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March 2015 • The PCB Magazine 1 March 2015 Make the Right Decisions at the Right Time in the PCB Design Process Reliability Testing and Statistics Thermal Management for LED Lighting Applications IPC APEX EXPO 2015 Show Review 20 26 44 54

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• Featured Content — Materials
• Contents
• Feature — Fire Retardancy: What, Why, and How
• Short — Predicting Metamaterial Nonlinear Optical Properties
• Feature — Make the Right Decisions at the Right Time in the PCB Design Process
• Video Interview — Ventec's Committment to FOD Elimination Sets the Trend
• Feature — Reliability Testing and Statistics
• Video Interview — Sanjay Hupikar and Dan Feinberg Discuss IPC APEX EXPO 2015
• Feature — Thermal Management for LED Lighting Applications
• Short — EIPC Honors Starkey and Ling as Valued Industry Fellows
• News — Mil/Aero007 News Highlights
• Show Review — IPC APEX EXPO 2015: Tough Act to Follow
• Show Review — This Ice Cream's for You, Dieter
• Show Review — Real Time with... An Interview with Keynote Speaker Dr. Stanton Friedman and Publisher Barry Matties
• Show Review — IPC APEX EXPO 2015: Allow for Serendipity
• Show Review — Photo Collages
• News — Electronics Industry News Market Highlights
• Column — More Pesky Soldermask Problems: Plugged Via Leading to Skip Plating
• Short — Making High-quality Fiber-based Electronic Devices
• Column — Best Practices 101, Part 5: Process Capability
• News — PCB007 Supplier/New Product News Highlights
• Column — Optical Interconnects
• Top Ten Highlights from PCB007 this Month
• Events Calendar
• Advertiser Index and Masthead