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PCBs with Embedded 1-seg Chips Ramp
June 20, 2007 |Estimated reading time: Less than a minute
TOKYO Toppan NEC Circuit Solutions, Inc., a joint venture of NEC Corp. and Toppan Printing Co., will ramp to mass production in-house with PCBs incorporating embedded 1-seg semiconductors, the Nikkei Business Daily reports. Manufacturing will be transferred from outsourcing partner Casio Micronics to Toppan NEC's Toyama, Japan, facility.
The joint venture invested about 600 million yen in a production line and inspection equipment to mass produce the boards, said the Nikkei report. Toppan NEC suggests that transferring manufacturing in-house will reduce defects and shorten manufacturing time. It plans to produce one million units monthly. Casio will continue to supply the semiconductors for installation.
Toppan NEC could reduce PCB surface area by about 40% by embedding the components rather than mounting them, Nikkei reports. The 1-seg semiconductors are for mobile terrestrial digital broadcasts. The company will also develop technology toward integrating GPS and wireless LAN chips onto PCBs to expand its business.