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Rework Challenges for Smart Phones and Tablets

Smart phones are complex,costly devices and therefore need to be reworked correctly the first time. In order to meet the ever-growing demand for performance,the complexity of mobile devices has .. weiterlesen

Semi Quantitative Method for Assessing the Reworkability of Different Underfills

The choice and optimisation of underfills to maximise process productivity and end product performance has been widely studied,and generated numerous performance criteria,flow time cure schedul .. weiterlesen

Effects of Dielectric Material,Aspect Ratio and Copper Plating on Microvia Reliability

This paper documents test data on the effects of materials and processes on microvia structures. Thirteen sets of experiments were carried out to evaluate the effects of dielectric material,asp .. weiterlesen

Simulation of the Influence of Manufacturing Quality on Thermomechanical Stress of Microvias

The advancement of area-array packages,such as flip chips and chip scale packages,has driven the adoption of high density interconnects (HDIs) that allow for an increased number of I/Os with a .. weiterlesen

“Reliability of Stacked Microvia”

Reliability of Microvia has been a concern since microvias were introduced to our industry. This study was designed to understand the reliability of Type 1,Type 2,and Type 3 Microvias. Reliabil .. weiterlesen

Predicting Fatigue of Solder Joints Subjected to High Number of Power Cycles

Solder joint reliability of SMT components connected to printed circuit boards is well documented. However,much of the testing and data is related to high-strain energy thermal cycling experime .. weiterlesen

Design for Reliability: Improving Reliability of Plastic Encapsulated Ocean Technology Products by Understanding Moisture Ingress through FEA Simulation

Remote sensing products designed for ocean environments sustain the harshness of cold oceans. The reliability of these telemetry devices needs to be very high to measure,collect and transmit da .. weiterlesen

A Control-Chart Based Method for Solder Joint Crack Detection

Many researchers have used different failure criteria in the published solder joint reliability studies. Since the reported timeto- failure would be different if different failure criteria were .. weiterlesen

What is Kelvin Test?

The PCB industry is ever changing and adapting to new technologies. OEM specifications and requirements have also advanced due to these technologies. In some cases the OEMs are asking for a low .. weiterlesen

Electrical Testing of Passive Components

Substrates have become more critical with regard to pitch and density in today’s designs with challenges for passive components in terms of surface placement. This negates the opportunity for h .. weiterlesen

Preparing for Increased Electrostatic Discharge Device Sensitivity

With the push for ever improving performance on semiconductor component I/O interfaces,semiconductor components are being driven into a realm which makes them more sensitive to electrostatic di .. weiterlesen

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD),Factory Issues,Measurement Methods and Product Quality – Roadmaps and Solutions for 2025 to 2030

The number of failures caused by electrostatic discharges (ESD) has been increasing for some time now. So,it is necessary for everyone,who handles electrostatic sensitive devices (ESDS),to know .. weiterlesen

Specialized Materials for Printed Electronics

In the area of Printed Electronics,there are a number of functional materials that can include conductors,Semi-conductors,dielectrics,barriers,and adhesives. There are also a smaller subset of .. weiterlesen

The Total Environmental Solution For Any-Layer HDI Production

Copper Via-Fill application in acid copper plating of PWB is experiencing a significant growth due to the booming of smartphone and tablet PC. With this growth,the PC board demand of HDI comple .. weiterlesen

The Perfect Copper Surface

In order to provide the functionality in today’s electronics,printed circuit boards are approaching the complexity of semiconductors. For flexible circuits with 1 mil lines and spaces,this mean .. weiterlesen

Final Finish Specifications Review IPC Plating Sub-committee 4-14

An IPC specification is a consensus document that specifies attributes relevant to the plated surface. Plating specifications are designed to be applicable to a wide range of products types. A .. weiterlesen

Signal Transmission Loss due to Copper Surface Roughness in

Higher-speed signal transmission is increasingly required on a printed circuit board to handle massive data in electronic systems. So,signal transmission loss of copper wiring on a printed circ .. weiterlesen

Beyond 0402M Placement: Process Considerations for 03015M Microchip Mounting

The printed circuit board assembly industry has long embraced the “Smaller,Lighter,Faster” mantra for electronic devices,especially in our ubiquitous mobile devices. As manufacturers increase s .. weiterlesen

Miniaturization with Help of Reduced Component to Component Spacing

Miniaturization and the integration of a growing number of functions in portable electronic devices require an extremely high packaging density for the active and passive components. There are .. weiterlesen

Challenges of Manufacturing with Printed Circuit Board Cavities

Cavity technology in a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) has existed for many years. The methodology to create the cavity in the PCB has evolved over time as technologies have advanced and the manufa .. weiterlesen

Alternative Concepts for High Speed,High Frequency and Signal Integration into the PCB

Transmission of data is a major driver in the electronics industry. Higher data volumes,high speed data transfer and short time signal transmission have to be realized to meet these requirement .. weiterlesen

Printing of Solder Paste – A Quality Assurance Methodology

Solder paste printing is known to be one of the most difficult processes to quality assure in electronic manufacturing. The challenge increases as the technology development moves toward a mix .. weiterlesen

Jetting Strategies for mBGAs a question of give and take...

The demands on volume delivery and positioning accuracy for solder paste deposits are increasing as the size and complexity of circuits continue to develop in the electronics industry. Accordin .. weiterlesen

Implementing Embedded Component from Concept-To-Manufacturing

The utilization of embedded components has increased across many applications in various industries,and with rapid emergence of technologies and the need to secure IP,new methodologies are bein .. weiterlesen

Embedded Components: A Comparative Analysis of Reliability Part II

In light of new process and product technologies in the field of embedded components,questions arise with respect to advantages and potential disadvantages to standard SMT component placement w .. weiterlesen

Reliability of Embedded Planar Capacitors: A Review

Embedded capacitors offer board designers the ability to address the demands of high switching speeds and high I/O count packages while stemming the proliferation of minute decoupling capacitor .. weiterlesen

Tin Whisker Risk Management by Conformal Coating

The objective of this study is to evaluate conformal coatings for mitigation of tin whisker growth. The conformal coatings chosen for the experiment are acrylic,polyurethane and parylene. The c .. weiterlesen

Rework Challenges for Smart Phones and Tablets

Smart phones are complex,costly devices and therefore need to be reworked correctly the first time. In order to meet the ever-growing demand for performance,the complexity of mobile devices has .. weiterlesen

Semi Quantitative Method for Assessing the Reworkability of Different Underfills

The choice and optimisation of underfills to maximise process productivity and end product performance has been widely studied,and generated numerous performance criteria,flow time cure schedul .. weiterlesen

Effects of Dielectric Material,Aspect Ratio and Copper Plating on Microvia Reliability

This paper documents test data on the effects of materials and processes on microvia structures. Thirteen sets of experiments were carried out to evaluate the effects of dielectric material,asp .. weiterlesen

Simulation of the Influence of Manufacturing Quality on Thermomechanical Stress of Microvias

The advancement of area-array packages,such as flip chips and chip scale packages,has driven the adoption of high density interconnects (HDIs) that allow for an increased number of I/Os with a .. weiterlesen

“Reliability of Stacked Microvia”

Reliability of Microvia has been a concern since microvias were introduced to our industry. This study was designed to understand the reliability of Type 1,Type 2,and Type 3 Microvias. Reliabil .. weiterlesen

Predicting Fatigue of Solder Joints Subjected to High Number of Power Cycles

Solder joint reliability of SMT components connected to printed circuit boards is well documented. However,much of the testing and data is related to high-strain energy thermal cycling experime .. weiterlesen

Design for Reliability: Improving Reliability of Plastic Encapsulated Ocean Technology Products by Understanding Moisture Ingress through FEA Simulation

Remote sensing products designed for ocean environments sustain the harshness of cold oceans. The reliability of these telemetry devices needs to be very high to measure,collect and transmit da .. weiterlesen

A Control-Chart Based Method for Solder Joint Crack Detection

Many researchers have used different failure criteria in the published solder joint reliability studies. Since the reported timeto- failure would be different if different failure criteria were .. weiterlesen

What is Kelvin Test?

The PCB industry is ever changing and adapting to new technologies. OEM specifications and requirements have also advanced due to these technologies. In some cases the OEMs are asking for a low .. weiterlesen

Electrical Testing of Passive Components

Substrates have become more critical with regard to pitch and density in today’s designs with challenges for passive components in terms of surface placement. This negates the opportunity for h .. weiterlesen

Preparing for Increased Electrostatic Discharge Device Sensitivity

With the push for ever improving performance on semiconductor component I/O interfaces,semiconductor components are being driven into a realm which makes them more sensitive to electrostatic di .. weiterlesen

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD),Factory Issues,Measurement Methods and Product Quality – Roadmaps and Solutions for 2025 to 2030

The number of failures caused by electrostatic discharges (ESD) has been increasing for some time now. So,it is necessary for everyone,who handles electrostatic sensitive devices (ESDS),to know .. weiterlesen

Specialized Materials for Printed Electronics

In the area of Printed Electronics,there are a number of functional materials that can include conductors,Semi-conductors,dielectrics,barriers,and adhesives. There are also a smaller subset of .. weiterlesen

The Total Environmental Solution For Any-Layer HDI Production

Copper Via-Fill application in acid copper plating of PWB is experiencing a significant growth due to the booming of smartphone and tablet PC. With this growth,the PC board demand of HDI comple .. weiterlesen

The Perfect Copper Surface

In order to provide the functionality in today’s electronics,printed circuit boards are approaching the complexity of semiconductors. For flexible circuits with 1 mil lines and spaces,this mean .. weiterlesen

Final Finish Specifications Review IPC Plating Sub-committee 4-14

An IPC specification is a consensus document that specifies attributes relevant to the plated surface. Plating specifications are designed to be applicable to a wide range of products types. A .. weiterlesen

Signal Transmission Loss due to Copper Surface Roughness in

Higher-speed signal transmission is increasingly required on a printed circuit board to handle massive data in electronic systems. So,signal transmission loss of copper wiring on a printed circ .. weiterlesen

Beyond 0402M Placement: Process Considerations for 03015M Microchip Mounting

The printed circuit board assembly industry has long embraced the “Smaller,Lighter,Faster” mantra for electronic devices,especially in our ubiquitous mobile devices. As manufacturers increase s .. weiterlesen

Miniaturization with Help of Reduced Component to Component Spacing

Miniaturization and the integration of a growing number of functions in portable electronic devices require an extremely high packaging density for the active and passive components. There are .. weiterlesen

Challenges of Manufacturing with Printed Circuit Board Cavities

Cavity technology in a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) has existed for many years. The methodology to create the cavity in the PCB has evolved over time as technologies have advanced and the manufa .. weiterlesen

Alternative Concepts for High Speed,High Frequency and Signal Integration into the PCB

Transmission of data is a major driver in the electronics industry. Higher data volumes,high speed data transfer and short time signal transmission have to be realized to meet these requirement .. weiterlesen

Printing of Solder Paste – A Quality Assurance Methodology

Solder paste printing is known to be one of the most difficult processes to quality assure in electronic manufacturing. The challenge increases as the technology development moves toward a mix .. weiterlesen

Jetting Strategies for mBGAs a question of give and take...

The demands on volume delivery and positioning accuracy for solder paste deposits are increasing as the size and complexity of circuits continue to develop in the electronics industry. Accordin .. weiterlesen

Implementing Embedded Component from Concept-To-Manufacturing

The utilization of embedded components has increased across many applications in various industries,and with rapid emergence of technologies and the need to secure IP,new methodologies are bein .. weiterlesen

Embedded Components: A Comparative Analysis of Reliability Part II

In light of new process and product technologies in the field of embedded components,questions arise with respect to advantages and potential disadvantages to standard SMT component placement w .. weiterlesen

Reliability of Embedded Planar Capacitors: A Review

Embedded capacitors offer board designers the ability to address the demands of high switching speeds and high I/O count packages while stemming the proliferation of minute decoupling capacitor .. weiterlesen

Tin Whisker Risk Management by Conformal Coating

The objective of this study is to evaluate conformal coatings for mitigation of tin whisker growth. The conformal coatings chosen for the experiment are acrylic,polyurethane and parylene. The c .. weiterlesen