Answer: Yes. Any device that can be handled and placed is useable. In fact, the shrink advantages with these tiny devices are more desirable, because...

Answer: Yes. This is important. It is true that the familiar molten-film self-centering effect will not exist with the proposed process. As with...

Answer: Yes, but likely it will be with some difficulty. Fundamentally if it becomes necessary to rework, something must have gone unnecessarily...

Answer: Yes. Exploratory work confirms that direct-write could create the desirable interconnect integrity. Material selection, particularly...

Answer: Yes. It is anticipated that the technology will be adaptable for use in optoelectronic applications and the concept can be adapted to the...

Answer: Yes. Some of the technologies of earlier years could be resurrected for this technology. For example, stitch wire and resistance welding wire...

Answer:  No. They should become less expensive, because of fewer materials and process steps, less energy shorter supply chains and fewer...

Answer: This is an extremely important question. No testing has been done yet, but reliability experts who have seen the concept have very positive...

Answer: The base metal on most components today is copper and it is possible to remove the finish to expose copper, which can be reliably plated to....

Answer:  The body of the assembly can serve as a edge card connector if desired. This is much like a standard PCB assembly. On the other hand,...