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- Sep
- 2021
WBAN Steps Into PCB Microelectronics Assembly
A new miniature wireless network is stepping out of academic journals, into micro-miniature medical device applications, and subsequently onto the PCB microelectronics assembly floor. It’s called WBAN, which stands for wireless body area network. Medical OEMs and their design engineers have been anticipating such a development to help launch and expand remote tele-health patient monitoring […]
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- Aug
- 2021
Photonics Comes to PCB Microelectronics Assembly
Photonics has been around for many years. Today, that technology is beginning to make its presence known in PCB microelectronics assembly and in a variety of new applications. But we need to step back a bit and revisit reasons why photonics is so vital to meet today’s demands for increasingly higher speeds in advanced systems. […]
Continue Reading...OEMs launching micro-miniature products and relying on PCB microelectronics assembly and manufacturing to help produce those products may find themselves in a quandary. Let’s think about this. The industry standard for accuracy right now for placement of MEMS devices, sensors, biosensors, or other kinds of pressure sensors is five-micron placement accuracy on a very small […]
Continue Reading...There is a good chance that all PCB microelectronics assembly and manufacturing processes are not created equal. Currently, that can be a major issue for medical OEMs who are now in the midst of developing or producing their newly advanced miniature medical products. Continue Ready at IConnect007
Continue Reading...In an earlier column, I discussed the prospect of onshoring PCB microelectronics assembly, rather than offshoring, especially for today’s and tomorrow’s advanced miniaturized medical devices. In that discussion, I detailed a comparison between traditional SMT and microelectronics manufacturing and assembly, and pointed out how much easier it is to bring miniaturized OEM devices, especially medical […]
Continue Reading...Medical electronics continue to be a game changer, with miniaturization being foremost today in the minds of medical OEMs. In a previous column, I discussed ingestible and implantable medical devices based on remarkably small and unique PCBs, and the technology trends supporting those products continue to dramatically escalate. Today, there is a growing demand for […]
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- Feb
- 2020
Successful PCB Microelectronics Assembly
So far, I’ve discussed a variety of PCB microelectronics subjects. However, I haven’t covered one of the most crucial areas: PCB fabrication that creates the circuit board undergoing microelectronics assembly. OEMs need to carefully consider fabrication for their products that are assembled via the PCB microelectronics route. The burning question is, “Why is fabrication vitally […]
Continue Reading...“Take an aspirin and call me tomorrow,” is the proverbial, jovial, and often-cited elixir that doctors have prescribed over the years for whatever ails you. Today, medical electronics are adopting the same concept but with new technologies. Now, the phrase, “Take an aspirin,” takes on new meaning, as medical electronics move into new frontiers of […]
Continue Reading...Ideally, OEMs should crave as much functionality as possible out of a chip or die. The chipmaker has done its job to produce ultra-functionality for a given chip generation via its design and manufacturing. But would you believe that there’s still more functionality to glean out of that chip? That’s where multi-tier wire-bonding steps into […]
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If you’ve been reading current medical journals and papers, you know that medical electronics is entering into a new frontier where PCB assembly and manufacturing hasn’t been before. Leading medical electronics OEMs and top healthcare centers are forging ahead with so-called ingestible smart pills and smart cameras that promise to replace large, conventional medical systems. […]
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