ARLINGTON, Va., USA - February 18, 2009 - JEDEC Solid State Technology Association announced today that Paul Melville, an engineer with NXP, has been presented with a JEDEC Technical Recognition Award. Given by the JEDEC Board of Directors, the Technical Recognition Award is JEDEC's most significant award for technical achievement and acknowledges outstanding contributions to technology standardization. Mian Quddus, Pete Scala and Nick Lycoudes, representing JEDEC, presented the award to Mr. Melville in a ceremony at NXP. Mr. Paul Ngan of NXP was also in attendance.

Paul Melville was honored for his significant role in projects involving moisture sensitivity, solderability, and tin whisker testing. His contributions have been essential to numerous JEDEC publications and standards designed to meet the technological challenges posed by the electronics industry's migration to lead-free materials, including the widely utilized joint IPC/JEDEC J-STD-020 Standard for Moisture/Reflow Sensitivity Classification for Non- Hermetic Solid State Surface Mount Devices. Mr. Melville has also been involved in developing tin whisker mitigation practices, process controls and verification testing.

Nick Lycoudes, JC-14 Chairman, said: "The JC-14 Committee for Quality and Reliability is committed to helping the industry provide standardized solutions for moisture sensitivity, solderability and to successfully transition to lead-free. Paul Melville's contributions have been essential to this effort, especially because of the amount of data he presented during the standards development process. As Chairman of JC-14, I am grateful for Mr. Melville's dedication to the industry, and for NXP's support of the development of open industry standards within JEDEC."

Paul Ngan, NXP Reliability Coordinator and Manager, Reliability Physics, said: "Paul Melville's work has been well recognized internally at NXP, and we are happy to see that Mr. Melville's technical contributions to the industry are being honored by JEDEC. NXP looks forward to continued active participation in developing high quality standards within JEDEC."

Added Pete Scala, JEDEC Board Vice-Chairman: "I am honored to have been a member of the team that presented a JEDEC Technical Achievement Award to Paul Melville. Mr. Melville has been an active and productive member of JEDEC for many years, and has advanced the publication of standards with experimental data and new ideas, especially in the area of tin whiskers and moisture sensitivity.

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