Gold-germanium (Au-Ge) joints have been part of the electronics industry since the birth of the solid state transistor. Today they find their role as a reliable joining technology, especially for high-temperature applications. ...

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can be grown locally on custom-designed CMOS microstructures to use them as a sensing material for manufacturing low-cost gas sensors, where CMOS readout circuits are directly integrated. Such a ...

Isotropic conductive adhesives (ICAs) filled with metal-coated polymer spheres (MPS) have been proposed to improve the mechanical reliability compared to conventional ICAs filled with silver flakes. The electrical properties ...

Au-Sn SLID bonding is a technique originally developed for harsh environment applications. The technology has recently shown promising results for ultrasound transducer fabrication. Characterizing the spatial and size ...

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been directly grown onto a silicon microsystem by a local synthesis method. This method has potential for wafer-level complimentary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) transistor-compatible ...

A new lightweight package material for Radio Frequency (RF) hybrid circuits were investigated to complement the currently used FeNiCo (kovar) package material. Kovar is extensively used as a package material for hybrids ...

Thermal management is important for medical ultrasound probes to maintain optimal performance, reliability, and lifetime of the devices, as well as to avoid heat-induced damage to the patients’ tissue. This paper presents ...

Reworkable anisotropic conductive adhesives (ACAs) are of interest when the material is used for the assembly of electronic modules with high value, such as in medical ultrasound probes. Commercially available ACAs are ...

This paper presents a thermal study of a double-layer encapsulation for an interventional medical device, which operates temporarily inside the human esophagus for cardiac imaging. The surface temperature of test samples, ...