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December, 2012


Semicon Mfg. Jobs in U.S. Increase by 3.7%


Washington, DC — The U.S. semi-


conductor industry now employs al- most a 250,000 workers and added jobs three times faster than the rest of the U.S. economy, according to an analysis of government data. Total direct U.S. semiconductor employ- ment is estimated at 244,800, ac- cording to the Semiconductor In- dustry Association (SIA), which rep- resents U.S. leadership in semicon manufacturing and design. “Semiconductor workers — a


The Huntron Access DH Prober is designed with your test and measurement needs in mind.


Te Access DH dual head Prober lets you control variables such as dexterity, high density, tight lead spacing and speed with precise, fast and repeatable guided probing.


Applications Examples - - Huntron Power-off ASA - Precision Mechanical Applications - Boundary Scan - Point-to-point Measurements


- Guided Probe Measurements - Image Capture and Comparison - Stimulus/Response Measurements - Multiple Probe Arrays


quarter of a million strong and grow- ing — are creating the technology breakthroughs that improve our lives, strengthen our country and build our future,” said Brian Toohey, SIA president and CEO. “Through their hard work, the U.S. semicon- ductor industry continues to create jobs and spur growth despite a chal- lenging national economy.” According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the semicon-


ductor industry’s manufacturing workforce grew by 3.7 percent over the previous year. In comparison, jobs throughout the broader U.S. economy increased by 1.2 percent over the same time period. All employment figures reflect recently-released 2011 BLS data. To- tal semiconductor employment data is based on the number of semicon- ductor employees in the U.S. manu- facturing sector as reported by BLS, plus an estimate for the number of semiconductor workers employed by semiconductor fabless firms, which BLS currently counts in the whole- sale trade sector. For more detailed information, please view SIA’s Em- ployment Issue Paper. Contact: Semiconductor Indus-


try Association (SIA), 1101 K Street NW, Suite 450, Washington, DC 20005 % 866-756-0715 or 202-446-1700 fax: 202-216-9745 Web: www.sia-online.org r


Harness Assemblies Standard Bannockburn, IL — IPC — Associa- tion Connecting Electronics Indus- tries® and the Wire Harness Manu- facturer's Association (WHMA) have jointly released a revised Cable and Wire Harness Assemblies Standard. The newly released B revision of IPC/WHMA-A-620, Requirements and Acceptance for Cable and Wire Harness Assemblies contains signifi- cant technical updates, greater ease- of-use and compatibility with other key assembly standards. The revision addresses more


than 500 documented comments and recommendations from users through- out the industry and contains 125 new or changed illustrations. Some of the most extensive


Access DH shown above with standard spring probes mounted to the Z axis heads Adaptable by Design


Te ability to customize the Access DH probe head assemblies combined with software created using the Huntron Workstation SDK, Hardware SDK or Remote Control provides many integration and customization opportunities. Te probe head design includes pre-wired interconnections for adding built-in USB, Firewire or Ethernet instrumentation at the head.


Built-in interface connections on Z head


Test Automation


As the density and complexity of circuit boards has increased, the need to accurately place a probe on a test point has grown. Huntron recognized this issue early on and released its first robotic test platform in 1991. Our Access Probers have matured over the years with increased accuracy and the ability to be customized based on your test and measurement needs.


changes appear in the molding and potting section, which has been ex- panded for increased coverage of Class 2 and 3 requirements, includ- ing 31 new illustrations. The docu- ment also provides new criteria for wires as small as 32 AWG (0.202mm diam), and has a section on require- ments flow down, which requires companies to have their subcontrac- tors use the standard to ensure all hardware is manufactured to the same guidelines. In addition, the revised docu- ment allows users to more easily ref-


IPC and WHMA Revise Wire


erence and apply criteria from multi- ple standards, because of a greater compatibility with the widely used J- STD-001E, Requirements for Sol- dered Electrical and Electronic As- semblies and IPC-A-610E, Accept- ability of Electronic Assemblies. Users with varying reliability


requirements and markets in differ- ent regions will also have greater ease-of-use with the addition of UL, SAE and IEC pull-force tables. “Depending on their customers’


needs, users can look at different sec- tions and know they’re meeting in- dustry or regional requirements,” said T. John Laser, a manufacturing engineer at L-3 Communications and chair of the IPC task group that de- veloped the standard. IPC/WHMA-A-620B is 400


pages long and contains 682 full-col- or illustrations. IPC members may request one free single-user down- load or hard copy of IPC/WHMA-A- 620B, Requirements and Acceptance for Cable and Wire Harness Assem- blies, at www.ipc.org/A-620B-request within 90 days of the document’s publication date of Oct. 31. After that date (Jan. 30), IPC members may purchase the standard for $55. The industry price is $110. Web: http://ipc.org r


Quantum Computing Earns NIST Researcher Nobel Prize


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Custom multi-probe assembly mounted on the Access DH Z head


To get more details on what you can do with the Huntron Access DH, call or click, 800-426-9265 or www.huntron.com.


physics to potentially solve impor- tant problems such as breaking the best data encryption codes, which are intractable using today’s technology; and ultraprecise next-generation atomic clocks based on single ions. Wineland achieved the first


demonstration of laser cooling in 1978 and has built on that break- through with many experiments that represent the first or best in the world — often both — in using trapped laser-cooled ions to test the- ories in quantum physics and demon- strate crucial applications. Wineland was the first to suc-


cessfully demonstrate the building blocks of a practical quantum com- puter. In 2004, his was one of the first two research efforts (simultane- ously with a group in Innsbruck) to demonstrate quantum teleportation of information among massive parti- cles, providing a potentially crucial method for efficient transfer of infor- mation within a large-scale quantum computer. In 2005, he demonstrated the first “quantum logic atomic clock”, which is now the world’s most precise atomic clock and would nei- ther gain nor lose one second in about 4 billion years. Web: www.nist.gov r


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