THE PCB MAGAZINE September Issue Now Available


CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD the all-digital September 2011 issue of The PCB Magazine--including feature articles, columns and interviews on this month???s theme--optical interconnect!

Industry leaders from Calumet, ESCATEC and Altera, along with Happy Holden, Penumbra???s Steve DeWaters, Caltech and more, provide a long list of feature articles that put it all together when it comes to the many ways the technology is rapidly changing with regard to bringing fiber optic connections to the board level.

Our comprehensive list of September columnists includes Barry Olney, Karl Dietz, Mike Carano, Dale Smith, and Steve Williams. I-Connect007 Publishers Ray Rasmussen and Barry Matties bookend the issue with their columns, The Way I See It and The Sales Cycle. You definitely do not want to miss their unique perspectives this month!

Like every month, we round out our content with relevant videos, and these are worth watching, especially on a late-summer morning: First, there is Guest Editor Glenn Oliver and Jamal Izadian discussing flex materials for interconnect capabilities; next, Endicott Interconnect???s Jim Fuller on his company???s role in integrated and advanced circuit manufacturing and assembly; and finally, Honeywell???s Vicka White interviewing Paul Reid for his take on why he believes this is the "Year of Design."

Don???t forget to take a look at our recently added Highlights pages, with up-to-date announcements on things to do, see and know about in MilAero, Flex, Design and New Products/Supplier News.

   TABLE OF CONTENTS
   Featured Articles
  • The Electro/Optical Opportunity by Stephen Marshall
  • Developing Technologies of Integrated Optical Waveguides in Printed Circuits by Happy Holden
  • Solving Reliability Issues in a Micro-optic Module by Robert Gade
  • Problems in Photonic Chip Technology from Caltech
   Videos
  • A Novel Approach Using Flex for Interconnect
  • Endicott Interconnect Still on the Leading Edge
  • The Year of Design
   Columns
  • Conductive Pastes and Inks by Karl Dietz
  • Embedded Signal Routing by Barry Olney
  • Implementing Lean Manufacturing/Part 5: Learning the Principles by Dale Smith
  • Plating Anomalies and Defects, Part 1 by Mike Carano
  • Message to Government: Learn from Business by Steve Williams
  • How to Lose (or Keep) a Customer for $25 by Barry Matties
  • Unintended Consequences by Ray Rasmussen


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