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Silicone Thermally Conductive Grease: Improving Thermal Management of Electronic Assemblies

The trend of incorporating more and more electronic devices into our daily life is bringing challenges for the industry. The need for smaller and more powerful devices is also facing one pro .. read more

Long term Thermal Reliability of Printed Circuit Board Materials

This paper describes the purpose,methodology,and results to date of thermal endurance testing performed at the company. The intent of this thermal aging testing is to establish long term reliab .. read more

Understanding when to use FR-4 laminates or High Frequency Laminates

Over the years a question that has been asked repeatedly of material suppliers is: “when do I need to use a high frequency laminate over the choice of a standard FR-4 substrate”? The answer has .. read more

A Study of Alternative Lead Free Wave Alloys: From Process Yield to Reliability

Recent industry trends have focused around alternatives for the commonly used SAC305 or SAC405 alloys for wave soldering and solder fountain rework processes. Industry consortia are currently f .. read more

Effect of Area Array Package Types on Assembly Reliability and Comments on IPC-9701A

Status of thermal cycle test results for a nonfunctional daisy-chained peripheral ceramic column grid array (CCGA) and its plastic ball grid array (PBGA) version,both having 560 I/Os,were prese .. read more

The Effect of Thermal Loaded Bend Test on the Solder Joint Reliability

With the function of today’s electronic devices become more and more complicate,the high I/O flip chip ball grid array package (FCBGA) is used more popularly in recent years. The FCBGA package .. read more

Thermal Mechanical Analysis T-260 Printed Wiring Board Testing

Evaluation of printed wiring boards (PWBs) for thermal reliability during assembly and rework operations by Thermal Mechanical Analyzer (TMA) “T-260” testing has been an accepted practice for m .. read more

Silicone Thermally Conductive Grease: Improving Thermal Management of Electronic Assemblies

The trend of incorporating more and more electronic devices into our daily life is bringing challenges for the industry. The need for smaller and more powerful devices is also facing one pro .. read more

Long term Thermal Reliability of Printed Circuit Board Materials

This paper describes the purpose,methodology,and results to date of thermal endurance testing performed at the company. The intent of this thermal aging testing is to establish long term reliab .. read more

Understanding when to use FR-4 laminates or High Frequency Laminates

Over the years a question that has been asked repeatedly of material suppliers is: “when do I need to use a high frequency laminate over the choice of a standard FR-4 substrate”? The answer has .. read more

A Study of Alternative Lead Free Wave Alloys: From Process Yield to Reliability

Recent industry trends have focused around alternatives for the commonly used SAC305 or SAC405 alloys for wave soldering and solder fountain rework processes. Industry consortia are currently f .. read more

Effect of Area Array Package Types on Assembly Reliability and Comments on IPC-9701A

Status of thermal cycle test results for a nonfunctional daisy-chained peripheral ceramic column grid array (CCGA) and its plastic ball grid array (PBGA) version,both having 560 I/Os,were prese .. read more

The Effect of Thermal Loaded Bend Test on the Solder Joint Reliability

With the function of today’s electronic devices become more and more complicate,the high I/O flip chip ball grid array package (FCBGA) is used more popularly in recent years. The FCBGA package .. read more

Thermal Mechanical Analysis T-260 Printed Wiring Board Testing

Evaluation of printed wiring boards (PWBs) for thermal reliability during assembly and rework operations by Thermal Mechanical Analyzer (TMA) “T-260” testing has been an accepted practice for m .. read more