Abstract: A method for forming the packaging structure includes: providing a substrate; forming a plurality of mutually independent conductive wires on the substrate, wherein a trench is provided between adjacent conductive wires; oxidizing side walls of each of the conductive wires to form a barrier layer; and forming a solder mask at least filling the trench.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes the steps of providing a flexible substrate, forming an electric circuit layer on the flexible substrate at an elevated temperature, and enhancing a transmittance of the flexible substrate after forming the electric circuit layer.

Abstract: An apparatus for filling a wafer with glass powder includes a supporting device for supporting a wafer, a feeding device and a scraping device, where the feeding device and the scraping device are both provided on an upper side of the supporting device; a lower side of the feeding device is provided with a fetching part, and the feeding device drives the fetching part to move; a lower side of the scraping device is provided with a scraper, and the scraping device drives the scraper to move. After the feeding device evenly applies the glass powder to the wafer through the fetching part, the scraping device removes an excess of the glass powder on the wafer through the scraper to ensure an appropriate amount of glass powder on the wafer, avoiding complex subsequent processing due to excessive glass powder, and avoiding uneven glass powder distribution.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing printed circuit boards includes some or all of: chemically or electrically applying metallic layers to a substrate; incorporating bores into the substrate; through-contacting the bores incorporated into the substrate; applying a layer from a photoresist to an electrically conducting layer in a masking step; exposing the photoresist while using an exposure mask in an exposing step; removing exposed or unexposed regions of the layer from the photoresist while in regions laying bare the electrically conducting layer in a developing step; removing the laid-bare regions of the electrically conducting layer in an etching step; cleaning the substrate in a rinsing step; and drying the substrate, wherein the substrate for carrying out the developing step and/or the etching step is set in rotation and a developer solution and/or an etching liquid is applied to the rotating substrate by at least one nozzle.

Abstract: Processes for laminating a conductive-lubricant coated Printed Circuit Board (PCB) are disclosed. An example laminated PCB may include a lamination stack that may further include a core, an adhesive layer, and at least one graphene-metal structure or at least one hexagonal Boron Nitride metal (h-BN-metal) structure. The materials of the PCB may change in accordance with the invention described herein, including the materials of the core, the materials of the conductive-lubricant coatings, or the metal layers of the conductive-lubricant-metal structures. Doping processes for each change in materials used are also described herein. The conductive-lubricant of the conductive-lubricant-metal structure will promote high frequency performance and heat management within the PCB. Furthermore, a removal process of those materials post-lamination is described herein to promote protection of materials and subsequent removal of protective layers without breakage or tearing.

Abstract: A formation method of a filter device includes: forming a first layer by providing a first substrate and forming a resonance device preprocessing layer with a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, wherein the first substrate is located on the first side; forming a second layer by providing a second substrate and forming a first passive device with a third side and a fourth side opposite to the third side, wherein the second substrate is located on the third side; connecting the first layer located on the fourth side and the second layer located on the second side; removing the first substrate; and forming at least one first resonance device based on the resonance device preprocessing layer. The resonance device and the passive device are integrated in one die to form a filter device, which requires less space in an RF front-end chip.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronics assembly, includes obtaining or producing an electronics module, which includes a first circuitry on a first surface at a first side of a circuit board, at least one electronics component on the circuit board in electrical connection with the first circuitry, and at least one first connection portion on the first surface and/or an adjacent side surface at a peripheral portion of the circuit board, wherein the at least one first connection portion is electrically connected to or comprised in the first circuitry. The method further includes arranging the electronics module on a second substrate including a second connection portion connected to a second circuitry on a surface of the second substrate, and arranging electrically conductive joint material onto the first and second connection portions to extend between them for electrically connecting the electronics module to the second circuitry.

Abstract: An automatic exchanging device moves along a front face of component mounting line in an arrangement direction of multiple component mounters to automatically exchange a feeder with respect to feeder setting section of each component mounter. A production management computer of the component mounting line or control device of each component mounter monitors an arrangement status of the feeder set in the feeder setting section of each component mounter, and when it is determined that an empty space of the feeder setting section of any one of the component mounters is equal to or larger than a predetermined value based on a monitoring result, controls an operation of the automatic exchanging device, such that an automatically exchangeable unit is set in the empty space of the feeder setting section of the component mounter.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes providing a substrate with a first major surface having a microchannel, wherein the microchannel has a first end and a second end; dispensing a conductive liquid in the microchannel to cause the conductive liquid to move, primarily by capillary pressure, in a first direction toward the first end of the microchannel and in a second direction toward the second end of the microchannel; and solidifying the conductive liquid to form an electrically conductive trace electrically connecting a first electronic device at the first end of the microchannel to a second electronic device at the second end of the microchannel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an ultrasonic transducer assembly comprising an ultrasonic transducer chip having a main surface comprising a plurality of ultrasound transducer elements and a plurality of first contacts for connecting to said ultrasound transducer elements, a contact chip having a further main surface comprising a plurality of second contacts, a backing member comprising ultrasound absorbing and/or scattering bodies, said backing member comprising a first surface on which the transducer chip is mounted and a second surface on which the contact chip is mounted. A flexible interconnect extends over said backing member from the main surface to the further main surface, the flexible interconnect comprising a plurality of conductive tracks, each conductive track connecting one of said first contacts to a second contact.

Abstract: A base material is provided. A first patterned circuit layer and a second patterned circuit layer are formed on a first surface and a second surface of the base material. A first insulation layer and a metal reflection layer are provided on the first patterned circuit layer and a portion of the first surface exposed by the first patterned circuit layer, wherein the metal reflection layer covers the first insulation layer, and a reflectance of the metal reflection layer is substantially greater than or equal to 85%, there is no conductive material between the first patterned circuit layer and the metal reflection layer. A first ink layer is formed on the first insulation layer before the metal reflection layer is formed.

Abstract: A material and method for manufacturing an Ag-based electrical contact material includes synthesizing an intermetallic compound of MexSny type; ball milling the intermetallic compound; mixing the so obtained intermetallic compound powder with silver powder; packing the mixed powders into a green body; and forming a MeO-SnO2 cluster structure by internally oxidizing the intermetallic compound MexSny while sintering the green body.

Abstract: A cathodic protection device enclosing a reference cell and a conductive media and having two coupon assemblies mounted, facing opposing direction, on an exterior surface thereof is disclosed. The coupon assemblies each have a disc-shaped coupon seated in a coupon jacket and are electrically coupled to a wire. The coupon jacket is formed from a blank having a first surface and an opposing second. A pocket as a recess is machined into the first surface, a groove is machined into the opposing second surface and an aperture is machined through the bottom of the pocket and opens into the groove. A disc-shaped coupon assembly was threaded through the pocket and aperture to seat the disc-shaped coupon in the pocket and a wire in the groove with the electrical junction therebetween aligned with the aperture.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing printed circuit boards includes some or all of: chemically or electrically applying metallic layers to a substrate; incorporating bores into the substrate; through-contacting the bores incorporated into the substrate; applying a layer from a photoresist to an electrically conducting layer in a masking step; exposing the photoresist while using an exposure mask in an exposing step; removing exposed or unexposed regions of the layer from the photoresist while in regions laying bare the electrically conducting layer in a developing step; removing the laid-bare regions of the electrically conducting layer in an etching step; cleaning the substrate in a rinsing step; and drying the substrate, wherein the substrate for carrying out the developing step and/or the etching step is set in rotation and a developer solution and/or an etching liquid is applied to the rotating substrate by at least one nozzle.

Abstract: An integrated circuit/printed circuit board (IC-PCB) assembly comprises a PCB and a heatsink plate. The PCB has a first side including a first patterned conductive layer with one or more thermal pads onto which one or more heat slugs of one or more ICs mount, and a second, opposing side including a second patterned conductive layer with a heatsink plate receiving pad onto which the heatsink plate mounts. The heatsink plate has one or more posts that project from a mounting surface of the heatsink plate, and when the heatsink plate is mounted to the heatsink plate receiving pad, each post extends from the second side of the PCB, through a matching hole in the PCB, and to an associated thermal pad located on the first side of the PCB.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronics assembly, includes obtaining or producing an electronics module, which includes a first circuitry on a first surface at a first side of a circuit board, at least one electronics component on the circuit board in electrical connection with the first circuitry, and at least one first connection portion on the first surface and/or an adjacent side surface at a peripheral portion of the circuit board, wherein the at least one first connection portion is electrically connected to or comprised in the first circuitry. The method further includes arranging the electronics module on a second substrate including a second connection portion connected to a second circuitry on a surface of the second substrate and arranging electrically conductive joint material onto the first and second connection portions to extend between them for electrically connecting the electronics module to the second circuitry.

Abstract: A modular surgical system for use in a surgical procedure to treat tissue is disclosed. The modular surgical system includes a footer module including a power supply, a first surgical module configured to be stacked on top of the footer module, and a second surgical module configured to be stacked on top of the first surgical module. The first surgical module is detachably couplable to the footer module to receive power from the power supply of the footer module to generate a first therapeutic energy for delivery to the tissue. The second surgical module is detachably couplable to the first surgical module to receive power from the power supply of the footer module to generate a second therapeutic energy for delivery to the tissue.

Abstract: A method can be applied for manufacturing an electrical connector on an end portion of a multi-wire electrical cable whose wires are surrounded annularly in cross section in the end portion by an outer conductor. The outer conductor is partially radially compressed toward the wires by at least one die, and is also partially provided with an overmold in an injection mold. In the method, after the outer conductor is deformed, the die is positioned on the outer conductor in such a way that the die partially bounds a mold cavity to be filled with a plasticized molding compound to form the overmold. At least one mold part of the injection mold is moved toward the outer conductor and the mold part is positioned in a vicinity of the outer conductor so to further bound the mold cavity.

Abstract: An embedded magnetic component device includes a magnetic core located in a cavity extending into an insulating substrate. The cavity and magnetic core are covered with a cover layer. Through holes extend through the cover layer and the insulating substrate, and are plated to define conductive vias. Metallic traces are provided at exterior surfaces of the cover layer and the insulating substrate to define upper and lower winding layers. The metallic traces and conductive vias define the respective primary and secondary side windings for an embedded transformer. At least a first isolation barrier is provided on the cover layer, and at least a third insulating layer is provided on the substrate. The second and third insulating layers provide additional insulation for the device, and define and function as a circuit board for surface mounted power electronics.

Abstract: There is provided a computer structure comprising a first silicon substrate and a second silicon substrate. Computer circuitry configured to perform computing operations is formed in the first silicon substrate, which has a self-supporting depth and an inner facing surface. A plurality of distributed capacitance units are formed in the second silicon substrate, which has an inner facing surface located in overlap with the inner facing surface of the first substrate and is connected to the first substrate via a set of connectors arranged extending depthwise of the structure between the inner facing surfaces. The inner facing surfaces have matching planar surface dimensions. The second substrate has an outer facing surface on which are arranged a plurality of connector terminals for connecting the computer structure to a supply voltage. The second substrate has a smaller depth than the first substrate.