, A Current Topic The Greater Boston Chapter of the IPC Designer's Council will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, December 11th at the Four Points Hotel on Totten Pond Rd in Waltham MA at 6pm. Topic and Speaker: Michael Jouppi of Coretec, Chairman of the IPC 1-10b Task Group will present the latest developments in said groups efforts to update the time honored and widely referenced current carrying conductor charts. This long needed revamp will shed new light on everyone's favorite look-up. Most designers have found the age old charts lacking for current (sorry!) packaging trends. With today's densities and new and fine geometries (fine lines, micro or blind vias, embedded passives) new understanding must be brought to the problems of power handling, including effects of transients and planes. Tools will be provided. 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 Michael Jouppi, Coretec Location/Directions: The Four Points Hotel (fka the Wyndham) in Waltham is located at exit 27A off route 95/128, proceed east on Totten Pond Rd and the hotel is on the right. 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 Friday 5pm, Dec 7th. Please treat an RSVP as a commitment to attend as the food order is based on this. President's Note: I'm very glad to have Mr Jouppi available for a presentation, his background as a Thermal Engineer in several aerospace firms allows him great insight into the problems of current handling. His works to date on the Current Carrying Charts update have made great progress and we can look forward to very insightful perspective on what may become next year's widely distributed new standard. As this meeting falls the day after the normal Steering date I'd like to ask Steering Committee, and any willing member, to stay a few minutes after for chapter business. Mission: PCB 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, Greater Boston Chapter, IPC Designer's Council --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet 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 Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------