Disclosed is an apparatus and method for a magnetic component. The method of an example embodiment includes: forming a feature on a substrate, the feature being a depression defining an inside surface; disposing a first conductive pattern on the substrate and the inside surface of the feature; disposing a permeability material on the inside surface of the feature and the first conductive pattern; disposing a substrate material on the substrate and the feature; disposing a second conductive pattern on the substrate material, the second conductive pattern substantially matching the first conductive pattern to wrap the permeability material between the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern producing a winding type structure electrically coupling the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern in electrical connection to define at least one electrical circuit to facilitate a magnetic field in the permeability material; and gapping the permeability material to remove at least a portion of the permeability material to produce a gap in the at least a portion of the permeability material.

A display device includes a display module and a circuit board. The display module includes a base substrate, which includes a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, and a first pad positioned on the base substrate and overlapping the non-display area. The circuit board includes a first board and a second pad positioned on the first board and contacting the first pad, wherein the second pad is provided with a first metal layer of a single material.

The invention provides transient devices, including active and passive devices that electrically and/or physically transform upon application of at least one internal and/or external stimulus. Materials, modeling tools, manufacturing approaches, device designs and system level embodiments of transient electronics are provided.

The invention provides transient devices, including active and passive devices that physically, chemically and/or electrically transform upon application of at least one internal and/or external stimulus. Incorporation of degradable device components, degradable substrates and/or degradable encapsulating materials each having a programmable, controllable and/or selectable degradation rate provides a means of transforming the device. In some embodiments, for example, transient devices of the invention combine degradable high performance single crystalline inorganic materials with selectively removable substrates and/or encapsulants.

Disclosed herein are an anisotropic conductive film including a polymer layer that restricts a movement of conductive particles and a method of manufacturing the same. An anisotropic conductive film (ACF) including a plurality of conductive particles according to an embodiment includes a polymer layer in which the plurality of conductive particles is dispersed and disposed and which restricts a movement of the plurality of conductive particles by capturing the conductive particles and an adhesive layer configured on the upper and lower parts of the polymer layer to assign adhesiveness.

A method for forming a three-dimensional object with at least one conductive trace comprises providing an intermediate structure that is generated (e.g., additively or subtractively generated) from a first material in accordance with a model design of the three-dimensional object. The intermediate structure may have at least one predefined location for the at least one conductive trace. The model design includes the at least one predefined location. Next, the at least one conductive trace may be generated adjacent to the at least one predefined location of the intermediate structure. The at least one conductive trace may be formed of a second material that has an electrical and/or thermal conductivity that is greater than the first material.

A piezoelectric vibration module includes a vibration plate adapted to have one end fixed and the other end not fixed and driven in a vertical direction based on the fixed first end, a first piezoelectric element attached to the top or bottom of the vibration plate and adapted to generate a vibration power when power is applied, and a weight formed in the other end of the top or bottom of the vibration plate and adapted to control the vibration frequency of the piezoelectric vibration module. The first piezoelectric element is attached to the top or bottom of the vibration plate with a predetermined interval from a fixed point at the one end of the vibration plate.

A semiconductor device includes a first MOS transistor and a second MOS transistor of a second conductivity type. The first MOS transistor includes a first main electrode connected to a first potential and a second main electrode connected to a second potential. The second MOS transistor includes a first main electrode connected to a control electrode of the first MOS transistor and a second main electrode connected to the second potential. The control electrodes of the first and second MOS transistors are connected in common. The first and second MOS transistors are formed on a common wide bandgap semiconductor substrate. In the first MOS transistor, a main current flows in a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the wide bandgap semiconductor substrate. In the second MOS transistor, a main current flows in a direction parallel to the main surface of the wide bandgap semiconductor substrate.

A method of manufacturing a flexible electronic circuit is provided. The method may include forming a positive photoresist mold on a flexible polymer substrate having a plurality of metal traces. The method may also include applying a conformal material coating over the positive photoresist mold, the flexible polymer substrate, and the metal traces. The method may further include removing an excess of the conformal material coating by running a blade over the positive photoresist mold. The method may also include removing the positive photoresist mold to reveal a cavity defined by the conformal material coating. The method may further include dispensing an anisotropic conductive paste into the cavity and inserting a chip into the cavity and bonding the chip to the metal traces.

The invention provides transient devices, including active and passive devices that physically, chemically and/or electrically transform upon application of at least one internal and/or external stimulus. Incorporation of degradable device components, degradable substrates and/or degradable encapsulating materials each having a programmable, controllable and/or selectable degradation rate provides a means of transforming the device. In some embodiments, for example, transient devices of the invention combine degradable high performance single crystalline inorganic materials with selectively removable substrates and/or encapsulants.