Lasers speed up board production

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Conductor patterns can be written directly onto photoresist using laser beams. The technique, called laser direct imaging (LDI), reduces production time of circuit-board prototypes by half. So far, production of printed circuits using LDI amounts to less than 1 percent of the worldwide volume, but the percent is expected to increase. LDI systems vendors include: Etec Systems; Orbotech; Creo; and Pentax.

author: Ehsani, Ali R., Kesler, Matt
Market information - general, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Analysis, Forecasts and trends, Industry trend, Laser industry

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Modeling for printed-circuit board simulation

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Six approaches to modeling for printed-circuit board simulation are discussed. The emergence of less expensive, easier-to-use software packages for simulation is also described.

author: Balaram, Anil
Product information, System design, Systems analysis, Design and construction, Printed circuit board, Tutorial

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A bright new page in portable displays

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Innovations in portable display technologies are discussed. Kent Displays' cholesteric LCD, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center's (PARC) Gyricon and E Ink's E Ink are described.

Product development, Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing, Other Electronic Component Manufacturing, Liquid Crystal Displays, Computer Display Monitors, E Ink Corp., Xerox Corp., XRX, Technology development, Computer peripherals industry, LCD display, Video monitors, Computer monitors, Kent Display Systems Inc., Palo Alto Research Corp.

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subjects list: United States, Innovations, Electronic components industry, Printed circuits, Printed circuit boards
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