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Case Study Comparing the Solderability of a Specific Pb Free No Clean Paste in Vapor Phase and Convection Reflow

To help address the environmental requirements driven by the European Union RoHS Directive,consumer applications have changed the solder alloys for the manufacturing of printed circuit board as .. read more

Collaborative Cleaning Process Innovations from Managing Experience and Learning Curves

Moore’s Law infers that the number of transistors on a chip doubles approximately every two years. Consistent with Moore’s Law,high reliability electronic devices build faster processing speed .. read more

Future Lead-Free Solder Alloys and Fluxes – Meeting Challenges of Miniaturization

In general,new lead-free solder alloys with the following characteristics are desired in order to enable the continuation of miniaturization trend: (1) alloy with a reduced melting temperature, .. read more

Determining the Reliability of Tacky Fluxes in Varying Soldering Applications

The use of tacky fluxes is common throughout the industry in applications such as ball attach,BGA repair and hand soldering. These applications employ different heating profiles,meaning that th .. read more

SELECTION OF WAVE SOLDERING FLUXES FOR LEAD-FREE ASSEMBLY

The process challenges of lead-free wave soldering often require the use of new flux chemistries when compared with the relatively tolerant tin-lead wave soldering process. In some cases,the fl .. read more

Novel,VOC-Compliant Aqueous Cleaning Agents for Post-Solder Defluxing

To meet today’s environmental demands,new VOC-free and low-VOC cleaning agents have been formulated that exhibit outstanding cleaning performance for a variety of flux residues. The new cleanin .. read more

Innovations using Ethyl Nonafluorobutyl Ether Provide Superior Solvent Properties for Defluxing No-Clean and Microelectronic Assemblies

The evaluation of a new solvent blend to clean printed wire boards is reported. Ethyl nonafluorobutyl ether (HFE- 7200) provides the fluid dynamics to build engineered cleaning fluids that exhi .. read more

Effect of No-clean Solder Paste and Flux on Reliability of High Frequency Circuits

The use of no-clean solder paste and flux has become widely accepted as a cost saver in the SMT assembly process. The presence of solder flux residues,solder mask,underfill or any SMT material .. read more

Soldering Fluxes and the Repair Process

Wave soldering fluxes are currently used in hand soldering operations as a matter of course and with little regard for flux deposition amounts. This use has led to the investigation of fluxes u .. read more

A Novel Epoxy Flux for Lead-Free Soldering

A novel liquid halide-free PK-002,epoxy flux,is reported for SnAgCu soldering,where the thermally cured flux residue is designed to provide an interference-free service performance,in addition .. read more

Cleaning For Tomorrow

As technologies evolve with the onset of smaller and smaller components,different flux residues,and the no-lead solders,manufacturing companies are asking questions regarding what they need to .. read more

Case Study Comparing the Solderability of a Specific Pb Free No Clean Paste in Vapor Phase and Convection Reflow

To help address the environmental requirements driven by the European Union RoHS Directive,consumer applications have changed the solder alloys for the manufacturing of printed circuit board as .. read more

Collaborative Cleaning Process Innovations from Managing Experience and Learning Curves

Moore’s Law infers that the number of transistors on a chip doubles approximately every two years. Consistent with Moore’s Law,high reliability electronic devices build faster processing speed .. read more

Future Lead-Free Solder Alloys and Fluxes – Meeting Challenges of Miniaturization

In general,new lead-free solder alloys with the following characteristics are desired in order to enable the continuation of miniaturization trend: (1) alloy with a reduced melting temperature, .. read more

Determining the Reliability of Tacky Fluxes in Varying Soldering Applications

The use of tacky fluxes is common throughout the industry in applications such as ball attach,BGA repair and hand soldering. These applications employ different heating profiles,meaning that th .. read more

SELECTION OF WAVE SOLDERING FLUXES FOR LEAD-FREE ASSEMBLY

The process challenges of lead-free wave soldering often require the use of new flux chemistries when compared with the relatively tolerant tin-lead wave soldering process. In some cases,the fl .. read more

Novel,VOC-Compliant Aqueous Cleaning Agents for Post-Solder Defluxing

To meet today’s environmental demands,new VOC-free and low-VOC cleaning agents have been formulated that exhibit outstanding cleaning performance for a variety of flux residues. The new cleanin .. read more

Innovations using Ethyl Nonafluorobutyl Ether Provide Superior Solvent Properties for Defluxing No-Clean and Microelectronic Assemblies

The evaluation of a new solvent blend to clean printed wire boards is reported. Ethyl nonafluorobutyl ether (HFE- 7200) provides the fluid dynamics to build engineered cleaning fluids that exhi .. read more

Effect of No-clean Solder Paste and Flux on Reliability of High Frequency Circuits

The use of no-clean solder paste and flux has become widely accepted as a cost saver in the SMT assembly process. The presence of solder flux residues,solder mask,underfill or any SMT material .. read more

Soldering Fluxes and the Repair Process

Wave soldering fluxes are currently used in hand soldering operations as a matter of course and with little regard for flux deposition amounts. This use has led to the investigation of fluxes u .. read more

A Novel Epoxy Flux for Lead-Free Soldering

A novel liquid halide-free PK-002,epoxy flux,is reported for SnAgCu soldering,where the thermally cured flux residue is designed to provide an interference-free service performance,in addition .. read more

Cleaning For Tomorrow

As technologies evolve with the onset of smaller and smaller components,different flux residues,and the no-lead solders,manufacturing companies are asking questions regarding what they need to .. read more