Advanced Packaging: On the Move
09/01/2006 This Roadshow thing is taking on a life of its own. Our latest trip literally took us from coast-to-coast and back again. We heard that Dage Precision Industries was moving their Fremont, CA, sales and service offices to a newer facility, so we thought we’d pay a visit and help them move in while we were all out in San Francisco for SEMICON West.
For the east coast portion, we visited Newport Corporation’s MRSI division, located in Billerica, MA. Newport Corporation and Advanced Packaging go way back. If you look on the back cover of our first issue in the summer of 1992, you’ll see MRSI’s ad introducing the MRSI-505 die-bonder, which is now up to the 605 generation.
The Dage team welcomes the Roadshow Crew to the new facility in Fremont, CA. From left to right, back row: Kathy Poggi, associate publisher; Kimbela Randle, eastern regional sales manager; Hal Hendrickson, general manager; Gail Flower, editor-in-chief; Luis Manriquez, logistics manager; Evstatin Krastev, Ph.D., application engineer. Front row: Julia Goldstein, Ph.D., contributing editor; Françoise von Trapp, managing editor.Click here to enlarge image
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Gail Flower congratulates Hendrickson on receiving the 2005 Vision Award. Dage also received the 2006 Advanced Packaging Award for their 4000HS high-speed bond tester. “It’s nice to be recognized, especially when you’re investing a significant amount of time and energy into R&D.” said Hendrickson.Click here to enlarge image
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Krastev demonstrates the XD7600 in 2-D mode for Kathy Poggi. Dage developed their first x-ray system around MediXtec open tube technology, which they introduced in 2001, and recently shipped their 500th system. This is still the base technology used by Dage and many competitors.Click here to enlarge image
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The present generation system is based on open tube, transmissive technology that allows focusing potential from 2 to 0.6 µm and incorporates a digital system for a clearer, sharper image. The latest generation of Dage’s system, the NT250, increased the focusing potential to as low as 250 nm and took Dage from a filament-based to an alternative system.Click here to enlarge image
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The Roadshow crew helped Manirquez, Randle and Christopher Boles, junior field service technician, with the move, and got a ride on “Big Joe.” Dage’s new facility provides increased product demonstration and application laboratory capabilities, and houses the existing staff with room for additional personnel and other added benefits.Click here to enlarge image
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At SEMICON West 2006, Dage introduced their computer tomography (CT) system. Hendrickson says this tool is a valueable advancement for stacked-die, MEMS, and RFID as a non-destructive method of inspection. Dage partnered with TeraRecon, a third party processor, for this project. Using Dage’s resolution and TeraRecon’s compiler, they were able to reduce the amount of time it took to deliver a 3-D image.Click here to enlarge image
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Here we are at Newport Corporation in Billerica MA. From left to right: Françoise von Trapp; Meredith Courtemanche, assistant editor; Kathy Poggi; Dan Crowley, director of sales; Gail Flower; and Brian Bardwell, senior manager of corporate communications for Newport and Spectra-Physics.Click here to enlarge image
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Peter Cronin, product specialist, demonstrated a MRSI 605 standard die bonder loaded with almost every option - waffle packs, suction for gel packs, tape and reel feeder, tool changer, epoxy stamping, up-looking camera, two down-looking cameras, a conveyor for boats and magazines, needle cleaning, calibration, and purge station.Click here to enlarge image
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The camera simulation shows how the needle path is drawn on the substrate to create the bondline for dispense.
Crowley explained that the ability to provide dispense and assembly turnkey solutions to their customers with application support is a strategic advantage for the company.Click here to enlarge image
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Al Dares, technician, installs a vision board in the MRSI-605. The manufacturing floor adheres to 5S organization - sort, set in order, shine, standardize, and sustain. Newport’s demand flow technology (DFT) follows a work cell model.Click here to enlarge image
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Mike Chalsen, site manager and senior director of operations, explained that systems are built up to a common platform, and are configured with options based on the customer’s order. On average, 80% of the system is same, and about 20% is customized or configured. This allows them cost control for manufacture in the U.S. while many competitors are forced to outsource overseas.Click here to enlarge image
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Chalsen also showed us the MRSI-M5, based on a cast composite, instead of black diabase, to provide enough stability for the 5-µm accuracy system.
Our final stop was lunch at a little Italian spot frequented by Crowley and Cronin. Around the table starting from the left is Brian Bardwell, Peter Cronin, Dan Crowley, Michael Chalsen, Kathy Poggi, Françoise von Trapp, and Meredith Courtemanche.Click here to enlarge image
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