Contact Information: CONTACTS: Stablcor Incorporated Carol Burch Vice President Marketing 714.524.1180 Carol.burch@stablcor.com ECT Semiconductor Test Group Hardeep S. Heer Chief Technology Officer 480.363.5782 Crescencio Gutierrez R&D Manager 408.930.7310
Stablcor Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Everett Charles Technologies
| Source: STABLCOR Incorporated
COSTA MESA, CA--(Marketwire - September 5, 2007) - Stablcor Incorporated, a leading provider of
technologically advanced carbon composite laminates, today announced that
it has licensed the use of its STABLCOR® technology to Everett Charles
Technologies' Semiconductor Test division. Everett Charles Technologies
(ECT) is a subsidiary of Dover Corporation (NYSE : DOV ). The matchless
STABLCOR technology provides printed circuit board (PCB) fabricators with
an excellent solution for advanced thermal management, thermal expansion,
and board rigidity.
"We have been challenged by our customers in the field of flatness, heat
management, and Fr4's ability to match, or come close to, CTE of the
ceramics," stated Tim McNulty, President, ECT Semiconductor Test Group.
"STABLCOR provides the ability to tailor the CTE in a range from 2.5ppm to
12ppm."
McNulty continued, "High performance components generate much higher heat
resulting in elevated board temperature during operation. Boards
manufactured using STABLCOR, as one or multiple cores, will act as a heat
spreader, which substantially increases thermal conductivity; increased
rigidity without increasing the weight of the board; and decreased
temperatures in lead-free assembly. In addition to the improved CTE and
thermal management, PCBs manufactured with Stablcor's licensed technology
exhibit the following characteristics: less than 50 percent Z-axis
expansion, when compared to boards that were using Thermount materials; and
no moisture absorption issues," added McNulty.
"ECT is the leading supplier to the ATE and Wafer Probe test equipment
markets," explained Stablcor President Douglas Tullio. "We are pleased to
have a licensing agreement with a company whose strong customer loyalty
validates their dedication to providing the highest quality engineering and
manufacturing capabilities within the industry. We will continue to provide
diversified markets with innovative solutions through the talents and
skills of companies such as Harbor Electronics, one of the premier
fabricators in the industry."
"After providing onsite manufacturing training to ECT's talented process
engineering team and witnessing the strong capabilities within their
extremely high aspect ratio drilling and plating department, I believe that
we have licensed one of the highest quality and most technically sound PCB
fabricators for the ATE and Wafer Probe test board market," said Stablcor
CTO Kris Vasoya.
"As ATE and wafer probe cards have a high layer count," continued Vasoya,
"they are quite thick, yet lack adequate rigidity for use in the test setup
machines. The most critical factor of these multi layer boards is their
rigidity and flatness. A prototype design was manufactured on site and, by
adding a few carbon fiber layers (STABLCOR) within the circuit boards, the
rigidity requirement not only met, but exceeded expectations. Because of
their experience with technology driven products like Thermount®, blind
buried via, sequential lamination, and CIC, I am confident that Harbor
Electronics will do an excellent job manufacturing and representing high
quality products with the STABLCOR line of carbon composite laminates,"
added Vasoya.
About ECT Semiconductor Test Group
ECT Semiconductor Test Group specializes in the manufacture of complex,
high-layer count, impedance controlled "interface" Printed Circuit Boards
for the Semiconductor Test Industry. Operating within a 40,000 square foot
"state of the art" facility, using advanced, proprietary manufacturing
techniques, rigid quality systems and strong partnerships with leading
customers and suppliers, Harbor Electronics has flourished as the premiere
supplier of Probe Cards and Load Boards to global OEMs and support
companies. Harbor Technologies is a division of Everett Charles
Technologies, a subsidiary of Dover Corporation. For more information go to
www.harbor-electronics.com.
About Stablcor Incorporated
Stablcor is the only provider of a thermally and electrically conductive
carbon composite material which, when incorporated in printed circuit
boards and substrates, controls heat, thermal expansion and increases the
rigidity and strength of circuit boards without increasing the weight. The
patented laminate and the processes to incorporate STABLCOR® into circuit
boards and substrates provide the electronics industry a cost efficient
technology to produce smaller electronic products, while eliminating the
thermal, mechanical and reliability concerns that currently challenge the
semiconductor industry. For more information about STABLCOR, visit
www.stablcor.com.