SDDC Minutes August 20, 2002

Location - Overland Storage, Inc., 4820 Overland Avenue, San Diego, CA 92123 Tel: (858) 571-5555

Time 6:00PM

Core group members attending:
Leslie Gomez, President
Bill Brooks, Web/Communications Officer
Bill Gebhardt, Treasurer
Elena Morse, Education Officer

Attending – Mark Thompson, Paul Fleming, Chris Lyle, Joe Cortez, Tom Hausherr, Mumtaz Bora, Scott McCurdy, Doug Willits, Gareth Parry, David Farley, Jo Cribben, Julie Laverdiere, Shaun Salas, Michael Tex, Donna Perry, Brian Cyr, Mitch Morey, Frank Rose, Sean Rundgren, Bruce Summit, D.R. Auten, Steve Toothacre, Jess Conner, Heidi McCullough, Jon Martinez, Barb Carter, Sharon Barclay, Carmine Kennedy and Don Carron.

Meeting Agenda-
6:00PM Island Bros. Teriyaki Chicken/Beef  dinner complements of Coretec, Drinks and meeting room provided by Overland Storage.
6:30PM Meeting call to order - New business, announcements
6:45PM Gareth Parry, of Coretec HDI, Advanced Interconnection

8:30PM Meeting adjourned

A power point presentation of Gareth Parry's discussion on HGI, Advanced Interconnection is available from Scott McCurdy of Coretec. To obtain a copy contact Scott at smccurdy@si-group.biz  or Phone him at (714)425-3235.

Bill Brooks announced the council's decision to establish a scholarship program to promote student's who wish to take PCB design related courses through the college system. He solicited ideas for fund raising and guidelines for the awards to be made on academic achievement.

Leslie Gomez introduced our guest speaker and the members of Coretec who were in attendance.

Gareth Parry spoke for an hour on the subject of HDI and Microvias, routing strategies, costs related to processes using imaged or laser ablated holes in constructing via features in PCBs. He also mentioned the use of silver epoxy in standard vias to create filled via in pad technology. He spoke about the technology edge for trace and space features and mentioned thermal as it relates to the Tg and Z axis expansion issues related to filled vias.

Many layer illustrations and via construction details were covered. All in attendance were very interested in the subject matter and many took notes.

We want to thank Overland Storage for letting us use their fine facilities to hold our meetings and for providing the drinks for our member visitors and guests.

Thanks to all who attended for a great meeting. Your involvement and support makes the San Diego Chapter a valuable asset to the San Diego PCB Design community. We look forward to seeing all of you at our next meeting!