With more than 700 exhibitors and more than 26,000 participants, SEMICON West is one of the largest technical conferences that Palomar ...

Posted by Janine Powell on July 12

In wire bonding, a gold ball is forced down and thermosonically bonded to a die-bond pad forming the first connection of an integrated ...

Posted by Janine Powell on June 28

The Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) 2016 was the last of the “big three” photonics shows in the US (Photonics West, OFC, and ...

Posted by Janine Powell on June 21

In part three of this series we will continue looking at the various methods for determining the leak rate of microelectronic devices with ...

Posted by Julia Picarelli on June 16

A production line consists of multiple distinct pieces of equipment linked together to provide distinct processes of your overall part ...

Posted by Janine Powell on June 14

SST International has been a leader in the design and development of the innovative graphite tooling fixtures for the most complex eutectic ...

Posted by Julia Picarelli on June 3

In reactive ion etching (RIE) plasma processes, the parameter known as DC self-bias voltage is an important “control knob” for the ion ...

Posted by Janine Powell on June 1

Moisture on microelectronic components has a history of failure-inducing effects. These include electrical leakage, corrosion of metal ...

Posted by Janine Powell on May 24

Designers of electronic packages require that their components be located very precisely; however, sometimes the positional tolerance of ...

Posted by Julia Picarelli on May 20

Do you happen to know someone who does not own some type of wireless device? It is becoming rarer today to meet someone who does not. ...

Posted by Janine Powell on May 17