, Ohmega Planar Resistor Technology The Greater Boston Chapter of the IPC Designer's Council will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, April 27th at the Best Western TLC Hotel in Waltham at 6pm. Topic and Speaker: Bruce Mahler, Vice President of Ohmega Technologies Inc, will present a talk on planar (buried) resistors and their benefits in today's space and performance constrained world. While BC capacitance has been well discussed in our group, this mature technology represents the next step for reducing attached part count and complexity. In use for over 20 years, Ohmega resis- tor technology claims cost benefits when replacing soldered components at as few as 3 or 4 resistors per board square inch. Agenda: Please note there is a $15 meeting fee for members, $20 for non-members. Pizza/soft drinks will be served. 6:00 Arrivals and Pizza 6:45 Chapter Business 7:00 Bruce Mahler, Ohmega Technologies: Planar Resistors Location/Directions: The Best Western TLC Hotel in Waltham is located at exit 27A off route 95/128, proceed east on Totten Pond Rd and the hotel is on the left. RSVP's requested: Please RSVP by sending an email to [log in to unmask] with the subject "RSVP IPC/DC" or phone Judy Horn at 781 942 7471 by Monday 12pm, April 23rd. Please treat an RSVP as a commit- ment to attend as the food order is based on this. President's Note: At last we've been able to pull together another meeting. We hope to have another meeting or two this season, and have many worthwhile topics yet to explore. But the group needs help, we hope that some volunteers can step forward to keep current ac- tivities in place and to expand the services this council could provide. Please consider joining the Steering Committee, which meets on the 2nd Monday of every month at Victoria Station res- taurant in Burlington MA. Mission: Design is not called "do" for a reason. Done properly, the design process is a creative problem solving discipline. To address the packaging needs of electronics for today and to- morrow, the physical designer needs an avenue to get exposed and familiar with many different techniques and technologies. The Greater Boston Chapter of the IPC Designer's Council is committed to presenting stake holders from every aspect of the packaging realm. Our hope is to help you gain insight and un- derstanding of the many possibilities in solving core problems. Your attendance, help and participation are most welcome. Thanks and regards, -- Jeff Seeger Applied CAD Knowledge Inc Chief Technical Officer Tyngsboro, MA 01879 jseeger "at" appliedcad "dot" com 978 649 9800 President, IPC Designer's Council, Greater Boston chapter --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To set a vacation stop for delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------