By Q3D Notes On Jun. 17, 2010
Keith Cooper, Technology and Development, SET North America reports from ECTC 2010's Medical Device Market Panel, offering a view beyond the packaging lab, into the progress and potential of the medical devices that will benefit from 3D integration technologies. A discussion panel on medical devices opened this year’s Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC) in Las Vegas. Chaired Read More>>
By Q3D Notes On Nov. 16, 2010
Keith Cooper, Technology and Development, SET North America reports from 2010 IMAPS International , where he attended the 3D Panel, “Roadmap, Technical and Business Progress of 3D Integration and Packaging”. At the recent IMAPS Annual Meeting in Raleigh, NC, a panel of 3D experts addressed a series of questions moderated by Prof. James Lu of RPI.   While individual opinions on the panel Read More>>
By Francoise von Trapp On Sep. 27, 2010
This was my second year attending the Medical Electronics Symposium, and I’m not sure what I was expecting, but when it came to technology advancements themselves, I noticed that not much exciting has happened since last year. Or maybe I’ve just been spoiled.  Not every year can be about earth-shattering technological breakthroughs. This was the year about continuing progress of the breakthroughs Read More>>
By Francoise von Trapp On Jul. 02, 2009
Vertical Circuits’ Vertical Interconnect Pillar Technology (VIP), was developed as an alternative to both wire bond and TSV, overcoming scaling limitations of the former (up to 100 die have reportedly been proven) and design and cost limitations of the latter. VIP is actually the final step in a series of process steps that begins with standard die in wafer form. Die pads are re-routed to the periphery, and the die goes through an insulation process. The wafer is then thinned and die are singulated. Next the die are stacked and laminated together with an adhesive. Read More>>
By Q3D Notes On Mar. 20, 2012
There has been enough interest stirred up in R&D around glass as a low-cost alternative interposer substrate material compared with silicon, that there was an entire session dedicated to developments in that area at the 2012 IMAPS International Device Packaging conference, held March 5-8 in Scottsdale, AZ.  Rao Tummala, of Georgia Tech’s 3D Packaging Center, started things off, touting the Read More>>