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Flexible Circuit Technology, 3rd Edition: Over 3000 Downloads in 60 Days!
November 13, 2006 |Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
BR Publishing, Inc. is pleased to announce that in the first two months since its release, over 3,000 copiesof Flexible Circuit Technology, 3rd Edition have been downloaded by industry professionals from the around the globe. While no records for rapid distribution of technology books to the hands of the user are known to exist, it is believed that this is the most rapid deployment of a technical book to the user ever and has set the mark to measure against in the future. Credit for this rapid deployment goes most directly to the leading flex circuit material and circuit suppliers who sponsored the free download option for the benefit of the industry. It also gives exceptional testimony to the strength and vitality of the flexible PCB industry and as well to the expertise and reputation of the book's author, Joe Fjelstad.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
The new edition is structurally the same as the previous edition but it has been significantly expanded to include both emerging manufacturing technologies and a wide range of new applications for flexible circuits. The book, written to address the needs of both the newcomer and the seasoned engineer alike, opens doors to the latest applications of this amazingly adaptable interconnection technology, including new chip packaging and interconnection solutions, emerging printed electronics technologies, RFID,and other novel applications.
A New Format
In an effort to make Flexible Circuit Technology accessible to as many people around the globe as possible, this third edition is being made available as an e-book in PDF format. Offered in full color, the new e-book edition establishes as new level of quality and accessibility compared to the traditional and still common-place black and white technical text books. The book is available as a free download due to the generous support of the book's sponsors.
To download your free copy of Flexible Circuit Technology, 3rd Edition, or to place an order for a printed copy, visit www.flexiblecircuittechnology.com/.
Our Sponsors
This Third Edition of Flexible Circuit Technology is targeted to engage interested readers from around the globe, and foreign language versions are in early planning and preparation stages for the future distribution. Clearly such an undertaking cannot be done alone. It is only through the participation of the visionary companies who have sponsored this effort that this will be made possible. The author and publisher would like to express their sincere and utmost gratitude to the following world class companies who have made this possible for you, the reader:
Rogers, Lenthor Engineering, DuPont, 3M, Multek, Tessera, Eltek, Mektec, Altaflex, CompassTechnology, Dyconex, Flex Interconnect Technologies.
About the Author
Joseph Fjelstad, founder and CEO of SiliconPipe, is a 35-year veteran of the electronics interconnection industry. Prior to founding SiliconPipe, he was with Tessera, where he was appointed to the company's first corporate fellowship. A chemist by training and process engineer by profession, he is also an internationally recognized author, inventor and lecturer.
Mr. Fjelstad is a prolific writer, having authored, coauthored or edited more than a half dozen books. He also writes several monthly columns on electronic interconnections for Circuitree Magazine, Global SMT & Packaging and PCB007 and serves as editorial advisor to Advanced Packaging and Circuit World. Mr. Fjelstad's innovations have thus far yielded more than 150 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = U1 />USpatents either issued or pending, along with numerous foreign patents. He is also the recipient of a number of industry awards, including the IPC President's Award, and was identified as one of the most influential persons in the electronic interconnection industry in 2000. He can be reached by email at JosephFjelstad@aol.com