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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 tutorials will take place May 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).
For more information and to register, visit www.esda.org/education.html.
Device design and program manager tutorials will take place May 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).
For more information and to register, visit www.esda.org/education.html.
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.
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.
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.
TOULOUSE, FRANCE -- Airbus SAS, the world's second largest aerospace maker, will cut 10,000 jobs -- 18% of its workforce --over four years and offload a half-dozen factories as it prepares to declare its first annual loss. The moves are part of a plan to reduce costs by some $2.8 billion annually by 2010.
ST. LOUIS -- LaBarge Inc. named William Bitner vice president of operations, responsible for the EMS company's defense and government-oriented manufacturing operations. He succeeds Vernon Anderson, who is retiring
MENTOR, OH – EMS provider Libra Industries named Albert “Al” Catani chief operating officer, effective immediately. Catani will focus on innovating supply chain and manufacturing capabilities, and on developing the program management and client services organization.
Catani was previously vice president of manufacturing at Lamson & Sessions.
He is a U.S. Army veteran.
Catani was previously vice president of manufacturing at Lamson & Sessions.
He is a U.S. Army veteran.
