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Microsemi names Carsem supplier of the year

06/22/2011 

Carsem received Microsemi Corporation's Best Supplier of The Year Award, for assembly and test services that were provided by the Carsem factory located in Suzhou, China.

JEDEC revises package inspection standard JESD9B

06/21/2011 

The JEDEC Solid State Technology Association published a significant revision to JESD9B, Inspection Criteria for Microelectronic Packages and Covers.

Flip chip probe card from Wentworth Laboratories withstands high-power, high-density test

06/21/2011 

The AccumaxDirect premier vertical probe card from Wentworth Laboratories withstands "severe test parameters" in high-volume flip chip/C4 test. It was just approved for use with Verigy testers.

Technic Pd/Ni process eliminates free ammonia in leadframe fab

06/20/2011 

Technic Inc. debuted Pallaspeed Pd/Ni NFA, a production-proven sulfate palladium nickel process that produces low-stress ductile deposits over a wide current density range, for structures like semiconductor package leadframes.

Embedded WLP, TSV interposers, copper pillar, materials: 4 projects of IME packaging consortium

06/15/2011 

Singapore's Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) launched the 11th cycle of its 15-year packaging R&D with 23 companies and 4 main projects.

LORD underfill encapsulant designed for lower cost

06/15/2011 

LORD ME-555 LORD Corporation launched the ME-555 underfill encapsulant for semiconductor packaging and assembly. LORD ME-555 is a high-purity, semiconductor-grade epoxy underfill for encapsulating flip chips.

New power MOSFET package from IRF minimizes form factor

06/13/2011 

ternational Rectifier, (IR, NYSE:IRF), power management technology provider, introduced a PQFN 2 x 2mm with <1mm profile package featuring its latest HEXFET MOSFET silicon. The new package is ultra-compact, high density and efficient for lower-power applications.

Tektronix buys Teradyne testers for better test dev, IC test range

06/08/2011 

Tektronix Component Solutions purchased 5 Teradyne J750EX semiconductor test systems to screen a wider variety of complex ASICs, increase test capacity, and generate test programs faster.

GA Tech's Rao Tummala recognized with major IEEE packaging award

06/08/2011 

IEEE's Field Award for microelectronics packaging contributions goes to GA Tech's Rao Tummala, a longtime IBM research who pioneered packaging integration research and globalization of electronic packaging.

Honeycomb heatsink cools BGAs in thin-profile devices

06/07/2011 

JaroThermal's Honeycomb heatsink JaroThermal's Honeycomb heatsink directs heat towards the outside of the device, while producing a steady flow of cool air inside the heatsink. Honeycomb heatsinks can be used with either plastic or metal/ceramic BGA packages.

NXP assembles RF power transistors in plastic packages

06/03/2011 

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) launched overmolded plastic (OMP) RF power devices with 2.5-200W peak power. The plastic packages are a lower-cost option alongside NXP's ceramic package RF devices.

Imec ITF: Reduce LEDs costs 10x, says Philips Lumileds

05/31/2011 

In an exclusive series of blogs, imec reports from its International Technology Forum (ITF) last week in Brussels. Els Parton, science editor, imec, shares Jy Bhardwaj's (Philips Lumileds) points about LEDs costs improvements.

STATS ChipPAC widens fan-out WLP configurations with TSVs, IPDs

05/31/2011 

STATS ChipPAC says integrating through-silicon vias with passive devices and its eWLB technology addresses complex design issues, shrinking lithography nodes, and increased performance demands for mobile and consumer applications.

LCP packaging tech from RJR Polymers competes with ceramics for QFN, RF power packages

05/31/2011 

RJR Polymers debuted liquid crystal polymer (LCP) semiconductor packaging technology for RF and microwave system designers that is competitive with ceramic ACPs, improving thermal management and offering design flexibility based on the company’s epoxy range.

ASICs and FPGAs could take a lesson from autos, says Xilinx

05/26/2011 

Ivo Bolsens, Xilinx, compares crossover cars -- sports car performance with station wagon utility -- to semiconductor ASICs (high-performance) and FPGAs (flexible, easy to use, less NRE). The semiconductor industry needs a programmable platform that has ASICs' capabilities.

3D stacked IC design flow gets boost from imec, Atrenta partnership

05/25/2011 

imec's 3D integration industrial affiliation program (IIAP) partnered with Atrenta Inc., SoC realization products provider to semiconductor and electronic systems industries, to developed an advanced planning and partitioning design flow for heterogeneous 3D stacked ICs.

Chip Supply changing its name to Micross Components, consolidating several facilities in Orlando

05/25/2011 

Semiconductor die and packaging specialist Chip Supply Inc. is changing its name to Micross Components, which reflects the acquisition of Chip Supply last November by Micross Components. Micross provides specialist products and services for high-reliability and state-of-the-art electronics for high-reliability, industrial, and commercial applications.

Carsem expands MLP/QFN capacity in Suzhou

05/24/2011 

Artist's rendition of the expanded MLF/QFN production and test area at Carsem.Carsem will grow its Suzhou, China factory by an additional 430,000 square feet, increasing their Suzhou micro leadframe package (MLP) capacity to over 20 million per day, with a focus on copper wire bonding.

Agilent debuts benchtop SMU line to compete with expensive semiconductor analyzers

05/24/2011 

Figure. The Agilent B2900A 4.3" color LCD display supports graphical and numerical view modes, and enables test set-up and check test results quickly. Single view, dual view, graph view and roll view improve usability and productivity of bench-top test, debug and characterization. Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) released the B2900A Series line of compact benchtop source/measure units (SMU) for semiconductor, component, and materials testing. The company claims that these SMUs offer capabilities competitive with semiconductor device analyzers.

AMKR senior notes offering draws $400M

05/23/2011 

Amkor Technology (NASDAQ:AMKR) completed its offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.625% Senior Notes due 2021. The proceeds from the offering will be used to fund the company's tender offer for the approximately $264.3 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 9.25% Senior Notes due 2016, for general corporate purposes.




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