ROME, NY – The Electrostatic Discharge Association will hold a two-day device design seminar at its Rome headquarters this spring. The April 30-May 1 seminar includes ESD in industrial semiconductors; ESD models and ESD testing; ESD device operation; ESD circuit operation; technology impact on ESD design choices; special circuit requirements and their impact on ESD; CDM ESD protection; and design examples and case studies.
Device design and program manager tutorialswill take placeMay 22 - 24 at the BU Corporate Education Center in Tyngsboro, MA: On-Chip ESD Protection in RF Technologies (May 22); Troubleshooting On-Chip ESD Failures (May 22); ESD Basics for the Program Manager (May 23); Packaging Principles for the Program Manager (May 24), and System Level ESD/EMI: Testing to IEC and Other Standards (May 24).
Three program manager tutorials will take place May 9 and 10 at the Holiday Inn, Bloomington, MN: How-To’s of In-Plant ESD Auditing and Evaluation Measurement (May 9), Cleanroom Considerations for the Program Manager (May 10), and Air Ionization: Issues and Answers (May 10).
SHANGHAI - The schedule of activities for Nepcon China and EMT China has been announced. Activities will include SMTA workshops and conferences and Ministry of Information Industry-approved training for National Certificate for Key Personnel.
The events will take place at the Shanghai Everbright Center.
SMTA China will host conferences, workshops, committee meetings, a vendor’s day and an engineering certification session. SMTA China and the MII will jointly organize a SMT Technical Personnel Certification Program during the show.
More than 650 companies representing 22 countries will exhibit, Nepcon organizers say.
HORSHAM, PA – Avo Photonics has opened design and prototyping operations in Toronto.
The subsidiary will support ongoing opto-electronic design, development, and volume production services.
The Canadian team has experience developing products such as high-power optical isolators, light detection and ranging (LIDAR) systems, photometers, telecom lasers, photon-counting detectors, nonlinear optic waveguides and tunable lasers.