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[email protected] ® IEEE 50 YEARS of COMPONENTS, PACKAGING, AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY The IEEE CPMT Society and its Technologies 1950 - 20 0 0 Contents 1950s ..............................................................................................2-6 Acknowledgements • Components and the Search for Reliability Many people gave • AIEE, IRE, EIA Symposium on Improved unstintingly of their Quality Electronic Components time and expertise to • Dummer’s Prediction help with this project. • Standards • Formation of IRE Professional Group on Component Parts My special thanks go to • Circuit Board Developments Jack Balde, Ron Gedney, • Miniaturization, Heat Dissipation, Hybrid Technologies Charles Eldon, Mauro 1960s.............................................................................................7-13 Walker, and Paul Wesling • IRE Professional Group on Product Engineering and Production for their insights; Dimitry • Commercial Applications Grabbe, who provided • Increasing Density on the Circuit Board access to his first-class • Pure Molding Compounds components collection; • VLSI Workshops and Gus Shapiro, who • Hybrid Circuit • Darnell Report on Reliability shared early material • Telstar on the