Methods and systems for thermal management of one or more LEDs are disclosed. One or more LEDs may be coupled with an external layer of a thermal ground plane according to some embodiments described herein. For example, the one or more LEDs may be electrically coupled with a circuit carrier with one or more electrically conductive traces etched therein prior to coupling with the thermal ground plane. The thermal ground plane may be charged with a working fluid and/or hermetically sealed after being coupled with the LED.

A multi-layer sticker is provided herein. The multi-layer sticker may include: a first attachment layer; an electronic circuitry layer comprising an electronic circuit suitable for connecting to a consumer electronics device, wherein the electronic circuitry layer is attached on one side to the first attachment layer; a second attachment layer coupled to first attachment layer; and an interface electrically coupled to the electronic circuit and configured to establish an electronic connection with the consumer electronics device.

Printed wiring boards with reduced curing unevenness and the like may be produced by (A) preparing an adhesive sheet having a support and a resin composition layer provided on the support, (B) laminating the adhesive sheet on an internal layer substrate so that the resin composition layer is in contact with the internal layer substrate, and (C) thermally curing the adhesive sheet by heating from T1 (° C.) to T2 (° C.), to form an insulating layer, wherein the adhesive sheet is thermally cured so that a relation of Y>2700X is satisfied in which X is the sum of a difference between a maximum expansion rate of the support in the MD direction during heating from T1 (° C.) to T2 (° C.) and an expansion rate of the support at the end of heating and a difference between a maximum expansion rate of the support in the TD direction during heating from T1 (° C.) to T2 (° C.) and an expansion rate of the support at the end of heating and Y is the lowest melt viscosity of the resin composition layer at 120° C. or higher.

Disclosed is a flexible ultrasonic transducer in which a single layer serves dual function as both a matching layer and a flexible circuit for making electrical connections, and there is no separate matching layer. Also disclosed is a method of assembling the flexible transducer.

A camera module with compression-molded circuit board is manufactured by compression-molding that can obtain properties such as high flatness, ultra-thin, fine wiring width and high integration.

A circuit card assembly (CCA) for reduced susceptibility to load deformation when mounted at peripheral mounting portions is provided. The CCA includes a circuit card including a face to which components are operably connectable, a plate defining openings that correspond to the components, the plate being disposable adjacent to the face with the components extending at least partially through the openings and adhesive interposed between the face and the plate.

In a conventional electronic device and a method of manufacturing the same, reduction in cost of the electronic device is hindered because resin used in an interconnect layer on the solder ball side is limited. The electronic device includes an interconnect layer (a first interconnect layer) and an interconnect layer (a second interconnect layer). The second interconnect layer is formed on the undersurface of the first interconnect layer. The second interconnect layer is larger in area seen from the top than the first interconnect layer and is extended to the outside from the first interconnect layer.

A circuit assembly includes a circuit board, a heat dissipation member on which the circuit board is placed and that is configured to release heat of the circuit board, an insulating layer that is formed on a surface on the circuit board side of the heat dissipation member, a bonding portion made of a bonding agent that is arranged in a predetermined region between the circuit board and the heat dissipation member, and an adhesive portion that is arranged in a region other than the predetermined region between the circuit board and the heat dissipation member and that is made of an adhesive with which the circuit board and the heat dissipation member are bonded to each other with lower bonding force than with the bonding agent.

A flexible substrate, a method of processing a flexible substrate and a system of processing a flexible substrate. The method of processing the flexible substrate includes: measuring a first expansion volume of the flexible substrate; and applying a first application pressure to the flexible substrate to laminate the flexible substrate on a base substrate; according to a first corresponding relationship between a first pressure applied to the flexible substrate and a compressive expansion volume generated by the flexible substrate in compression and according to the first expansion volume, the first application pressure is selected to allow a second expansion volume of the flexible substrate to at least partially compensate for the first expansion volume.

A system comprises an article comprising one or more fabric layers, a plurality of electronic devices, each being incorporated into or onto one of the one or more fabric layers, and one or more communication links between two or more of the plurality of electronic devices. Each of the plurality of electronic devices can comprise a flexible substrate coupled to the fabric layer, one or more metallization layers deposited on the flexible substrate, and one or more electronic components electrically coupled to the one or more metallization layers.