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Sputtered Seed Layer on Substrates with High Organic Load to enable Advanced L/S Densities and more Precise Feature Geometries

Advanced Packaging is one of the key growing segments with high adoption rates and strong technology advantages and offersa pathway moving forward to support industry roadmaps. Sputtered see .. read more

Design, Fabrication and Testing of an RFID Tag with Security Features for Authentication and Tamper Resistance

To demonstrate the benefits of flexible hybrid technology (FHE) and printed electronics the team of Lockheed Martin Rotary Missions Systems Owego (LMO), Lockheed Martin Space Systems Billeri .. read more

Insertion Loss Investigation Using a Non-Oxide Alkaline Surface Treatment for Inner-Layer Copper

The industry is moving toward using exotic dielectric materials with a very low loss tangent to improve insertion loss performance. This leads to the result that the signal loss attenuation .. read more

Nano Structuring Photoresist Adhesion Promoter for Improved Signal Integrity in the Modern HDI-PCB Fabrication

The euphoria associated with the biggest technological step in the field of telecommunications in recent history, the new 5G mobile communications standard, not only made it necessary for OE .. read more

Thermally Conductive, EMI Shielding Materials for High Frequency Radio Waves

Modern electronics are prone to experience electromagnetic interference (EMI) which hinders proper functioning of the devices due to the increasing number of wireless devices and the miniatu .. read more

Adhesion Enhancement System for Next Generation High Speed IC Substrate

Driven by the demand for advanced electronic devices where massive wireless data transfer is required, a new generation of communication system, so called 5G has been developed. This new tec .. read more

Comparing the Reliability Performance of Electroless Palladium and Autocatalytic Gold in Production Environment

The development of nano-scale surface finishes over copper pads such as Electroless Palladium and Autocatalytic Gold (EPAG) has been evolving in the recent years due to ever increasing deman .. read more

The Effect of Radiation Losses on High Frequency PCB Performance

This paper is an extension of an IPC paper [1] presented last year which addressed microwave insertion loss of common PCB transmission line circuits. Insertion loss of these circuits is made up .. read more

Insertion Loss Comparisons of Common High Frequency PCB Constructions

Printed Circuit Boards (PCB’s) have been used for many years in low loss,high frequency microwave applications and many of these circuits have become increasingly complex. Often these complex c .. read more

Why Signal Always Be Loss in a High Speed Frequency Transmission Line

The high speed transmission applications in the electronic product become inevitable developing trend. The signal integrity becomes the most important issue in the electronic industry. The mate .. read more

Cleaning in an HDI World

Electronic assembly innovations drive more performance using highly dense interconnects. Assembly residues may increase the risk of premature failure or improper functionality. The challenge fo .. read more

Thermal Characteristics of PCB Laminates used in High Frequency Applications

As technology advances,understanding thermal management issues of high frequency PCB’s increases. There are many different aspects to consider for PCB thermal management. This paper will invest .. read more

Low dk Thermoplastic Substrate for Broadband Antennas

In high frequency circuit boards PTFE is widely used as a substrate material. It offers very low dielectric constant and low losses. However,it is relatively expensive to fabricate,making the c .. read more

A Designed Experiment for the Influence of Copper Foils and Oxide Replacements on Impedance,DC Line Resistance and Insertion Loss

With ever increasing data transfer rates,insertion loss has become a limiting factor on today's systems. Insertion loss can be separated into dielectric loss and copper loss. While dielectric l .. read more

Low Loss & Novel Halogen-Free Laminates for High Frequency Device Applications

In this paper,ITEQ demonstrates outstanding performance of new halogen-free and low loss laminates,IT-258GA,IT-168G,and IT-150D,for the coming halogen free generation,and higher frequency appli .. read more

A Novel Halogen-Free Material for High Speed PCB

The mobile communication devices such as cell phones require high speed transmission of large volume data as well as reduction in size and weight. When signal is transmitted in high speed and f .. read more

Base Material Consideration for High Speed Printed Circuit Boards

Over the years,the EU RoHS restriction and lead-free capability is the hottest environmental protection subject. In technology trends,signal integrity performance gets more critical based upon .. read more

Novel CCL Based on New Fluoropolymer Exhibits Extremely Low Loss Characteristics and New Evaluation Method for Separating Dielectric and Conductive...

We demonstrate here a novel CCL (Copper Clad Laminate),which exhibits an extremely low transmission loss at mm-wave band. The CCL,which we developed,is based on a new fluoropolymer with adhesiv .. read more

Assessing the Reliability of New Connector Designs

With the combination of increased product complexity,increased frequencies and ever decreasing component sizes and pitches designers are faced with the dilemma on how design their products in t .. read more

Environmentally Friendly Low Transmission Loss Base/Multilayer Materials

The frequencies used to communicate and process information have been extended beyond the GHz band to the microwave band to handle the growing volume of data. Moreover,increasing global interes .. read more

Next Generation High Density Build-Up PKG Substrate

In recent years,along with the further progress of network systems,mobile communication systems and high performance servers printed wiring boards (PWBs),which are key components in these produ .. read more

Introduction to Microvia Design

Microvias are the fastest growing new technology for printed circuits. This talk will highlight the procedures,standards and conditions that designers needs to consider to introduce microvias t .. read more

High Frequency Conductor Loss Impact of Oxide and Oxide Alternative Processes

In most of today's high speed digital interconnects,the signal loss associated with the printed circuit board (PCB) is the dominate factor. Material selection,trace geometry,and choice of coppe .. read more

Buried Capacitance and the Evolution of Thin Laminates

Buried Capacitance1 (BC) laminates products have been in use in many high-speed applications for more than ten years. BC products are a significant contributor to complex multi-layer printed ci .. read more

High Frequency Dielectric Constant and Dissipation Factor Performance of Electronic PWB Substrates

Design of printed wiring boards allowing devices to function at increasing signal transmission rates is a difficult task. As operating frequencies increase beyond one Gigahertz the availability .. read more

Sputtered Seed Layer on Substrates with High Organic Load to enable Advanced L/S Densities and more Precise Feature Geometries

Advanced Packaging is one of the key growing segments with high adoption rates and strong technology advantages and offersa pathway moving forward to support industry roadmaps. Sputtered see .. read more

Design, Fabrication and Testing of an RFID Tag with Security Features for Authentication and Tamper Resistance

To demonstrate the benefits of flexible hybrid technology (FHE) and printed electronics the team of Lockheed Martin Rotary Missions Systems Owego (LMO), Lockheed Martin Space Systems Billeri .. read more

Insertion Loss Investigation Using a Non-Oxide Alkaline Surface Treatment for Inner-Layer Copper

The industry is moving toward using exotic dielectric materials with a very low loss tangent to improve insertion loss performance. This leads to the result that the signal loss attenuation .. read more

Nano Structuring Photoresist Adhesion Promoter for Improved Signal Integrity in the Modern HDI-PCB Fabrication

The euphoria associated with the biggest technological step in the field of telecommunications in recent history, the new 5G mobile communications standard, not only made it necessary for OE .. read more

Thermally Conductive, EMI Shielding Materials for High Frequency Radio Waves

Modern electronics are prone to experience electromagnetic interference (EMI) which hinders proper functioning of the devices due to the increasing number of wireless devices and the miniatu .. read more

Adhesion Enhancement System for Next Generation High Speed IC Substrate

Driven by the demand for advanced electronic devices where massive wireless data transfer is required, a new generation of communication system, so called 5G has been developed. This new tec .. read more

Comparing the Reliability Performance of Electroless Palladium and Autocatalytic Gold in Production Environment

The development of nano-scale surface finishes over copper pads such as Electroless Palladium and Autocatalytic Gold (EPAG) has been evolving in the recent years due to ever increasing deman .. read more

The Effect of Radiation Losses on High Frequency PCB Performance

This paper is an extension of an IPC paper [1] presented last year which addressed microwave insertion loss of common PCB transmission line circuits. Insertion loss of these circuits is made up .. read more

Insertion Loss Comparisons of Common High Frequency PCB Constructions

Printed Circuit Boards (PCB’s) have been used for many years in low loss,high frequency microwave applications and many of these circuits have become increasingly complex. Often these complex c .. read more

Why Signal Always Be Loss in a High Speed Frequency Transmission Line

The high speed transmission applications in the electronic product become inevitable developing trend. The signal integrity becomes the most important issue in the electronic industry. The mate .. read more

Cleaning in an HDI World

Electronic assembly innovations drive more performance using highly dense interconnects. Assembly residues may increase the risk of premature failure or improper functionality. The challenge fo .. read more

Thermal Characteristics of PCB Laminates used in High Frequency Applications

As technology advances,understanding thermal management issues of high frequency PCB’s increases. There are many different aspects to consider for PCB thermal management. This paper will invest .. read more

Low dk Thermoplastic Substrate for Broadband Antennas

In high frequency circuit boards PTFE is widely used as a substrate material. It offers very low dielectric constant and low losses. However,it is relatively expensive to fabricate,making the c .. read more

A Designed Experiment for the Influence of Copper Foils and Oxide Replacements on Impedance,DC Line Resistance and Insertion Loss

With ever increasing data transfer rates,insertion loss has become a limiting factor on today's systems. Insertion loss can be separated into dielectric loss and copper loss. While dielectric l .. read more

Low Loss & Novel Halogen-Free Laminates for High Frequency Device Applications

In this paper,ITEQ demonstrates outstanding performance of new halogen-free and low loss laminates,IT-258GA,IT-168G,and IT-150D,for the coming halogen free generation,and higher frequency appli .. read more

A Novel Halogen-Free Material for High Speed PCB

The mobile communication devices such as cell phones require high speed transmission of large volume data as well as reduction in size and weight. When signal is transmitted in high speed and f .. read more

Base Material Consideration for High Speed Printed Circuit Boards

Over the years,the EU RoHS restriction and lead-free capability is the hottest environmental protection subject. In technology trends,signal integrity performance gets more critical based upon .. read more

Novel CCL Based on New Fluoropolymer Exhibits Extremely Low Loss Characteristics and New Evaluation Method for Separating Dielectric and Conductive...

We demonstrate here a novel CCL (Copper Clad Laminate),which exhibits an extremely low transmission loss at mm-wave band. The CCL,which we developed,is based on a new fluoropolymer with adhesiv .. read more

Assessing the Reliability of New Connector Designs

With the combination of increased product complexity,increased frequencies and ever decreasing component sizes and pitches designers are faced with the dilemma on how design their products in t .. read more

Environmentally Friendly Low Transmission Loss Base/Multilayer Materials

The frequencies used to communicate and process information have been extended beyond the GHz band to the microwave band to handle the growing volume of data. Moreover,increasing global interes .. read more

Next Generation High Density Build-Up PKG Substrate

In recent years,along with the further progress of network systems,mobile communication systems and high performance servers printed wiring boards (PWBs),which are key components in these produ .. read more

Introduction to Microvia Design

Microvias are the fastest growing new technology for printed circuits. This talk will highlight the procedures,standards and conditions that designers needs to consider to introduce microvias t .. read more

High Frequency Conductor Loss Impact of Oxide and Oxide Alternative Processes

In most of today's high speed digital interconnects,the signal loss associated with the printed circuit board (PCB) is the dominate factor. Material selection,trace geometry,and choice of coppe .. read more

Buried Capacitance and the Evolution of Thin Laminates

Buried Capacitance1 (BC) laminates products have been in use in many high-speed applications for more than ten years. BC products are a significant contributor to complex multi-layer printed ci .. read more

High Frequency Dielectric Constant and Dissipation Factor Performance of Electronic PWB Substrates

Design of printed wiring boards allowing devices to function at increasing signal transmission rates is a difficult task. As operating frequencies increase beyond one Gigahertz the availability .. read more