NATEL EMS Improves Automated Epoxy Attachment, Increasing MMIC Die Reliability

CHATSWORTH, Calif., Oct. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- In another industry-leading advance, NATEL EMS has improved their automated epoxy attachment process, allowing for higher reliability when attaching Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) dies. This process improvement ensures very little voiding.

The newly-developed process improvement allows NATEL EMS to process much thinner and much larger MMIC dies than ever before. NATEL EMS expects this advance will give them a competitive advantage, leading to more advanced products, lower cost, and higher quality.

"Improved heat dissipation using thin Gallium Nitride, or GaN die, has been improved further by using a combination of automatic eutectic/chip and wire packaging techniques developed at our automatic assembly facility in Chatsworth," said Jim Angeloni, COO, Aerospace and Defense Operations. "This is another example of the ways we continue to improve our Hands Free automation to ensure defect-free repeatable processes on some of today's most challenging microelectronics."

NATEL EMS President and CEO, Sudesh Arora remarked, "Any time we can produce a more reliable product or improve the reliability of our production, that's a good thing for our customers and for us. This improvement both enhances reliability and reduces cost, which makes it even more remarkable and noteworthy."

MMIC dies are used in the production of Hybrid Microcircuits. This advance in automated epoxy attachment was developed under the guidance of Don Beck, Vice President of Ceramics Operations, through mechanical engineering, process engineering, and applying systematic modeling approaches such as DOE.

ABOUT NATEL EMS

NATEL EMS is a major independent manufacturer of a wide variety of electronic products, providing low to high volume production for its customers. As one of the largest and oldest privately held EMS companies in the U.S., NATEL EMS is known for solving tough engineering problems that result in high-reliability, high-quality electronics for customers in medical, defense, transportation and industrial fields. NATEL EMS is favorably positioned among mid-tier EMS manufacturers to "make amazing things happen." NATEL EMS holds and maintains industry specific certifications that include AS9100, ISO 13485, and ISO/TS 16949. Its MIL-PRF-38534 (DSCC) Class H and K certifications certify NATEL's expertise in designing and manufacturing microelectronic assemblies for space and mission-critical defense programs placing it in an elite group of defense and aerospace industry manufacturers. NATEL EMS, headquartered in Chatsworth, CA, has manufacturing locations in California, Nevada, Ohio and Mexico. To learn more, visit www.NatelEMS.com or on Twitter, @NATEL.

Contact:
Heather Pierce, Marketing Associate
NATEL Engineering Co., Inc.
1 (818) 734-6500

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