Articles from Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture (December 1, 2006)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
"So, what do you do?": describing what we do every day as PCB designers and engineers is not an easy task. Here are 12 surefire answers to use to beat the glazed eyeball stares this holiday season.	Bogatin, Eric		804
A merger between Benchmark Electronics and Pemstar Inc. has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors for both companies.			53
According to Router Solutions Inc.'s (RSI) Web site, the company has been acquired by Mentor Graphics Corp. effective August 1, 2006.			54
Component analyzer.			79
Design software.			54
Design software.			61
Design software.			73
Don't strategize, trust: get back to the basics of working relationships in order to improve the industry.	Bigelow, Peter		832
Enthone Inc. acquired 100% ownership of Shenzhen Hua-Mei Electroplating Technology Co. Ltd. and Hua-Mei (Tianjin) Electroplating Technology Co. Ltd., P.R.C.			79
Events.		Calendar	203
Exception PCB.			39
Excess chip inventory lingers.			89
Film tape.			58
First seminal report on global PCB production released.	Heffner, Tracy		258
Forbes ranks Ansoft among 200 Best Small Companies.	Heffner, Tracy		243
Free Gerber viewers: helping or hurting our industry? One expert's opinion on the misuse of free Gerber viewers.	Miller, Jeff		881
Gartner closes EDA analysts Group.	Toth-Nargi, Kathy		102
HDI technology moves info mainstream design; knowing when it makes sense to incorporate HDI into your designs will improve PCB performance, increase product reliability and meet established cost targets.	Holden, Happy		1588
Hunter Technology Corp.			63
Industry market snapshot.			99
iNEMI Task Group to address SnPb BGAs Availability.	Nargi-Toth, Kathy		422
ISM: slow growth for manufacturing industry.			122
Isola Group.			64
Laminate material selection for RoHS assembly, part 2: successful lead-free assembly matches critical laminate properties with specific design constraints.	Bergum, Erik		3639
Military speaking.			168
Mobile device shipments on track for 1b.			94
Park Electrochemical Corp.			130
PartMiner Information Services Inc., a solutions provider for electronic components.			33
PBGA package lead modeling using TDR and IConnect: accurate modeling of package inner structures aids high-speed system-level simulations.	Riazi, Abe		1385
PCB documentation.			58
Report: Active RFID market on rise.			103
RF/microwave material.			69
Sept. 2006 book-to-bill ratios down.	Heffner, Tracy		360
Short-wire test fixtures: shrink targets while maintaining integrity: more test points and shrinking real estate drive improvements in test tools.	Albee, Alan		2006
Simulation tool.			68
Simulation tools speed the design of embedded capacitance layers; the use of simulation tools can improve the design process for embedded capacitor technology in high-speed and power distribution system designs where noise resonance reduction is critical.	Fukawa, Yoshi	Cover story	2876
Solectron to spin off manufacturing services unit.	Heffner, Tracy		114
TTM Technologies Inc. has completed the acquisition of the Tyco Printed Circuit Group business unit from Tyco International Ltd.			55
Vacuum table system.			72
Value propositions.	Toth-Nargi, Kathy		697
VoIP a driver for telecom.			152