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IPC: July Flex Shipments up 38% YOY
Flex shipments in July rose 38.2%, and bookings were up 28.8% compared to July 2009. Year-to-date, flexible circuit shipments increased 5.8% and bookings were up 17.5%. Compared to the previous month, flex circuit shipments went up 4.6% but bookings declined 4.9%. The North American flexible circuit book-to-bill ratio in July 2010 remained positive, but slipped to 1.06.
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Optimizing BNC PCB Footprints for Digital Video Equipment
Today's video equpment operates at gigabit rates, necessitating the use of large coaxial BNC connectors. Non-optimized BNC footrpints can cause impedance mismatches, reflections and signal loss. In this paper, Tsun-kit Chin of National Semiconductor discusses some common issues with BNC footprints, such as problems with the connector-to-board transition, and offers techniques for transparent footprint designs.
Software Bytes: The Reality Behind Customer Support
We live in a service-driven society. It's a big market out there, and we can accept or reject products or services as we see fit. So, it's really darn important for a company selling a product or service to provide customer service at a standard that meets (or exceeds) the consumer's expectations.
Nanotechnology for Lead-Free Final Finishes with Organic Metal
Enthone's research has focused on providing a solderable surface finish for PCBs containing organic nanometal. The first universal nanofinish was proposed four years ago. Now, the new-generation nanofinish with organic metal-Ag complex performs as well as any other surface finish with regard to aging resistance, discoloration and solderability.
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Printed Electronics Without Borders
Printed Electronics are being developed by over 3,000 companies, universities and research institutes worldwide. Although a significant percentage of these developers are located in the U.S., Germany, Japan and South Korea, there's a lot of research effort in other countries, even if the concentration of active companies active is lower.
Global RFID Market Continues to Grow
The global RFID business has grown about five fold in the last ten years and analyst IDTechEx has detailed reasons for seeing the market grow 4.2 times in value over the next ten years.
Polyonics Offers High Temp Substrates for Printed Electronics
"By leveraging our years of experience in the printed circuit board label market, we are able to use our coated polyimide film that has established success in the surface mount and reflow process" notes Tom Rogers, Marketing Director at Polyonics.
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Northstar Receives Additional Purchase Order from Lockheed Martin
Northstar Electronics, Inc. today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Northstar Network Ltd., has received a revised Master Purchase Order from Lockheed Martin to increase the value of NNL's P-3 contract by US $9.1 million, to a total of US $16.4 million.
BAE Systems to Develop On-Board Processor, Integrate DARPA's ARGUS-IR
After successful development of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) daytime persistent surveillance system, BAE Systems has been awarded an additional $49.9 million contract to develop the advanced processor for the agency's nighttime, infrared system - the Autonomous Real-time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance - Infrared (ARGUS-IR).
Russia Defence and Security Report 4Q10
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Russia Defence and Security Report Q4 2010" report to their offering.
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IntriCon Partner AME Receives Two Research Grants
IntriCon's strategic partner, Minneapolis-based Advanced Medical Electronics Corporation (AME), is participating in two new research grants from the U.S. Government.
Philips Launches Enhanced Cardiac Ultrasound System
Royal Philips Electronics' enhanced iE33 xMATRIX cardiac ultrasound system enables expanded cardiac-related diagnostic capabilities related to ischemic disease detection, structural heart disease assessment, as well as systolic and diastolic heart failure and arrhythmia.
Researchers: Silicon Nanowire-Based Circuits Inspired by Brain
The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, has announced a collaborative partnership with Stanford University to develop silicon nanowire-based circuits that are inspired by the brain.
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