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Development of a Design & Manufacturing Environment for Reliable and Cost- Effective PCB Embedding Technology

The desire to have more functionality into increasingly smaller size end products has been pushing the PCB and IC Packaging industry towards High Density Interconnect (HDI) and 3D Packaging (stacked dies, embedded packaged components). Many companies in the high-end consumer electronics market place have been embedding passive chip components on inner PCB and IC Packages for a few years now. However, embedding packaged components on inner layers has remained elusive for the broader market due to lack of proper design tools and high cost of embedding components on inner layers...

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Authors: M. Brizoux, A. Grivon, W. C. Maia Filho, J. Stahr, M. Morianz, Hemant Shah, Ed Hickey.

Organizations: Thales Corporate Services, AT&S, Cadence Design Systems Inc.

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Events

IMAPS 2011 - 44th International Conference and Exhibition on Microelectronics

Conference, Trade Show/Exhibition | October 9 | Long Beach, CA, USA | Sponsored by: IMAPS

Bringing Together The Entire Microelectronics Supply Chain...

SMTA International 2011

Conference, Trade Show/Exhibition | October 16-20 | Fort Worth, TX, USA | Sponsored by: SMTA

130 technical papers, 21 short courses, four focused symposiums-Evolving Technologies Summit, AIMS/Harsh Environments, Contract Manufacturing and the world renowned Lead-Free Symposium...

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Conference, Trade Show/Exhibition | November 15-18 | Muenchen, Germany | Sponsored by: Messe M�nchen GmbH

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Industry Associations Events

SMTA - Surface Mount Technology Association is a non-profit international association of companies and individuals (totalling 4,000) involved in all aspects of advanced electronics assembly, surface mount and related technologies. Membership Info | SMTA Certification | Bookstore

Next Event: SMTA International Conference and Exhibition - October 16

IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries is a US-based trade association dedicated to the competitive excellence and financial success of its nearly 2,600 member companies which represent all facets of the electronic interconnection industry, including design, printed wiring board manufacturing and electronics assembly. Membership Info | Training & Certification Programs | Standards & Publications - Online Store

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