Materials/Packages

New Kits, Customers, Contracts and Compadres

The news for the first week of July was relatively slow compared to all the happenings announced during the week of IMS. Among the press releases, news from EDA vendors AWR and Agilent, test equipment manufacturer Cascade and defense sub-contractors Comtech, Trak, Saab and Sensis stood out. The following...
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JMD Develops Halogen-free Packaging Process

Jacket Micro Devices Inc. (JMD) announced that it has developed a halogen-free version of its patented Multi-Layer Organic (MLO™) packaging process. MLO is the first commercial organic packaging technology to provide high Q RF filters embedded into the layers of a LGA package. MLO utilizes advanced, low-loss polymers and...
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Rogers Appoints Bessette to Head ACM Division

Rogers Corp. is announcing the appointment of Michael D. Bessette , vice president, to head up its Advanced Circuit Materials Division (ACMD) in Chandler, AZ, effective July 10, 2008. Bessette comes to the ACMD from Rogers’ Durel Division, also located in Chandler, where he was responsible for the Durel...
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Expert Advice: Tunable RF Filters: Pursuing the ‘Holy Grail’ of Acoustic Filter R&D


ExpertAdvice
June 2008

Dr. Robert Aigner
Director - R&D Acoustic Technologies, TriQuint Semiconductor

A bulk acoustic wave (BAW) filter with ground-breaking, standard-setting performance would offer a tuning range far beyond today’s established outer limits. Can the center frequency tuning range of BAW filters be extended beyond 2% up to 5%, or perhaps even three to four times that amount?

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FUJIFILM to Display Inkjet Solutions

FUJIFILM Dimatix 's Materials Printer (DMP) has been accepted as the industry standard for the accelerated development of inkjet solutions in electronics, displays, life sciences and other industries. It is a cost-effective, easy-to-use tool that can be utilized for development of test processes, from materials used in flexible circuits,...
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