SMYRNA, GA – PCB East returns this year to the greater Boston area as the premier annual East Coast conference and exhibition for PCB engineers, designers, fabricators and managers.

PCB East will be held Apr. 27 - May 1 in Waltham, MA at the Westin Waltham-Boston.

More than 30 technical courses will be offered at the 14th annual PCB East, along with Free Wednesday, a day of one-hour technical sessions and events free to all attendees.

Other highlights of the conference include several new speakers and the premiere of an Evening with Industry Experts.

The conference will be accompanied by a free one-day tabletop exhibition on Apr. 29.

Register by Mar. 26 to save up to $100.

For more information, visit www.pcbeast.com.

This show is produced by UP Media Group, parent company of Circuits Assembly and Printed Circuit Design & Fab.

PALO ALTO, CA -- Agilent Technologies has issued an application note describing improved methods for measuring distortion in broadband devices.

In a statement, the company said the paper illustrates the importance of characterizing broadband commercial and defense systems for linearity. The information focuses on the tests used to determine the level of a system's distortion and how they relate to Intermodulation Distortion and Intermodulation Distortion Noise. It summarizes with the test methods and the instruments used.
 
It is downloadable at http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5989-9880EN.pdf.

TAIPEI -- Foxconn today reported December revenue fell 18.2% year-over-year to NT$122.2 billion ($3.68 billion).

The company, the world's largest EMS provider, ended calendar 2008 with unaudited sales of $44.4 billion, roughly 30% larger than the estimated revenues of No. 2 Flextronics, which has yet to report.

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