Don't be so stuck in the circuits that you forget the importance of IC packages. Here are a couple cards from the Microchip 2005 product selector: While most design engineers are using surface mount ...

Packing more IC functionality into smaller form factors stacks the deck against IC makers and foreshadows difficult interconnect challenges. How much can one package take? As consumer electronics ...

A new wave of 2.5D/3D, fan-out and other advanced IC packages is expected to flood the market over the next year. The new packages are targeted to address many of the same and challenging applications ...

The IC is a small piece of silicon that needs to be protected from and interfaced to the outside world. This is the role of the package. The package not only protects the semiconductor from mechanical ...

CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD), the fabless, clean-tech semiconductor company that develops energy-efficient GaN-based power devices that make greener electronics ...

Rising demand for chips is hitting the IC packaging supply chain, causing shortages of select manufacturing capacity, various package types, leadframes and even some equipment. Spot shortages for some ...

Linear Technology Corporation and Microbonds have announced successful qualification of Microbonds X-Wire insulated wire bonding technology to enable design flexibility for Linear Technology’s ...

IC packaging is a technique for shielding semiconductor equipment from ambient physical damage or degradation by wrapping them in ceramics or polymer packaging materials. There are several varieties ...

The DeltaProbe line of high-density test clips solves the complex problem of using test clips for quad flat pack (QFP), thin small-outline package (TSOP), small-outline IC (SO), and other fine-pitch ...

US firm Reflex Photonics says that its new product line is perfect for ultrashort reach optical interconnects to and between IC packages on a single PCB. Reflex Photonics, the US developer of ...

SANTEE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--StratEdge Corporation, leader in the design, production, and assembly of high-frequency and high-power semiconductor packages for microwave, millimeter-wave, and ...