Materials/Packages

Rogers Introduces Low Noise EL Lamp Driver IC

The Durel Division of Rogers Corp. has announced the latest addition to its high-performance electroluminescent (EL) lamp driver integrated circuits (IC) - D392A. The D392A EL lamp driver delivers the programmable output voltages needed to power a wide range of EL lamps, including in portable applications such as cellular...
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Rogers Launches Chinese Language Website

Rogers Corp. , a supplier of specialty material solutions, has launched a new Chinese language website. The comprehensive site provides engineers, product designers and other site visitors with the highest level of regionalized service. The new Rogers' China site, accessible at www.rogerscorp.cn.com or from Rogers' English-lauguage homepage, www.rogerscorp.com ,...
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Peregrine and MagnaChip Complete Qualification on UltraCMOS Technology Transfer

Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. , a supplier of high performance RF CMOS and mixed-signal communications ICs, and MagnaChip Semiconductor Ltd. , an Asia-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products for high volume consumer applications, announced that the companies have completed the final qualification phase in the process...
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SUSS and 3M Form 3-D Packaging Bond

3M and SUSS MicroTec have agreed to expand access to 3M Wafer Support System (WSS) equipment for temporary wafer bonding of ultra-thin wafers required for 3-D packaging. As part of this non-exclusive agreement, SUSS MicroTec becomes an authorized equipment supplier for the 3M WSS and will manufacture and sell...
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IMS2009 Attendance Up 11 Percent Over 2008

IMS2009, the annual conference and exhibition of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S), attracted thousands of designers, researchers, developers, academics and executives in the microwave and RF industry to the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, June 7-12. Based on...
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IMS2009 Attendance Up 11 Percent Over 2008

IMS2009, the annual conference and exhibition of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S), attracted thousands of designers, researchers, developers, academics and executives in the microwave and RF industry to the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, June 7-12. Based on...
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Rock Lobster: IMS2009 Wrap Up

Engineers rock in Boston
As we referred to "Please Come to Boston in the Springtime" as our pre-show theme song, we are making "Rock Lobster" by the B-52s our post-show theme song. IMS2009 probably faced some of the biggest challenges in its history--a big economic downturn and the swine flu virus, for example--but...
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UltraSource Debuts New Thin Film

UltraSource Inc. , a supplier of custom thin film circuits and ceramic interconnect devices, has announced the release of the new UltraVia™. This addition to the company's UltraTechnologies product line, which consists of the UltraCapacitor™, the UltraBridge™, and the UltraInductor™, is the next generation of integrated thin film via...
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