ATLANTA  – UP Media Group seeks abstracts for PCB West 2015, to be held Sept. 15 - 17 in Santa Clara, CA. The event includes a three-day technical conference and one-day exhibition to be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

PCB West annually provides a conference and exhibition focused on the design and manufacture of PCBs, HDI, electronics assembly and circuit board test.  The September 2014 event attracted nearly 2,600 registrants and about 1,750 attendees for the actual event.

Papers and presentations of the following durations are sought for the technical conference: one-hour lectures and presentations; two-hour workshops; and half-day (3.5 hour) and full-day seminars.

Suggested paper and presentation topics include:

Design

* RF and microwave design

* LED design and assembly

* High-speed, high-frequency design

* Signal integrity

* Component placement

* EMI/EMC analysis

* Thermal analysis and management

* HDI design

* PCB design/layout basics

* Component library creation and management

* Design for manufacture

* Packaging design

* Mixed-signal design

* Area arrays

* FPGA design and implementation

* Flex circuit design

* Design team collaboration

Fabrication

* PCB fabrication

* Flexible circuitry manufacturing

* HDI

* Surface finishes

* Embedded passives and active devices

Assembly

* Electronics assembly

* Soldering and materials

* Component placement

* Screen and stencil printing

* New component packaging

* Lead-free processes

* Environmental legislation (REACH, RoHS, etc.) and its effects

* Industry forecasts, and business and supply chain issues

Papers and presentations must be noncommercial in nature and should focus on technology, techniques or methodology.

Abstracts of 100 to 300 words and speaker biographies should be submitted to conference chair Mike Buetow (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) by Feb. 6, 2015. If selected, a detailed presentation outline and final paper or presentation is due Aug. 3, 2015.

PCD&F and CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY magazines are media partners for the event.

For more information about PCB West, visit pcbwest.com or contact Show Manager Alyson Corey at 678-234-9859; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..