What Is Semiconductor Processing ?
In order to introduce you to the field of semiconductor processing let me first help you to bake a cake. To start, you will need a mixing bowl for all the ingredients. Then you will need a cake pan in order to bake your masterpiece in an oven. After it is done cooking, you will need a cooling rack before applying the frosting. At this point, (hey, no tasting!), you might place the cake in the window of your bakery on a display shelf, or if you carry it home, you will use a cake box. Finally at dinner time this cake will be served to your loving family on a dessert plate. When you stop to think about it, it is amazing to see how complex the process is to bring a cake from beginning to end.
In similar fashion but instead of using bowls, pans, racks, shelves, boxes, and plates to process semiconductors, we use frames, trays, tubes, tapes, and reels to carry semiconductors from their point of manufacture to their final resting place in the finished product. A lot of work goes into the process of moving semiconductors through each level but the end result may be your innovative new cell phone, your kid’s cool iPod, or your father’s Oldsmobile. OX3 Corporation is in the business of moving semiconductors from start to finish.
During any given stage in making a cake, you might decorate it, freeze it, smother it in chocolate, or bury it under ice cream. Likewise with a semiconductor, we also provide value-added services such as moisture-removal, programming, lead-forming, and marking along the way.
Perhaps our greatest competition over the years will have come from customers like you who are always trying to remove one or more steps from the process. Many times, this effort will be for naught because you will wind up investing more in the cost-reduction effort than you save. At this point, I might well advise you that:
you can’t have your cake and eat it too!
OX3's semiconductor handling services are supported by three web sites at
OX3.com for services,
Reelpak.com for carrier tapes, and
Reel.biz for reels, cover tapes and miscellaneous supplies."
