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Developments in Electroless Copper Processes to Improve Performance in am SAPMobile Applications

With the adoption of Wafer Level Packages (WLP) in the latest generation mobile handsets, the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) industry has also seen the initial steps of High Density Interconnec .. weiterlesen

Semi-Additive Process (SAP) Utilizing Very Uniform Ultrathin Copper by A Novel Catalyst

The demand for miniaturization and higher density electronic products has continued steadily for years and this trend is expected to continue,  according to various semiconductor techno .. weiterlesen

Approaches to Overcome Nodules and Scratches on Wire Bondable Plating on PCBs

Initially adopted internal specifications for acceptance of printed circuit boards (PCBs) used for wire bonding was that there were no nodules or scratches allowed on the wire bond pads when .. weiterlesen

Development and Classification of Conductive Circuitry for E-textiles

This paper examines the development and classification of flexible and stretchable conductive pathways to carry power and data and details the technical challenges as well as the methodologi .. weiterlesen

Bladder Inflation Method for Mechanical Testing of Stretchable Electronics and Wearable Devices

The advent of electronic materials with the potential to undergo extreme deformation while maintaining conductivity has led to the development of advanced stretchable electronic systems. The .. weiterlesen

Additive Manufacturing for Next Generation Microwave Electronics and Antennas

The paper will discuss the integration of 3D printing and inkjet printing fabrication technologies for microwave and millimeter-wave applications. With the recent advancements in 3D and inkj .. weiterlesen

Insertion Loss Performance Differences Due to Plated Finish and Different Circuit Structures

Many different final plated finishes are used in the PCB industry, each with its own influence on insertion loss. The impact of an applied finish on insertion loss is generally dependent upo .. weiterlesen

A Novel Electroless Nickel Immersion Gold (ENIG) Surface Finish for Robust Solder Joints and Better Reliability of Electronic Assemblies

Conventional Electroless Nickel/Immersion Gold (ENIG) currently available in the market is prone to brittle solder joints failures. Due to these reasons, there are field failures and reliabi .. weiterlesen

Surface Treatment Enabling Low Temperature Soldering to Aluminum

The majority of flexible circuits are made by patterning copper metal that is laminated to a flexible substrate, which is usually polyimide film of varying thickness. An increasingly popular .. weiterlesen

Approaching FCT with Low-Cost Modular and Fully Integrated Test Fixtures

Constant increases in feature density of printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA) has highlighted the importance of functional circuit test (FCT) systems in a manufacturing process. Automated .. weiterlesen

The Next RF Probing Challenge: IoT and 5G

IoT and 5G applications have theirchallenges when it comes to functional testing –especially for the probing part inside a functional test fixture(hereinafter referred to as “FCT” fixture).I .. weiterlesen

Creating Reusable Manufacturing Tests for High-Speed I/O with Synthetic Instruments

There is a compelling need for functional testing of high-speed input/output signals on circuit boards ranging from 1 gigabit per second(Gbps) to several hundred Gbps. While manufacturing te .. weiterlesen

Copper Filled Microvias - The New Hidden Threat Links of Faith Are Not Created Equally

Microvias connect adjacent copper layers to complete electrical paths. Copper-filled microvias can be stacked to form connections beyond adjacent copper layers. Staggered microvias stitch ad .. weiterlesen

Impact of Assembly Cycles on Copper Wrap Plating

The PWB industry needs to complete reliability testing in order to define the minimum copper wrap plating thickness requirement for confirming the reliability of PTH structures.  Predic .. weiterlesen

Smart Molded Structures Bring Surfaces to Life

This paper introduces structural electronics technology enabling smart molded structures. It also presents a case for developing industry standards specific to structural electronics materia .. weiterlesen

Development of Flexible Hybrid Electronics

Flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) refer to a category of flexible electronics that are made through a combination of traditional assembly process of electronic components with the high-preci .. weiterlesen

Additive Manufacturing-Enabled Wireless Flexible Hybrid Electronics for Brain-Machine Interfaces

Inherent variation among human brains causes difficulty in the design of electroencephalography (EEG)-enabled universal brain-machine interfaces (BMI). Existing EEG systems suffer from incon .. weiterlesen

Low Temperature Soldering: Thermal Cycling Reliability Performance

The technical and economic benefits derived from lowering the reflow temperatures have motivated the evaluation of new Sn-Bi low temperature alloys for soldering. Eutectic Sn-Bi alloy is usu .. weiterlesen

New-Generation, Low-TemperatureLead-Free Solder for SMT Assembly

Sn3Ag0.5Cu (SAC305)is the major solder alloy after RoHS was adopted by the European Union. Since its melting temperature is relatively higher than eutectic SnPb alloy, the peak reflow temper .. weiterlesen

PCB Manufacturing for Electronics Megatrends

The world as we know it is changing. Electronic megatrends are impacting the world and rapidly changing the way we experience day-to-day life. The imminent 5Gwireless infrastructure will be .. weiterlesen

Assembly Challenges of Die and Die-Size BGAs

This paper presents assembly challenges of mixed area array technologies covering Very Thin ChipArray® Ball Grid Array (CVBGA) and its Land Grid Array version (CV-LGA), embedded Wafer Level .. weiterlesen

Board Level Reliability Testing of RF Packages

Board level reliability testing is becoming a requirement amongst users for acceptance of components and packages. Standard component level JEDEC tests are not sufficient to qualify a suppli .. weiterlesen

High Temperature Thermal Cycling Reliability Testing of a High Reliability Lead-free Solder Alloy

In recent years there has been an increased demand for electronic products with high reliability solder alloys having improved performance in thermal cycle resistance for harsh working envir .. weiterlesen

Sputtered Seed Layer on Substrates with High Organic Load to enable Advanced L/S Densities and more Precise Feature Geometries

Advanced Packaging is one of the key growing segments with high adoption rates and strong technology advantages and offersa pathway moving forward to support industry roadmaps. Sputtered see .. weiterlesen

Qualification Protocols for A Sustainable and Innovative Release Aid Within the PCB & CCL Laminating Press Process.

PCB (Printed Circuit Board) and CCL (Copper Clad Laminates) industries are facing environmental issues and cost reduction challenges. Consumable release sheets are an important aid for many .. weiterlesen

Manufacturing of Low-Cost Wearable Vital Sign Monitoring Devices

Wireless wearable devices can continuously assess and communicate the condition of patients and are crucial components of digital mobile health platforms. General societal trends across the .. weiterlesen

Design, Fabrication and Testing of an RFID Tag with Security Features for Authentication and Tamper Resistance

To demonstrate the benefits of flexible hybrid technology (FHE) and printed electronics the team of Lockheed Martin Rotary Missions Systems Owego (LMO), Lockheed Martin Space Systems Billeri .. weiterlesen

Designing and Manufacturing Flexible Hybrid Electronic Wearable Chemical Sensors

Real-time and in-situ monitoring of the air-quality of confined spaces is a life-saving technology for commercial and government maintenance workers and is conspicuously absent from the comm .. weiterlesen

CFX Performance Mapping – Methods to Qualify, Validate and Control Acceptable Levels of Flux and Other Residues

The Connected Factory Exchange initiative enables the use of tools, machines, and computer software to monitor, improve, and produce reliable hardware. The concept of the Digital Twin is to .. weiterlesen

The Gap Dilemma in the Technical Cleanliness of Electronic Assemblies – Why Foreign Object Debris on Electronic Assemblies is not...

Technical Cleanliness, i.e., the quantification, control and mitigation of deleterious effects of foreign object debris (FOD), is a common challenge in engineering. In the context of electro .. weiterlesen

Developments in Electroless Copper Processes to Improve Performance in am SAPMobile Applications

With the adoption of Wafer Level Packages (WLP) in the latest generation mobile handsets, the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) industry has also seen the initial steps of High Density Interconnec .. weiterlesen

Semi-Additive Process (SAP) Utilizing Very Uniform Ultrathin Copper by A Novel Catalyst

The demand for miniaturization and higher density electronic products has continued steadily for years and this trend is expected to continue,  according to various semiconductor techno .. weiterlesen

Approaches to Overcome Nodules and Scratches on Wire Bondable Plating on PCBs

Initially adopted internal specifications for acceptance of printed circuit boards (PCBs) used for wire bonding was that there were no nodules or scratches allowed on the wire bond pads when .. weiterlesen

Development and Classification of Conductive Circuitry for E-textiles

This paper examines the development and classification of flexible and stretchable conductive pathways to carry power and data and details the technical challenges as well as the methodologi .. weiterlesen

Bladder Inflation Method for Mechanical Testing of Stretchable Electronics and Wearable Devices

The advent of electronic materials with the potential to undergo extreme deformation while maintaining conductivity has led to the development of advanced stretchable electronic systems. The .. weiterlesen

Additive Manufacturing for Next Generation Microwave Electronics and Antennas

The paper will discuss the integration of 3D printing and inkjet printing fabrication technologies for microwave and millimeter-wave applications. With the recent advancements in 3D and inkj .. weiterlesen

Insertion Loss Performance Differences Due to Plated Finish and Different Circuit Structures

Many different final plated finishes are used in the PCB industry, each with its own influence on insertion loss. The impact of an applied finish on insertion loss is generally dependent upo .. weiterlesen

A Novel Electroless Nickel Immersion Gold (ENIG) Surface Finish for Robust Solder Joints and Better Reliability of Electronic Assemblies

Conventional Electroless Nickel/Immersion Gold (ENIG) currently available in the market is prone to brittle solder joints failures. Due to these reasons, there are field failures and reliabi .. weiterlesen

Surface Treatment Enabling Low Temperature Soldering to Aluminum

The majority of flexible circuits are made by patterning copper metal that is laminated to a flexible substrate, which is usually polyimide film of varying thickness. An increasingly popular .. weiterlesen

Approaching FCT with Low-Cost Modular and Fully Integrated Test Fixtures

Constant increases in feature density of printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA) has highlighted the importance of functional circuit test (FCT) systems in a manufacturing process. Automated .. weiterlesen

The Next RF Probing Challenge: IoT and 5G

IoT and 5G applications have theirchallenges when it comes to functional testing –especially for the probing part inside a functional test fixture(hereinafter referred to as “FCT” fixture).I .. weiterlesen

Creating Reusable Manufacturing Tests for High-Speed I/O with Synthetic Instruments

There is a compelling need for functional testing of high-speed input/output signals on circuit boards ranging from 1 gigabit per second(Gbps) to several hundred Gbps. While manufacturing te .. weiterlesen

Copper Filled Microvias - The New Hidden Threat Links of Faith Are Not Created Equally

Microvias connect adjacent copper layers to complete electrical paths. Copper-filled microvias can be stacked to form connections beyond adjacent copper layers. Staggered microvias stitch ad .. weiterlesen

Impact of Assembly Cycles on Copper Wrap Plating

The PWB industry needs to complete reliability testing in order to define the minimum copper wrap plating thickness requirement for confirming the reliability of PTH structures.  Predic .. weiterlesen

Smart Molded Structures Bring Surfaces to Life

This paper introduces structural electronics technology enabling smart molded structures. It also presents a case for developing industry standards specific to structural electronics materia .. weiterlesen

Development of Flexible Hybrid Electronics

Flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) refer to a category of flexible electronics that are made through a combination of traditional assembly process of electronic components with the high-preci .. weiterlesen

Additive Manufacturing-Enabled Wireless Flexible Hybrid Electronics for Brain-Machine Interfaces

Inherent variation among human brains causes difficulty in the design of electroencephalography (EEG)-enabled universal brain-machine interfaces (BMI). Existing EEG systems suffer from incon .. weiterlesen

Low Temperature Soldering: Thermal Cycling Reliability Performance

The technical and economic benefits derived from lowering the reflow temperatures have motivated the evaluation of new Sn-Bi low temperature alloys for soldering. Eutectic Sn-Bi alloy is usu .. weiterlesen

New-Generation, Low-TemperatureLead-Free Solder for SMT Assembly

Sn3Ag0.5Cu (SAC305)is the major solder alloy after RoHS was adopted by the European Union. Since its melting temperature is relatively higher than eutectic SnPb alloy, the peak reflow temper .. weiterlesen

PCB Manufacturing for Electronics Megatrends

The world as we know it is changing. Electronic megatrends are impacting the world and rapidly changing the way we experience day-to-day life. The imminent 5Gwireless infrastructure will be .. weiterlesen

Assembly Challenges of Die and Die-Size BGAs

This paper presents assembly challenges of mixed area array technologies covering Very Thin ChipArray® Ball Grid Array (CVBGA) and its Land Grid Array version (CV-LGA), embedded Wafer Level .. weiterlesen

Board Level Reliability Testing of RF Packages

Board level reliability testing is becoming a requirement amongst users for acceptance of components and packages. Standard component level JEDEC tests are not sufficient to qualify a suppli .. weiterlesen

High Temperature Thermal Cycling Reliability Testing of a High Reliability Lead-free Solder Alloy

In recent years there has been an increased demand for electronic products with high reliability solder alloys having improved performance in thermal cycle resistance for harsh working envir .. weiterlesen

Sputtered Seed Layer on Substrates with High Organic Load to enable Advanced L/S Densities and more Precise Feature Geometries

Advanced Packaging is one of the key growing segments with high adoption rates and strong technology advantages and offersa pathway moving forward to support industry roadmaps. Sputtered see .. weiterlesen

Qualification Protocols for A Sustainable and Innovative Release Aid Within the PCB & CCL Laminating Press Process.

PCB (Printed Circuit Board) and CCL (Copper Clad Laminates) industries are facing environmental issues and cost reduction challenges. Consumable release sheets are an important aid for many .. weiterlesen

Manufacturing of Low-Cost Wearable Vital Sign Monitoring Devices

Wireless wearable devices can continuously assess and communicate the condition of patients and are crucial components of digital mobile health platforms. General societal trends across the .. weiterlesen

Design, Fabrication and Testing of an RFID Tag with Security Features for Authentication and Tamper Resistance

To demonstrate the benefits of flexible hybrid technology (FHE) and printed electronics the team of Lockheed Martin Rotary Missions Systems Owego (LMO), Lockheed Martin Space Systems Billeri .. weiterlesen

Designing and Manufacturing Flexible Hybrid Electronic Wearable Chemical Sensors

Real-time and in-situ monitoring of the air-quality of confined spaces is a life-saving technology for commercial and government maintenance workers and is conspicuously absent from the comm .. weiterlesen

CFX Performance Mapping – Methods to Qualify, Validate and Control Acceptable Levels of Flux and Other Residues

The Connected Factory Exchange initiative enables the use of tools, machines, and computer software to monitor, improve, and produce reliable hardware. The concept of the Digital Twin is to .. weiterlesen

The Gap Dilemma in the Technical Cleanliness of Electronic Assemblies – Why Foreign Object Debris on Electronic Assemblies is not...

Technical Cleanliness, i.e., the quantification, control and mitigation of deleterious effects of foreign object debris (FOD), is a common challenge in engineering. In the context of electro .. weiterlesen