Indium Corporation's Dr. Ron Lasky, Senior Technologist, discusses the importance of indium tin oxide (ITO) in touchscreen and flat panel technology in a new video available at www.indium.com/blog/phil-zarrow.
As part of the Electronics Assembly with Phil Zarrow series, Lasky and SMT manufacturing expert Phil Zarrow, President and Principal Consultant for ITM Consulting, review how ITO is used to enable flat panel and touchscreen technologies.
"Indium metal and ITO are among the most important materials in the modern world," according to Lasky. "The very nature of metals is that they're opaque; it's a matter of physics. So, scientists had to find a material that both conducts electricity and is transparent – and ITO is the solution. ITO's transparency enables flat panel displays and touchscreen technology."
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Dr. Lasky, holder of the prestigious SMTA Founder's Award, is a world-renowned process expert and a Senior Technologist at Indium Corporation. He is also a Professor of Engineering and the Director of the Cook Engineering Design Center at Dartmouth College. He has more than 30 years of experience in electronics and optoelectronic packaging and assembly. Dr. Lasky has authored six books, and contributed to nine more on science, electronics, and optoelectronics. Additionally, he has served as an adjunct professor at several colleges, teaching more than 20 different courses on topics ranging from electronics packaging, materials science, physics, mechanical engineering and science, and religion. Dr. Lasky holds numerous patent disclosures and is the developer of several SMT processing software products relating to cost estimating, line balancing, and process optimization. He is the co-creator of engineering certification exams that set standards in the electronics assembly industry, worldwide. Dr. Lasky also authors a technology blog, which can be found at www.indium.com/drlasky.
Zarrow lleva más de 35 años dedicado a la fabricación y montaje de placas de circuito impreso. Además de su experiencia en ensamblaje y limpieza automatizados, Zarrow es reconocido por sus conocimientos en tecnología de soldadura por reflujo de montaje superficial, y en el diseño e implementación de equipos de colocación SMT y sistemas de soldadura por reflujo. Su amplia experiencia práctica también incluye la instalación y resolución de problemas de agujeros pasantes y procesos SMT en todo el mundo.
Indium Corporation es uno de los principales fabricantes y proveedores de materiales para los mercados mundiales de la electrónica, los semiconductores, la capa fina, la gestión térmica y la energía solar. Sus productos incluyen soldaduras y fundentes; soldaduras fuertes; materiales de interfaz térmica; cátodos para sputtering; metales y compuestos inorgánicos de indio, galio, germanio y estaño; y NanoFoil®. Fundada en 1934, Indium cuenta con asistencia técnica mundial y fábricas en China, Malasia, Singapur, Corea del Sur, Reino Unido y Estados Unidos.
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