Embedding Components in PCBs

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Thomas Dinan

Sr. Process Engineer @ Altaflex | Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering

发布日期: 2015年7月24日
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I attended the meeting of IEEE Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Society on July 23, 2015.  The meeting was held at the Biltmore Hotel in Santa Clara, Califorina. 

Mr. Michael Tschandl (VP / Head of Sales BU Advanced Packaging at AT&S Americas LLC) gave a talk on his company's technology for embedding passive and active components inside of a printed circuit board (PCB).  The advantages given were:

  • Miniaturisation
  • Improved signal quality
  • Cooling optimization
  • Improved security (it's more difficult to reverse engineer)

Currently AT&S can embed 0402 and 0201 components and they're working on the ability to embed 01005, 0603 and 0805 components.  Mr. Tschandl mentioned that the connections to components needed to consist of copper pads because the laser drill needed a conductive material as an etch stop.

I thought it was very educational as I hadn't realized that this PCB technology existed.

After the meeting job seekers were allowed to give a 30 second pitch for their services.  I should have participated myself (as I'm looking for a job at the moment) but I was unprepared so I skipped this opportunity.

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