Articles from Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture (June 1, 2004)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
'Spice' up your design: predicting electromagnetic fields is no longer a luxury in the high-speed arena. Fortunately, many of today's EM simulators remove the guesswork.	Bogatin, Eric		736
3M ramps.	Buetow, Mike		19
8-bit microcontroller.			59
ACT Electronics (actmfg.com) standardized on Tecnomatix's (tecnomatix.com) eMPower assembly and test suites across its U.S. manufacturing and design facilities.			36
Alone in India.	Buetow, Mike		40
Belt splicing.			60
Blowing out candles.	Buetow, Mike		12
Christopher Associates Inc. (christopherweb.com) installed an HC 610 hole inspection system.			17
Cleaning up.	Buetow, Mike		28
Collaboration vendors collaborate: PTC acquires Ohio Design.	Buetow, Mike		282
Conductor heating of embedded resistors: resistor heating has the potential for problems, but knowing the power dissipation and temp limits allow designers to thermally manage the outcome.	Jouppi, Mike		671
Congruent inspection.			47
Corrections.		Correction Notice	116
Design modeling checks and balances: should you use 3D field solvers or measurement-based modeling methods for high-speed modeling? Actually, they work great together.	Neves, Alfred P.		1998
Dow hikes epoxy prices (again): 3D time this year.			117
Dump the data.	Buetow, Mike		580
EA takes stake in new U.S. flex shop: expansion ahead for quick turn flex circuits.			75
EE layoffs continue: Q1 unemployment rate up.	Buetow, Mike		62
Endicott Interconnect Technologies.			66
Epec tale.	Buetow, Mike		23
Etch away.	Buetow, Mike		19
Eurotherm.			18
Events.		Calendar	335
Fine-line laminate.			59
Gateway sales to grow 525% by 2008.			198
Got paper?	Buetow, Mike		35
High capacity plasma etchers.			56
Hiya, Hytek.	Buetow, Mike		62
Improving material selection through BoM optimization: the BoM is your design, and there are many ways to improve its accuracy and functionality to aid downstream processes--and avoid costly redesigns.	Khan, Ahmed		1346
Industry market snapshot.			56
Invest your IQ, not your cash: better times call for investing in process improvements, not more capacity.	Bigelow, Peter		912
Japan in sight.	Buetow, Mike		33
Low noise oscillator.			47
Mack Technologies Inc. (macktech.com) implemented Valor's (valor.com) Trilogy 5000 CAD-to-Assembly tool at its Westford, MA, EMS site.			34
Manufacturing production still rising.			289
Mentor Graphics.			52
Merlin Circuits (merlincircuit.co.uk) has purchased a Microcraft.			15
Military speak.			164
More research needed on Sn-Pb alternatives.	Nasby, James S.	Letter to the Editor	196
More strength seen for ICs.			148
Moving in.			258
Questions on Pb-free.	Marshall, Harold		262
Rep. Hyde, Carano offer aids at USPCA meeting: USPCA admonishers free trade agreements.			787
Return to Santa Clara: PCB Design West 2005.	Buetow, Mike		140
Round the clock: a coupon's actual misregistration is always worse than can be seen in any single mount's cross-section.	Clifford, Tom	Cover Story	1316
RTU design flow.			74
Sanmina-Shanghai?	Buetow, Mike		26
Silicon and its future impact on PCBs: a look at coming assembly and packing requirements, based on the ITRS silicon roadmap.	Fisher, Jack		3063
Spice of life.	Buetow, Mike		21
Spotting interconnect defects: ICDs can't be reworked, but attempts to detect them are surprisingly minimal.	Carano, Michael		820
Thales Avionics selected Visiprise Manufacturing MRP system.			10
Titan teams up: will build for large PCB maker.			330
Total system verification.			76
TT Electronics Prestwick Circuits purchased a Posalux.			13
TT Electronics Prestwick Circuits.			25
Uyemura (UIC) named Dymco Associates as its representative.			14
Uyemura (UIC).			23
Warpage measurement.			62
Why I like the USPCA: the real value of America's new PCB organization lies in its potential to reassert the importance of fabricators.	Beaulieu, Dan		761
Wise men.	Buetow, Mike		40