Merix Corporation Introduces New Immersion Silver Surface Finish.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers FOREST GROVE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 2000 Merix Corporation Merix Corporation (NASDAQ: MERX) is an Oregon based printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer.[2] The Forest Grove based company is the 31st largest public company in Oregon based on market capitalization. (Nasdaq:MERX) introduces new AlphaLEVEL Immersion Silver Surface Finish. This surface finish is an immersion plating process that co-deposits an organic solderability preservative preservative Any of numerous chemical additives used to prevent or slow food spoilage caused by chemical changes (e.g., oxidation, mold growth) and maintain a fresh appearance and consistency. Antimycotics (e.g. (OSP (Online Service Provider) See online service. OSP - Optical Signal Processor ) with the silver deposit. The silver deposit is very thin, about 3-5 microinches (.01 micron), and does not affect the metallurgy of the solder joint. Merix chose the new system based on the excellent results obtained during product reliability testing, outstanding solderability and assembly results, and the ease of process control. Merix customers have found that this surface finish can result in improved yields during the assembly process, and it can perform as a replacement for HASL (language) HASL - SASL plus conditional unification. ["A Prological Definition of HASL, A Purely Functional Language with Unification Based Conditional Binding Expressions", H. Abramson in Logic Programming: Functions, Relations and Equations, D. DeGroot et al eds, P-H 1986]. (Hot air solder leveling). This process provides a truly flat solderable surface that can be electrically tested. This process is completed on a horizontal machine allowing for excellent consistency and good economics. The finish has been tested and qualified for general board use by UL laboratories. "Product reliability is the key attribute that we investigated during our evaluation of new surface finishes," stated Doug Trobough, Director of NPI NPI National Provider Identifier, see there Engineering at Merix. "Several customers were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. improved assembly yields and increased ease of processing that immersion silver provides, and these customers have already qualified the process. Immersion silver is a leader among the emerging surface finishes for high density interconnects. This product provides increased flexibility in surface finish choices to our customers," concluded Trobough. Additional information on immersion silver surface finish can be obtained from the Merix sales department. Merix is a leading manufacturer of technologically advanced, multilayer, rigid printed circuit boards for use in sophisticated electronic equipment. Merix provides high-performance materials, quick-turn prototype, pre-production and volume board production to its customers. Principal markets served by Merix include data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. and wireless telecommunications, high-end computing (workstations, servers, and storage), and test and measurement segments of the electronics industry. Additional corporate information is available via Fax-On-Demand at 800/525-5769 or on the internet at www.merix.com. |
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