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Real Time with... IPC APEX EXPO 2025: MKS' Atotech—Leading Innovations in Semiconductor Solutions

03/28/2025 | Real Time with...IPC APEX EXPO
In this interview, Marcy LaRont speaks with Kuldip Johal, CTO, MKS’ Atotech. Based in Boston, MKS operates in vacuum solutions, photonics, and specifically for the Atotech division, material solutions.  MKS significantly impacts the semiconductor industry, supplying components for up to 85% of global semiconductor tools and covers processes and materials for 70% of PCB manufacturing steps.

Gold as a Key Component in PCBs and IC Substrates

03/20/2025 | Britta Schafsteller, Sandra Nelle, and Kuldip Johal, MKS' Atotech
Gold has long been a cornerstone in the electronics industry, particularly in the surface finishing of PCBs and IC substrates. It provides essential surface protection while enabling various assembling techniques, such as soldering connections and wire bonding, using aluminum, gold, or copper wires.

PCB007 Magazine: The Essential Guide to Surface Finishes—March 2025

03/17/2025 | I-Connect007 Editorial Team
In the March 2025 issue of PCB007 Magazine, we go back to basics, recount a little history, and look forward to addressing the many challenges that high density, high frequency, adhesion, SI, and corrosion concerns for harsh environments bring to the fore. 

Marcy's Musings: The Golden Touch?

03/18/2025 | Marcy LaRont -- Column: Marcy's Musings
Corrosion, adhesion, bonding—the comprehensive issue of surface finish plating is primary for PCB manufacturers and their assembly counterparts. Gold is the standard for many applications, but it is expensive and has its limits. This issue of PCB007 Magazine leads with a deep dive into the various iterations of gold plating by the engineering team at MKS Atotech.

The Effects of Copper on a Transmission Line

12/23/2024 | Todd Kolmodin, Gardien Services
As technology advances, our substrates become increasingly smaller, and chip technology has progressed to where HDI and UHDI are household terms. Ten years ago, this new design architecture would strike fear in the hearts of any plating engineer. Unfortunately, North American and European manufacturing has lagged due to excessive offshoring of commercial and some high-reliability product lines. Fortunately, most of the military and aerospace product has remained controlled. But in doing so, the designs utilized by the mil/aero and medical sectors’ reliability lines were corralled into the manufacturing capabilities of the North American and European providers.
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