Silicon Valley Chapter of the IPC Designers Council
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
11:30am to 1:30pm
Sanmina-SCI in San Jose
 


Topic
A subject of great current interest and a daily dialogue for at least the last 6 weeks 
has been the measurable change in the supply and availability of higher performance 
laminates due to the impacts of Japan's tsunami. Even laminates that might be 
perceived as non-Japanese like Nelco N4000-13EPSI have been highly affected by this. 
That has driven many designs away from favored materials like that Nelco product and 
others like Panasonic Megtron-6. So, not only can it mean a sudden change to existing 
product lines but has also has meant starting new designs or new revs under a different 
set of electrical properties often compromised from the original preference material that 
is suddenly difficult to get.

 


Brian Nelson
Manager, New Product Introduction
Sanmina -SCI
After earning a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from San Jose State University,
Brian Nelson worked briefly in environment engineering controls before migrating to PWB
manufacturing in 1986. There he worked in fabrication heading several front-end tooling
departments including a 10-year stint as such at Sanmina. Now, closing in on 25 years with the 
company, Mr. Nelson is responsible for PWB NPI engineering which is essentially a client
consultant DFM phase prior to layout design. 
 



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Bob McCreight, C.I.D.
IPC Designers Council
Silicon Valley Chapter
(President)

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