Pacothane Technologies LLC introduces PACOFLEX 5000. This conformable release film has been designed to increase production yields and to simplify and standardize the laminating process. It is reported to control and to eliminate reworks and rejections that result from factors that produce scrap, such as excessive adhesive flow, crushed pads, discoloration and high levels of distortion and misregistration.
 
PACOFLEX has very low X-Y Axis movement and provides micro Z-Axis control for sidewall conformance. It is clean, inert and disposable; it has no contaminant or solvent out-gassing. Entrapped air between the cover-layer and the circuitized base laminate is eliminated, increasing production yields.
 
The product dams back acrylic and epoxy adhesives, as well as reduces excessive resin flow into cover-layer clearance areas. It meets MIL-P 50884 and IPC-6013 Specifications.   
 
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Vision Engineering introduces the SX45 stereo zoom microscope. Although it is affordable, it maintains a high level of optical performance. It has a zoom ratio of 6.3:1 and a magnification of x50.
 
A digital or USB camera can be used simultaneously, and a trinocular viewing attachment is available. Users can choose from numerous standard options, such as the bench stand, the boom mount and the articulated arm. Multimedia solutions are also available for image archiving, acquisition, processing, analysis and documentation.
 
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Advanced Interconnections Corporation introduces a compact socket adapter system. The hybrid design utilizes both male and female pins in an interstitial pattern, in 0.65 mm-pitch BGA and LGA footprints.
 
Designed for development and validation of BGA and LGA devices, production level socketing and SMT board-to-board connector applications, the system is 2.00 mm larger than the device package. No external hold-downs are necessary.
 
The adapter offers signal attenuation up to 3.5 GHz, and unique alignment pins assist in hand placement and protect the pin field. Optional stand-offs are available. Features include standard eutectic tin/lead solder balls or lead-free tin/silver/copper solder ball terminals for RoHS-compliant applications.
 
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Advanced Interconnections Corporation introduces Mezza-pede, SMT connectors designed for 1 mm-pitch micro board-to-board and flex cable-to-board applications. With a low profile, the screw-machined system is well suited for numerous high reliability applications, such as providing power to tunable lasers.
 
The pin and lead frame design is fully surface mountable, and Mezza-pede has a mated height of 4 mm. Features include screw-machined terminals with multi-finger contacts with a per contact current rating of greater than 1 Amp at 80° C.
 
Mezza-pede comes in standard dual row 8- and 14- position models. Other pin counts and optional enhancements are offered.
 
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