C-MAC preaches to defense firms value of commercial availability
According to a leading supplier of advanced microelectronics, design engineers in the defense industry should follow the automotive industry and be more wi

According to a leading supplier of advanced microelectronics, design engineers in the defense industry should follow the automotive industry and be more willing to adopt commercially available technologies. “We’re producing very robust and reliable subsystems for vehicles, capable of withstanding extremes of temperature, pressure and vibration,” said Bob Hunt, advanced technology development manager, C-MAC MicroTechnology (Hall 4 Stand E14).

C-MAC specializes in thick film manufacturing on ceramic and low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) substrates, advanced hermetic chip and wire assembly techniques, and multi-chip stacking. All these technologies have defense applications, where high frequency, density and power are required, as well as where rigidity and thermal stability are vital and when conventional printed circuit boards won’t do.