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A Study of Data Driven Quality Management Across EMS Smart Factory
With the advancement of emerging technologies such as AI, Cloud and Block Chain, the electronics manufacturing industry is entering a new era of smart manufacturing. More and more Electronic
.. read more
SMT Printer Changeover Automation
The Factory of the Future or a Lights out Factory will require significant automation, including many functions that are challenging and are still performed manually due to the complexity an
.. read more
IPC-CFX Open-Source Hardware Initiative
The IPC Connected Factory Exchange (IPC-CFX) standard provides genuine plug-and-play IIoT data exchange between machines and supervisory systems across the shop floor. To realise the benefit
.. read more
Single Source of Truth (PathWave Manufacturing Analytics)
With the Industry 4.0 transformation going full steam ahead, analytics have transformed the industry from being process-driven to now data-driven, where data speaks for itself. Conventionall
.. read more
48V 250A FET PCB Thermal Profile - A Thermal Simulation Using 2D And CFD Airflow Analysis
This case analysis evaluates the thermal profile of 10 FETs rated at 48V, 250A under 100 secs soak time with all the thermally enhanced mechanical attachments installed. The goal was for the
.. read more
Dispensing Performances of Liquid Metal Alloys Containing Organic Compound Additives as Thermal Interface Materials for IC module Applications
Liquid metal alloys (LMAs), GaIn, and Galinstan, have been paid considerable attention as thermal interface materials (TIM) for usage of thermal management in microprocessor packages, includ
.. read more
Thermally Conductive, EMI Shielding Materials for High Frequency Radio Waves
Modern electronics are prone to experience electromagnetic interference (EMI) which hinders proper functioning of the devices due to the increasing number of wireless devices and the miniatu
.. read more
Silicone Migration Concerns in Thermal Materials – How Real are They?
Thermal interface materials (TIMs) are ubiquitous in electronics cooling in a wide variety of applications in industrial, automotive and consumer electronics [1]. These materials are typical
.. read more
Solid Liquid Hybrid TIMs - Part II The Power of Liquid Metal Composites
In a previous paper [8], solid liquid hybrids (SLHs) were presented as a combination of metals that are solid at room temperature with ones that are liquid at room temperature. Those materia
.. read more
Study Of Performance of Liquid Metal Containing Different Contents of Ag Particular Additives for Thermal Interface Materials
In the present research, we have studied the influence of Ag additives on wettability, adhesion, oxidation, viscosity and modulus of liquid metal on two alloys – Liquid Metal 1 (“LM1”) (62.5
.. read more
Conformable, Light-Weight Power Harvesting Textiles
Light weight, conformal and portable standalone power solutions are becoming increasingly important for powering wearable electronics including
.. read more
Wireless Wearable ElectroMyography Monitoring System Utilizing Reduced Graphene Oxide Coated Textiles
Wearable devices for biomedical applications have become more popular due to the increasing demand on health monitoring for both consumer and medical fields. In this work, we describe a nove
.. read more
Contact and Non-contact Deposition Strategies for Liquid Metal Alloys (LMA)
SINTEC is the project name for a Liquid metal alloy technology with the goal of creating flexible and stretchable electronics. These stretchable electronics are applicable to wearable
.. read more
Textile Capacitive Touch sensing: Real-Time Localization using Manifold Space Particle Tracking
Textile-based touch sensing offers a novel solution towards creating flexible and robust tactile interfaces that fit within an existing manufacturing ecosystem. Current fabric-based to
.. read more
Smart Fabrics For Physiological Status Monitoring
The research presented in this slide show utilizes E-Textiles.
The applications include:
Physiological Status Monitoring
Cognitive Status Monitor
.. read more
The Impacts Of the COVID-19 Pandemic On the US Printed Circuit Board Industry: Lessons From Recent Survey Research
The DoD conducted a survey of PCB companies and the effects of COVID19. The survey results showed that:
Some U.S PrCB manufacturing facilities were significantly impa
.. read more
Utilizing Quilt Packaging of PCB "Boardlets" to Enable Secure, Affordable, Modernized systems
Indiana Integrated Circuits has developed "Quilted" modular PCBs. They consist of multiple small "boardlets" with traces or pads on rough edges of the boards. These rough edges f
.. read more
DoD Executive Agent for Printed Circuit Board and Interconnect Technology: State of the Industrial Base
The Dod Executive Agent For Printed Circuit Board and Interconnect Technology (PrCB EA) has a vested interest in the state of the electronics industrial base and its ability to sustain and i
.. read more
Flex PCB Design for Panelization, Early Estimation for Better Utilization
This paper describes a new design approach to improve the cost efficiency of the “Flexible Printed Circuit” board (FPC also known as FPCB, “FPC” hereafter) by analyzing the impact of the boa
.. read more
Design Optimization of SI Test Coupon to Achieve Accurate Measurement for 112Gbps/PAM-4 PCB Board
To magnify data transmission efficiency, high electrical performance of PCB boards is required for 112Gbps. The required operation frequency tends to increase, and target loss tends to decre
.. read more
Component Packaging Technologies And Printed Board Design Driven SMT Assembly Yields Issues
This slide show discusses the different categories of SMT components including, BTCs, dual and quad leaded packages, and passives. The component use cases and typical challenges are ex
.. read more
Provenance and Traceability in the Electronics Supply-Chain A Look at the IPC-1782A Standard and Beyond
The lack of material provenance in today’s supply-chain allows the undetected ingress of counterfeit materials to increase at alarming levels. Chemicals, components, including critical ICs,
.. read more
The IPC-2551 Digital Twin Standard
One of the most important aspects of the IPC Digital Twin standard, is the enablement of interoperability between many digital twin-based solutions across many facets of the holistic manufac
.. read more
Conformal Coating Evaluation Test Development
The purpose of conformal coatings is to protect printed circuit boards and components mounted on them from the deleterious effects of moisture, particulate matter and corrosive gases. The co
.. read more
A Novel Bi-Free Low Temperature Solder Paste with Outstanding Drop Shock Resistance
DurafuseTM LT paste was designed as an alternative low temperature solder targeting at enabling hierarchy design for portable devices with good temperature cycling and superior drop-shock pe
.. read more
Evaluating Solder Joint Failures and Solder Joint Reliability: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Direct Current and Microwave Based Monitoring Techniques
Historically, evaluations of solder joint failures and solder joint reliability have been done with direct current (DC) methods, using event detectors or data loggers for high-frequency circ
.. read more
Use of Photonic Soldering to Rework Chip Components
Rework of assembled boards is often a necessary but difficult proposition. The complexity of the rework increases with the number of components to be reworked. A specific case involves where
.. read more
Board Thickness Effect on Accelerated Thermal Cycle Reliability
This paper compares the thermal cycling performance of a quad flat no-lead (QFN) component and three different ball grid array (BGA) components assembled onto printed circuit board test vehi
.. read more
Powering The Internet of Things
This Slide Show Utilizes the Cover Paper from the session.
This slide show discusses the use Power harvesting in conjunction with a typical battery and the efforts
.. read more
A Study of Data Driven Quality Management Across EMS Smart Factory
With the advancement of emerging technologies such as AI, Cloud and Block Chain, the electronics manufacturing industry is entering a new era of smart manufacturing. More and more Electronic
.. read more
SMT Printer Changeover Automation
The Factory of the Future or a Lights out Factory will require significant automation, including many functions that are challenging and are still performed manually due to the complexity an
.. read more
IPC-CFX Open-Source Hardware Initiative
The IPC Connected Factory Exchange (IPC-CFX) standard provides genuine plug-and-play IIoT data exchange between machines and supervisory systems across the shop floor. To realise the benefit
.. read more
Single Source of Truth (PathWave Manufacturing Analytics)
With the Industry 4.0 transformation going full steam ahead, analytics have transformed the industry from being process-driven to now data-driven, where data speaks for itself. Conventionall
.. read more
48V 250A FET PCB Thermal Profile - A Thermal Simulation Using 2D And CFD Airflow Analysis
This case analysis evaluates the thermal profile of 10 FETs rated at 48V, 250A under 100 secs soak time with all the thermally enhanced mechanical attachments installed. The goal was for the
.. read more
Dispensing Performances of Liquid Metal Alloys Containing Organic Compound Additives as Thermal Interface Materials for IC module Applications
Liquid metal alloys (LMAs), GaIn, and Galinstan, have been paid considerable attention as thermal interface materials (TIM) for usage of thermal management in microprocessor packages, includ
.. read more
Thermally Conductive, EMI Shielding Materials for High Frequency Radio Waves
Modern electronics are prone to experience electromagnetic interference (EMI) which hinders proper functioning of the devices due to the increasing number of wireless devices and the miniatu
.. read more
Silicone Migration Concerns in Thermal Materials – How Real are They?
Thermal interface materials (TIMs) are ubiquitous in electronics cooling in a wide variety of applications in industrial, automotive and consumer electronics [1]. These materials are typical
.. read more
Solid Liquid Hybrid TIMs - Part II The Power of Liquid Metal Composites
In a previous paper [8], solid liquid hybrids (SLHs) were presented as a combination of metals that are solid at room temperature with ones that are liquid at room temperature. Those materia
.. read more
Study Of Performance of Liquid Metal Containing Different Contents of Ag Particular Additives for Thermal Interface Materials
In the present research, we have studied the influence of Ag additives on wettability, adhesion, oxidation, viscosity and modulus of liquid metal on two alloys – Liquid Metal 1 (“LM1”) (62.5
.. read more
Conformable, Light-Weight Power Harvesting Textiles
Light weight, conformal and portable standalone power solutions are becoming increasingly important for powering wearable electronics including
.. read more
Wireless Wearable ElectroMyography Monitoring System Utilizing Reduced Graphene Oxide Coated Textiles
Wearable devices for biomedical applications have become more popular due to the increasing demand on health monitoring for both consumer and medical fields. In this work, we describe a nove
.. read more
Contact and Non-contact Deposition Strategies for Liquid Metal Alloys (LMA)
SINTEC is the project name for a Liquid metal alloy technology with the goal of creating flexible and stretchable electronics. These stretchable electronics are applicable to wearable
.. read more
Textile Capacitive Touch sensing: Real-Time Localization using Manifold Space Particle Tracking
Textile-based touch sensing offers a novel solution towards creating flexible and robust tactile interfaces that fit within an existing manufacturing ecosystem. Current fabric-based to
.. read more
Smart Fabrics For Physiological Status Monitoring
The research presented in this slide show utilizes E-Textiles.
The applications include:
Physiological Status Monitoring
Cognitive Status Monitor
.. read more
The Impacts Of the COVID-19 Pandemic On the US Printed Circuit Board Industry: Lessons From Recent Survey Research
The DoD conducted a survey of PCB companies and the effects of COVID19. The survey results showed that:
Some U.S PrCB manufacturing facilities were significantly impa
.. read more
Utilizing Quilt Packaging of PCB "Boardlets" to Enable Secure, Affordable, Modernized systems
Indiana Integrated Circuits has developed "Quilted" modular PCBs. They consist of multiple small "boardlets" with traces or pads on rough edges of the boards. These rough edges f
.. read more
DoD Executive Agent for Printed Circuit Board and Interconnect Technology: State of the Industrial Base
The Dod Executive Agent For Printed Circuit Board and Interconnect Technology (PrCB EA) has a vested interest in the state of the electronics industrial base and its ability to sustain and i
.. read more
Flex PCB Design for Panelization, Early Estimation for Better Utilization
This paper describes a new design approach to improve the cost efficiency of the “Flexible Printed Circuit” board (FPC also known as FPCB, “FPC” hereafter) by analyzing the impact of the boa
.. read more
Design Optimization of SI Test Coupon to Achieve Accurate Measurement for 112Gbps/PAM-4 PCB Board
To magnify data transmission efficiency, high electrical performance of PCB boards is required for 112Gbps. The required operation frequency tends to increase, and target loss tends to decre
.. read more
Component Packaging Technologies And Printed Board Design Driven SMT Assembly Yields Issues
This slide show discusses the different categories of SMT components including, BTCs, dual and quad leaded packages, and passives. The component use cases and typical challenges are ex
.. read more
Provenance and Traceability in the Electronics Supply-Chain A Look at the IPC-1782A Standard and Beyond
The lack of material provenance in today’s supply-chain allows the undetected ingress of counterfeit materials to increase at alarming levels. Chemicals, components, including critical ICs,
.. read more
The IPC-2551 Digital Twin Standard
One of the most important aspects of the IPC Digital Twin standard, is the enablement of interoperability between many digital twin-based solutions across many facets of the holistic manufac
.. read more
Conformal Coating Evaluation Test Development
The purpose of conformal coatings is to protect printed circuit boards and components mounted on them from the deleterious effects of moisture, particulate matter and corrosive gases. The co
.. read more
A Novel Bi-Free Low Temperature Solder Paste with Outstanding Drop Shock Resistance
DurafuseTM LT paste was designed as an alternative low temperature solder targeting at enabling hierarchy design for portable devices with good temperature cycling and superior drop-shock pe
.. read more
Evaluating Solder Joint Failures and Solder Joint Reliability: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Direct Current and Microwave Based Monitoring Techniques
Historically, evaluations of solder joint failures and solder joint reliability have been done with direct current (DC) methods, using event detectors or data loggers for high-frequency circ
.. read more
Use of Photonic Soldering to Rework Chip Components
Rework of assembled boards is often a necessary but difficult proposition. The complexity of the rework increases with the number of components to be reworked. A specific case involves where
.. read more
Board Thickness Effect on Accelerated Thermal Cycle Reliability
This paper compares the thermal cycling performance of a quad flat no-lead (QFN) component and three different ball grid array (BGA) components assembled onto printed circuit board test vehi
.. read more
Powering The Internet of Things
This Slide Show Utilizes the Cover Paper from the session.
This slide show discusses the use Power harvesting in conjunction with a typical battery and the efforts
.. read more