second identifier corresponding to the second application, if the first identifier is the same as the second identifier, compare first signature information corresponding to the first application with second signature information corresponding to the second application, if the first signature information is different from the second signature information, compare the first signature information with additional signature information corresponding to the second application, and if the first signature information is the same as the additional signature information, replace at least a portion of the first application by using at least a portion of the second application.

Abstract: An integrated circuit packaging system, and a method of manufacture thereof, including: a substrate including: a first trace layer, an encapsulation on the first trace layer, the first trace layer having a surface exposed from the encapsulation with a rough texture characteristic of removal of a conductive carrier coating, a second trace layer on the encapsulation and over the first trace layer, the second trace layer connected to the first trace layer; and an integrated circuit die attached to the substrate.

Abstract: A method for forming metallurgical interconnections and polymer adhesion of a flip chip to a substrate includes providing a chip having a set of bumps formed on a bump side thereof and a substrate having a set of interconnect points on a metallization thereon, providing a measured quantity of a polymer adhesive in a middle region of the chip on the bump side, aligning the chip with the substrate so that the set of bumps aligns with the set of interconnect points, pressing the chip and the substrate toward one another so that a portion of the polymer adhesive contacts the substrate and the bumps contact the interconnect points, and heating the bumps to a temperature sufficiently high to form a metallurgical connection between the bumps and the interconnect points.

Abstract: An integrated circuit packaging system and method of manufacture thereof including: providing a substrate; forming contact pads on top of the substrate; forming a protection layer on top of the contact pads and the substrate; exposing the contact pads from the protection layer; printing under bump metallization (UBM) layers over the exposed contact pads extended over the protection layer with conductive inks; and forming bumps on top of the under bump metallization layers. It also including: printing an adhesion layer using conductive ink, wherein the adhesion layer comprises interconnected adhesion layer pads; forming additional under bump metallization (UBM) layers and bumps on top of the adhesion layer pads utilizing an electro-deposition process; and removing connections among the interconnected adhesion layer pads.

Abstract: An integrated circuit packaging system and method of manufacture thereof including: a base substrate; an integrated circuit die on the base substrate; vertical interconnects attached to the base substrate around the integrated circuit die; and a single metal layer interposer mounted on the vertical interconnects, the single metal layer interposer including: a routing pattern having interposer contacts and traces, and a dielectric layer on the interposer contacts and traces, a top surface of the interposer contacts coplanar with a top surface of the dielectric layer.

Abstract: An integrated circuit packaging system and method of manufacture thereof including: providing a substrate; forming contact pads on top of the substrate; forming a protection layer on top of the contact pads and the substrate; exposing the contact pads from the protection layer; printing under bump metallization (UBM) layers over the exposed contact pads extended over the protection layer with conductive inks; and forming bumps on top of the under bump metallization layers. It also including: printing an adhesion layer using conductive ink, wherein the adhesion layer comprises interconnected adhesion layer pads; forming additional under bump metallization (UBM) layers and bumps on top of the adhesion layer pads utilizing an electro-deposition process; and removing connections among the interconnected adhesion layer pads.

Abstract: Methods of forming solder balls for semiconductor packages using film-assisted molding include providing a substrate, forming a plurality of solder balls on the substrate where each solder ball has an initial profile, and coupling a substantially planar film to the solder balls. As an encapsulation is deposited over the substrate and around the solder balls, the substantially planar film and the encapsulation, along with the molding process, can cause each solder ball to morph from its initial profile to a final profile, where the final profile is generally different from the initial profile.