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Table of Contents

Solid State Technology

Year 2004
Issue 3

DEPARTMENTS

Data Bank


Data Bank


New Products


New Products


Industry Voices


Shedding the 'Subcontractor' Moniker

Those involved with the assembly and packaging end of semiconductor manufacturing are seeing a fundamental change in the role of a few suppliers who used to be lumped under the moniker "subcontractors."


Notable Developments


'Growing' Microchips from Proteins

In recent years, the exponential growth in semiconductor technology has been sustained by extending the capabilities of top-down manufacturing processes to smaller and smaller dimensions.


News


In the News


Editorial


Feeling Bullish

ost everywhere you look in our industry, good news abounds.


FEATURES

The Back End Process


Manufacturing Issues in Memory Modules

Wafer Thinning Step 3


The Roadmap Challenge To


The Roadmap Challenge to Design Services

MARKET REQUIREMENTS LEAD TO ADOPTION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES


Optimizing Contactors Fo


Optimizing Contactors for High-performance Test Sockets

MOVING BEYOND POGO PINS


Cover Story


Processing and Reliability of Corner-bonded CSPs

Underfill materials are used to increase the reliability of devices such as flip-chips, chip scale packages (CSPs), ball grid arrays (BGAs), micro BGAs and other components.


Packaging Of Low Ik I De


Packaging of low-k Devices

NEW PROCESSES AND MATERIALS FOR FRAGILE PACKAGES