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Using Flux-Coated Solder Preforms to Repeatably Achieve Low Voiding in Power ICs: An Automotive Case Study

For an automotive transmission control unit (TCU) platform, the bottom ground pad of a high power low-profile quad flat package (LQFP) component soldered to the thermal pad of the PCB had a .. weiterlesen

Effects of BGA Rework on Board-Level Reliability

The research goal was to establish a limit for the number of rework cycles for Ball Gird Arrays (BGAs) and to determine the clearance required between a BGA and its surrounding components on .. weiterlesen

Novel Automatic Repair of Populated PCBs in a Cost-Effective and Adaptive Way

Repair of soldered components is a constant necessity in the electronics industry. Product performance enhancement, damaged components, and exchange of wrong placed components are some of th .. weiterlesen

Non-Destructive BGA Rework Using Infrared Heating Technology

During the past few years, it has become increasingly difficult to physically rework printed circuit board (PCB) assemblies. Such mundane operations as soldering, desoldering and component r .. weiterlesen

Quality Assurance for Advanced Packaging Prototyping: Solder Paste Behavior as Key Monitoring Parameter

Highly reliable and high-yield prototyping in the early stages of development is crucial for innovations in next generation microelectronic systems to demonstrate the results of research. Th .. weiterlesen

QFN Thermal Pad Design for Void Minimization

Different types of components with soldered bottom terminations are increasingly used in the electronics industry with the principal objective to improve heat dissipation. The larg .. weiterlesen

A Novel Copper Via Filling Electrolyte for Plating on IC Substrates

The Semi-Additive Process (SAP) is a standard process to enable very fine lines and spaces to produce highly sophisticated Integrated Circuit Substrates (ICS). When operating with lines and .. weiterlesen

Novel Surface Finish for 5G-mmWave frequency PCB Technologies- How to Achieve Optimum Signal Integrity

The next generation devices using high frequency of 5G to mmWave and greater has called for innovation in materials used in electronics manufacturing to realize the optimum signal integrity .. weiterlesen

Reassessing Surface Finish Performance for Next Generation Technology

PCB Fabricators have long since abandoned Hot-Air Levelling, with several alternative final finishes (ImAg, ImSn, OSP, ENIG and ENEPIG) now well established as having a track record of meeti .. weiterlesen

A High Thermal Performance Die Attaching Paste based on Hybrid Pressure-less Silver Sintering Technology for Aerospace Application

Aerospace and defense applications present unique challenges for material suppliers. As increasingly adoption of wide bandgap semiconductor materials and advanced diverse accessible heteroge .. weiterlesen

Failure Characteristics of PCBs in Automotive EV Powertrain Applications and Solution Proposals to Improve Reliability and Robustness

The rapid change to and steep rise of electric vehicles (EV) results in many challenges for the design, manufacturing, testing, and the understanding of reliability and robustness for printe .. weiterlesen

Expandable Bio-based Polymers: A Lightweight Future for Electronics Ruggedization – Immersion Study

“Light weighting” has become an important trend in numerous manufacturing divisions. Lightweight materials are particularly valuable in any portable device including mass transit systems, au .. weiterlesen

Selective Solder Nozzles: Insight Into Wear Mechanisms and Future Developments

Selective soldering utilizes wettable metal nozzles for controlled application of solder to components. The wetting of solder to the nozzles is part of a complex mechanism that causes wear o .. weiterlesen

New Soldering Technology for High and Mixed-Volume Through-Hole Pin Devices

Surface mount technology was developed in the 1960s and implemented on printed circuit boards in the 1980s. High-density electronic assemblies are dominated nowadays by surface mount devices .. weiterlesen

Photonic Soldering of Wafer-level Chip-scale Packaged Components on Polyethylene Terephthalate Flex Board

Advanced implementation of wearables and IOT applications require attachment of components on lightweight, mechanically flexible, and low-cost substrates. Candidate materials that meet these .. weiterlesen

Gold Brush Plating Rework of Power Logic Circuit Card Assembly in an Aerospace Electronic Application

Selective electrodeposition (brush plating) was successfully used to rework a solder-contaminated, hard gold-plated copper flag connector for a circuit card assembly (CCA). The localized rep .. weiterlesen

iNEMI General Purpose Flowers of Sulfur Corrosion Chamber

The iNEMI flowers of sulfur (FoS) corrosion chamber was developed to study creep corrosion on printed circuit board assemblies(PCBAs). The chamber, typically run at 50 or 60oC, has corrosive .. weiterlesen

Reducing Dust Deposition on Electronic Equipment by Optimizing Cooling Air Flow Patterns

Environmental dust accumulation on electronic equipment can impact the performance and reliability of the equipment in various ways. This includes mechanical effects (such as obstructions of .. weiterlesen

Electronic Board Defect Classification and Detection with Deep Learning

Inspection means have increasingly been incorporated into typical manufacturing of boards, substrates and/or systems. A significant number of automatic inspections rely on the analysis of im .. weiterlesen

Beyond The Hype -The Digital Twin Demystified

Digitalization changes everything, everywhere. It is inevitable, new business drivers are forcing the Electronics industry to rethink every element of their business. Virtually every company .. weiterlesen

Energy Efficient Reflow Soldering Process Using Embedded Carbon Layers

As the reflow soldering process is the main energy consumer in a SMT assembly line, there is a high potential for cost reduction by significantly reducing the amount of energy needed. Meltin .. weiterlesen

Can 150μm Pitch Flip Chip be Done on Standard SMT Lines?

As miniaturization trends continue in the electronics industry, System in Package (SiP) technology is gaining more and more traction. In many ways, some SiP modules are just surface mount te .. weiterlesen

Investigating the Metric 0201 Assembly Process

The advance in technology and its relentless develop mentis delivering yet another surface mount assembly challenge. To meet the market demand for products with higher functionality whilst r .. weiterlesen

Balancing Air Assisted Atomization for Improved Conformal Coating Quality

Polymer coating materials protect electronics from harsh environments, assuring safe and reliable performance. To reach the highest level of reliability, coatings must be selectively applied .. weiterlesen

Automated Conformal Coating of Circuit Card Assemblies Using Polyurethane Material

The development of an automated circuit card assembly(CCA)conformal coating process using a low outgassing polyurethane material was essential for meeting the increase in customer demand fro .. weiterlesen

High Performance Light and Moisture Dual Curable Automotive Conformal Coating

Light-curable materials can provide significant benefits over conventional technologies, including lower operating costs driven by lower labor needs, space savings, lower energy demand, and .. weiterlesen

Future of “Substances and Materials in Products ”Data Exchange Formats as Standards

To support regulations on hazardous substances in materials and in products like the automotive EU End of Life Vehicle (ELV) directive, the Electronics and Electrical Equipment Restriction o .. weiterlesen

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Bioaccumulative Substances –The Next Wave of Regulated Substances in Electronics

Until recently, virtually all restricted materials in electronics were classified as either carcinogens (e.g. Pb) or reproductive toxins (e.g. phthalates). Two new categories of restricted m .. weiterlesen

High Frequency Due to Copper Topology Phase 2 Project –Final Report High Density Packaging User Group (HDP)

The High Density Packaging (HDP) User Group has completed a project based upon an earlier project evaluating the different types of high frequency test methods used in the industry for measu .. weiterlesen

Moisture Effects on the High Frequency Testing of Laminates

Earlier HDP User Group project work that has been completed and published compared the different types of high frequency test methods used in the industry for measuring Dk and Df at high fre .. weiterlesen

Using Flux-Coated Solder Preforms to Repeatably Achieve Low Voiding in Power ICs: An Automotive Case Study

For an automotive transmission control unit (TCU) platform, the bottom ground pad of a high power low-profile quad flat package (LQFP) component soldered to the thermal pad of the PCB had a .. weiterlesen

Effects of BGA Rework on Board-Level Reliability

The research goal was to establish a limit for the number of rework cycles for Ball Gird Arrays (BGAs) and to determine the clearance required between a BGA and its surrounding components on .. weiterlesen

Novel Automatic Repair of Populated PCBs in a Cost-Effective and Adaptive Way

Repair of soldered components is a constant necessity in the electronics industry. Product performance enhancement, damaged components, and exchange of wrong placed components are some of th .. weiterlesen

Non-Destructive BGA Rework Using Infrared Heating Technology

During the past few years, it has become increasingly difficult to physically rework printed circuit board (PCB) assemblies. Such mundane operations as soldering, desoldering and component r .. weiterlesen

Quality Assurance for Advanced Packaging Prototyping: Solder Paste Behavior as Key Monitoring Parameter

Highly reliable and high-yield prototyping in the early stages of development is crucial for innovations in next generation microelectronic systems to demonstrate the results of research. Th .. weiterlesen

QFN Thermal Pad Design for Void Minimization

Different types of components with soldered bottom terminations are increasingly used in the electronics industry with the principal objective to improve heat dissipation. The larg .. weiterlesen

A Novel Copper Via Filling Electrolyte for Plating on IC Substrates

The Semi-Additive Process (SAP) is a standard process to enable very fine lines and spaces to produce highly sophisticated Integrated Circuit Substrates (ICS). When operating with lines and .. weiterlesen

Novel Surface Finish for 5G-mmWave frequency PCB Technologies- How to Achieve Optimum Signal Integrity

The next generation devices using high frequency of 5G to mmWave and greater has called for innovation in materials used in electronics manufacturing to realize the optimum signal integrity .. weiterlesen

Reassessing Surface Finish Performance for Next Generation Technology

PCB Fabricators have long since abandoned Hot-Air Levelling, with several alternative final finishes (ImAg, ImSn, OSP, ENIG and ENEPIG) now well established as having a track record of meeti .. weiterlesen

A High Thermal Performance Die Attaching Paste based on Hybrid Pressure-less Silver Sintering Technology for Aerospace Application

Aerospace and defense applications present unique challenges for material suppliers. As increasingly adoption of wide bandgap semiconductor materials and advanced diverse accessible heteroge .. weiterlesen

Failure Characteristics of PCBs in Automotive EV Powertrain Applications and Solution Proposals to Improve Reliability and Robustness

The rapid change to and steep rise of electric vehicles (EV) results in many challenges for the design, manufacturing, testing, and the understanding of reliability and robustness for printe .. weiterlesen

Expandable Bio-based Polymers: A Lightweight Future for Electronics Ruggedization – Immersion Study

“Light weighting” has become an important trend in numerous manufacturing divisions. Lightweight materials are particularly valuable in any portable device including mass transit systems, au .. weiterlesen

Selective Solder Nozzles: Insight Into Wear Mechanisms and Future Developments

Selective soldering utilizes wettable metal nozzles for controlled application of solder to components. The wetting of solder to the nozzles is part of a complex mechanism that causes wear o .. weiterlesen

New Soldering Technology for High and Mixed-Volume Through-Hole Pin Devices

Surface mount technology was developed in the 1960s and implemented on printed circuit boards in the 1980s. High-density electronic assemblies are dominated nowadays by surface mount devices .. weiterlesen

Photonic Soldering of Wafer-level Chip-scale Packaged Components on Polyethylene Terephthalate Flex Board

Advanced implementation of wearables and IOT applications require attachment of components on lightweight, mechanically flexible, and low-cost substrates. Candidate materials that meet these .. weiterlesen

Gold Brush Plating Rework of Power Logic Circuit Card Assembly in an Aerospace Electronic Application

Selective electrodeposition (brush plating) was successfully used to rework a solder-contaminated, hard gold-plated copper flag connector for a circuit card assembly (CCA). The localized rep .. weiterlesen

iNEMI General Purpose Flowers of Sulfur Corrosion Chamber

The iNEMI flowers of sulfur (FoS) corrosion chamber was developed to study creep corrosion on printed circuit board assemblies(PCBAs). The chamber, typically run at 50 or 60oC, has corrosive .. weiterlesen

Reducing Dust Deposition on Electronic Equipment by Optimizing Cooling Air Flow Patterns

Environmental dust accumulation on electronic equipment can impact the performance and reliability of the equipment in various ways. This includes mechanical effects (such as obstructions of .. weiterlesen

Electronic Board Defect Classification and Detection with Deep Learning

Inspection means have increasingly been incorporated into typical manufacturing of boards, substrates and/or systems. A significant number of automatic inspections rely on the analysis of im .. weiterlesen

Beyond The Hype -The Digital Twin Demystified

Digitalization changes everything, everywhere. It is inevitable, new business drivers are forcing the Electronics industry to rethink every element of their business. Virtually every company .. weiterlesen

Energy Efficient Reflow Soldering Process Using Embedded Carbon Layers

As the reflow soldering process is the main energy consumer in a SMT assembly line, there is a high potential for cost reduction by significantly reducing the amount of energy needed. Meltin .. weiterlesen

Can 150μm Pitch Flip Chip be Done on Standard SMT Lines?

As miniaturization trends continue in the electronics industry, System in Package (SiP) technology is gaining more and more traction. In many ways, some SiP modules are just surface mount te .. weiterlesen

Investigating the Metric 0201 Assembly Process

The advance in technology and its relentless develop mentis delivering yet another surface mount assembly challenge. To meet the market demand for products with higher functionality whilst r .. weiterlesen

Balancing Air Assisted Atomization for Improved Conformal Coating Quality

Polymer coating materials protect electronics from harsh environments, assuring safe and reliable performance. To reach the highest level of reliability, coatings must be selectively applied .. weiterlesen

Automated Conformal Coating of Circuit Card Assemblies Using Polyurethane Material

The development of an automated circuit card assembly(CCA)conformal coating process using a low outgassing polyurethane material was essential for meeting the increase in customer demand fro .. weiterlesen

High Performance Light and Moisture Dual Curable Automotive Conformal Coating

Light-curable materials can provide significant benefits over conventional technologies, including lower operating costs driven by lower labor needs, space savings, lower energy demand, and .. weiterlesen

Future of “Substances and Materials in Products ”Data Exchange Formats as Standards

To support regulations on hazardous substances in materials and in products like the automotive EU End of Life Vehicle (ELV) directive, the Electronics and Electrical Equipment Restriction o .. weiterlesen

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Bioaccumulative Substances –The Next Wave of Regulated Substances in Electronics

Until recently, virtually all restricted materials in electronics were classified as either carcinogens (e.g. Pb) or reproductive toxins (e.g. phthalates). Two new categories of restricted m .. weiterlesen

High Frequency Due to Copper Topology Phase 2 Project –Final Report High Density Packaging User Group (HDP)

The High Density Packaging (HDP) User Group has completed a project based upon an earlier project evaluating the different types of high frequency test methods used in the industry for measu .. weiterlesen

Moisture Effects on the High Frequency Testing of Laminates

Earlier HDP User Group project work that has been completed and published compared the different types of high frequency test methods used in the industry for measuring Dk and Df at high fre .. weiterlesen