Or Stablcor...

-Steve Gregory-

> time for thermount.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marsico, James [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 1:07 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [TN] CIC... ONCE AGAIN
>
>
> Remember all of those e-mails back in November regarding MLBs with CIC
> layers?  Well, it's time again...  We went ahead and designed a CIC board,
> mainly because our present board house said "no problem, we do it all the
> time".  Well, he fell on his face and now, 3 months after placing the order,
> he can't deliver.  Obviously, he has little, if any, experience with CIC.
> His problem is "...inserting the invar material into the copper tanks kills
> the solution and provide no plating".  He is suggesting gold plating the
> vias first, then copper plating.  Has anyone ever heard of this before?  Is
> this a viable solution?  Anyway, we're now looking for a new board supplier
> who HAS experience with CIC.  Any recommendations?  This is a prototype run
> of 5 boards only.
>
> Thanks again for all your help,
>
> Jim Marsico
> Senior Engineer
> Production Engineering
> EDO Electronics Systems Group
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