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The Houston Chapter of the IPC Designer's Council will host a seminar on
September 17, 1999 on the topic Design for Manufacturability. The course
focuses on the manufacturing design criteria cited in IPC-D-275 and will be
taught by Mary Sugden, of the Copper Connection. Attendees will become
familiar with base materials, land pattern development, board design
parameters, manufacturing processes, reliability issues, process variations
(SMOBC, HASL, padcap, and blind and buried vias), and the  cumulative
effects of the manufacturing tolerances. The instructor is a regular
presenter at the PCB Design Conferences and other trade shows, and is a
former writer for PCB Design Magazine. She has been teaching all levels of
PCB design for 17 years, and is a co-founder of The Copper Connection in
Santa Clara, California. The one-day seminar will be located in west Houston
at the Great
Southwest Equestrian Center. The registration cost will be $125, and
includes course materials and lunch. For more information, contact Barbara
Burcham at (281)275-7687 [log in to unmask], or Susy Webb at
(281)647-7241
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