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Industrial Health
Evaluation of Employee Exposures at a PCB Plant
A confidential employee request for a Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) at an electronics manufacturer specializing in PCB fabrication and assembly explains how third-party audits are initiated and reviews best-in-class controls for maintaining factory worker health.
by Srinivas Durgam, Chandran Achutan, Ph.D., Carlos Aristeguieta, M.D., and Maureen T. Niemeier



DfT
Smoothing the Layout to Test Flow
When layout and test take place under the same roof, determining the right strategy to increase test coverage for a given product becomes much easier, and ensures the end-product will be successfully tested.
by Zulki Khan

FIRST PERSON

• Caveat Lector
  Packaged up.
  Mike Buetow
  
  
  

MONEY MATTERS

• ROI
  Vertically challenged.
  Peter Bigelow

TECH TALK

• Signal Integrity Insights
  Lossy lines.
  Dr. Eric Bogatin

• Designer’s Notebook
  “Smart” vias.
  Patrick Carrier

• Database
  The 'app' of our eye.
  Manny Marcano

• The Flexperts
  What’s your tolerance?
  Mark Finstad

• Technical Abstracts
  In case you missed it.