Best Wishes for a prosperous and Happy New Year! We will be back in January with the continuation of the series on Thermal Interface Materials Our next series will be on plastics recycling, ocean plastics, and a discussion of the facts and myths (there are many!). ... [Click to Continue...]
Happy Thanksgiving
Is There Order in Chaos?
I was recently on a business trip to Hanoi Vietnam and like many large Asian cities, there were plenty of people on scooters as their primary means of transportation. At first glance, it seemed to be total chaos with scooters, cars, buses all careening around the city streets. In contrast to the United States, there were very few traffic lights, so pedestrians had to quickly ... [Click to Continue...]
A Salute to All Veterans
Thank you to all of our veterans who have served over the years. Special tribute to my dad, the late Captain Douglas E. Gotro,, US Army, Korean War Veteran ... [Click to Continue...]
Thermal Interface Materials Part One: Introduction
Thermal interface materials (or TIMs) have been used extensively in a variety of electronic packaging to handle heat dissipation from the semiconductor chips as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1. Schematic of thermal interface materials used in a flip chip package Figure 1 shows a common configuration for a flip chip package. Two types of TIMs are used to facilitate heat ... [Click to Continue...]