A method of extending the usable length of a power-over-ethernet cable includes the steps of providing twisted pairs of wires with the conductor of each wire being a 20 AWG or 22 AWG conductor and terminating the cable at an RJ-45 style connector. The connector for the 20 AWG conductors has an insert therein with holes that can accommodate 20 AWG conductors. FEP, PVC or PP insulation may surround each conductor.

A Li ion conductor having a composition different from a conventional composition is provided. The Li ion conductor contains at least one selected from a group Q consisting of Ga, V, and Al, Li, La and O. A part of an Li site is optionally substituted with a metal element D, a part of an La site is optionally substituted with a metal element E, and parts of Ga, V and Al sites are optionally substituted with a metal element J. A mole ratio of an amount of Li to a total amount of La, the element E, Ga, V, Al, and the element J is not lower than 8.1/5 and not higher than 9.5/5. A mole ratio of a total amount of Ga, V, and Al to a total amount of La and the element E is not lower than 1.1/3 and not higher than 2/3.

A conductive composition comprising a conductive polymer (A), a water-soluble polymer (B), and a solvent (C1), wherein: the water-soluble polymer (B) comprises a water-soluble polymer (B11) represented by formula (11), and an amount of a water-soluble polymer (B2) represented by formula (2) as the water-soluble polymer (B) is 0.15% by mass or less, based on a total mass of the conductive composition:

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wherein R.sup.1 denotes a linear or branched alkyl group with 6 to 20 carbon atoms, each of R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 independently denotes a methyl or ethyl group, R.sup.6 denotes a hydrophilic group, R.sup.7 denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, Y.sup.1 denotes a single bond, —S—, —S(═O)—, —C(═O)—O— or —O—, Z denotes a cyano group or a hydroxy group, each of p1 and q denotes an average number of repetitions, and is a number of from 1 to 50, and m denotes a number of from 1 to 5.

A lead (1) for an active implantable medical device (99) comprising: an elongated, biocompatible, electrically non-conductive body (3) having a centre section (4) between a first portion (7) and a body extension (11); a plurality of electrical connectors (6) at the first portion (7); a plurality of electrodes (8) at a second portion (9) of the elongated body (3), wherein the second portion (9) is between the centre section (4) and the body extension (11); and a plurality of electrically conductive filaments (5) inside the elongated body (3) to connect the electrical connectors (6) to corresponding electrodes (8), wherein each of the plurality of electrically conductive filaments (5) include corresponding filament extension sections (13) in the body extension (11).

Here described is the production of wires, strands, rigid ropes and flexible ropes having high electric, physico-chemical and environmental performances for the purposes of electrical conduction, enhanced through multilayer deposition containing graphene, and a method for their preparation. Each single wire, strand, rope and/or cable according to the present invention is produced through electrochemical deposition processes and/or of a different nature, in order to potentiate electric, physico-chemical and environmental performances (in particular electric conductivity) and the resistance to the thermal and corrosive actions of said wire, strand, rope and/or cable, facilitating furthermore subsequent manufacturing processes and making the connection of cable terminals and/or anchors less critical. Said wire, strand, rope and/or cable obtained at the end of the manufacturing process can be used bare for the purposes of electrical conduction or constitute the core of insulated cables to be used in the automotive and energy sectors.

A carbon nanotube film includes an assembly of a plurality of carbon nanotubes, wherein the plurality of carbon nanotubes includes one or more carbon nanotubes having at least partially collapsed structures. A method for producing a carbon nanotube film includes forming a carbon nanotube film by removing a solvent from a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid containing the solvent, a dispersant, and a plurality of carbon nanotubes including one or more carbon nanotubes having at least partially collapsed structures.

The conductive film is arranged on the support and contains a binder and a metal portion, in which a position at which the contour line reaches the metal portion included in the thin conductive wire is set as an upper end position, and an average area ratio VA of the metal portion in a region ranging from the upper end position to 100 nm toward the support side is 1% or more and less than 50%, and a position at which the contour line reaches the thin conductive wire does not include the metal portion is set to a lower end position, and an average area ratio VM1 of the metal portion in a region ranging from a middle position between the upper end position and the lower end position to 50 nm toward the support side and to 50 nm toward the surface X side is 50% or more.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a flexible substrate. According to the method of the present invention, a flexible substrate layer can be easily separated from a carrier substrate even without the need for laser or light irradiation so that a device can be prevented from deterioration of reliability and occurrence of defects caused by laser or light irradiation. In addition, according to the method of the present invention, a flexible substrate can be continuously produced in an easier manner based on a roll-to-roll process.

The present invention comprises the steps of: applying, on a substrate, a conductive paste including metal particles that are dispersed in an organic material and have a first particle diameter, and a magnetic heating element that has a second particle diameter; and selectively sintering the applied conductive paste by induction heating to form a conductive film, wherein the magnetic heating element may be contained in an amount of 10-50 wt% with respect to the metal particles. Therefore, a conductive adhesive layer can be selectively formed by performing the sintering through induction heating. In addition, by adding a small amount of the magnetic heating element to conductive metal powder having a low melting point, low-temperature bonding and electric conductivity can be simultaneously attained.

A method includes providing a first electrically conductive element over a top surface of a substrate. The method includes measuring at least one parameter indicative of the shape or dimensions of the first electrically conductive element. The method includes simulating the first electrically conductive element and a dielectric wall surrounding the first electrically conductive element for a plurality of wall heights by using the at least one parameter as an input. The method includes for each wall height, computing the maximum current density present at a surface of the first electrically conductive element. The method includes determining, from the maximum current densities, wall height(s) for which the maximum current density is below a threshold. Furthermore, the method includes providing a second electrically conductive element, identical to the first electrically conductive element, surrounded by a wall having a wall height of the determined wall height(s).