Articles from Printed Circuit Design & Fab (February 1, 2008)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
2008 electronics outlook trimmed.			93
Advanced glass reinforcement technology for improved signal integrity: new glass fabrics promise to resolve challenges in high tech PCB design and fabrication.	Dudek, Russell; Goldman, Patricia; Kuhn, John		2105
Altium.			32
APS Meg-A-Pak flexible pouches.			44
Bench top depanelizers.			66
Capital balancing act: generate a creative annual spending plan that satisfies the demands for infrastructure replacements and includes much needed investment in technology upgrades.	Bigelow, Peter		886
CMK sells laminate division to Sumitomo Bakelite.	Nargi-Toth, Kathy		69
Component library.			54
December manufacturing slows.			273
Defending their turf.			169
Design and business software.			91
Design reuse software tool.			84
Dongguan Somacis to supply PCBs for power supply.	Nargi-Toth, Kathy		53
Enthone expands in Eastern Europe.	Nargi-Toth, Kathy		56
Enthone.			41
Events.		Calendar	160
Experts cautious on semis.			137
Firan Technology Group Corp. announced it has acquired substantially all of the assets from Filtran Microcircuits Inc., a Canadian PCB manufacturer based in Ottawa, Ontario and focused primarily on the manufacture of microwave PCBs for high frequency applications.			49
Global Laminates.			70
Improving circuit design using IC package/PCB co-design techniques: dynamic new co-design strategies will give the PCB designer the flexibility to re-map legacy package pinouts.	Hart, Martin		1422
Industry market snapshot.			125
Innovex.			16
IPC releases 2006 World PCB market report.	Nargi-Toth, Kathy		209
IPTE has signed a letter of intent to buy a majority stake in German automation company Platzgummer GmbH, before acquiring it in full.			48
Japan PCB shipments up.	Nargi-Toth, Kathy		154
M.E. Baker Co. announced the sale of wet process equipment to Unicircuit of Littleton, CO.			50
Matsushita renamed as Panasonic Corp.	Nargi-Toth, Kathy		67
November PCB orders up.	Nargi-Toth, Kathy		249
OM Group Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of the electronics businesses from Rockwood Holdings Inc. for approximately $315 million in cash, plus customary post closing adjustments.			51
Optimal Electronics and Calavista Software announced a partnership to expand and improve the capabilities of Optimal's manufacturing execution system software suite.			52
Optoelectronics comes of age: optical interconnects are expected to significantly increase computing power in products with ultra-high frequency data rates, increasing its usage over the next 5 years.	Booth, Bruce L.; Fisher, Jack		3889
Orbotech.			62
Organic materials to spike.			101
PCB Austin conference set for March.	Nargi-Toth, Kathy	Conference news	111
Post route signal integrity design rule checking: design rule checkers can eliminate human error, lower costs and speed time-to-market for highly constrained PCBs.	De Burgh, Guy; Garat, Gene		999
Qualcomm barred from using Broadcom 3G.	Nargi-Toth, Kathy		147
Qualcomm has acquired San Diego-based software company SoftMax, which specializes in noise reduction technology for mobile phones.			41
Roll-to-roll exposure unit.			66
Size matters: next generation ASIC and FPGA packages with 0.8-mm pitch and over 2,000 pins will require the use of HDI to accomplish BGA routing.	Pfeil, Charles		942
Solid state laser.			68
Spice modeling from an EM simulation environment: the use of full-wave electromagnetic modeling can simulate the behavior of a high-speed differential backplane channel and advance the system-level design process.	Mayevskyi, Eugene; Zanella, Fabrizio		1936
Spice modeling tools.			67
Sun Chemical.			43
Techniflex LCL 1000F.			65
Technology leadership awards.	Nargi-Toth, Kathy		203
The value of data sheets and application notes: understanding the information provided by the manufacturer allows the designer to be more proficient in the board layout process.	Webb, Susy		895
The virtual PCB event features leading industry experts.	Nargi-Toth, Kathy		176
Timing analysis techniques for digital PCB: successful design/ characterization of PCB high-speed interfaces frequently demand analyses of timing margins and jitter.	Riazi, Abe		1198
Trilogy Circuit gains ITAR registration.	Nargi-Toth, Kathy		103
Two PWB fabricators merged this week, with One Way Circuits Ltd. acquiring Leicester Circuits UK.			56
Waste not, want not.	Nargi-Toth, Kathy		761
What drives the crowd? A great technical conference and location are most important, readers say.	Buetow, Mike		1014