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Have you ever entered into a situation and felt like everyone knew what was going on – except you? Or, worse yet, ever been in that situation and NEVER knew that everyone except you was in the

Nothing to do with B2B Marcom – but I wanted to update you on the progress of the cornfield I have been using as an analogy inrecent posts. This photo was taken on 02 July

Since last June I’ve thought about a particular blog post on my way to and from work every day. My blogging mentor Rick Short wrote a very cool post about the corn in the field across the road

Individually, indium and gallium each have some pretty interesting characteristics. Gallium is liquid at 30°C (86°F) and, because it is less toxic than mercury and has a lower vapor pressure

Folks, There is a lot of interest in cleaning PCBs that have been assembled with no-clean solder pastes. Recently I discussed the topic with my good friend Mike Bixenman of Kyzen. Dr. Ron (DR) Mike,

Browse the coming attractions at your local movie theater. How many 3D movies are being advertised? 3D is a very exciting technology for movie and TV watchers, and the future of it may be based in

As I wound up a recent interview process, I shared some thoughts with my colleague. I usually keep my advice to myself unless someone asks, or unless the person has particular promise. This man has

Folks, In Ken Burn’s excellent miniseries The Civil War,Shelby Foote states that the Civil War made us a country by uniting North and South. He argues that before the War, its citizens might

Okay, I have to admit I was wrong… I used to have a bias against L-Shaped bus ribbon. “Why not just use available continuously spooled ribbon?” The good news is that I have seen

I justreceived a message from Matt at PV Insider, and I thought I’d pass it along to you: ” This week, PV Insider have released the 2012 edition of the Concentrated Photovoltaics World

While it is important to have at least 10µm of solder on each side of a tabbing ribbon to form a proper solder joint during cell interconnection, more is not always better. What we have found

I walked into my office and there it was: a purple bag. THE purple bag! I knew exactly what it was – and it brought a smile to my face. In fact, it caused me to put down the things I had in my

Remember the old days in B2B Marcom, when companies hid behind stock photography and glamorous spokes models? Those days are long-dead. I've been saying repeatedly, for years, that the best way

In my previous post, "Will Your Marcom Be Knee-High By The Fourth Of July?" I predicted that the corn that grows across the road from Indium Corporation HQ would be knee-high by June 20th.

Folks, If you need to take a break from topics such as solder paste, solder preforms, tin whiskers, indium TIMs etc, there are a few books I would recommend reading. Most of you have probably already

I recently caught up with Jack from PV Insider, to discuss some work the company has done researching the solar installations in the US. Here is how our discussion went: Jim: We are always trying to

This picture (shared by Angstrom Sciences) shows a planar target plate that has developed an advanced case of nodule formation. Nodules occur when material is re-deposited back onto the sputtering

A relatively new conference for developers, EPC groups, and utilities will be held in San Jose, CA, during October 17th and

One of the things that bring customers over to our semiconductor tradeshow booths, year after year, is the pictorial roadmap. This is the diagramyou will see prominently displayed, at each show, that

It is not often that we get a request for SIR (Surface Insulation Resistance) and/or ECM (Electro-Chemical Migration) results for a water washable/soluble flux or solder paste, but often enough to

A few months back, while discussing tricks for hand soldering c-Si solar cells, I mentioned flux . One tip I didn’t mention is how to APPLY flux before soldering. Tabbing fluxes are commonly