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The Great Illumination
The fascination with solar energy goes back further than Jimmy Carter and his view of a solar panel on every 1970’s rooftop. It predates the solar-cell kits popular in the 1950s during the space race. Long before Einstein’s first Nobel Prize honored his explanation of the photon-electron duality, humans have been longing for more energy from the sun.

by Don Cullen


Superhydrophobic: Low-Reflectivity 3-D Surface Treatment to Boost PV Cell Efficiency
Using two different types of chemical etching to create features at both the micron and nanometer size scales, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a surface treatment that could boost the light absorption of silicon photovoltaic cells in two complementary ways.

by John Toon

Management 101: How to Work Smarter, Not Harder
Last month, I discussed business strategy – what it is and why it is needed to be successful. If you recall, business strategy is defined as the selection and use of resources to achieve company goals and obtain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. This month, I will discuss what competitive advantage is and why it is needed.

by Paul J. Emello

Lead Wire: The More Something Changes the More it Stays the Same?
The more something changes the more it stays the same. It seems to be true of many things. One example is solar energy.

by Darryl Seland

View From the Middle: The Lean Toolkit, Part V
Recap: The Lean Toolkit

by Steve Williams

The Strategist: It’s A New World Out There, Are You Ready?
Stuck, are you? No matter what you try you just can’t seem to increase you business.

by Dan Beaulieu

Tech Talk: Fine Lines in High Yield (Part CLXXlll) Blending IC Fab and Substrate Fabrication Processes
It was in the spring of 2008 in Shanghai, after my talk at the ECWC conference, when I was asked about the differences and similarities of Integrated Circuit (IC) fabrication processes and the processes used in substrate and circuit board fabrication. And a related question tried to probe if fabrication technology for ICs was being adopted by electronic package fabricators, and vice versa.

by Karl Dietz

Politically Incorrect: Shop Around and Save
Most PCB shops loose more money in the purchasing department then they realize. The whole idea behind making money is to keep some of what you bring in. If we can save 10 percent alone in the purchasing department in a $10-million-a-year company, that means a $300,000 profit increase. After all my years in PCB shops, I have seen so many poor purchasing practices, yet I can scream at the top of a mountain and no one listens. So I asked myself, why? 

by Robert Tarzwell

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