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OCTOBER 2024 I PCB007 MAGAZINE 33 Figure 8: High speed ball shear test results: EIPG vs. ENEPIG. Figure 9: Gold wire bond results using 1-mil gold wire.

• PCB007 Magazine — October 2024
• Featured Content — Alternate Metallization Processes
• Additional Content
• Column — Destination Metallization
• Short — Comparing and Contrasting the U.S. and China PCB Industries
• Feature Q&A — The Cost-Benefit Analysis of Direct Metallization
• Short — A Comprehensive Study of the Interaction Between Direct Metallization and Electrolytic Copper
• Article — The IPC Hall of Fame and Its Namesake — Ray Pritchard
• Column — Navigating Maternity Leave in the Electronics Industry
• Short — 3D Micro Strain Gauges Promote Sensing Capabilities of Electronic Skins
• Feature Q&A — Exploring Advanced PCB Final Finishing: DIG, RAIG Technologies
• Column — David Griesel: Career Success Requires Tenacity, Flexibility
• Feature Column — Processes to Support IC Substrates and Advanced Packaging, Part 5
• MilAero007 Highlights
• Column — There's No Substitute for American-made Microelectronics
• Interview — DIS: Leaping Into Tech and Automation
• Short — Electrically Modulated Light Antenna Points the Way to Faster Computer Chips
• Feature Interview — Unlocking Advanced Circuitry Through Liquid Metal Ink
• Article — Root-cause Analysis and Problem-solving
• Column — Troubleshooting PCB Process Problems
• Short — Controlling Electronics With Light: The Magnetite Breakthrough
• Feature Interview — Exploring Innovation Through Alternate Metals and Sputtering
• Short — SLAC-led Energy Frontier Research Center to Advance Manufacturing Solutions for Microelectronics
• Interview — TTM's Grand Opening in Malaysia
• Column — Producibility and Other Pseudo-metrics
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