Low Temperature Fine Pitch All-Copper Interconnects Combining Photopatternable Underfill Films

The trend to 3D and heterogeneous integration enable driving multi-functional blocks in one package. Flip-chip integration is currently playing an important role and is based on solder joints. To overcome the limitations of solder joints, all-copper interconnects have been investigated to meet electrical, thermal, and reliability demands in...

Polymer Reinforced Solder Paste for Improving Impact Energy Absorption Capability in Micro LED Laser-Assisted Mass Transfer

Micro LED displays offer superior performance compared to traditional LCD and OLED displays. However, challenges in transfer technology, such as high throughput and scalability, must be addressed. Among various mass transfer techniques, stamp transfer and laser-assisted transfer are widely used for Micro LED assembly. The laser-assisted transfer...

State4: State-preserving Reconfiguration of P4-programmable Switches

To cater to constantly changing network needs, enabling stateful reconfiguration of Network Functions (NFs) is crucial. Recently, there has been growing interest in offloading NFs to programmable network devices. Unfortunately, it is currently not possible to maintain the full state of NFs during a switch reconfiguration without consuming...

An Alternative Micro LED Mass Transfer Technology: Self-Assembly

Micro LED display technology has been spotlighted as the most promising technology compared to LCD and OLED. Its excellent advantages include higher brightness, self-illumination, higher resolution, lower power consumption, faster response, higher integration, higher stability, thinner thickness, longer life, etc. In terms of the unique benefits...

Low Temperature Sapphire to Silicon Flip Chip Interconnects by Copper Nanoparticle Sintering

The continuous trend to integrate more multi-functions in a package often involves, Heterogeneous Integration of multi-functional blocks in some kind of 3D stacking. The conventional flip chip for die-on-substrate technology applies solder for integration. However, solder joint integration has the disadvantages of restricting height, reflow...

Patterning of fine-features in nanoporous films synthesized by spark ablation

Advances in semiconductor device manufacturing technologies are enabled by the development and application of novel materials. Especially one class of materials, nanoporous films, became building blocks for a broad range of applications, such as gas sensors and interconnects. Therefore, a versatile fabrication technology is needed to...

NaCl interaction during hydration as studied by NMR

With freshwater getting scares seawater, i.e., water containing NaCl, can become the only viable option for making concrete. Although a lot of research had been directed to understanding the role of water in cement hydration, not much is known about the interaction of the Na+ and Cl- with cement paste during drying. A problem is that available...

The influence of hydration on the microstructure development of cement paste with bleeding: An NMR study

Bleeding can be described as water coming out from fresh cement paste, which not only affects the homogeneity at fresh stage but also decides the hardened state structure. Previous studies have focused on the determination or simulation of the bleeding extent of fresh cement paste and give objective conclusions. However, there are rare...

The effect of sulfate-rich sewage sludge ash on the volume deformation and micorstructure of cement paste

Sewage sludge ash (SSA) is the combustion residue of the sewage sludge obtained from wastewater treatment plants. In China, SSA normally contains high content of SO3, which may cause detrimental effect on the volume stability of cement-based materials. This study investigated the effect of sulfate-rich SSA (SR-SSA) on the volume deformation and...

Characteristics of fly ash blended mortars under ammonium chloride solution leaching

Characteristics of fly ash(FA) blended mortars (50%, 70% and 90%) at different curing ages (28 days and 180 days) under ammonium chloride solution(ACS) leaching were investigated. Mass loss under leaching, initial CaO content, Ca(OH)2 content(CH), content of chemical bonded water, and hydration degree of blended pastes were tested by XRF and DSC...

Panel: Challenges for multimedia/multimodal research in the next decade

The multimedia and multimodal community is witnessing an explosive transformation in the recent years with major societal impact. With the unprecedented deployment of multimedia devices and systems, multimedia research is critical to our abilities and prospects in advancing state-of-the-art technologies and solving real-world challenges...

Effect of KAlF4 on the efficiency of hot metal desulphurisation with magnesium

At the hot metal desulphurisation (HMD) stations of Tata Steel’s BOS plant in Port Talbot (UK), KAlF4 is injected together with magnesium in order to increase the fluidity of the slag and thus to decrease the iron loss. Although KAlF4 is successfully contributing to a lower iron loss during HMD, it also has a negative effect on the...

Optimizing Tailored Bus Bridging Paths

Metro disruptions due to unexpected events reduce transit system reliability, resulting in significant productivity loss and long passenger delays. Bus bridging strategy is often used to connect stations affected by metro disruptions such that passengers could continue their journey. The literature usually designed bridging routes and then...

Current status of robotic stroke rehabilitation and opportunities for a cyber-physically assisted upper limb stroke rehabilitation

In the last two decades, robotics-assisted stroke reha-bilitation has been wide-spread, in particular for movement rehabilitation of upper limbs. Several studies have reported on the clinical effectiveness of this kind of therapy. The results of these studies show that robot assisted therapy can be more effective in recovering motor control...

Empirical relationship between inlet cross-sectional area and tidal prism: A re-evaluation

The well-known empirical relationship between the equilibrium cross-sectional area of tidal inlet entrances (A) and the tidal prism (P), first developed by O’Brien (1931), has been extensively reviewed. Our theoretical investigations indicate that a unique A-P relationship should only be expected for clusters of inlets that are phenomenological...

Observations and numerical simulations of unsteady partial cavitation on 2-D hydrofoil