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Solid State Technology

Year 2001
Issue 11

DEPARTMENTS

Industry Voices


Improving business with electronic document management

Document management software enables colleagues and business partners to collaborate around the world and around the clock.


Think Tank


Think Tank

The "Couples Only" Cruise had 1,100 married couples as passengers. Four-fifths of the husbands who were taller than their wives were also older. Five-sixths of the husbands who were older than their wives were also taller


News


Toshiba introduces new medium-power packages

Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. has expanded its lineup of medium-power packaging solutions to include US-Flat, S-Flat, M-Flat, thin flat package (TFP) and VS-6 devices


Notes From The Floor


Education and collaboration beyond borders

"As a young engineer, I learned as much from traveling as I did while a student in a classroom."


News


Movers and shakers

Paul Lin has joined Kulicke & Soffa (Willow Grove, Pa.) as director of process integration


News


Meeting wrap-up

Third lead-free summit offers new data


Editorial


Hang around - the fun is just beginning

If you want to see the future of packaging, check out "Brain-Implantable Biomimetic Electronics as the Next Era in Neural Prosthetics" in the July 2001 issue of Proceedings of the IEEE


New Products


New Products

Abletherm 3100 is a new family of advanced thermal interface materials for high-performance, flip chip BGA packages


News


News

Kyocera America Inc. has introduced the industry's first flip chip build-up substrate that is capable of withstanding 260?C solder reflow, which is necessary for lead-free processing


FEATURES

Environmentally Safe Mol


Environmentally safe molding compound

Evaluation of new flame retardants


Process Integration Of E


Process integration of electroplated solder bumps for WLP

Providing high density and performance for chip-to-system interconnection


Step By Step


The back-end process: Step 11 - Scribe and break

Die separation of thin silicon wafers and delicate III-V substrates creates challenges for traditional saw dicing


Options In Flip Chip Cle


Options in flip chip cleaning

Meeting performance and reliability standards