An optical module includes a circuit board and a silicon optical chip. The circuit board includes a plurality of circuit board bonding pads. The silicon optical chip includes a plurality of chip bonding pads corresponding to the plurality of circuit board bonding pads. The plurality of chip bonding pads are electrically connected to the corresponding circuit board bonding pads, so that the silicon optical chip is electrically connected to the circuit board. A chip bonding pad is electrically connected to at least one corresponding circuit board bonding pad through a plurality of bonding wires, or a circuit board bonding pad is electrically connected to at least one corresponding chip bonding pad through a plurality of bonding wires. A connecting line of two or more of bonding positions of the plurality of bonding wires on the circuit board bonding pads is inclined with respect to a connecting line of centers of the circuit board bonding pads.

Embodiments are provided that enable an implantable connector, along with related apparatuses, devices, systems, methods, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like to serve patients with neural interfaces requiring connectors with higher channel densities (>0.05 ch/mm.sup.3) or higher channel counts (>32) than is practical with conventional implant-connector technology.

A method for controlling a target switch assembly in a chain of switch assemblies includes distributing the chain of switch assemblies in a wellbore; placing a controller at a head of the wellbore; making a first decision, at the controller, to actuate a corresponding detonator of the target switch assembly; transmitting, from the controller to the target switch assembly, a fire command to activate the corresponding detonator; and making a second decision, locally, at the target switch assembly, to activate the detonator, after the fire command from the controller is received.

A carrier assembly may include a first carrier sub-assembly, said first carrier sub-assembly having an elongated shape and comprising at least one electrically conductive layer structure and at least one electrically insulating layer structure, said at least one electrically conductive layer structure extending up to a first area provided on one of two extremities of the elongated shape, wherein a first plurality of conductive nanowires is provided on said first area, and a second carrier sub-assembly, said second carrier sub-assembly comprising at least one electrically conductive layer structure and at least one electrically insulating layer structure, said at least one electrically conductive layer structure comprising a second area, wherein a second plurality of conductive nanowires is provided on that second area.

An electronic apparatus includes: an electronic module; and a flexible substrate electrically connected to the electronic module. The flexible substrate includes: a base film; a plurality of first contact pads arranged at one end on the base film in a first direction, and electrically connected to the electronic module; a plurality of second contact pads arranged at an other end on the base film in the first direction; a plurality of first wires arranged on the base film, and each electrically connecting one of the first contact pads and one of the second contact pads together; and a plurality of third contact pads arranged on the base film, each of the third contact pads being positioned along the first direction between one of the first contact pads and one of the second contact pads, and being electrically connected to one of the first wires.

A circuit sub-assembly is disclosed adapted for mounting and cooling a circuit component having a plurality of contacts. Circuit component can be mounted on a rigid substrate of a thermally conductive material having electrically insulating regions with a circuit board arranged between the circuit component and the substrate. The circuit board, which carries conductive traces that terminate in contact pads, is secured to the substrate with at least some of the contact pads on the circuit board disposed on the side of the board facing the substrate, some of the latter contact pads being bonded to the substrate. To establish both an electrical and a thermal connection between the contacts of the circuit component and the contact pads bonded to the substrate, there are blind holes formed in the base of the circuit board, each hole terminating at a respective one of the contact pads bonded to the substrate.

It is aimed to provide a connection structure for flexible printed board and a method for manufacturing a flexible printed board unit, which are hardly affected by dimensional tolerances between adjacent contacts and capable of preventing a size increase. A flexible printed board includes a first constituent portion having a plurality of first contacts arrayed along a lateral direction provided on a front surface and a second constituent portion disposed side by side with the first constituent portion in a front-rear direction and having a plurality of second contacts arrayed along the lateral direction provided on a front surface. A supporting portion supports the flexible printed board in a folded state such that a back surface of the first constituent portion and a back surface of the second constituent portion face each other. The first contacts and the second contacts are arranged in a staggered manner along the lateral direction.

A layout structure of flexible circuit board includes a flexible substrate, a chip and a circuit layer. A chip mounting area and a circuit area are defined on a top surface of the flexible substrate. The chip is mounted on the chip mounting area, a space exists between a first bump and a second bump of the chip, and there are no additional bumps between the first and second bumps. A first inner lead, a second inner lead, a first dummy lead and a second dummy lead of the circuit layer are located on the chip mounting area. The first and second inner leads are electrically connected to the first and second bumps respectively. The first dummy lead is connected to the first inner lead and adjacent to the first bump, and the second dummy lead is connected to the second inner lead and adjacent to the second bump.

A switch assembly, which is part of a chain of switch assemblies, includes a communication unit (CU) configured to receive, from an external controller, a fire command to activate a detonator and a computing core (CC) configured to locally make a decision whether or not to activate the detonator, after receiving the fire command to activate the detonator.

Provided herein may be a storage device and a printed circuit board for a solid state drive. The storage device may include a substrate including a conductive via, a plurality of memory devices mounted on a top surface of the substrate, a memory controller mounted on the top surface and electrically connected to the conductive via, and a port formed on a bottom surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the conductive via and a host device.