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Solid State Technology

Year 2005
Issue 11

DEPARTMENTS

Editorial Board


A Bumpy Trip for Solder Bumping

A recent study projects a major shift in the relative market shares of the most common solder bumping methods.


New Products


NEW PRODUCTS


News


In the News


Packaging Trends


Automating IC Package Design

With advances in semiconductor fabrication driving into the nanometer range comes more pressure on IC packaging technologies to meet the needs of new devices.


Notable Developments


Nanomaterials Promise Innovative Solutions

In today’s rapidly changing packaging environment, board assemblers find themselves caught between two converging trend lines.


Industry Voices


Lead-free Impact on Wafer Bumping & Wafer-level Packaging

With the July 2006 date for implementation of the EU’s RoHS and WEEE Directives looming, most, if not all producers of electronic products are studying prospective technologies and looking for potential solutions for assembling products using lead-free solders.


Editorial


Private Moments

There are times when we get so caught up in the news, natural emergencies, and keeping up with the latest technological whiz-bangs that we lose perspective.


FEATURES

Lead Free Wlcsp Qualific


Lead-free WLCSP Qualification

A Consumer Electronics Case Study


The Back End Process


IC Sockets:

A Critical Role in Back-end ATE Testing


Thermally Enhanced Next


Thermally Enhanced, Next-generation 3-D Power Packages

A Heat-Management Solution


Rfid Chip Assembly For 0


RFID Chip Assembly for 0.1 Cent?

Future possibilities for RFID development


Cover Story


Solder Bumping

Mastering Challenges of Lead-free Alloys