SEOUL, KOREA – For the first time, Heraeus Electronics will exhibit at SEMICON Korea, scheduled to take place February 1-3, 2023, at COEX in Seoul, Korea. At the exhibition, Heraeus Electronics will show a wide range of innovative materials to enhance power modules and semiconductor device performance.

5G communication increases bandwidth, reduces latency and provides faster switching speed. RF amplifiers are critical for 5G high-speed switching. With WBG semiconductors, operating temperature increases above 175°C affecting reliability negatively. Higher temperature can have negative effects on efficiency and also can reduce both performance and reliability.

Heraeus Electronics will display three of its newest products that offer solutions to thermal dissipation, miniaturization, and defect challenges: mAgic® DA320, Welco AP520 and AP500X.

mAgic® DA320 is a high shear strength, non-pressure dispensing sinter paste for die attach of power applications. The new sinter paste, featuring fast sintering, high shear strength and high thermal conductivity, is ideal for Silicon Carbide (SiC), Gallium Nitride (GaN) and other top-of-the-line power devices.

Welco AP520 is a state-of-the-art water-soluble type 7 printing paste designed to solve the challenges of miniaturization, as it can create tiny and reliable joints with close to zero defects. With excellent paste release down to 90 µm pitch (55 µm stencil opening and 35 µm line spacing), no splashing and best-in-class low void performance, AP520 makes an excellent choice for fine-pitch components and flip chip attach for next-generation System-in-Package applications used in 5G communications, smart-wearables, and electric vehicles.

AP500X is a water-soluble, halogen-free tacky flux specifically engineered for ultra-fine bump-pitch flip chip attach and BGA attach applications. This new carefully designed flux plays an important part in eliminating defects such as cold joints, solder creeping, die shifting, voiding, underfill delamination, etc. in advanced semiconductor packages for high performance computing, memory, mobile and more.

As part of its drive to achieve greater sustainability, Heraeus Electronics offers an extended product portfolio with gold bonding wire made with 100 percent recycled gold and Welco solder paste series made with 100 percent recycled tin. Both gold and tin suppliers comply with Responsible Materials Initiatives (RMI) and IS014021:2016. Heraeus Materials Singapore also is certified with UL2809 in accordance with IS014021:2016.

With the latest materials portfolio and technical know-how, Heraeus Electronics is prepared to support customers in response to trends and challenges for EV (Electric Vehicles), 5G communications, IoT (Internet of things), AI (Artificial Intelligence), HPC (High Performance Computing) and environmental sustainability.

Visit Heraeus in booth C762 at SEMICON Korea to explore more.

To learn more about Heraeus Electronics, visit www.heraeus-electronics.com.

BALTIMORE, MD – Zentech Manufacturing Inc, an Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) company, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the Stan Plzak Corporate Recognition Award. This award is named for former IPC Board Chairman Stanley Plzak and recognizes Zentech’s contributions to the electronics assembly industry and its support of the IPC through participation in technical and management programs. Zentech is proud to have actively worked with the IPC for many years to improve outcomes in our industry.

“Zentech is honored to be given an award named after one of the pioneers in the EMS industry,” said President and CEO Steve Pudles. “Over our 25-year history, Zentech has been involved in a wide range of IPC activities and was one of the first EMS companies to earn the IPC 1791 and IPC 610 certifications. We believe in the IPC’s mission to ‘build electronics better’ and encourage all member companies to participate in IPC programs and initiatives so together we can make our industry stronger and more successful.”

“IPC benefits tremendously from Zentech’s leadership, knowledge and expertise,” said John W. Mitchell, IPC president and CEO. “For many years, Zentech has consistently provided staff resources to standards development and other IPC programs and initiatives. IPC is privileged to have Zentech in our membership; their involvement in IPC has directly contributed to IPC’s global growth in the electronics industry.”

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The SMTA is excited to announce the technical program for the Counterfeit Electronics & Materials Symposium. The symposium will be held 14-15 March 2023 at The Manufacturing Technology Centre in Ansty Park, Coventry, United Kingdom.

The technical program consists of over 20 expert speakers who dive into the impact of counterfeit electronic parts on the supply chain. Increasing the scope of counterfeit material presentations, this symposium focuses on the solutions that are available and are in development by all sectors of the industry. Speakers will depict the current state of counterfeiting, effects on the supply chain, avoidance and best practices, important policies, detection methods, and more.

Daily Keynote Speakers have been selected. On Tuesday, 14 March 2023, Tom Sharpe, SMT Corporation, will be calling attention to, “The Progression of the Counterfeit and Clone Integrated Circuit Threat: 2000-2023.” On the second day of the conference, Wednesday, 15 March 2023, Adam Fletcher, The Electronic Components Supply Network Ltd., will present, “Dancing Between the Raindrops - A Status of Electronic Component Supply Chain.”

To commence the event there will be two professional development courses to choose from, which is included in standard registration. On Tuesday, 14 March, 2023, the courses will be presented from 9-11 a.m. Michael Ford, Aegis Software, will instruct the course titled, “The Crucial Role of Traceability in the Secure, Smart Supply-Chain”, and Diganta Das, Ph.D., CALCE, University of Maryland, will be teaching the course titled, “Use of Component Documentation and Supply Chain for Counterfeit Avoidance.” For more information, click here.

Registration for this event is open. Discounted rates available by registering on or before 28 February 2023, click here to register. All presentations, professional development course, reception, and exposition are included in registration. View the program here.

If there are any questions, please call +1-952-920-7682 or email anticounterfeit@smta.org. For more information, visit https://smta.org/mpage/anticounterfeit.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Specialty Coating Systems (SCS) is pleased to announce that it presented Quality Associates with its ‘Representative of the Year Award’ during the recent 2023 IPC APEX EXPO. Quality Associates represents SCS’ PrecisionCoat spray and dispense line, cure ovens and ionic contamination test systems in the states of Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky.

“SCS relies on dedicated representatives to help fuel the growth of our equipment lines and better serve our customers,” said Hans Bok, Equipment Sales Manager. “Quality Associates were chosen for this award because of their outstanding achievement in 2022 and continued commitment to SCS and our customers.”

Founded in 1990, Quality Associates brings a project and engineering focused consultative sales approach to its clients. The team has a strong capital equipment focus while maintaining consistent strength and synergistic lineup of distribution/consumable products. Quality Associates realizes consistent growth in its distribution products by maintaining solid relationships with its distribution partners as well as end-user clients. For more information, visit www.quality-associates.net.

For more information about SCS, please visit www.scsequip.com.