Friday, March 23, 2012

Endicott Interconnect Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

ENDICOTT, NY — Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. (EI) has appointed David W. Van Rossum to the position of Chief Financial Officer effective immediately. In this role, Mr. Van Rossum is responsible for the financial plans and policies of the company including establishing and maintaining fiscal controls; preparing and interpreting financial reports; ensuring financial resources are available to meet strategic objectives and safeguarding company assets.

Mr. Van Rossum spent 20 years with Tyco International and was VP/CFO of Tyco Telecomm from 1997-2002. More recently, David was CFO at Russound as their Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer (COO) and is currently on the Board of Directors at Service Credit Union. Most of his financial experience has been in high tech manufacturing and in Government contracts. “David’s broad and diverse financial and leadership experience will bring added value to the company as we continue to focus the organization on growth and operational excellence,” said James J. McNamara, president and CEO at EI. “I am confident he will make a significant contribution in this complex environment.”

David earned his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Southern New Hampshire. He also possesses a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration from New Hampshire University

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Endicott Interconnect Printed Circuit Board Build Highlights

We will regularly highlight our capabilities in PCB manufacturing by releasing information on a particular build. Here is our first highlight:

  • 20 layers
  • 9.2 x 6.6“
  • 86 mils thick
  • Tolerance: +8.6/-8.6 mils
  • Material: Megtron 6
  • ENIG surface finish
  • 12 layer core with mechanically drilled through holes
  • 4 layers of microvias on each side of the core
  • Laser drilled and copper plated uvias
  • Via structures tested using CITC testing (Current Induced Thermal Cycling)
  • CITC conducted from room temperature to 220 C

5mil Stacked or unstacked microvias unbreakable through 250 cycles!


Stack up Report

For more information on our PCB capabilities follow this link. If you have any questions fill out our contact us form.

Monday, March 12, 2012

Benefits of Utilizing System-in-Package (SiP)

Reductions in Size & Weight- Utilization of System-in-Package technologies can reduce the complexity of PCB’s and often times eliminate them entirely. In many instances surface mounted capacitors, resistors, and other electronic components can be embedded right into the substrate, which can potentially lead to a 24x system size reduction.  The miniaturization and embedding of components that System-in-Package provides will greatly reduce the size and weight of the application.

Cost Savings-Individual die are attached (Wirebond, Flip Chip or combinations of both) directly to the SiP substrate not only saving space but individual die packaging costs. By placing functions that were once on larger printed circuit board assemblies, significant size and weight savings are achieved - which directly correlates to the cost of weight-to-function calculations. In other words multiple functions can be combined into a smaller total space allowing more capability and achieving a higher value per unit of area or volume. 

Flexibility-System-in-Package applications can be applied to almost any market whether it be Aerospace & Defense, Medical, Industrial, Automotive, Telecommunications, or Computing. Not only is the concept of SiP applicable to different markets, it's also flexible in design. We have manufactured SiP substrates & assemblies in many different shapes, sizes & configurations including adding a flex circuit connection between multiple assembled functional SiP modules to produce a completely reconfigured product.

Future of Electronics-The need for functions that were once unachievable due to the size or weight of the assembled electronics package can now be rethought. Whether it be in delicate and size sensitive Medical applications, weight-to-function restrictive Aerospace and Defense applications, or even to satisfy a multitude of new Industrial needs.

So why chose EI for System-in-Package?
EI’s high reliability, superior electrical performance, reputation as a trusted supplier, and competitive offerings and roadmaps, make it an ideal company to handle all of your System-in-Package needs. EI is the most experienced US merchant supplier of microelectronics packaging assembly. We’ve placed over a half million die and 1.4 billion flip chip connects in the field with zero returns, which demonstrates EI’s dedication to quality.

Our organic substrates enable more functionality in smaller packages, can be designed to support RF signal speeds approaching 40 GHz, support FPGA, ASIC, microprocessors and memory, can improve electrical performance through reductions in trace length and EI offers custom body sizes and shapes to fit most applications

EI’s SiP capabilities can be used in a variety of different fields including Medical, Aerospace and Defense, Communications and Computing, Detection and Imaging, as well as Semiconductor Packaging.

The power of our solutions lies in our ability to provide you with a breadth of products and services all under one roof.

Interested in EI’s System-in-Package capabilities? Click here to check out our website or fill out a contact form.

* Dependent on component availability


Friday, March 2, 2012

EI's Dr. Mark Poliks' Interview With "Real Time With IPC"

Dr. Mark Poliks, director or Research & Development at Endicott Interconnect Technologies, describes some of the current and emerging capabilities for high-density and high-performance electronic interconnection products that are, or will soon be, available at EI.

Watch the video here