Indium Sulfide for Thin Film Solar Cells
Here’s an interesting technology fact I just learned: Indium Sulfide was the very first indium compound to be discovered. I bet Reich and Richte...
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Pros & Cons of Bending or Folding Bus Ribbon in Solar Panel Fabrication
As bus ribbon makes its way around the corners of a solar panel, it must divert current at right angles. These 90° ribbons are produced from a sin...
Homogeneous CIG Powder
One of the most common misconceptions about CIG powder is that it is made up of individual copper particles, indium particles, and gallium particles.b...
Upcoming CPV Tradeshow: CPV USA 2013
The 5th Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit is being held in San Jose, California again this year. This is an interesting show because it is focused only...
Reflow of Copper Pillar Microbumps
Wafer bumping processes have evolved in the last 10 years. The semiconductor assembly industry has gone from bumping processes using solder paste prin...
The Right Climate Stuff Research Team Hits the Mark
Folks, Many agree that the greatest technical achievement of human kind was landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth. (Just think a...
We Use NanoFoil®
One of our most demanding customers is … the Indium Corporation! While we supply the world with NanoFoil®, we also use a large amount for t...
NanoFoil® for CPV Attachment
The attachment of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) cells is the perfect application for NanoFoil®. Due to the isolated heating during bonding, less...
The Magic of Engineered Solders
Engineered solders are solders that can make a HUGE difference with your thermal management, IGBT, die-attach, medical device, hermetic sealing, or co...
Leadframe Solderability Issues in Power Semiconductors
It is no secret that automotive semiconductor customers are becoming increasingly demanding. The “under the hood / bonnet” electronics env...
What Is Indium?
Being the Indium Corporation, we know what indium is, where it comes from, and how to use it. But sometimes we forget that not everyone is as im...
Wet Gold II: Measuring Gold Content in an Ore With Only a Scale
Folks, In my last post we saw how you could measure density with only a scale. In this post, we will expand on that technique and learn h...