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6 The PCB Magazine • November 2016 INTERVIEWS HKPCA's Daniel Chan on China's PCB Manufacturing and Technology Landscape Interview with Daniel Chan HKPCA & IPC Bring Hand-Soldering Competition World Championships to China Interview with Helen Guo COLUMNS Everything You Wanted to Know about Vias but Were Afraid to Ask by Patty Goldman 225 Tech Talks—1995 to 2016 by Karl H. Dietz My Graphic Grief: Trade Shows and Events by Barry Lee Cohen SHORTS Smallest. Transitor. Ever. Counterintuitive 'Metamaterial' May Enable Heat-resistant Circuit Boards Engineers Design Ultralow Power Transistors that May Function for Years More Content 76 80 8 82 86 50 84 90 34 52 68 92 94 95 November 2016 Vol. 6, No. 11 thepcbmagazine.com HIGHLIGHTS Supply Lines EIN & Market News MilAero007 Top Ten PCB007 DEPARTMENTS Events Calendar Advertisers Index & Masthead 86 80 76 82

• Cover
• Featured Content — Vias and More Vias!
• More Content
• Column — Everything You Want to Know about Vias but Were Afraid to Ask
• Feature Column — Vias for Dummies
• Feature — Innovative Use of Vias for Density Improvements
• Supply Lines Highlights
• Feature — Advanced UV Lasers for Fast, High-Precision PCB Manufacturing
• Feature Column — Via Formation and Drilling Mechanics, Part 1
• Short — Smallest. Transistor. Ever.
• EIN Market Highlights
• Feature — Unique Implementation of a Rigid-Flex Circuit
• MilAero007 Highlights
• Feature Column — Stepping Up to Laser Processing for Flex, Part 4: Installation, Training and Initial Operation
• Interview — HKPCA's Daniel Chan on China's PCB Manufacturing and Technology Landscape
• Interview — HKPCA & IPC Bring Hand-Soldering Competition World Championships to China
• Column — 225 Tech Talks—1995 to 2016
• Short — Counterintuitive 'Metameterial' May Enable Heat-resistant Circuit Boards
• Column — My Graphic Grief: Trade Shows and Events
• Short — Engineers Design Ultralow Power Transistors that May Function for Years
• Top Ten Recent Highlights from PCB007
• Events Calendar
• Advertiser Index and Masthead