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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 .. read more

Electroless Palladium Plating – Correlating Plating Solution and Deposit Properties

Electroless palladium plating has been present in the PCB industry for over 20 years providing highly reliable finishes for high end applications in combination with nickel and gold plating. .. read more

Failure Analysis Cases Studies on Solder De-Wetting For Electronics Products

Over many years defect analysis has been used at the company to determine the root cause of various defects experienced in the field on electronic products from customers. Based on this work .. read more

Head-On-Pillow Defect – A Pain in the Neck or Head-On-Pillow BGA Solder Defect

The head on pillow defect is becoming more common. This paper describes one such occurrence for an OEM and explains how it was dealt with. In this particular case it was solved by application o .. read more

Hot Air Solder Leveling in the Lead-free Era

Although the advantages of Hot Air Solder Leveling (HASL) in providing the most robust solderable finish for printed circuit boards are well recognized,in the years leading up to the implementa .. read more

Performance of China Alloy SnAgCuCe in Reflow Soldering

Work on assisting China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) to assess the performance of a solder paste using the China alloy Sn3.0Ag0.5Cu0.019Ce (SACCe) was completed. Two Indium fluxes w .. read more

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 .. read more

Electroless Palladium Plating – Correlating Plating Solution and Deposit Properties

Electroless palladium plating has been present in the PCB industry for over 20 years providing highly reliable finishes for high end applications in combination with nickel and gold plating. .. read more

Failure Analysis Cases Studies on Solder De-Wetting For Electronics Products

Over many years defect analysis has been used at the company to determine the root cause of various defects experienced in the field on electronic products from customers. Based on this work .. read more

Head-On-Pillow Defect – A Pain in the Neck or Head-On-Pillow BGA Solder Defect

The head on pillow defect is becoming more common. This paper describes one such occurrence for an OEM and explains how it was dealt with. In this particular case it was solved by application o .. read more

Hot Air Solder Leveling in the Lead-free Era

Although the advantages of Hot Air Solder Leveling (HASL) in providing the most robust solderable finish for printed circuit boards are well recognized,in the years leading up to the implementa .. read more

Performance of China Alloy SnAgCuCe in Reflow Soldering

Work on assisting China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) to assess the performance of a solder paste using the China alloy Sn3.0Ag0.5Cu0.019Ce (SACCe) was completed. Two Indium fluxes w .. read more