TESTING, IS IT TESTING THE LIMITS OF THE PWB MANUFACTURER?

Verification of the quality of a PWB through electrical testing is an 
essential but expensive part of the manufacturing process.  As component 
connection land and PWB feature sizes decrease, the cost-effective and 
technical limits of traditional testing approaches are quickly reached.  
Other testing approaches can contact the small feature sizes, but are 
entirely too slow to cost-effectively handle significant volume.

The California Circuits Association (CCA) is hosting two (2) half-day 
conferences on Electrical Testing.  Speakers will include both leading 
industry suppliers and PWB manufacturers - Paul Benke, Zero Defects, Dana 
Korf, Zycon Corporation, Ed Shea, Applied CAM Engineering, Joe Creeden, 
Intertrace, Carl Zimmermann, CK Technologies, Randy Allinson, Probot, 
August El-Kareh, Alcedo, and a representive of ITRI discussing ITRI's 
committee work.

The cost is $125 for CCA and IPC Members; $175 for non-members.

For further information contact Jim O'Toole at (847) 509-9700, extension 
312 or e-mail [log in to unmask]