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JULY 2019 I DESIGN007 MAGAZINE 3 JULY 2019 • CONTENTS FEATURES: PCB Reliability: Via Design by Greg Ziraldo The Difference Between Quality and Reliability Interview with Denny Fritz IPC Reliability Forum Wrap-up Interview with Brook Sandy-Smith This month, we look into the secret life of vias as the culprit for failures and some of the reliability issues that technologists are facing today. Reliability & Vias 10 14 20 ARTICLE: The Impact of Inductance on Impedance of Decoupling Capacitors by Chang Fei Yee COLUMNS: Reliability Is a Team Sport by Andy Shaughnessy Stackup Planning, Part 5 by Barry Olney New and Thriving Chapters in Mexico by Stephen Chavez Five Best Practices to Ensure Manufacturability by Bob Tise Customer Support Is People Support by Tim Haag Conformal Coatings: How to Design Out Production Problems by Phil Kinner 54 8 26 34 38 44 48 10

• Design007 Magazine - July 2019
• Contents — Reliability & Vias
• Contents — FLEX007 NEW Section
• Additional Contents
• Column — Reliability Is a Team Sport
• Feature — PCB Reliability: Via Design
• Feature Interview — The Difference Between Quality and Reliability
• Feature Interview — IPC Reliability Forum Wrap-up
• Short — Phononic Devices Could Allow Smaller Mobile Devices
• PCB007 Highlights
• Column — Stackup Planning, Part 5
• Short — Stanford Researchers Develop Wireless, Battery-free, Biodegradable Blood Flow Sensor
• Column — New and Thriving Chapters in Mexico
• Column — Five Best Practices to Ensure Manufacturability
• Short — Large, Stable Pieces of Graphene Produced With a Unique Edge Pattern
• Column — Customer Support Is People Support
• Short — A Flexible Future
• Column — Conformal Coatings: How to Design Out Production Problems
• Short — Right Electrolyte Doubles Material's Ability to Store Energy
• MilAero007 Highlights
• Article — The Impact of Inductance on Impedance of Decoupling Capacitors
• Short — Wrap-around Sensors for the Grid
• FLEX007 Section
• Column — What the Flex?
• Column — Changing Seasons
• Feature — Altium Designer 19.0 Features Printed Electronics Design Functions
• Short — Researchers Pioneer Microfluids-enabled Manufacturing of Macroscopic Graphene Fibers
• Feature — Mentor Tools: Optimized for Flex and Rigid-flex Design
• Short — Nanophysicists Develop High-performance Organic Phototransistor
• Feature — Development of Flexible Hybrid Electronics
• Column — Making Flexible Circuits Stretchable
• Column — A Conversation with Prototron's Van Chiem
• Short — People With Mobility Issues Set to Benefit From Wearable Devices
• Feature — 26 Meters of Flex!
• Short — Washable, Wearable Battery-like Devices Could Be Woven Directly Into Clothes
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