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 indiumstg.wpenginepowered.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 indiumstg.wpenginepowered.com/drlasky.
M. Zarrow travaille dans le domaine de la fabrication et de l'assemblage de circuits imprimés depuis plus de 35 ans. Outre son expérience en matière d'assemblage et de nettoyage automatisés, M. Zarrow est reconnu pour son expertise dans le domaine de la technologie de soudage par refusion des montages en surface, ainsi que dans la conception et la mise en œuvre d'équipements de placement SMT et de systèmes de soudage par refusion. Sa vaste expérience pratique comprend également l'installation et le dépannage de processus de trous traversants et de SMT dans le monde entier.
Indium Corporation est un fabricant et fournisseur de matériaux de premier plan pour les marchés mondiaux de l'électronique, des semi-conducteurs, des couches minces, de la gestion thermique et de l'énergie solaire. Ses produits comprennent des soudures et des flux, des brasures, des matériaux d'interface thermique, des cibles de pulvérisation, des métaux et des composés inorganiques à base d'indium, de gallium, de germanium et d'étain, ainsi que des NanoFoil®. Fondée en 1934, Indium dispose d'une assistance technique mondiale et d'usines situées en Chine, en Malaisie, à Singapour, en Corée du Sud, au Royaume-Uni et aux États-Unis.
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