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Stephen Chavez, Happy Holden on
Designing Reliable Vias E
Andy Shaughnessy and Happy Holden speak
with Stephen Chavez, a staff engineer with an
aerospace company and chairman of the Print-
ed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA),
about designing vias for greater reliability.
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 educa-
tional resources that PCB designers and design
engineers should be aware of.
2021 Symposium on Counterfeit Parts and
Materials Call for Abstracts E
The Surface Mount Technology Association
(SMTA) and CALCE University of Maryland are
inviting the industry to submit technical papers
for presentation at the VIRTUAL 2021 Sympo-
sium on Counterfeit Parts and Materials. The
event will be held on August 3–5, 2021.
Defense Speak Interpreted:
What's a VITA? E
Ever wonder how military electronics users
could swap out circuit cards rapidly and keep
their defense systems running? What about a
"hot swap" of a circuit card that was question-
able? The Department of Defense started to wor-
ry about those issues over 30 years ago and has
helped private industry develop a highly sophis-
ticated set of standards for circuit card input/
output (I/O) to make quick change possible.
A Martian Roundtrip: NASA's Perseverance
Rover Sample Tubes E
The tubes carried in the belly of NASA's Mars
2020 Perseverance rover are destined to carry
the first samples in history from another plan-
et back to Earth.
The Government Circuit:
Looking Ahead to 2021: E
Before the 116th Congress adjourns for the hol-
idays, IPC expects to secure some policy vic-
tories for the electronics manufacturing indus-
try and keep its policy agenda moving forward.
Read on—and watch this space—to learn how
it all turns out.
Understanding MIL-PRF-31032, Part 6 E
Concluding this six-part discussion on under-
standing the military printed circuit board perfor-
mance standard MIL-PRF-31032, Anaya Vardya
discusses the remaining procedure required to
address the unique requirements of the military.
IPC President John Mitchell Releases
Statement on NDAA Final Passage E
IPC President and CEO John Mitchell released
a statement on final passage of the National
Defense Authorization Act.
Raytheon and United Technologies Merger:
Stronger Together E
The 2020 merger of Raytheon Company and
the United Technologies Corporation aerospace
businesses brought together two companies
with distinctive legacies of developing and de-
ploying advanced technologies to solve some
of the world's most pressing and complex chal-
lenges.
IPC Applauds U.S. House Approval of
Defense Policy Act With Pro-Electronics
Provisions E
Follow the link below to view a statement by
John Mitchell, IPC President and CEO, on the
vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to
approve the final version of the Fiscal 2021 Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
