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 > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > 631-595-5879 >