68 The PCB Design Magazine • October 2015
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Mentor Graphics' Wally
Rhines Recognized with
2015 Phil Kaufman Award
A member of the eDAC Board of Directors since
1994, Dr. rhines served an unprecedented five
two-year terms as eDAC's chairman over a 16-year
period from 1996 to 2012. "Dr. rhines has helped
drive eDAC to a position of leadership, creating a
mechanism for the eDA industry to grow and ad-
dress common issues," remarks robert P. Smith,
executive director of eDAC.
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Failure Mode:
Hole Wall Pullaway
This column is based on my experience in test re-
liability of interconnect stress test (iST) coupons.
i am addressing hWPA that features moderate to
severe outgassing. There may be hWPA due to
thermal stressing of the board without any signifi-
cant outgassing, but this type of hWPA is subtle,
and it presents as a dark line between the plat-
ing and the dielectric of the hole wall. This type of
hWPA is rarely detected.
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Intercept unveils
Enhancements to Pantheon
Ink Resistor Technology
"enhancements to Pantheon's ink resistor func-
tionality combine the power of Pantheon's PCB/
hybrid/rF design flow with the intuitive setup and
modification of complex ink resistor shapes for the
highest advancements in design layout and geom-
etry creation," said Dale hanzelka, director of sales
and marketing at intercept.
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The Reindustrialization
of Europe
With an inquisitive mind and a head for challeng-
es, besides the ability to think outside the box and
the courage to dare to be different and strive to be
first, Spirit Circuits MD Steve Driver can be relied
upon to grab the attention of an audience of PCB
professionals. As keynote speaker at the institute
of Circuit Technology hayling island Seminar, he
lived up to his reputation with a motivational pre-
sentation, the two themes of which exemplified
his latest entrepreneurial venture.
TOp
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