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The Chip of the Month (October) – FT800

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By Ben Savage News October 6, 2022

This month’s chip of the month is the FT800. The FT800 is of particular interest as it was created from our die extraction process and after a lengthy qualification period with our end customer you can find it supporting complex radar subsystem operations.

It is by far the most complex extraction/assembly we have performed with the die having over 560 pads spaced no further away than 60um (which is about equivalent to a human hair!) This combined with the fact it required over 250 individual compound ball bonds made it quite the engineering feat.

The FT800

Ben Savage / About Author

Ben Savage joined Force back in 2006, starting out as a technician and now holds the title of Application Manager. Boasting over 17 years living and breathing Obsolete semiconductors, his day-to-day role is heading up the daily engineering requirements that get sent in from our global customer base. Ben holds Member level with IIOM (The Institute of obsolescence management) and has written and presented numerous presentations/blogs over the years detailing Force products/services and new technologies. He enjoys the many challenges the semiconductor obsolescence industry and splits time between expanding our engineering capabilities/services and ensuring suitable form fit and function customer solutions are achieved.

When not working, Ben can be found spending time with his wife, two children and various hobbies.