Ep. 17: Tech Jobs and the Housing Market Growth in Arizona with Preston Tribble

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Ep. 17: Tech Jobs and the Housing Market Growth in Arizona with Preston Tribble

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In this podcast, Marti talks with local real estate investor Preston Tribble of the Ellens Team about the unique perks and challenges we’re seeing in the Phoenix area.
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Ep. 17: Tech Jobs and the Housing Market Growth in Arizona with Preston Tribble

With TSMC moving to Phoenix, the tech industry is booming right in Spirit’s back yard. This has meant rising demand for both experienced employees and houses for them to live in.

Buying and selling homes has been a challenge nationally, but Marti talks with local real estate investor Preston Tribble of the Ellens Team about the unique perks and challenges we’re seeing in the Phoenix area.

From changes in the workforce to the benefits of desert living, Preston talks numbers and trends around what to expect if you’re part of the population boom relocating to AZ. The good news for locals and newcomers: Arizona still offers competitive affordability compared to other growing states.

Spirit Electronics is growing along with our local industry. If you’re interested in working with our dedicated team, you can find out more at spiritelectronics.com/careers. 

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Spirit Announces In-House Board Assembly Services

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Like chips falling into place on a printed circuit board, Spirit’s new contract manufacturing services have arrived in our growing list of full turnkey solutions.

We now offer in-house board assembly. Customers can order a bill of materials through Spirit’s authorized OEMs. We inspect and screen your parts. Then we pick and place the parts on the board, perform system-level testing on the finished board, and the board arrives at your dock fully traceable and qualified.

Spirit can manage boards from 50 mm x 50 mm up to 810 mm x 480 mm. Our top-of-the-line equipment can pick and place parts ranging from ultra-small chips to the largest FPGAs.

Our in-house line is capable of surface mount, through-hole and mixed technology assemblies, able to trace a part all the way down to the reference designator on the board.

Assembly services can be custom tailored to your board. Spirit’s screening of both parts and fully assembled systems lets you manage high-reliability requirements and performance. Our account representatives can provide support and data throughout the process to give you visibility into your production schedule and results.

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EPC Introduces New eGaN FETs Reducing Size and Boosting Efficiency

EPC new GaN FET EPC2065 EPC2054 post

EPC announced two new offerings in their eGaN FET product line with the EPC2065 and EPC2054. Both offer reductions in size and ultra-high efficiency.

The EPC2065 is ideal for small robotic applications, such as drones, in BLDC motor drives. With 80 V, 3.6 mΩ, 221 Apulsed, the EPC2065 provides less noise and less EMI.

The even smaller EPC2054 can be used in wireless power transfer and automation, as well as lidar and solar. It comes in a 1.69 mm2 package with 200 V, 3.6 mΩ, and 32 Apulsed.

Both devices perform at high frequency and can be used in DC-DC converters and synchronous rectification.

In their 2021 Phase 12 Reliability Report, EPC affirmed GaN’s high reliability. The new GaN FETs join the family of devices paving the way for increasingly efficient, reliable, and powerful tech development.

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Spirit Podcast Ep 7 Alex Lidow EPC GaN Reliability

Ep. 7: How to Test to Failure for 100x Performance

How will EPC keep improving on their GaN technology?

Listen to Marti McCurdy and EPC's Alex Lidow discuss the benefits of testing to failure in this episode of Spirit's podcast Behind the Screen.

TI’s New ADC3660 Family Offers Speed, Efficiency and Control in Data Gathering

TI SAR ADCs available at Spirit Electronics

TI introduced its new ADC3660 family of successive-approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). The eight new ADCs offer higher speeds and reduced power usage, leading the industry in speed with the fastest 18-bit ADC.

These new ADCs range from 10 to 125 MSPS. Sampling speeds include 14-, 16- and 18-bit resolutions. The product features ultra-low latency, up to 80% lower than competitive ADCs, and reduction of up to 65% in power consumption. The ADCs come in 5-mm-by-5mm thin quad flat no-lead (WQFN) packaging.

TI’s ADC3660 solutions support high-speed data gathering and offer real-time control in industrial applications such as portable defense radios, sonar imaging, and GPS. Improvements in latency allow precision data monitoring and quick response to voltage and current spikes.

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Ep. 15: Veteran Highlight: Transitioning from Military to Civilian with the Spirit Team

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Ep. 15: Veteran Highlight: Transitioning from Military to Civilian with the Spirit Team

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As a veteran-owned business, Spirit is deeply connected to our military background, and we are welcoming many new team members who have also served in the military. Today’s episode is highlighting our Spirit veterans and their stories about their transition from military career to civilian life.
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Ep. 15: Veteran Highlight: Transitioning from Military to Civilian with the Spirit Team

Wherever you are this weekend, we hope you will join us in honoring our service members who have sacrificed their lives for our nation.

Our nonprofit foundation Spirit Gives also recognizes the family members that share in this sacrifice by supporting gold star families who have lost a loved member in service.

As a veteran-owned business, Spirit is deeply connected to our military background, and we are welcoming many new team members who have also served in the military. Today’s episode is highlighting our Spirit veterans and their stories about their transition from military career to civilian life.

You can hear our team talk about how this is a challenging transition for many of our service members. Listen in whether you’re a veteran about to transition or a civilian interested in how to help a team member out in their new career. 

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Roadmap to Zero Defects

Roadmap to Zero Defects

ELES uses Reliability Embedded Test Engineering (RETE) to help manufacturers improve their semiconductor design and component reliability. In the latest episode of our Spirit: Behind the Screen podcast, Marco Paolucci and Marti McCurdy discuss how the ELES approach is a safety net to prevent dangerous product failures. 

ELES is an Italian manufacturer of test equipment and systems that exercise and qualify semiconductors around the world. Marco Paolucci is the sales and business development director delivering the ELES zero defect goal to Spirit and the US.

Marco explains how the ELES approach is a safety net to prevent dangerous product failures.

Your test and qualification process is only as good as your test equipment. Not only is Spirit building out a test lab with the best equipment on the market, but we are also offering capital equipment sales to support your test programs. 

Visit spiritelectronics.com/capital-equipment-sales/ to learn more.

Ep. 14: The Roadmap to Zero Defects with Marco Paolucci of ELES 

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Ep. 14: The Roadmap to Zero Defects with Marco Paolucci of ELES

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In this podcast, Spirit team member Sean Macdonald discusses the benefit of running a complete test program with Spirit is keeping the cost and handling all in house instead of extending your supply chain.
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Ep. 14: The Roadmap to Zero Defects with Marco Paolucci of ELES

ELES is an Italian manufacturer of test equipment and systems that exercise and qualify semiconductors around the world. Marco Paolucci is the sales and business development director delivering the ELES zero defect goal to Spirit and the US.

ELES uses a process called “RETE,” Reliability Embedded Test Engineering, which translates from Italian as “net.” Marco explains how the ELES approach is a safety net to prevent dangerous product failures.

Listen to Marco and Marti discuss: 

(2:08) The RETE approach

(5:42) ELES test platform flexible solutions

(7:53) Characterizing failure

(12:04) Failure analysis

(14:24) System level test 

Your test and qualification process is only as good as your test equipment. Not only is Spirit building out a test lab with the best equipment on the market, but we are also offering capital equipment sales to support your test programs. Visit spiritelectronics.com/capital-equipment-sales/ to learn more.

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Ep. 13: Test Equipment and Services: How Is the Market Changing with Peter Hancock of Focused Test

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Ep. 13: Test Equipment and Services: How Is the Market Changing with Peter Hancock of Focused Test

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In this podcast, Marti sits down this week with Peter Hancock, president of Focused Test, a design and manufacturing company for automatic test equipment for power discrete devices and power management ICs.
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Ep. 13: Test Equipment and Services: How Is the Market Changing with Peter Hancock of Focused Test

Marti sits down this week with Peter Hancock, president of Focused Test, a design and manufacturing company for automatic test equipment for power discrete devices and power management ICs.

With market changes to meet the growing use of GaN and SiC technology, on top of the impact of the pandemic, Peter discusses what challenges are facing the test equipment supply chain–along with opportunities.

Listen to Marti and Peter talk about:

(1:50) Focused Test and automatic test equipment gap for MOSFET market

(2:50) GaN market opportunity

(6:10) Test equipment and services supply chain boom

(10:23) RadHard testing and equipment portability

Looking for a solution to your test and screening challenges in the A&D supply chain? Spirit has just added an in-house test lab with new screening capabilities. Contact our team at spiritelectronics.com to find out more.

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Ep. 12: Product Screening with Sonix Acoustic Scanning Microscopes

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Ep. 12: Product Screening with Sonix Acoustic Scanning Microscopes

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In this podcast, Marti talks with sales and applications engineering lead Shwetha Jakkidi about how Sonix is advancing in acoustic imaging technology and applications.
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Ep. 12: Product Screening with Sonix Acoustic Scanning Microscopes

How do you find a minute but costly void in wafer bonding when it may be less than 0.1 micron in size? Sonix has spent the past 3 decades developing ultrasonic testing equipment for nondestructive testing to achieve this level of inspection. Sonix acoustic imaging can analyze products to avoid failures with increasing efficiency and at smaller microscopic resolutions.

Marti talks with sales and applications engineering lead Shwetha Jakkidi about how Sonix is advancing in acoustic imaging technology and applications.

Jump to these times to hear Shwetha and Marti talk about:

(3:45) What is acoustic imaging?

(4:26) Acoustic image quality and advancements

(7:35) Applications of acoustic imaging

(9:52) Cost of error and screening for Aerospace and Defense

(14:52) Where is Sonix headed in 2021?

Shwetha Jakkidi holds a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering with over 15 years of experience. She is currently the sales and applications engineering leader for the Americas and Europe for Sonix.

Sonix, a business unit of Tektronix, is a leading producer of acoustic scanning microscopes. Spirit has partnered with Sonix as a representative for capital equipment sales to our customers in aerospace and defense. To find out how you can buy cutting-edge Sonix equipment, visit spiritelectronics.com/capital-equipment-sales/sonix-test-equipment/.

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Ep. 11: AS9100 Lead Auditor Certification: Taking Spirit Quality to the Next Level

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Ep. 11: AS9100 Lead Auditor Certification: Taking Spirit Quality to the Next Level

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In this podcast, Spirit’s Quality Manager Estefania Altamirano is interviewed by Quality Analyst Alyssa Marquez about the training she completed and what her new skills mean for our customers and suppliers.
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Ep. 11: AS9100 Lead Auditor Certification: Taking Spirit Quality to the Next Level

Spirit’s Quality Manager Estefania Altamirano recently completed Lead Auditor Certification for AS9100. As quality manager, she oversees many of Spirit’s compliance programs, as well as functions like our business procedures, corrective action and continual improvement, and internal audit program.

Quality Analyst by day, Podcast editor by night Alyssa Marquez interviews Estefania about the training she completed and what her new skills mean for our customers and suppliers.

Spirit Electronics is certified to AS9100 and ISO9001 quality management standards, meeting aerospace and defense customer requirements. To learn more about our certifications and programs, visit spiritelectronics.com/about-us/quality.

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