Materials and Sustainability: Building a Circular Future
Sep 02, 2024 · By Francoise von Trapp · Book Reviews, Resource Library
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Semiconductor Packaging Materials: The Unseen Marvels of Semiconductors
Semiconductors are the micro-sized “brains” that power modern electronics, and the latest advancements in semiconductor packaging materials are transforming key...
Making The Right Connections
Managing the System-level Netlist and Its Exceptions in 3D ICs 3D IC is a growing semiconductor technology that pushes the...
Engineering Smarter 5G Communications Systems Faster
The massive buildout for 5G communications is just getting underway, but its full economic impact – estimated to possibly reach...
Affordable and Comprehensive Design-for-Test of 3D Stacking Die Devices
The semiconductor industry has made great strides in ASIC technology over the last 40 years, leading to better performance. But...
An Organic Package Designer’s Guide For Transitioning to FOWLP and 2.5D Design
Numerous package designers possess extensive hands-on experience in crafting organic FR4/HDI build-up BGA/LGA substrates. They have mastered the design guidelines,...
Chiplets and HI are Revolutionizing System Design Analysis
In electronic product design, solely relying on process shrink as the primary driver of product innovation and improved system performance...
Thin Glass: A Simplified Path to Copper-Filled Through-Glass Vias
Glass is a compelling substrate for interposer and advanced packaging applications. Compared to organic printed circuit boards, glass has excellent...
Mobile Antennas and Power Devices that Break the Mold
This paper is co-authored by two of our member companies, Henkel Corporation and LPKF Laser & Electronics AG Laser Direct...
How to Achieve Advanced IC Packaging Verification and Signoff
To satisfy industry demand for continued increases in electronic functions per unit area, foundries and outsourced assembly and test (OSAT)...
Proposed Standardization of Chiplet Models for Heterogenous Integration
With the economics of transistor scaling no longer universally applicable, the semiconductor industry faces an inflection point as higher cost,...
Using a System Technology Co-Optimization (STCO) Approach for 2.5/3D Heterogeneous Semiconductor Integration
With the economics of transistor scaling no longer universally applicable, the industry is turning to innovative packaging technologies to support...
Five Key Workflows that Deliver 3D IC Packaging Success
The semiconductor industry is facing an inflection point as higher cost, lower yield, and reticle size limitations drive the need...
Maximizing Protection of Flip Chip Interconnects with NCP and NCF
NCP and NCF Property Optimization Delivers High-Reliability Results Semiconductor package sizes are getting smaller and bump pitches narrower while the...
Heterogeneous Chiplet Design and Integration: A New Twist for SiP Design
A number of factors are converging and driving the chiplet design revolution. To start with the economic advantage of silicon...
How to Prevent High Wafer Warpage in Fan-in and Fan-out Wafer Level Packaging
While critical to the processes, molding and encapsulation materials used in both fan-in and fan-out wafer-level packages (FI WLP/FO WLP) ...
A Proven Methodology to Meet Manufacturing Process Requirements for Metal-filled Areas and Planes
In this paper, we review the three methodologies commonly used to achieve foundry/OSAT requirements for metal-filled areas and planes in...
Does Phase-Shift Profilometry Improve Inspection of 3D ICs?
The semiconductor packaging industry continues to advance, with new designs adding more layers, finer features, and more I/O channels to...
Using a System Technology Co-Optimization Approach for 2.5/3D Heterogeneous Semiconductor Integration
Moore’s law is increasingly difficult to maintain. With the economics of transistor scaling no longer universally applicable, the industry is...
Heterogeneous Chiplet Design and Integration
A number of factors are converging and driving the chiplet design revolution. To start with the economic advantage of silicon...
