When discussing the hot topic of LEDs, quality and reliability become two major factors. Without either of these qualities, LEDs would have ...

Posted by Janine Powell on December 18

Although there is continued effort in the semiconductor packaging industry to reduce package size along with the never-ending pursuit of ...

Posted by Janine Powell on December 17

O – Optics The purpose of an optical component is to manipulate light. Typically, when we think of LED optics, what comes to mind is a ...

Posted by Janine Powell on December 11

When we think of microelectronics manufacturing, we usually think about manual equipment, semi-automatic equipment, and fully automatic ...

Posted by Janine Powell on December 10

M – Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) MOCVD is a process used to grow an epitaxial layer of GaN. Pits often appear during the ...

Posted by Janine Powell on December 4

In the bond cycle, an incremental thermal energy is supplied to the solder layer to promote the solder melting process. Liquefied solder ...

Posted by Janine Powell on December 3

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Posted by Janine Powell on November 26

Towards the beginning of our ABCs of LEDs series, we talked about defects. Here we will tie that in to how defects affect yield of LEDs. K ...

Posted by Janine Powell on November 20

The world of epoxies is a continuously growing and changing environment. There are so many decisions to be made in order to find the best ...

Posted by Janine Powell on November 19

I – Illumination LEDs are bright, efficient, and quick to react. They have become a substitute for light bulbs in many applications because ...

Posted by Janine Powell on November 13