page 12 Electronic Controls and Embedded Systems A Silicon World
by Lisa Bonnema, Managing Editor
Advanced control technologies are taking appliance designers to a place they've always dreamed of: a world where flexibility, high performance, and low cost are simultaneously possible.
Feature Articles
page 10 Guest Editorial Design Considerations of Home Automation
by Erik Michielsen, senior analyst, Allied Business Intelligence (ABI) Research
What lies behind the front door of homes is changing dramatically and quickly. The much-talked about digital home of tomorrow is increasingly becoming the digital home of today. A number of technologies, including broadband and wireless access and distribution, are finding wholesome hospitality as consumers progressively go digital in pursuit of enhancing their lives and making their days more manageable.
page 15 HomeTech Cologne 2004 Exhibition A Trade Show of Transition
by Lisa Bonnema, Editor
On Location:
APPLIANCE magazine traveled to Cologne, Germany to report on HomeTech Cologne 2004.
page 19 Assembly & Fastening Assembling the Evolving Appliance
by David Simpson, contributing editor
Appliance producers and their assembly and fastening suppliers are responding to thinner metals, pre-painted and stainless steel, and other design changes in the ever-evolving appliance industry.
APPLIANCE Engineer®
page 22 Engineering Microelectronics New Insights in Underfill Flow and Flip Chip Reliability
by Karl.F. Becker, N. Kilic, T. Braun, M. Koch, V. Bader, R. Aschenbrenner, and H. Reichl, Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration, Berlin, Germany
During the last several years, Flip Chip Technology has been widely accepted as a means for maximum miniaturization of microelectronic assemblies. Flip Chips have been used in advanced products such as cellular phones, global positioning systems (GPS) devices, and in medical devices such as pacemakers.
