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Solid State Technology

Year 2001
Issue 2

FEATURES

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


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