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Making Better Decisions on the Plant Floor using SCADA Systems
With the printed circuit board becoming increasingly complex,there is an ever-growing need to implement
manufacturing standards that ensure high productivity at even higher yields. Factors such
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Fully Automated,Clean Manufacturing Environment for High Yield Ultra Fine Line (UFL) Production
??Machine Technology designed for the manufacture of Ultra Fine Line product
??Machine design provides clean production environment
??Latest State of the Art,Horizontal Wet Processing Equipment
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SI - A Multifunctional Polyimide for Use in Flex Circuitry
Polyimides have proven their performance in electronic applications demanding high strength,increased durability,
broader temperature ranges and exceptional chemical resistance. They serve as t
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A New Lamination Method: Heating the Laminates Through Metal Separators Equipped with Electrical Heating Medium
Prepregs used in the PCB industry possess various properties and need to be handled with care to maintain
identical chemo -rheological properties to yield dimensionally stable laminates. A prep
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New Positive Working Dry Film Resist
We will present a new positive working dry film resist system that is suitable for high accuracy use. The new positive working dry film resist is composed of base polymers with active hydrogen
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New State-of-Art Dry Film Technology for Fine Lines in High Yield
Dry film photoresist to produce highly integrated and advanced PWBs has been developed to meet more demanding
fine line requirements.
Advantages for volume production of fine features below 50?
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Next Generation Pb-free Immersion Finishes,Methodologies used to Determine Coating Thickness and the Impact of Thickness Variations and Rework on Soldering
The next generation of surface finish coatings to replace HASL are now being installed by various PWB manufacturers and have been implemented by many OEMs. Coating thickness requirements are p
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Novel Base Material for Microvias in PWBs by Using Unique Glass Fiber
The rapid developments of IT equipment are placing increased demands on printed wiring boards (PWBs) in terms of high efficiency,high-density and lightweight. Industry experience has proven tha
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Optical Interconnection Technology on the Printed Circuit Board Level
An optical interconnection technology for multi-layer printed circuit boards is presented. The application of this technology enables onboard data rates of several Gbps whereas at the same time
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Optical Packaging and Interconnection - A New Wave?
The market for optical communication equipment and components has grown significantly since the early 1980s with growth rates exceeding 50% annually in the late 1990s. Although demand has dropp
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PWB Final Surface Treatment Process and Film Characteristics that Satisfy Lead-free Solder Mounting
Because of environmental concerns,elimination of lead from electronic components has been recently encouraged,and as a result,lead-free solders are frequently adopted for solder mounting. The O
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PCB Laser Technology for Rigid and Flex HDI - Via Formation,Structuring,Routing
A new versatile laser technology is available that is capable of working with both rigid and flexible boards using only one laser source. This system is based on a THG-UV laser (355 nm) and vec
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Processing Thin Core Capacitor Materials
Processing thin core capacitor materials can be challenging,particularly those with non-reinforced dielectric less than 0.001” thick. Several processing steps require special attention to ensur
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Reengineered Conductive Polymers - The PTH Alternative to Electroless Copper for HDI Mass Production
In many areas conductive polymers have already gained full acceptance as a reliable and qualitatively outstanding metallization process and as a true competitor for electroless Cu. In the paper
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Solid Solder Deposit (SSDs),For Advanced Packaging Applications
Solid Solder Deposit (SSD) technology was developed in the early and mid-1990's to improve first pass yields in the manufacture of electronic devices. As the trend towards finer pitch surface m
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Strategy for Deriving Maximum Profits by Inventory Minimization
Inventory has been a hotly debated topic in many organizations. Since inventory is directly visible in company financials,there is a high degree of sensitivity to excessive inventory levels in
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Tapping the Hidden Potential for Quality Improvement and Cost Reduction in PCB Manufacturing
Automation,change and complexity have become the normal working environment in the PCB market. With this change has come the realization that high tech manufacturing,technological innovation an
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TDR and VNA Techniques for PCB Characterization
A uniform transmission line is described electrically by a characteristic impedance and a time delay. From the length of the line and the time delay,the effective dielectric constant can be ext
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Test Setup,Procedures and Patterns for Conductive Anodic Filament (CAF) and Electrochemical Migration (ECM) Testing
Reliability assessment of Printed Wiring Boards and Assemblies using High Humidity at elevated temperatures has been done for a number of years. Many companies,including the IPC have published
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Thermal Reliability of Printed Wiring Boards: What's Coming From the OEM?
Several of the major OEMs are introducing a variety of thermal reliability requirements for printed wiring boards as a result of increasing demands during assembly. These increasing demands man
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Three Reasons Why You Should Design Your Next Product With Laser Drilled Micro-Vias
If in designing your next product you are interested in cost reduction,reliability improvement,and increased electrical performance,then you should be considering using laser-drilled vias. Not
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Transmission Line Basics,Why Use 'Em At All
It is not often understood that when electrical signals travel along a wire or trace --- they reflect. Always! We intuitively understand that when we send audio waves across a room,a field or a
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Trimming and Printing of Embedded Resistors Using Demand-Mode Ink-Jet Technology and Conductive Polymer
This paper presents a method both to enhance the yield of embedded resistor processes and to print embedded resistors using drop-on-demand ink-jet device capable of dispensing a precise volume
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The Use of Insoluble,Mixed Metal Oxide Coated Titanium Anodes to Improve Quality and Decrease Plating Times for Circuit Boards
Copper plating in the printed circuit board industry has traditionally used soluble copper anodes in a vertical configuration. Newer,high speed,horizontal plating lines utilize insoluble anodes
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Use of Modulated Current Technology for High Performance Pulse Reverse Plating
Among the many advantages of Periodical Pulse Reverse (PPR) technology,improvement in throwing power and plating thickness uniformity are the most obvious. Traditionally,the biggest drawback of
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