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- Nov
- 2020
C4 or C2 Bumps in PCB Microelectronics?
C4 and C2 bumps for flipchip assemblies are among the top techniques that require close attention during PCB microelectronics assembly. Those two are flipchip (FC) bump connection techniques and are crucial for efficient and cost-effective microelectronics assembly. In short, C4 and C2 are interposers that connect a small die in a FCBGA, using flipchip on […]
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- Oct
- 2020
FCBGA Comes Into PCB Microelectronics Assembly
OEMs and in particular medical equipment OEMs should become familiar with a packaging term now being introduced into PCB microelectronics assembly. This packaging involves a combination of flip-chip and BGA (FCBGA) packaging, Fig. 1. Figure 1: A BGA and a flip-chip interposer. (Source: Thorsten Meyer, Wikipedia, with minor modifications in red) FCBGA is critical due […]
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- Sep
- 2020
DOEs Ready for New, Smaller Medical Devices
The technology trends in the medical OEM field are moving toward smaller and advanced technologies, as shown in Fig. 1. Some of those advanced technologies are revolutionary new. For example, bio sensors for human and machine interface or HMI and new, flexible electrodes are leading the way. They are among the most recent developments and […]
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- Aug
- 2020
Are Soft Electronics Coming to Medical Devices?
A light-sensitive hydrogel for ingestible medical devices has recently been developed by MIT researchers, Fig. 1. Integrated with medical devices, doctors can insert those tiny systems into the human body to treat, diagnose or monitor disorders. Once those devices are no longer needed, they can then be dissolved inside the body by exposing them to […]
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Medical miniaturization is rapidly evolving for a number of reasons. Among them are the fact that doctors, hospitals, and other medical care facilities are requiring more functionality, increased portability, and more robustness to upgrade surgical procedures and mobile monitoring equipment. Also, highly complex devices successfully interacting with the human body are driving the need for […]
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- Jun
- 2020
Get Hi-Rel Into Your Medical Equipment
It’s vital to meet FDA and ISO 13485 Standard quality and reliability requirements for medical ventilators and other medical equipment. But there’s still more that ventilator OEMs need to put into practice, specifically in the high reliability or Hi Rel area to further add to ISO 13485. The term “Hi Rel” is most often associated […]
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Covid-19 continues to dominate the news around the world. Medical experts aren’t sure when this deadly virus will subside or whether or not it’ll return again even stronger. But one critical fact remains. There continues to exist a great demand for medical ventilators, not just for now, but also in the future to effectively deal […]
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Hospitals and other medical centers are scrambling for ventilators in the U. S. and across the globe to help save lives during the Coronavirus pandemic. EMS providers, contract manufacturers, and PCB fabricators are engaging with medical equipment customers to put into action vast numbers of new PCB orders specifically for the manufacture of thousands […]
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OEMs are continually moving toward PCB hybrid assembly, meaning the combination of conventional SMT assembly and microelectronics assembly. It’s important to know that there are seven major steps that need to be taken to achieve successful PCB hybrid assembly, Fig. 1. These seven steps are especially important for newly emerging implantable and ingestible medical devices. […]
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PCB microelectronics is increasingly in demand for highly advanced and sophisticated small form factor products like IoT devices, wearables, and similar portable devices. In this regard, PCB fabrication is also advancing — technology speaking — simply due to the fact microelectronics assembly demands precisely fabricated circuit boards. Keep in mind that PCBs going through microelectronics […]
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