Table of Contents
Solid State Technology
Year 2001 Issue 2
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Palladium Plated Package Palladium-plated packages
As a leadframe finish material, palladium has many advantages over tin-lead (SnPb) solder; it is more environmentally friendly and the package assembly process with palladium-plated leadframes is more efficient
Step By Step The Back-end Process: Step 2 - Die Placement
The expansive growth rate of flip-chip in packaging (FCIP) continues to task flip chip attach (FCA) equipment suppliers with new challenges
Wlp Power Components Shr WLP power components shrink portable equipment
New power and protection devices in wafer-level packaging (WLP) are aiding in the overall reduction of size and weight of portable equipment products
Small Volume Dispensing. Small-volume dispensing
Micro-valve dispensing can minimize setup between PCB runs and reduce material costs
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DEPARTMENTS
Think Tank The Boxes for Birthday Presents
Tom, the older brother, made a rectangular box in which to pack his father's birthday present. The box was one foot in height, with a base diagonal of 37 inches
News Movers and shakers
Exatron Inc., San Jose, Calif., has announced the appointments of Bo Mendoza to customer relations manager, Bob Garcia to particle interconnect product manager, and Denise Smith as particle interconnect coordinator
News Web Watch
Scapa Tapes has recently redesigned its Web site, www.scapatapesna.com, with improved features and expanded information
Notes From The Floor Technology licensing
Technology licensing is prolific in many industries, including the pharmaceutical and biotechnology arenas, and is used heavily for consumer products
News Solid growth in 2000 for semiconductor market
The worldwide semiconductor market closed 2000 by marking a 31-percent increase over 1999 revenues to reach figures of $222.1 billion, according to preliminary results from a Dataquest Inc.
News Briefly speaking
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASE) has opened its Chungli Intelligent Industrial Park, which combines the services of a group of ASE companies
News Meeting wrap-up
Lively discussions charge lead-free solder implementation summit
Product Roundups EtroniX preview
EtroniX is a multi-disciplinary event that will feature automated design tools, components, test, production, packaging and more
Editorial New (ad)ventures in Asia
Excitement abounds here at Advanced Packaging magazine whenever we work on something new. While each and every month we deliver a new magazine to your desk, lately we have also been working on some other projects related to the magazine
New Products New products
Benchtop Lead Attach Machine Die-Tech's Model 3005 attaches single in-line placement leadframes to substrates and is an alternative to hand-tooling
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