Don't be so stuck in the circuits that you forget the importance of IC packages. Here are a couple cards from the Microchip 2005 product selector: While most design engineers are using surface mount ...

Packing more IC functionality into smaller form factors stacks the deck against IC makers and foreshadows difficult interconnect challenges. How much can one package take? As consumer electronics ...

At Panasonic's Electronic Materials Division, we are at the forefront of this evolution. Our portfolio of materials includes high-reliability encapsulants for wafer-level and laminate packages, ...

The electrochemical deposition (ECD) equipment market for IC packaging is heating up as 2.5D, 3D and fan-out technologies begin to ramp. Applied Materials recently rolled out an ECD system for IC ...

The shift toward more complex IC packages requires more advanced inspection systems in the production flow to capture unwanted defects in products. This includes traditional optical inspection tools ...

Siemens Digital Industries Software is adopting a new approach for sharing accurate thermal models of IC packages to the electronics supply chain. The main advantages are protecting IP, enhancing ...

IC packaging is a technique for shielding semiconductor equipment from ambient physical damage or degradation by wrapping them in ceramics or polymer packaging materials. There are several varieties ...

When it comes to making though-silicon vias, there are no clear lines of delineation about the roles of design houses, fab facilities, and packaging houses. Yet all of these entities face a host of ...

IC packaging and testing in China generated $29 billion in revenue in 2017, making China the world’s largest consumer of packaging equipment and materials, says SEMI. China’s IC packaging and testing ...

Linear Technology Corporation and Microbonds have announced successful qualification of Microbonds X-Wire insulated wire bonding technology to enable design flexibility for Linear Technology’s ...