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13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials
University of Greenwich
Optimization of an open-ended microwave oven for microelectronics packaging
Paper reports on a world first, the use of micro-engineered microwave oven for the localised curing of polymers in electronics packaging. The significance of this output is (i) dramatic reduction in the cost for the assembly of electronics components onto printed circuits and (ii) cost effective route to rework of components and recovery of semiconductor devices. Greenwich supported design work with multi-physics models. Work presented led to the EU project FAMOBS (EU: FP7-SME-2007-2), involving collaboration with SME’s throughout Europe - Paul Jarvie (National Microelectronics Institute), paul.jarvie@nmi.org.uk). Output also led to recent EU project NextFactory (Grant Number 608995)