Packaging/Interconnects: High-Temperature Insulators Protect Discretes And Transistors

April 12, 2004

Designed to protect discrete components and transistors that operate at temperatures higher than 105°C, the machine screw insulators in a new set come in three different shoulder designs: traditional, low-profile, and dual low-profile configurations with added ventilation. They provide extra protection in rated uses up to 260°C maximum recommended service temperature. They're chemically inert (no known solvents under 200°C) with an oxygen rating index over 45%. They consist of a UL-rated glass-filled polyphenylene sulfide and can accommodate screws up to 0.125 in. in diameter. Available from stock, they're priced from $37.10 each in 25,000-unit lots.

Bivar Inc.www.bivar.com (949) 951-8808

About the Author

Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.