JULY 2018 I PCB007 MAGAZINE 81
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ACE's AccuWrap Simplifies Multiple
Sequential Laminations with
Blind Vias E
At DesignCon 2018, I spoke
with James Hofer, gen-
eral manager for Accu-
rate Circuit Engineering, a
quick-turn fabricator based
in Santa Ana, California.
James gave me a preview of
AccuWrap, a new type of processing technology
that lets designers reduce the amount of copper
during sequential laminations while still meet
-
ing IPC specs, which should be of great interest
to RF designers.
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APCT Moves into Rigid-Flex with
Cartel, Cirtech Acquisition E
When I spoke with APCT Pres-
ident Steve Robinson a year
ago, he said he was interested
in adding flex and rigid-flex ca-
pabilities, and working closely
with designers and engineers.
With the recent acquisition of Cartel and their
subsidiary Cirtech, APCT now has a flex and
rigidflex facility, along with military and aero
-
space certifications. At DesignCon 2018, I asked
Steve to discuss these acquisitions and what
they mean for APCT and their customers.
7
Candor is Breaking Boundaries
with Flex-Core Boards E
Sunny Patel, Candor's technical sales manager,
remarked about the accomplishment, "We are
pushing the limits on our flex manufacturing,
going for much thinner laminates and different
material stiffeners."
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It's Only Common Sense: Producing
the Greatest Products Possible E
Laurene Powel Jobs, wife of Apple Co-Founder
and CEO Steve Jobs, was once quoted describ-
ing how her husband and legendary design-
er Jony Ive would spend hours discussing cor-
ners. Yes, that's right—corners.
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AT&S Offers Interconnection Tech
for Next-Generation 5G Mobile
Communications E
Significantly higher data rates and volumes to-
gether with high power densities are result-
ing in rising requirements for interconnection
technologies, too. The new 5G mobile commu-
nications generation is undoubtedly an over-
arching and defining trend here, with appli-
cations ranging from infrastructure (base sta-
tions) to terminal devices (mobile phones), as
well as real-time automation scenarios.
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Experts Discussion:
The Flex Technologists Speak E
For our first issue of
the Flex007 Magazine,
we invited a group of
flexible circuit experts
to discuss their work
in this rapidly grow-
ing segment. Participants included Jonathan
Weldon of DuPont, Mark Finstad of Flexible
Circuit Technologies, and Scott McCurdy and
Scott Miller of Freedom CAD. In a free-wheel-
ing discussion with Andy Shaughnessy and
Barry Matties, these technologists share their
thoughts on the challenges and opportunities
in flexible circuits, as well as what constitutes
the cutting edge of flex right now.
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