Abstract: A hot melt adhesive composition comprises a polypropylene homopolymer having a DSC melting point of less than 100° C.; a butene-based copolymer; and a plasticizer. The butene-based copolymer may comprise a butene-rich amorphous poly-alpha olefin, such as a butene-propylene copolymer, or a semi-crystalline copolymer, such as a butene-ethylene copolymer. The hot melt adhesive is especially useful for bonding substrates which swell or elongate significantly in use. Such uses include adhering superabsorbent polymers to a substrate or adhering together two substrates at least one of which having superabsorbent polymers, such as the top and bottom layer of an absorbent core of a disposable hygiene article, such as a diaper, feminine sanitary napkin, and adult incontinence pad. The hot melt adhesive composition, which does not contain a tackifier, demonstrates suitable elongation at break and stress at yield, with a sufficiently low viscosity, to stabilize an absorbent core having superabsorbent polymers.

Abstract: A circuit board includes a metal substrate, a resin layer, an insulating layer, and a first conductive structure. The metal substrate has a first through hole, and the first through hole has a first width. A portion of the resin layer is disposed in the first through hole. The resin layer has a second through hole. The second through hole has a second width. The insulating layer is disposed on at least one surface of the metal substrate, and a portion of the insulating layer contacts the resin layer. The first conductive structure is disposed in the second through hole. The first conductive structure penetrates through the metal substrate. The first width is greater than the second width. A manufacturing method of the circuit board is also provided.

Abstract: A spacer-locator with integrated locator pins and spacer tabs for use in joining applications. The spacer-locator provides consistent and accurate spacing between mating surfaces and the locator pins provide enhanced location control of the joining components while providing a mechanical advantage to the shear strength at the joint. Also, a spacer-locator for joining at least two objects along mating surfaces, the spacer-locator constraining at least two degrees of freedom for the objects to be joined.

Abstract: An object holder configured to support an object, the object holder comprising: a core body comprising a plurality of burls having distal ends in a support plane for supporting the object; an electrostatic sheet between the burls, the electrostatic sheet comprising an electrode sandwiched between dielectric layers; and a circumferential barrier for reducing outflow of gas escaping from space between the object and the core body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a gluing device, for gluing brick slips, a system for gluing brick slips and a method for gluing brick slips, for example for providing brickwork veneer.

Abstract: A carbon nanotube preparation system, including: a pre-growth tube for an early pre-reaction of raw materials before generation of carbon nanotubes; an atomizer for atomizing the carbon nanotube raw materials and then spraying the atomized raw materials into the pre-growth tube; the atomizer is provided at the front end of the pre-growth tube, and has a spray output tube that extends into the pre-growth tube; a growth tube for generating carbon nanotubes and continuous growth of the generated carbon nanotubes; the front end of the growth tube is hermetically connected to the rear end of the pre-growth tube; and a gas curtain generator for forming a gas curtain enclosing the atomized raw materials around the outlet of the spray output tube, and the gas curtain extends parallel to the extension direction of the pre-growth tube; the gas curtain generator is provided inside the pre-growth tube.

Abstract: An electrode roll connection automation apparatus is configured for uniformly maintaining the width of electrode tabs in a process of connecting electrode sheets to each other and for automatically connecting the electrode sheets to each other. The electrode roll connection automation apparatus includes first and second supply units, a connection unit, and an electrode tab sensing unit. The first and the second supply units are configured to supply first and second electrode sheets, respectively, on which electrode tabs are formed. The connection unit is configured to connect the first electrode sheet and the second electrode sheet to each other. The electrode tab sensing unit is disposed between the first supply unit and the connection unit. The electrode tab sensing unit is configured to measure the distance between the electrode tabs.

Abstract: Provided are a glass substrate protective film including an optically transparent adhesive layer; a polyimide-based shatter-proof layer formed on the optically transparent adhesive layer; and a hard coating layer formed on the polyimide-based shatter-proof layer. The hard coating layer and the optically transparent adhesive layer have a thickness of 5 to 20 ?m, the polyimide-based shatter-proof layer has a thickness of 20 to 50 ?m, the glass substrate protective film has an absolute value of a retardation in a thickness direction (Rth) of 2000 nm or less, and an adhesive strength when the optically transparent adhesive layer adheres to the glass substrate is 200 gf/in or more. A method for manufacturing the glass substrate laminate and a display panel including the glass substrate laminate are also provided.

Abstract: Provided is an optically anisotropic film exhibiting excellent reverse wavelength dispersibility, a laminate, a circularly polarizing plate, and a display device. The optically anisotropic film includes a J-aggregate having an absorption peak of a J-band on a wavelength side longer than a wavelength of 700 nm, in which an absorption at a wavelength of 700 to 900 nm in a fast axis direction of the optically anisotropic film is larger than an absorption at a wavelength of 700 to 900 nm in a slow axis direction of the optically anisotropic film.

Abstract: A vacuum insulation panel application device and method are provided. The device comprises a conveying platform for conveying a refrigerator housing, a foaming material spray gun head, a vacuum insulation panel placer and a press-fitter for pasting a vacuum insulation panel onto the refrigerator housing, wherein the foaming material spray gun head, the vacuum insulation panel placer and the press-fitter are sequentially arranged in the moving direction of the conveying platform; the spray gun head is fixedly arranged beside the conveying platform; and the press-fitter is provided with rollers for rolling the vacuum insulation panel.

Abstract: Provided is a method that enables efficient production of a laminate for a secondary battery including an electrode and a separator that are affixed to each other while also ensuring adhesive strength between the electrode and the separator. The method of producing a laminate for a secondary battery includes: a step (A) of forming an adhesive material on an affixing surface of at least one of an electrode and a separator; a step (B) of, after step (A), conveying the electrode and the separator to an affixing start position without bringing another member into contact with the affixing surface on which the adhesive material has been formed; and a step (C) of, after step (B), affixing the electrode and the separator to each other via the affixing surface. The formed amount of the adhesive material in step (A) is not less than 0.1 g/m2 and not more than 100 g/m2.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave shielding film has permeability to volatile components, shielding characteristics, and resistance to folding. The electromagnetic wave shielding film includes an adhesive layer; a metal layer made of a metal and placed on the adhesive layer; and an insulating layer placed on the metal layer. Multiple openings are formed in the metal layer; the openings include openings (A) including island-shaped metal layer fragments, each opening (A) having island-shaped metal layer fragments formed therein, and the openings (A) including island-shaped metal layer fragments include openings (A1) including one or more island-shaped metal layer fragments. Each opening (A1) defines an opening (A) including island-shaped metal layer fragments in which a total area of the island-shaped metal layer fragments accounts for 40 to 80% of an area inside a contour of the opening (A).

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to an abrasive sheet. The abrasive sheet includes a first layer including an abrasive major surface and an opposite second layer defining a second major surface. The second major surface includes a plurality of protrusions extending outwardly from the second major surface. The protrusions include a first polymer component having at least one of a Shore A hardness ranging from about 5 to about 100 and a Shore D hardness ranging from about 1 to about 70. The first layer and the second layer are directly joined to each other.

Abstract: Tyre (1) for motor-cycles comprising a monitoring device (10) fixed onto the inner surface (2) of the tyre (1) at a crown portion (16), wherein the monitoring device (10) comprises a flexible support (13) in single body on which an electronic unit (11) and an electric power supplier (12) are fixed, wherein the electronic unit (11) comprises: at least one sensor for detecting at least one of the following physical quantities: temperature, pressure, acceleration, deformation; a processing unit; a transceiver.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically splicing two continuous three-layer tapes, wherein a longitudinally movable continuous wound tape is transversely cut so as to form individual wound pads which are applied in longitudinally spaced positions on adhesive surfaces of continuous carrier foils, and wherein a splicing element is cut from the continuous wound tape and is applied on tail and head portions of two continuous carrier foils.

Abstract: A glass facer for a constructions board includes a first non-woven layer of coarse fibers and a second non-woven layer of coarse fibers and microfibers. The glass facer also includes a binder that simultaneously binds or adheres the coarse fibers of the first non-woven layer together, the coarse fibers and the microfibers of the second non-woven layer together, and the first non-woven layer to the second non-woven layer. The first non-woven layer has a porosity and air permeability that enables the first non-woven layer to absorb a material of the construction board when the glass facer is positioned atop the construction board during manufacture of the construction board. The second non-woven layer is configured to block the material of the construction board from passing through the glass facer to an exterior surface of the second non-woven layer so that the material is not externally visible.

Abstract: A system moves items, like containers and/or pallets, through a label printing station. The station has a label printer that prints adhesive labels; and a robot arm terminating at a movable end with a suction pad or vacuum device and sensors. The station has sensors configured to measure a height of the item; and a processor coupled to receive the height of the item, to control the robot arm and label printer, and to receive label information from a server. The processor has a memory containing code that computes desired label positions based on height of the container/pallet. A method of labeling an item includes printing an adhesive label with the label information obtained from a server; receiving the adhesive label on a suction pad or vacuum device attached to a movable end of a robot arm, and determining a first labeling position from measured height of the container/pallet.

Abstract: A balloon guide catheter including a catheter shaft having a reflowable material outer layer. Secured without an adhesive to the catheter shaft is a balloon having a bond interface area with a plurality of punctures defined therein secured about the outer layer of the catheter shaft via seepage of the reflowable material of the outer layer into the plurality of punctures forming a radially outward reflow bond between the catheter shaft and the balloon. Along the bond interface area about the perimeter of the opening in the balloon, a single reflow jacket is secured to the balloon via seepage of the reflowable material of the single reflow jacket into the plural punctures of the balloon forming a radially inward reflow bond. The single reflow jacket is made of a reflowable material and has an opening defined therein aligned with the balloon.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of rolling an electrode including a speed-changing rolling section, including: a step of inputting an electrode to a rolling device including at least one pair of rolling rolls; and a step of automatically adjusting a space between the rolling rolls according to a space compensation value between the rolling rolls according to a rolling speed change.

Abstract: An optical element includes a three-dimensional structure having a curved surface; and a retardation plate bent along the curved surface. The retardation plate includes a transparent substrate and a liquid crystal layer formed over the transparent substrate. The retardation plate has a slow axis and a fast axis. A glass-transition temperature, Tgne, in a slow axis direction of the retardation plate is higher than a glass-transition temperature, Tgno, in a fast axis direction of the retardation plate.

Abstract: Methods and systems for adhesively bonding a first substrate to a second substrate to reduce pull-off stress during separation of the first and second substrates include applying a first adhesive to a first bonding region of a bonding area of the first substrate, applying a second adhesive, which has an adhesive strength that is lower than an adhesive strength of the first adhesive, to a second bonding region of the bonding area of the first substrate, pressing the first and second substrates against each other to form an adhesive bondline, and curing the first and second adhesives for a predetermined period of time to form a cured adhesive bondline between the first and second substrates.

Abstract: A tape affixing apparatus includes a frame support table for supporting an annular frame, a lifting and lowering unit for lifting and lowering the frame support table, a tape affixing unit, and a controller. The tape affixing unit includes a tape uncoiler, a tape take-up reel, and a presser roller movable from one end to the other end of the annular frame supported on the frame support table while pressing a tape paid out from the tape uncoiler to affix the tape to the annular frame. The controller positions the presser roller in a pressing position, affixes the tape to one end of the annular frame while applying tension to the tape, moves the presser roller toward the other end of the annular frame, and keeps the tension on the tape constant by lifting the frame support table in synchronism with the presser roller as it is moved.

Abstract: An optical device is formed by hot stamping a demetallized hologram to an optically variable foil or to a coating of optically variable ink. In another embodiment a hologram is hot stamped to a banknote or document printed with a color-shifting ink.

Abstract: A card includes a metallic card body having a front face, a rear face, and a peripheral surface extending between the front face and the rear face, and either a rear beveled peripheral surface or a front beveled peripheral surface. The rear beveled peripheral surface extends around the metallic card body where the rear face meets the peripheral surface and is colored to cover a metallic color of the metallic card body, and the front beveled peripheral surface extends around the metallic card body where the front face meets the peripheral surface and is colored to cover the metallic color of the metallic card body.

Abstract: Nonwoven fabrics including a first outermost spunbond layer, a second outermost spunbond layer, and at least a first meltblown and/or melt-fibrillated layer disposed directly or indirectly between the first outermost spunbond layer and the second outermost spunbond layer. The first outermost spunbond layer comprises a first plurality of continuous fibers that are thermally fused and compacted against one another and define a microporous film on an outermost surface of the nonwoven fabric. The first plurality of continuous fibers comprises a first polymeric composition having a first melting point and the first meltblown layer and/or melt-fibrillated layer comprises a first plurality of meltblown fibers and/or melt-fibrillated fibers comprising a third polymeric composition having a third melting point, in which the first melting point is lower than the third melting point.

Abstract: A glass core substrate includes a first glass layer; a second glass layer disposed on the first glass layer; a third glass layer disposed on the second glass layer; a first bonding layer disposed between the first glass layer and the second glass layer; a second bonding layer disposed between the second glass layer and the third glass layer; and a conductive connector, passing through the first glass layer, the first bonding layer, the second glass layer, the second bonding layer, and the third glass layer, wherein the conductive connector is configured to provide a vertical conductive path penetrating through the first glass layer, the first bonding layer, the second glass layer, the second bonding layer, and the third glass layer. A manufacturing method of a glass core substrate is also provided.

Abstract: A system for protecting a surface of a substrate includes a protective film, which is configured to be applied and secured to the surface, as well as a backing on an adherent surface of the protective film and an application tape over an exterior surface of the protective film. Protruding features, such as tabs, adjacent to different peripheral edges of the protective film may enable removal of the backing and the application tape from the protective film, and may include features that indicate the order in which each protruding feature is to be grasped to peel its corresponding element away from the protective film. Methods of using such a system are also disclosed.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include hybrid cores for electronic packaging applications. In an embodiment, a package substrate comprises a plurality of glass layers and a plurality of dielectric layers. In an embodiment, the glass layers alternate with the dielectric layers. In an embodiment, a through-hole through the plurality of glass layers and the plurality of dielectric layers is provided. In an embodiment a conductive through-hole via is disposed in the through-hole.

Abstract: A touch frame assembly and an interactive white board are provided. The touch frame assembly includes: an infrared touch frame, including a frame body and a PCB assembly arranged in the frame body; a glass cover plate, located on an inner side of the PCB assembly; a fixing structure configured to fix the glass cover plate to the infrared touch frame, wherein the glass cover plate controls an inward concave of the glass cover plate through a curvature of the frame and/or the fixing structure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mounting apparatus, including a bonding stage holding a substrate on which a semiconductor chip is arranged; a base stand; a mounting head mounted with a pressing tool that presses the semiconductor chip on the substrate; and a film arranging mechanism provided on the base stand and moving a cover film along the bonding stage to arrange the cover film between the semiconductor chip pressed by the substrate and the pressing tool. The film arranging mechanism includes film guides guiding the cover film and defining a height with respect to the bonding stage; and lifting mechanisms connected to the film guides via springs and lifting and lowering the film guides with respect to the bonding stage.

Abstract: Disclosed a wind turbine blade comprising a main laminate and a method for manufacturing a main laminate for a wind turbine blade. The wind turbine blade extends in a longitudinal direction from a root to a tip and comprising a pressure side, a suction side and a chord line extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. Particularly, lightning protection of such main laminate is disclosed.

Abstract: Provided are woven papermaking fabrics having a web contacting surface having protuberances formed from woven warp and shute filaments. The protuberances, which may be oriented in the machine direction (MD) converge, merge, or diverge and may be arranged to form a pattern. In certain instances, the protuberance may comprise a first MD oriented protuberance having an element angle from about 0.5 to about 15 degrees, a second MD oriented protuberance having an element angle from about ?0.5 to about ?15 degrees wherein the first and second protuberances converge at a convergence area to form a third MD oriented protuberance having an element angle from about ?15 to about 15 degrees.

Abstract: A shock absorbing module includes a shock absorbing layer at which the shock absorbing module is attachable to a display panel, the shock absorbing layer including a cushion layer including an adhesive polymer resin, and a hollow particle which is in the adhesive polymer resin, and an embossed adhesive layer with which the shock absorbing layer is attachable to the display panel, and a base layer. The shock absorbing module attached to the display panel disposes the shock absorbing layer between the display panel and the base layer.

Abstract: A pouch type battery manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a secondary battery manufacturing apparatus for sealing a pouch type battery case, the apparatus including: an upper sealing tool and a lower sealing tool, wherein each of the upper sealing tool and the lower sealing tool is formed by assembling a plurality of sealing parts, wherein the plurality of sealing parts includes a central sealing part, a first sealing part located on the left and right sides of the central sealing part, and a second sealing part disposed outside the first sealing part, and wherein the central sealing part corresponds to an electrode lead covered by a lead film, and an upper surface and a lower surface of the central sealing part are parallel to each other.

Abstract: A method for repairing a composite member includes assembling a composite stack on a surface. The composite stack includes a first book nested with a second book. An adhesive is disposed between the first book and the second book. At least one of the first book and the second book includes a first pattern of slots. The method further includes setting the composite stack to yield a composite repair piece. The method further includes attaching the composite repair piece to the composite member. Also disclosed is a composite repair piece. The composite repair piece includes a first book and a second book. The second book is stacked on top of the first book. An adhesive is disposed between the first book and the second book. At least one of the first book and the second book includes a first pattern of slots.

Abstract: A cutting tool comprises a rake face and a flank face, the cutting tool being composed of a substrate made of a cubic boron nitride sintered material and a coating provided on the substrate, the coating including a MAlN layer, when a cross section of the MAlN layer is subjected to an electron backscattering diffraction image analysis to determine a crystal orientation of each of the crystal grains of the MxAl1-xN and a color map is created based thereon, then on the color map, the flank face having the MAlN layer occupied in area by 45% to 75% by crystal grains of the MxAl1-xN having a (111) plane with a normal thereto extending in a direction within 25 degrees with respect to a direction in which a normal to the flank face extends, the MAlN layer having a residual stress of ?2 GPa to ?0.1 GPa.

Abstract: An aluminum bus bar includes an insulation portion having an oxide film insulation layer, and electric conduction portions having electric conductivity and disposed with the insulation portion being interposed therebetween. Also, a battery module includes the aluminum bus bar; a cell assembly having battery cells; an electric component electrically connected to the cell assembly by means of the aluminum bus bar; and a heatsink disposed at one side of the cell assembly to exchange heat with the cell assembly, and the insulation portion of the aluminum bus bar is disposed in contact with one surface of the heatsink.

Abstract: In the manufacture of pasted current collectors for bipolar batteries, a method of making pasted substrates includes several steps. The substrates can be a plastic sheet, an embedded plastic mesh, a metal mesh, an absorbent glass mat (AGM), or some other material. One step involves applying paste material to an elongate strip of substrate material. Another step involves cutting the elongate strip of substrate material into multiple individual substrates. Further steps can involve punching via a rotary punch, crush cutting, ultrasonic cutting, concealing lateral sections via folding, and/or using one or more mask overlays.

Abstract: A method includes applying a sintering precursor material layer to each of a first surface and a second surface of a ceramic tile, and assembling a precursor assembly of a direct bonded copper (DBC) substrate by coupling a first leadframe on the sinter precursor material layer on the first surface of the ceramic tile and a second leadframe on the second surface of the sinter precursor material layer on a second surface of the ceramic tile such that the ceramic tile is disposed between the first leadframe and the second leadframe. The method further includes sinter bonding the first leadframe and the second leadframe to the ceramic tile to form a sinter bonded DBC substrate.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to thermally re-castable brassieres that offer the user the ability to personalize/customize the fit of the brassiere, multiple times, to account for changing body shape. In particular, the brassieres of the present invention are thermally re-castable through the inclusion of a thermally re-castable underwire positioned at the base of the cups. In addition, the thermally re-castable underwire of the present invention may be applied to existing brassieres and supportive garments by modification of these brassieres and garments.

Abstract: A leather smart card is provided. The leather smart card includes a hard layer. A radio frequency identification (RFID) chip and a communication coil are disposed in the hard layer, and the RFID chip is electrically connected to the communication coil. The smart card further includes a leather layer and a soft layer. The soft layer is disposed on two back-to-back sides of the hard layer, and the leather layer is disposed on the side of the soft layer facing away from the hard layer. A material of the soft layer includes an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and a thickness of the soft layer is 0.2 mm to 0.5 mm. Consequently the leather smart card is not only aesthetic and waterproof, but also greatly improves comfort of using the smart card.

Abstract: A container labeling machine that includes a conveyance device for conveying containers to be labeled along an advancement path and at least one labeling station arranged along the advancement path of the containers, the labeling station including an unwinding assembly for a labeling ribbon wound in a spool and a cutting drum which supports at least one cutting device, the cutting device including a respective suction chamber which accommodates at least one blade; a diagnostic device for diagnosing the correct operation of the cutting device is also provided, with a detection device for detecting at least one parameter correlated with the pressure present in the suction chamber.

Abstract: To improve durability of an all-solid-state battery, a method of manufacturing an all-solid-state battery includes: obtaining a stack having an anode active material layer, a cathode active material layer, a first solid electrolyte layer, and a second solid electrolyte layer, the first solid electrolyte layer and the second solid electrolyte layer being disposed between the anode active material layer and the cathode active material layer, the second solid electrolyte layer containing a sublimational filler; densifying the stack; and subliming the sublimational filler from the second solid electrolyte layer.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium to determine electronically stored data relating to blockchain based on the information etched on internal surfaces of transparent gemstones are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system includes a tangible token comprising a transparent gemstone, where the transparent gemstone is internally etched with information pertaining to a blockchain, and the information is encapsulated within a perimeter of the transparent gemstone such that the information does not extend beyond the perimeter; and a computing device configured to execute instructions that cause the computing device to read the information, access, via a network and using the information, electronically stored data associated with the information on the blockchain, and present, on a user interface, the electronically stored data accessed on the blockchain.

Abstract: A pretreatment composition for adhesive bonds, including i) between 10 and 30 parts by weight of at least one polyurethane polymer PU containing isocyanate groups, obtained from the reaction of at least one poly(meth)acrylate polyol P and at least one polyisocyanate I1, with the proviso that the poly(meth)acrylate polyol P has an OH number of at least 35 and the polyurethane polymer PU has an NCO content of between 2.0% and 25.0% by weight, based on the polyurethane polymer PU; ii) 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of at least one organosilane OS; iii) 0 to 10 parts by weight of at least one further polyisocyanate I2; iv) 60 to 90 parts by weight of a solvent L; v) 0 to 15 parts by weight of an industrial carbon black; vi) 0 to 10 parts by weight of a fumed hydrophobic silica.

Abstract: A wiring substrate includes an insulating layer, a conductor layer formed on a surface of the insulating layer and including a conductor pad, a covering layer formed on the insulating layer and covering a portion of the insulating layer, an optical waveguide positioned on the surface of the insulating layer and including a core part, and a conductor post including plating metal and formed on the conductor pad such that the conductor post is penetrating through the covering layer and connected to a component. The insulating layer has a component region covered by the component when the component is connected to the conductor post, the core part has an end surface facing the opposite direction with respect to the insulating layer and exposed in the component region and a distance between the end surface and the surface of the insulating layer is greater than a thickness of the covering layer.

Abstract: A friction disk may comprise a first wear surface formed from a carbon fiber-carbon matrix composite material. A wear plug may be located in an opening defined by the carbon fiber-carbon matrix composite material. The wear plug may extend axially from the wear surface. The wear plug may comprise a rod or a particulate.

Abstract: A joined body (10) includes an optical material (11) and a cooling material (12) that are capable of transmitting light and are joined together. At a joining interface between the optical material (11) and the cooling material (12), the joined body (10) is capable of transmitting light, and also an atom contained in the optical material (11) diffusively enters the cooling material (12) in such a degree that an interference fringe is not generated in the joined body (10). A diffusive entry length of an atom contained in the optical material (11) into the cooling material (12) may be in a range from approximately 1.0 nm to approximately 10 ?m.

Abstract: A layered body containing continuous sheets is thermally fused when passing through a space between an anvil roll and an energy applying device to form a layered sheet. A nip stage for sandwiching the layered body is provided upstream of the space between the anvil roll and the energy applying device. The nip stage includes at least one displacement member which is displaced in accordance with the thickness of the layered body sandwiched by the nip stage. Whether the thickness of the layered body sandwiched by the nip stage has deviated from a reference range is detected on the basis of the displacement of the displacement member, and when it is detected that the thickness has deviated from the reference range, the energy applying device is caused to retreat in a direction going away from the anvil roll.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the semiconductor devices are described herein. A method includes providing a first material layer between a second material layer and a semiconductor substrate and forming a first waveguide in the second material layer. The method also includes forming a photonic die over the first waveguide and forming a first cavity in the semiconductor substrate and exposing the first layer. Once formed, the first cavity is filled with a first backfill material adjacent the first layer. The methods also include electrically coupling an electronic die to the photonic die. Some methods include packaging the semiconductor device in a packaged assembly.