ARLINGTON, VA – The
Electronic Components, Assemblies & Materials Association (ECA) presented awards at CARTS USA 2006, held April 3-6 in FL, for the best technical papers from the 2005 conference. The awards are based on a vote of conference attendees.
Steve Weir,
Steve Weir Design &
Teraspeed Consulting Group, received the John D. Moynihan Award for best paper. "Considerations for Capacitor Selection in FPGA Designs" explores the advantages of low-inductance capacitors.
The outstanding paper award went to Alan and Lambert Devoe of
Presidio Components for "A New Feedback Filter Adhesive Which Produces Robust CTE Performance." The paper provides information on a new conductive epoxy material that eliminates cracks in feed-through capacitor assemblies.
Both papers are available for purchase at ECA's Digital Library:
ec-central.org.
CARTS USA is a regional symposium for the passive electronic components industry. CARTS Europe will be held Sept. 25-28 in Bad Homburg, Germany, and CARTS Asia will take place Oct. 9-11 in Taipei, Taiwan.