Abstract:
A personal growth system and method for personal growth are provided. The personal growth system may be web-enabled and may include a communication interface operable to communicate with an endpoint user interface. The user interface generally includes a display area. The personal growth program is operable to generate, for a user in the display area, a first information request for the user and to obtain first user input relating to the user's current state of being. The personal growth system also may include a recommendation database defining guided experiences, each of which may include at least one instruction that leads the user through the guided experience. The personal growth system may communicate applicable guided experiences to the endpoint based on the first user input. The instructions of the guided experiences may specify an act intended to generate a result. The personal growth program may be further operable to generate, for the user in the display area, a second information request and to obtain second user input relating to the result. An account database in the personal growth system stores a growth interaction history of the user, which may include the first user input, the selected guided experience, and the second user input relating to the result of the selected guided experience.
Abstract:
Packaged microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing packaged microelectronic devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for forming a microelectronic device includes attaching a microelectronic die to a support member by forming an attachment feature on at least one of a back side of the microelectronic die and the support member. The attachment feature includes a volume of solder material. The method also includes contacting the attachment feature with the other of the microelectronic die and the support member, and reflowing the solder material to join the back side of the die and the support member via the attachment feature. In several embodiments, the attachment feature is not electrically connected to internal active structures of the die.
Abstract:
Microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing microelectronic devices are described herein. An embodiment of one such method includes attaching a plurality of singulated microelectronic dies to a removable support member with an active side of the individual dies facing toward the support member, depositing a flowable material onto the dies and a portion of the removable support member such that the flowable material covers a back side of the individual dies and is disposed between adjacent dies, and removing the support member from the active sides of the dies.
Abstract:
Packaged semiconductor components having substantially rigid support member are disclosed. The packages can include a semiconductor die and a support member proximate to the semiconductor die. The support member is at least substantially rigid. The packages can further include an adhesive between the support member and the semiconductor die and adhesively attaching the support member to the semiconductor die. The packages can also include a substrate carrying the semiconductor die and the support member attached to the semiconductor die.
Abstract:
A first router is configured for monitoring prescribed attributes of an active path connected to the first router, and supplying an update message to a second router, according to a prescribed routing protocol such as Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), that specifies a detected change by the first router in at least one of the prescribed attributes of the connected active path. Hence, the second router, in response to receiving the update message, can update an internal topology table based on the detected change in the active path connected to the first router, and selectively adjust an internal routing table based on the detected change relative to queuing policies for prescribed data flows.
Abstract:
Packaged microelectronic devices and methods for packaging microelectronic devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of packaging a microelectronic device including a microelectronic die having a first side with a plurality of bond-pads and a second side opposite the first side includes forming a recess in a substrate, placing the microelectronic die in the recess formed in the substrate with the second side facing toward the substrate, and covering the first side of the microelectronic die with a dielectric layer after placing the microelectronic die in the recess. The substrate can include a thermal conductive substrate, such as a substrate comprised of copper and/or aluminum. The substrate can have a coefficient of thermal expansion at least approximately equal to the coefficient of thermal expansion of the microelectronic die or a printed circuit board.
Abstract:
Packaged semiconductor components, apparatus for packaging semiconductor devices, methods of packaging semiconductor devices, and methods of manufacturing apparatus for packaging semiconductor devices. One embodiment of an apparatus for packaging semiconductor devices comprises a first board having a front side, a backside, arrays of die contacts, arrays of first backside terminals electrically coupled to the die contacts, arrays of second backside terminals, and a plurality of individual package areas that have an array of the die contacts, an array of the first backside terminals, and an array of the second backside terminals. The apparatus further includes a second board having a first side laminated to the front side of the first board, a second side, openings through the second board aligned with individual package areas that define die cavities, and arrays of front contacts at the second side electrically coupled to the second backside terminals by interconnects extending through the first board and the second board.
Abstract:
Packaged semiconductor components having substantially rigid support member are disclosed. The packages can include a semiconductor die and a support member proximate to the semiconductor die. The support member is at least substantially rigid. The packages can further include an adhesive between the support member and the semiconductor die and adhesively attaching the support member to the semiconductor die. The packages can also include a substrate carrying the semiconductor die and the support member attached to the semiconductor die.
Abstract:
A microelectronic device and method for manufacture. In one embodiment, two microelectronic substrates are directly bonded to each other without an intermediate adhesive material. For example, each microelectronic substrate can include a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a functional microelectronic feature coupled to a connection terminal of the microelectronic substrate. The connection terminals can be coupled to a support member, such as a leadframe or a printed circuit board, with the bond plane between the microelectronic substrates either aligned with or transverse to the support member. The microelectronic substrates can be enclosed in a protective packaging material that can include a transparent window to allow selected radiation to strike one or the other of the microelectronic substrates.