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SEPTEMBER 2019 I DESIGN007 MAGAZINE 3 SEPTEMBER 2019 • FEATURE CONTENTS FEATURES: Design For Excellence: Karen McConnell on Standards Interview by Andy Shaughnessy The Convergence: IPC Merging CFX With IPC-2581 Interview with Gary Carter and Michael Ford Why Does the PCB Industry Still Use Gerber? by Karel Tavernier It's no secret that the standards situation in PCB design, manufacturing, and assembly is anything but standard. This alphabet soup of documents and guidelines can be a confusing maze even for veteran professionals. This month, we untangle the often-confusing world of standards. Streamlining Standards 10 16 22 FEATURE COLUMN: Realizing a Higher Standard for PCB Design by Tim Haag 50 26 32 36 44 36 44 Emma Hudson on the Harmonization of Standards Interview by Andy Shaughnessy So Many Standards Committees, So Little Time Interview with Leo Lambert ODB++: Transforming Ideas Into Products by Max Clark IPC-2581 Continues to Flourish by Linda Mazzitelli

• Design007 Magazine - Sept. 2019
• Feature Contents — Streamlining Standards
• Additional Contents
• Flex007 Contents
• Column — Time to Streamline Standards
• Short — World's Smallest Accelerometer Points To New Era in Wearables, Gaming
• Feature Interview — Design For Excellence: Karen McConnell on Standards
• Short — Nylon as a Building Block for Transparent Electronic Devices?
• Feature Interview — The Convergence: IPC Merging CFX With IPC-2581
• Feature — Why Does the PCB Industry Still Use Gerber?
• Feature Interview — Emma Hudson on the Harmonization of Standards
• Feature Interview — So Many Standards Committees, So Little Time
• Short — Control of Excitons in a 2D Semiconductor
• Feature — ODB++: Transforming Ideas Into Products
• Feature — IPC-2581 Continues to Flourish
• Short — Researchers Demonstrate 3D Quantum Hall Effect for the First Time
• Feature Column — Realizing a Higher Standard for PCB Design
• Short — Graphene Layer Enables Advance in Super-Resolution Microscopy
• PCB007 Highlights
• Column — My 100th Column
• Column — Recent IPC DC Chapter Activities
• Short — Spreading Light Over Quantum Computers
• Column — A Proactive Approach to Controlled Impedance
• Short — Researchers Develop Rapid, Low-cost Method to 3D Print Microfluidic Devices
• Column — Six Key Points for Designing a Defect-free Conformal Coating Process
• Short — At the Edge of Chaos, Powerful New Electronics Could be Created
• MilAero007 Highlights
• Article — Insertion Loss Performance Differences Due to Plated & Circuit Structure
• Flex007 Column — Flex Standards in Flux
• Short — Earwear and Watches Expected to Drive Wearables Market at a CAGR of 7.9%
• Flex007 Feature Interview — Flex Standards Update With Nick Koop
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• Flex007 Column — Standards: An Industrial-strength Glue
• Short — Wearable Sensors Detect What's in Your Sweat
• Flex007 Column — Monocoque Printed Circuits: An Update
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