Recently added articles from CircuiTree:
Gearin' up for IPC APEX.(Lead Wire)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2009; ... As we move through the month of March, continuing to navigate the rough waters of a struggling economy and steer a course toward growth and continued innovation, the attention of many in the PCB industry will begin to turn toward the IPC APEX Show in late March, early April. ...
IPC releases PCB industry results for Dec 08.(The Wire)
Mar 01, 2009 ... BANNOCKBURN, Ill. -- Association Connecting Electronics Industries[R] announced the December findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Rigid PCB shipments are down 14.2 percent and bookings are down 24.5 percent in December 2008 ...
CALCE and Buehler offer 4-day course on Failure Analysis of Electronics.(The Wire)
Mar 01, 2009 ... An intensive 4-day course on Failure Analysis of Electronics is being off ered jointly by CALCE and Buehler. The course will cover specimen preparation and materials analysis techniques applicable to electronic assemblies, components, and devices. The course consists of a combination of ...
Excellon Automation announces reorganization of machine sales team.(The Wire)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Rancho Dominguez, Calif. -- Excellon Automation announced that it has restructured its sales organization in the North American market from a dedicated direct sales team to a combined direct and indirect sales structure. The company maintains the ability to produce new equipment, provide ...
Frank Averdung assumes position of SUSS MicroTec AG CEO ahead of schedule.(The Wire)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Munich, Germany -- As announced by SUSS MicroTec, Frank Averdung will assume the position of Chief Executive Officer of SUSS MicroTec AG eff ective starting February 1, 2009. The Company's Supervisory Board appointed Mr. Averdung to the Management Board of SUSS MicroTec AG in November ...
IEC honors winners of 2009 DesignVision Awards today at DesignCon in Santa Clara.(The Wire)
Mar 01, 2009 ... CHICAGO -- The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) announced the winners of the 2009 DesignVision Awards program celebrating the premier design tools and products judged as the most unique and beneficial to the semiconductor industry. IEC Executive Vice President Roger Plummer ...
Merix Corporation attains key military certification.(The Wire)
Mar 01, 2009 ... BEAVERTON, OR -- (Marketwire) Merix announced the receipt of MIL-PRF-31032 certification for its largest North America factory located in Forest Grove, Oregon. This certification establishes strict ...
Innovative Circuits receives ISO certification.(The Wire)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Innovative Circuits, Inc received ISO9001:2008 certification from the National Quality Association (NQA) Register. This certifies that Innovative Circuits, Inc has achieved the standard and management commitment for defining quality policies and objectives, responsibilities and ...
Millennia Group names Wasnac director of sales/marketing.(The Wire)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Pittsburgh, PA -- Pete Wasnac has joined The Millennia Group, Inc. (TMG) as director of sales/marketing. He will be responsible for managing all of TMG's sales and marketing activities, including its sales representatives, and he will report to Ron Cosper, TMG president and COO. ...
CAST joins SEMI as special interest group.(The Wire)
Mar 01, 2009 ... SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The Collaborative Alliance for Semiconductor Test (CAST) will join SEMI, the global industry association serving the semiconductor supply chain, as a special interest group to better manage and accelerate industry progress on critical test issues. By joining SEMI as a ...
Panasonic set to book USD 3.9B annual loss.(The Wire)
Mar 01, 2009 ... TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Panasonic Corp is set to book a $3.9 billion annual net loss, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Monday, as the electronics maker suffers slumping demand and growing costs for plant closures and other streamlining steps. A net loss by ...
Hitachi shares plunge 17 percent on record loss warning.(The Wire)
Mar 01, 2009 ... TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares in Japan's Hitachi Ltd (6501.T) slid 17 percent to their lowest in 29 years after it shocked investors with a record $7.8 billion annual loss warning and off ered a cost-cutting plan that failed to instill confidence in a quick recovery. Hitachi lost ...
PC/104 market shows healthy growth through the end of 2008.(The Wire)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Natick, Mass. -- The market for PC/104 family boards was US$ 248.4 million in 2007 and projected at US$ 262.7 million in 2008 according to the latest embedded stackables ...
Fine lines in high yield (part CLXII): dry-film photoresist effluent disposal considerations.(Tech Talk)
Mar 01, 2009; ... February's Tech Talk discussed health and environmental considerations. This month's will delve into the proper disposal of spent developer and stripper solution and stripper. For more details see also Reference 1. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Stripper Skins ...
Back to Basics part 23-bending and flexing design concerns.(Flexible Thinking)
Mar 01, 2009; ... The next two or three installments of this "Back to Basics" series will focus on the fundamental purpose of flexible circuits after electrical and electronic concerns have been met: bending and flexing the circuit and the design features and practices that will help assure the circuit ...
Minimizing impedance discontinuities in high-speed PCB designs.(Printed circuit boards)
Mar 01, 2009; ... A growing number of high-speed standards and proprietary serial protocols are posing major design layout challenges for PCB designers. These serial standards include PCI Express, Serial RapidIO, Gigabit Ethernet, XAUI/HiGig, SONET, CPRI, OBSAI, and a host of others. ...
Swimming upstream in 2009.(IPC Issues and Answers)
Mar 01, 2009; ... A lot of people are asking what will happen in 2009. From the media to our members to our board of directors, it's the issue on everyone's minds. As I sit here to write this (in January), it's clear to everyone that our industry will experience some rough waters for the greater part of ...
Stress'n the little stuff.(Ask the Flexperts)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Q: Is there a Web site, article, or book that has different copper trace fractures in flex circuits? I have a flex circuit with broken Cu trace in the zero insertion force (ZIF) connector section, which is reinforced with polyamide stiffener (Figure 1). What would be the potential root ...
Two Women Executives and Their Impact on the PCB Industry.(Interview)
Mar 01, 2009; ... With the 2009 IPC APEX EXPO[TM] on the horizon, in particular the association's Women in Electronics meeting, CircuiTree sat down with two woman executives in the PCB industry to discuss their rise to prominence, some of the obstacles they have overcome, and what they and their companies ...
IPC Standardizes Electrical Testing Requirements of Unpopulated Printed Boards.
Mar 01, 2009; ... Little did Michael Green know that sending in a comment regarding IPC-9252 would set off a complete revision of the standard. As production design engineer for Lockheed Martin, Green recommended that Level C Continuity in Table 4-1 should be changed to 10 [OMEGA] from 50 [OMEGA]. He ...