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SEOUL, KOREA – Samsung Electro-Mechanics (SEM) reports that it has developed the world’s first MLCC with a capacitance value of 1 μF in a 0603 package.

The product offers 10 times the capacitance of a standard 0603 0.1μF MLCC and is 80% smaller than the 1005 1μF version, according to the company.

Driven by increase demands for handheld products, SEM is focusing its resources on the ultra-small segments. It has tripled output capacity for MLCCs in 0603 and smaller packages.

Hur Kang-heon, vice president of the SEM LCR Development Team, said, “Our development of this new MLCC version allows us to lead the market for value-added MLCCs, and we are targeting makers of smartphones, which are in very high demand right now, and other B2B segments.”

Mass production is planned for April.

SANTA CLARA and FREMONT, CA – Alta Manufacturing and Alta Via Technologies have entered into an exclusive agreement to develop and implement an innovative technology roadmap.

Utilizing a combination of methodology, software and assembly equipment, the roadmap will advance the layout and fabrication of complex PCBs.

Alta Via will relocate its PCB layout group to the Alta Manufacturing facility in Fremont.

Alta Manufacturing CEO Craig Arcuri noted, “The opportunity to really integrate layout through fabrication and assembly under one common technology umbrella represents tremendous opportunities to reduce the cycle times across the board, while simultaneously and dramatically increasing the quality and traceability of products.”