42 SMT007 MAGAZINE I JANUARY 2021
IPC President John Mitchell Releases
Statement on NDAA Final Passage
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IPC President and CEO John Mitchell released
a statement on final passage of the National
Defense Authorization Act.
Understanding MIL-PRF-31032, Part 6
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Concluding this six-part discussion on under-
standing the military printed circuit board per-
formance standard MIL-PRF-31032, Anaya
Vardya examines the remaining procedure
required to address the unique requirements
of the military.
SpaceX, NASA, ESA Launch Sentinel-6
Michael Freilich Mission
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Fresh off their second crewed launch for
NASA, SpaceX temporarily shifted focus on
launches to the U.S. West Coast, where a
Falcon 9 rocket launched the Sentinel-6
Michael Freilich oceanography satellite in
cooperation with NASA, the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
the European Space Agency, and various other
partners.
Stephen Chavez, Happy Holden on
Designing Reliable Vias
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Andy Shaughnessy and Happy Holden
speak with Stephen Chavez, a staff engineer
with an aerospace company and chairman
of the Printed Circuit Engineering Associa-
tion (PCEA), about designing vias for greater
eliability. They also address several areas
where they can look to improve reliability,
a variety of steps that designers should take
to help ensure more robust vias, and some
testing and educational resources that PCB
designers and design engineers should be
aware of.
Use of IMS Thermal Materials in Multilayer
Stackups for Power Applications
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This roundtable discussion brings together the
expertise of Ventec International Group's Global
Head of IMS Technology Chris Hanson and Tech-
nical Manager Denis McCarthy. Rax Ribadia of
Excello Circuits provides hands-on fabrication
experience from a specialist PCB manufacturer,
and I-Connect007 editors Andy Shaughnessy and
Pete Starkey contribute to a conversation that
explores applications, materials, design consid-
erations, and mechanisms of heat transfer.
Just Ask Tara Dunn:
The Exclusive Compilation
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We asked for you to send in your questions
for Averatek's Tara Dunn, and you took us up
on it! We know you all enjoyed reading these
questions and answers, so we've compiled all
of them into one article for easy reference. And
if you'd like to hear more from Tara, be sure
to view her Flex007 column series "Flex Talk."
Just Ask Joe Fjelstad:
The Exclusive Compilation
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We asked for you to send in your questions
for Joe Fjelstad, and you took us up on it! We
know you all enjoyed reading these questions
and answers, so we've compiled all of them
into one article for easy reference. We hope you
enjoy having another bite at the apple. And if
you'd like to hear more from Joe, view his col-
umn series "Flexible Thinking."
Comtech Releases Results for
Fiscal 2021 Q1
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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. has
reported its operating results for the first fiscal
quarter ended October 31, 2020 and updated
its financial targets for fiscal 2021.
