Feb 4 2008
Arthur L. Chait will present to the IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Society of Silicon Valley on Wednesday, February 13th, 6:30 p.m. at the Sunnyvale Ramada Inn.
Mr. Chait will note that a great deal of progress has been made in the field of nano and related "tiny" technologies. Unfortunately, the technology to link the tiny world to the macro world has not kept pace. The space between nano and macro is immense. At the nano end are self-assembling structures and semiconductor processes that deal in angstroms; and at the macro end are conventional machining and assembly techniques. Between these two extremes there is a gap where engineers struggle to make low-cost devices with complex 3-D structures containing multiple materials that are "Just Plain Miniature" (JPM). This talk will discuss the meso-scale, HVPF(TM) technology and describe applications including: cell phone antennas, energy harvesters to replace batteries, thermal management devices and microreactors for use in fuel cells. [A full abstract is located in the Appendix below.
Dinner tickets are $30.00 each. The presentation-only session at 7:30 p.m. is offered at no cost. The Sunnyvale Ramada Inn is located at 1217 Wildwood Avenue, Freeway 101 frontage road, between Lawrence Expressway and Great America Parkway, Sunnyvale, (800.888.3899). Tickets may be purchased through PayPal. Reserve in advance by email to Janis Karklins, [email protected]