UPDATE  -----  FREE PIZZA -------------------------------------    SPONSERED BY
CORTEC
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UPDATE  -----  FREE PIZZA -------------------------------------    SPONSERED BY
CORTEC

The next meeting of the Greater Phoenix Designers Council will be:

February 12,  2002: - Embedded Passives - a review of recent developments

Date:   Tuesday, 12, February, 2002
Time:  6:00 -- 6:30 PM  -- Food and Drink
     6:30 -- 6:45 PM  -- Introduction and Chapter business
     6:45 -- 8:00 PM  -- Embedded Passives - A review of recent developments
     8:00 -- 8:15 PM  -- QNA

Place: General Dynamics Decision Systems
     Formally known as - Motorola SSTG Hayden Facility
     Conference room (H2300C)
          8201 E. McDowell Road
          Scottsdale, AZ

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DIRECTIONS:

The General Dynamics facility is located off McDowell Road.  Enter main lobby,
West
side of building.  Inform Security that you are there to attend the
Designers Council Meeting.

Please see attached map if you need additional directions, contact Cyrus.

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Our presentation for February will be:

Embedded Passives - A review of recent developments

Presented by: Richard Snogren

Richard Snogren is Director of Field Applications Engineering at Coretec,
with  35 years in aerospace engineering and management, including 25 years
in the aerospace and military sector of the PCB industry.  Co-founder of SAS
Circuits.  Member of the Advanced Embedded Passive Technology (AEPT)
research program.


Agenda:

The Embedded Passives Presentation will include A review of recent developments
in advanced materials and processes for producing embedded discrete resistors
and capacitors.  The presentation will also include an overview of some of the
new developments in planar capacitance materials.

Please come prepared to ask a question or share an experience regarding this
topic.  Hopefully this will help us all to better understand what Embedded
passives are and how we can use them to improve our design cycles, reduce cost
and make better products.







· Future Meetings:
         APRIL: Mike Jouppi to review current-carrying capacity.

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PLEASE!! RSVP by Friday, 08 February to:

Cyrus Ringle CID +
IPC Advanced Certified Interconnect Designer
President, Greater Phoenix Designers Council
Voice: (480) 961-2263
mailto:[log in to unmask]

REMEMBER! Designer Council Members get in Free!
If you are not yet a member sign up today! -
http://www.ipc.org/html/dctypes.htm#join
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(See attached file: Motorola.pdf)

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