Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture articles from January 2006

Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture archives from January 2006

Where the grads are.(OUR LINE)
January 1, 2006... ONE inescapable part of the job of editor is opening unsolicited press releases. Every day I receive up to 100 press releases in my inbox. Most are fairly unremarkable. Recently, one announcement caught me by surprise. A certain industrial zone...

Productronica recap.(SHOW BIZ)
January 1, 2006... It's remarkable how a region that has been reduced to a shell of its former self can still turn out the people when the show comes to town. While Productronica remains the king of trade shows for all things assembly, it has fallen behind...

Olin Metals Lab Wins Quality Improvement Award.(Word in Bond)
January 1, 2006... WATERBURY, CT -- Olin Metals Research Laboratories has won a Connecticut Quality Improvement Award (CQIA) Partnership's gold Innovation Prize for its CopperBond XTF peelable ED copper foil. Olin's 1 micron CopperBond XTF foil is attached to...

Dow named Specialty Company of the Year.(IT'S AMINO WORLD)
January 1, 2006... MIDLAND, MI -- Dow Coming has been named Specialty Chemicals Company of the Year by market analysts Frost & Sullivan. The market analysts highlighted Dow Corning's ability to drive innovation, its customer solutions approach, success in...

Air Products raises some chemical prices.(AROUND THE WORLD)
January 1, 2006... LEHIGH VALLEY, PA -- Air Products will raise prices for its entire line of its ACT specialty chemicals. The percentage price increase will range from 3 to 7%, according to specific products. The chemicals affected are etch residue removers and...

Teradyne completes sale.(AROUND THE WORLD)
January 1, 2006... BOSTON -- Teradyne Inc. has completed the sale of its Connection Systems Division to Amphenol Corp. The company announced in October that it had entered into a definitive agreement to sell the division to Amphenol for approximately $390 million...

Book-to-bill: rigid up, flex down.(UPS AND DOWNS)
January 1, 2006... BANNOCKBURN, IL -- The North American rigid board book-to-bill ratio for October 2005 rose to 1.14, while the continent's flex book-to-bill ratio declined sharply to 1.10. The combined (rigid and flex) industry book-to-bill ratio in October...

Teledyne Printed Circuit Technology.(FACES)
January 1, 2006... Michael Sapienti has joined Teledyne Printed Circuit Technology (Hudson, NH) as director of business development. He has held numerous senior sales management positions at Rolm/IBM, Zycon/Hadco, Gold Circuit Global Sales, Endicott Interconnect...

TTM Technologies.(FACES)
January 1, 2006... Steven W. Richards has been named CFO of TTM Technologies. He joined TTM in May 2000 and has served as vice president and treasurer of the company.

Tessera Technologies.(FACES)
January 1, 2006... R. Douglas Norby, CFO of Tessera Technologies, plans to retire. Norby, 70, will remain in his current role as senior vice president and CFO until a successor is named. The search for his successor is currently underway.

InteliCoat Technologies.(FACES)
January 1, 2006... Chuck Quinby has been appointed business development manager for conductive products at InteliCoat Technologies. Quinby has been with InteliCoat for more than 20 years. In addition to managing the R&D analytical chemistry lab, he has led...

Gene H. Weiner & Associates.(FACES)
January 1, 2006... Gene H. Weiner & Associates has appointed Dr. Alan Poskanzer to the position of senior associate of the Danbury, CT consultancy. Poskanzer, of Poskanzer & Associates, has 20 years of experience as a technologist evaluating new technologies,...

Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials.(FACES)
January 1, 2006... Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials has appointed Robert J. Ferguson to the position of circuit board technologies general manager for North America and Europe. Ferguson has over 20 year's experience in the circuit board industry and was most...

Uyemura International Corp. (UIC) and Umicore-Galvanotechnik GMBH (GT) have signed a new multiyear sales agreement covering the North American market.(IT'S A DEAL)
January 1, 2006... Uyemura International Corp. (UIC) and Umicore-Galvanotechnik GMBH (GT) have signed a new multiyear sales agreement covering the North American market. The agreement gives UIC exclusive sales rights to GT's electroplating products in the U.S....

CADParts & Consulting.(IT'S A DEAL)
January 1, 2006... Service bureau CADParts & Consulting has opened a facility in Marlboro, NJ. The remodeled 2,200 [foot.sup.2] facility allows the company to offer library and design services as well as new services, including circuit design, in-circuit testing,...

Events.(HAPPENINGS)(Calendar)
January 1, 2006... JANUARY 17-19 Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium & Tabletop Exhibition Big Island of Hawaii Contact: www.smta.org 18-20 InterNepcon World Japan Tokyo Big Sight, Japan Contact: www.nepconworld.jp/english/ ...

What kind of year will 2006 be for you? Decisions made today will set the tempo for your new year.(ROI)
January 1, 2006... HAPPY NEW YEAR! Now that the party's over, the big question is this: What are you going to do differently, and better, this year? And how will you commit your time, talent and treasure to outperform the industry, if not your own personal...

Tin whisker management guidelines, Part 2: how 40 [micro]m was found to be the maximum acceptable whisker length for high-rel product.(COUNTDOWN TO LEAD-FREE)
January 1, 2006... SAMPLE SIZE: To ensure a consistent plating process, testing should be done on three different plating finish lots, with different date codes and plated at least one week apart, or plated on different plating lines. The final sample sizes...

Back to basics: it's easy for new PCB designers to be overwhelmed. But organization and education can help you get started right.(Cover Story)
January 1, 2006... So you're becoming a PCB designer. You're new to the field, and you have lots of questions about how to take a design from concept to reality. There are no magic formulas, but there are some areas that should be given special attention along...

Japan's PCB industry: Japan's board makers continue to grow--and invest heavily abroad.(GLOBAL MARKETS)
January 1, 2006... In 2004, Japanese PCB production reached $10.3 billion, about 90% of its past peak. Japanese overseas production of PCBs was $3 billion. This amounted to over $13 billion in domestic and overseas production in 2004, approximately 33.5% of the...

Who's this issue's expert?(ASK THE EXPERTS)
January 1, 2006... Q: We have tried to switch several jobs from polyimide to high temperature epoxies without too much success. Why won't the high Tg epoxy products perform satisfactorily in high layer count multilayer boards? A: Polyimides have been used...

2006 buyer guide: special suppliers section.(Company Profile)(Buyers Guide)
January 1, 2006... 3M Center St Paul, MN 55144 651-733-6577, fax 651-736-1587 www.3m.com/phototool SEE OUR AD ON P.11 Abba Rubber International Inc. 13510 E. Philadelphia St. Ontario, CA 91761 909-947-1244, fax...

2006 Buyers Guide: Products and Services.
January 1, 2006... Visit the interactive PCD&M Buyers Guide at www.pcdandm.con/bguide for contact information for the companies listed in the Guide. See the special Suppliers Section on page 32 for more information on bolded companies. AIR DRIERS ...

Riddle me this: why do engineers fear the 90[degrees] bend? Do corners really cause reflections?(NO MYTHS ALLOWED)
January 1, 2006... DO YOU THINK a 90[degrees] bend in a trace will affect a signal and cause problems? Of the thousands of engineers I've taught, about half admit to harboring this concern. I think I know why. It is absolutely correct that in sensitive analog...

Education, inspiration and solutions.
January 1, 2006... Join us in Santa Clara, CA, in March 2006 for the 15th anniversary PCB Design Conference West--the premier West Coast conference and exhibition for PCB engineering, design and manufacture professionals. To celebrate PCB West's 15th...

Special events.(Calendar)
January 1, 2006... Sunday, March 26 Sponsored by Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture Professional Development Attendee Welcome Luncheon 12-1 pm in the Cypress Room Sunday Professional Development Certificate Program attendees will enjoy a complimentary...

Conference-at-a-glance.(Calendar)
January 1, 2006... Sunday, March 26 8 am-10 am Registration 9 am-5 pm Professional Development Certificate Program courses DEC 1--High-Speed Design--Signal Integrity, EMI and Crosstalk DEC 2--HDI/Microvias and Embedded Passives Design...

Professional Development Certificate Program.(Professional Development)
January 1, 2006... Twelve courses are available in this year's Professional Development Certificate Program--two 2-day Design Excellence Curriculum courses and nine 1-day Tutorials. These technical courses are taught by industry experts who will provide you with...

Technical conference.(Calendar)
January 1, 2006... MONDAY, MARCH 27 9 AM- 11 AM NEW! 010--Complete EMC Analysis The UMR Way Speaker: Ralf Bruening, Zuken Attendees: PCB designers, design engineers and engineering managers interested in EMC analysis. EMC is one of the...

Speaker biographies.
January 1, 2006... WASIF ALI is a design engineer at Nexlogic Technologies. He received his BSEE from N. E. D. University of Engineering and Technology in Pakistan. E-mail: wasifOnexlogic.com DR. BRUCE ARCHAMBEALT is the lead EMC engineer at IBM in...

Hotel and travel.
January 1, 2006... Headquarter Hotel Hyatt Regency Santa Clara (formerly the Westin Santa Clara) 5101 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 T 800-233-1234 www.hyatt.com PCB West 2006 single/double room rate: $169.00* *...

Discounts.(Registration Information)
January 1, 2006... PCB West 2006 is pleased to offer the following discounts to qualifying attendees, depending on the package purchased. Except for the Early-Bird Discount, all other discounts are only available by phone. Call the registraton desk at 918496-1476...

Registration policies.(Registration Information)
January 1, 2006... Registration--Complete one Registration Form for each registrant. All 5 sections must be completed. Payment--Payment must be made by credit card, check or U.S. government Purchase Order. Registrations without complete payment information...

PCB West 2006 registration packages.(Registration Information)
January 1, 2006... After you look through the list of Professional Development and Technical Conference courses on pages 6-11, you'll need to decide which registration package best fits your needs and your budget. You'll also have to register for specific...