Workshop addresses key aspects of high-power LED packaging

Sept. 28, 2005
IMAPS has assembled an excellent agenda for its workshop to discuss packaging issues for high-power LEDs.

The Advanced Technology Workshop on Packaging & Assembly of Power LEDs takes place at Dinah's Garden Hotel in Palo Alto, California USA on October 25 - 28, 2005.

Organized by the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society (IMAPS), the comprehensive program covers novel packaging concepts, heat spreading, adhesives, solders, encapsulants and many other areas.

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Workshop addresses key aspects of high-power LED packaging

Session 1: Market Drivers and Overview (Wed pm)
* Future Trends in Solid State Lighting - Lumileds Lighting LLC
* Defining, Designing and Executing LED Systems for General Illumination - Philips
* Bringing it All Together – The Basics of Building an LED Module/Assembly - Lumileds Lighting LLC
* Thermal Management of an LED Light Engine for Airborne Applications - Rockwell Collins, Inc.
* Practical Considerations in High Power LED Junction Temperature Measurements- Thermal Engineering Associates

Session 2: Substrates and Heat Spreading Materials I (Thurs am)
* Composite Baseplates and Components for High Power LED Applications - DS&A, LLC
* Benefits of Insulated Metal Substrates for High Power LED Applications- Bergquist Company
* A High Thermal Efficiency Substrate Solution for LEDs - T.T. Electronics, IRC Advanced Film Division

Session 3: Novel Packaging Concepts (Thurs am)
* Development of a Chip-on-Board LED Package Module for High Power Applications - Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology
* Self-Convectional High Power LED - Industrial Technology Research Institute
* New Electronic Package Incorporating Eutectic Attached Devices in a Moisture Resistant Air Cavity Plastic Package - RJR Polymers Inc.

Session 4: Adhesives and Solders (Thurs pm)
* Selecting Adhesives for LED Attach - Engineered Materials Systems Inc.
* Thermal Interfacing in LED Applications: Solder Based Solutions - Indium Corporation of America
* New Bonding Materials Providing Improved Thermal Conductance - Aguila Technologies, Inc.

Session 5: Encapsulants (Thurs pm)
* A Characterization of Yellowing Caused by UV Radiation on Silicone Encapsulants, and Improvements in Future Materials - NuSil Technology LLC
* Silicone Materials Development for LED Packaging - Dow Corning Corporation
* Jetting: A New Paradigm in Dispensing – Asymtek

Session 6: Thermoelectric Concepts for High Heat Flux Spreading (Fri am)
* Micropelt: Silicon Platform Technology for Thermoelectric Devices - Infineon Technologies AG
* Solid-State Cooling for Optoelectronics Thermal Management - University of California -Santa Cruz

Session 7: Substrates and Heat Spreading Materials II (Fri am)
* Manufacture of High Thermal Conductivity (+700W/mK) Al-Graphite Composites with Reaction Bonded Carbide Formation to Improve Wetting - University of Massachusetts - Lowell
* GaAs LED Thermal Management by Wafer Level Bonding to Si by Microwave Selective Heating Technology - Microwave Bonding Instruments
* Direct Copper Bonded Ceramic Substrates for use with Power LEDs - Curamik Electronics GmbH