Abstract: A carrier structure is provided with a plurality of package substrates connected via connecting sections, and a functional element and a groove are formed on the connecting section, such that the groove is located between the package substrate and the functional element. Therefore, when a cladding layer covering a chip is formed on the package substrate, the groove can accommodate a glue material overflowing from the cladding layer to prevent the glue material from contaminating the functional element.

Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for reducing warpage of a substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for reducing warpage of a substrate includes: applying an epoxy mold over a plurality of dies on the substrate in a dispenser tool; placing the substrate on a pedestal in a curing chamber, wherein the substrate has an expected post-cure deflection in a first direction; inducing a curvature on the substrate in a direction opposite the first direction; and curing the substrate by heating the substrate in the curing chamber.

Abstract: A package structure including a redistribution circuit structure, a wiring substrate, first conductive terminals, an insulating encapsulation, and a semiconductor device is provided. The redistribution circuit structure includes stacked dielectric layers, redistribution wirings and first conductive pads. The first conductive pads are disposed on a surface of an outermost dielectric layer among the stacked dielectric layers, the first conductive pads are electrically connected to outermost redistribution pads among the redistribution wirings by via openings of the outermost dielectric layer, and a first lateral dimension of the via openings is greater than a half of a second lateral dimension of the outermost redistribution pads. The wiring substrate includes second conductive pads. The first conductive terminals are disposed between the first conductive pads and the second conductive pads. The insulating encapsulation is disposed on the surface of the redistribution circuit structure.

Abstract: A user profile picture generation method and an electronic device includes in a process in which a user searches for a profile picture in a plurality of thumbnails displayed in a user interface, when the user selects a thumbnail, the electronic device displays an original picture corresponding to the thumbnail, and displays a crop box in the original picture, where the selection may be a tap operation on the thumbnail. The electronic device may generate a profile picture of the user based on the crop box. The crop box includes a human face region in the original picture, and a composition manner of the human face region in the crop box is the same as a composition manner of the human face region in the original picture.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are provided. For example, metrology apparatus configured for use with a substrate processing platform comprise an interferometer configured to obtain a first set of measurements at a first set of points along a surface of a substrate, a sensor configured to obtain a second set of measurements at a second set of points different from the first set of points along the surface of the substrate, an actuator configured to position the interferometer and the sensor at various positions along a measurement plane parallel to the surface of the substrate for obtaining the first set of measurements and the second set of measurements, and a substrate support comprising a substrate support surface for supporting the substrate beneath the measurement plane while obtaining the first set of measurements and the second set of measurements.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are provided herein. For example, a system for processing a substrate includes a process chamber comprising a first processing volume and a second processing volume, a carrier disposed in the first processing volume, comprising a first thermoelectric module (TEM), and configured to support the substrate while the substrate is being heated or cooled, a chuck disposed within the second processing volume, comprising a second TEM, and configured to receive the substrate from the carrier and to support the substrate while the substrate is being heated or cooled, and a system controller configured to monitor a temperature of at least one of the substrate, the carrier, or the chuck during operation, and based on the temperature of the at least one of the substrate, the carrier, or the chuck, supply current to at least one of the first TEM or the second TEM.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and device of the various embodiments may support energy storage devices in which electrochemical oxidation and reduction of one or more redox-active oxyanions occurs during charging and/or discharging of the energy storage device.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide a battery, a bulk energy storage system including the battery, and/or a method of operating the bulk energy storage system including the battery. In various embodiment, the battery may include a first electrode, an electrolyte, and a second electrode, wherein one or both of the first electrode and the second electrode comprises direct reduced iron (“DRI”). In various embodiments, the DRI may be in the form of pellets. In various embodiments, the pellets may comprise at least about 60 wt % iron by elemental mass, based on the total mass of the pellets. In various embodiments, one or both of the first electrode and the second electrode comprises from about 60% to about 90% iron and from about 1% to about 40% of a component comprising one or more of the materials selected from the group of SiO2, Al2O3, MgO, CaO, and TiO2.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and device of the various embodiments may support energy storage devices in which electrochemical oxidation and reduction of one or more redox-active oxyanions occurs during charging and/or discharging of the energy storage device.

Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for reducing warpage of a substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for reducing warpage of a substrate includes: applying an epoxy mold over a plurality of dies on the substrate in a dispenser tool; placing the substrate on a pedestal in a curing chamber, wherein the substrate has an expected post-cure deflection in a first direction; inducing a curvature on the substrate in a direction opposite the first direction; and curing the substrate by heating the substrate in the curing chamber.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are provided. For example, metrology apparatus configured for use with a substrate processing platform comprise an interferometer configured to obtain a first set of measurements at a first set of points along a surface of a substrate, a sensor configured to obtain a second set of measurements at a second set of points different from the first set of points along the surface of the substrate, an actuator configured to position the interferometer and the sensor at various positions along a measurement plane parallel to the surface of the substrate for obtaining the first set of measurements and the second set of measurements, and a substrate support comprising a substrate support surface for supporting the substrate beneath the measurement plane while obtaining the first set of measurements and the second set of measurements.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide a battery, a bulk energy storage system including the battery, and/or a method of operating the bulk energy storage system including the battery. In various embodiment, the battery may include a first electrode, an electrolyte, and a second electrode, wherein one or both of the first electrode and the second electrode comprises direct reduced iron (“DRI”). In various embodiments, the DRI may be in the form of pellets. In various embodiments, the pellets may comprise at least about 60 wt % iron by elemental mass, based on the total mass of the pellets. In various embodiments, one or both of the first electrode and the second electrode comprises from about 60% to about 90% iron and from about 1% to about 40% of a component comprising one or more of the materials selected from the group of SiO2, Al2O3, MgO, CaO, and TiO2.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed are directed to a woven fabric band that is capable of being secured to another object using threads or the band itself. The woven fabric band may include an inner layer having a first temperature melting point and an outer layer having a second temperature melting point that is higher than the first temperature melting point. When heat having the first temperature is applied to the woven fabric band, the inner layer of the woven fabric band melts while the outer layer remains in its original state. When the inner layer melts, the inner layer conforms to a first shape. As a result of the inner layer conforming to the first shape, the outer layer also conforms to the same shape.

Abstract: A quantum dot white light-emitting diode includes a cathode, an anode, and a light-emitting layer disposed therebetween. The light-emitting layer includes: a blue fluorescent organic layer, a spacer layer, and a quantum dot light-emitting layer. The blue fluorescent organic layer is disposed near the cathode side, the quantum dot light-emitting layer is disposed near the anode side, and the spacer layer is disposed between the blue fluorescent organic layer and the quantum dot light-emitting layer. A material of the quantum dot light-emitting layer contains quantum dots, a material of the blue fluorescent organic layer contains a blue fluorescent organic material, and a material of the spacer layer contains a spacer material. A triplet exciton energy of the spacer material is greater than a triplet exciton energy of the blue fluorescent organic material, and a triplet exciton energy of the spacer material is greater than a quantum dot exciton energy.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide a battery, a bulk energy storage system including the battery, and/or a method of operating the bulk energy storage system including the battery. In various embodiment, the battery may include a first electrode, an electrolyte, and a second electrode, wherein one or both of the first electrode and the second electrode comprises direct reduced iron (“DRI”). In various embodiments, the DRI may be in the form of pellets. In various embodiments, the pellets may comprise at least about 60 wt % iron by elemental mass, based on the total mass of the pellets. In various embodiments, one or both of the first electrode and the second electrode comprises from about 60% to about 90% iron and from about 1% to about 40% of a component comprising one or more of the materials selected from the group of SiO2, Al2O3, MgO, CaO, and TiO2.

Abstract: A yaw motion control method for a four-wheel distributed vehicle includes: calculating the steering response of the vehicle in a steady state using a nonlinear vehicle model in reference with an understeering degree while constraining by the limit value of the road surface adhesion condition according to the sideslip angle response and the vertical load change in the steady state, calculating the lateral force response and the self-aligning moment response of the tires in the steady state by a magic tire formula, calculating the required additional yaw moment by using the yaw motion balance equation, reasonably distributing the generalized control force to the four drive motors through the optimization algorithm in combination with the current driving conditions; finally, off-line storing and retrieving the calculation results of the off-line distribution of different vehicle parameters required by different upper layers to distribute the torques to the four drive wheels.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are provided herein. For example, a system for processing a substrate includes a process chamber comprising a first processing volume and a second processing volume, a carrier disposed in the first processing volume, comprising a first thermoelectric module (TEM), and configured to support the substrate while the substrate is being heated or cooled, a chuck disposed within the second processing volume, comprising a second TEM, and configured to receive the substrate from the carrier and to support the substrate while the substrate is being heated or cooled, and a system controller configured to monitor a temperature of at least one of the substrate, the carrier, or the chuck during operation, and based on the temperature of the at least one of the substrate, the carrier, or the chuck, supply current to at least one of the first TEM or the second TEM.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are provided herein. For example, a system for processing a substrate includes a process chamber comprising a first processing volume and a second processing volume; a first heating device configured to heat a substrate to a first temperature; a carrier configured to support the substrate while the substrate is being heated using the first heating device to the first temperature and transfer the substrate to and from each of the first processing volume and the second processing volume; a second heating device configured to maintain the substrate at or near the first temperature; and a chuck configured to receive the substrate from the carrier, and comprising an outer zone and an inner zone having independent variable pressure control to apply a chucking force at the outer zone that is different from a chucking force provided at the inner zone.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to several processes that may recover commodity chemicals from an alkaline metal-air battery. In various embodiments, while the cell is operating, various side products and waste streams may be collected and processed to regain use or additional value. Various embodiments also include processes to be performed after the cell has been disassembled, and each of its electrodes have been separated such as not to be an electrical hazard. The alkaline metal battery recycling processes described herein may provide multiple forms of commodity iron, high purity transition metal ores, fluoropolymer dispersions, various carbons, commodity chemicals, and catalyst dispersions.