I-Connect007 Magazine

6 I-CONNECT007 MAGAZINE I JUNE 2026 In Every Issue MilAero007 Highlights Career Opportunities Educational Resources Advertiser Index 50 112 118 119 52 EPTAC: The 'Ivy League' of High-tech Training by Marcy LaRont 55 EPTAC Celebrates New Expansive Training Center in New Hampshire by Marcy LaRont APRIL 2026 Every Layer Interconnect— The Promise, the Pain, and the Practical Limits with Anaya Vardya 12 JUNE 2026 Features 18 Base Material Properties and Microvia Reliability by Ed Kelley 24 Building Better HDI Boards: Driving Quality Through Lamination by Ralph Jacobo The Chemical Connection 58 Back to Basic Cupric Chloride Etching by Don Ball Articles 36 Don't Buy AI, Learn It: A Fabricator's Guide to Getting Started, Part 2 by Sean Patterson 40 A Case Study in Conquering High Aspect Ratio Features by Richard Nichols 98 Rewiring Medical Brain-Machine Communication With Flex PCBs by Anaya Vardya Columns Trouble in Your Tank 30 At 40 GHz, Everything Matters by Michael Carano American Made Advocacy 46 PCBs in the National Spotlight by Shane Whiteside

• I-Connect007 Magazine — June 2026: Old School vs. New School
• Design007 Content
• PCB007 Content
• Marcy's Musings: Old School vs. New School When Does It Matter?
• Feature Article: Every Layer Interconnect The Promise, the Pain, and the Practical Limites
• Feature Article: Base Material Properties and Microvia Reliability
• Feature Interview: Building Better HDI Boards Driving Quality Through Lamination
• Trouble In Your Tank: At 40 GHz, Everything Matters Part 1
• Article: Don't Buy AI, Learn It A Fabricator's Guide to Getting Started Part 2
• Article: A Case Study in Conquering High Aspect Ratio Features
• American Made Advocacy: PCBs in the National Spotlight
• The European PCB and Electronics Industries Score a Major Win in Chips 2.0 Milestone
• Mil/Aero007 Highlights
• Feature Article: EPTAC The 'Ivy League' of High-tech Training
• EPTAC Celebrates New Expansive Training Center in New Hampshire
• The Chemical Connection: Back to Basic Cupric Chloride Etching
• Target Condition: Signal Integrity Without Borders
• Book Excerpt: The Printed Circuit Designer's Guide to…UV Curable Conformal Coatings: Addressing Future Manufacturing Speed and Need
• Feature Interview: One Design, Many Minds From Concurrent to Co-design
• Elementary, Mr. Watson: Builders of the Dream
• Below The Surface: From Nanometers to 10-Gauge: It's More Than Just a Wire
• Feature Article: The PCB Designer's Blind Spot No Feedback, No Progress
• My Trip to Schneider Electric: AI, Data, and the Need for More Power
• Beyond Design: Skip-Layer Routing The Waveguide Structure That Makes 224G Possible
• Designer's Notebook: Flip-Chip to Chiplets The Evolution of System-Level Packaging
• Article: Rewiring Medical Brain-Machine Communication With Flex PCBs
• Article: Transforming PCB Design from Reactive to Predictive With Digital Twins
• Connect The Dots: PCB Manufacturing Focused on Value
• I-007e Educational Resources
• Masthead and Advertiser Index