This webinar discusses new methods and techniques that use 3D X-ray microscopy (XRM), nanoscale imaging, and deep learning (DL) to visualize the internal structures and assemblies of electronic devices, e.g., ball grid array components (BGAs), column grid arrays, solder connections, underfill/staking, etc.

Key discussions include:
• Deep Learning Algorithms: These improve the quality of scans by enhancing contrast and reducing noise.
• DeepScout Tool: This tool uses 3D XRM scans from specific areas to train a neural network, allowing for high-resolution images to be created from lower-resolution data over a larger area.

These methods can be used independently or complementary to other multiscale correlative microscopy evaluations, e.g., electron microscopy. They provide valuable insights into electronic packages and integrated circuits, revealing details from large features (hundreds of mm) to microscopic details in electronic components (tens of nm). By using X-ray imaging and machine learning, along with other imaging methods, we can speed up development time, reduce costs, and simplify failure analysis (FA) and quality inspection of printed circuit boards (PCBs) and electronic devices assembled with new emerging technologies.

Today, IPC released a new offering in its series of short “explainer videos” – this one tackles the critical labor shortage faced by the electronics manufacturing industry. The United States is expected to have an unprecedented 2.1 million unfilled jobs in manufacturing by 2031. More than two-thirds of IPC’s U.S. members report that an inability to find and retain skilled workers is limiting their growth and competitiveness.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has officially designated IPC an apprenticeship ambassador. This prestigious recognition underscores our commitment to fostering and expanding registered apprenticeship programs across the United States, contributing to a more robust and more diverse workforce.

Discover how to optimize your PCB design process with rigorous constraint management. Join this webinar to learn about the power of model-based PCB design and the importance of digital twins in creating high-quality, manufacturable boards.

Key Topics:
• Model-based PCB design engineering: Understand the benefits and techniques of using models to drive your design process.
• The need for digital twins: Learn how digital twins can provide a comprehensive representation of your PCB, enabling better decision-making and risk mitigation.
• Winning design constraints: Discover effective strategies for defining and implementing design constraints that ensure manufacturability and yield.
• Putting it all together: See how to integrate model-based design, digital twins, and constraint management to achieve optimal results.

Leave this webinar with a clear understanding of how to:
• Create stable and manufacturable PCBs
• Improve design efficiency and reduce errors
• Maximize yield and minimize costs

Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights into the future of PCB design.

In this first webinar — Complex Integrated Systems: The Future of Electronics Manufacturing — guest speakers Dan Gamota (NextFlex) and Girish Wable introduced the concept of CIS and discussed current trends.

Building a strong workforce means attracting, retaining, and nurturing qualified workers. To achieve these lofty goals, understanding what motivates talent is a must. And career advancement is key.

IPC recently released a new white paper, "Building Electronics Better: A Plan to Address the Workforce Challenges Facing the Electronics Manufacturing Industry." The white paper provides a framework for establishing an industry-wide talent pipeline and career pathways aligned to the needs of both workers and business.

PRIDE Industries is the United States’ leading employer of people with disabilities and those with other barriers to employment, including veterans and former foster youth.

IPC celebrates Workforce Champions. Tell us your story.

When a cyber break-in occurs, the IT team alone will not be able to respond to the attack. The detection is limited to what is available from the IT and network equipment, as opposed to the normal day-to-day behavior that is available to the IT team. Differences from the normal behavior of the production line can only be detected on the production line. No matter how good the IT system is, if the initial response of the people on the production line is slow, the impact of a cyber incident will be much greater. Today, the electronics manufacturing industry is shifting from China, Europe, and the United States to Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, India, and Thailand. Local education and onsite practice is essential.

In this webinar, participants will learn about exercises and best practices for Business Continuity Disaster Recovery (BCDR). This knowledge will help understand what needs to be accomplished at their local factories.

The weakest link in the supply chain can be a target, as demonstrated by the Japanese auto plant that was forced to shut down due to an attack on a single supplier. By applying the lessons from this webinar, participants will be well-prepared for potential cyber attacks, minimizing the risk to their entire, interconnected supply network and the broader electronics manufacturing industry. It is an action that will not be specified in the requirements of the IPC standard for cybersecurity (IPC-1792), but will be mandatory for implementation. The following topics will be covered:

-Practice Demands
-Recognition of current and goal setting
-Preparation (awareness creation)
-Business Continuity Disaster Recovery (BCDR)
-Characteristics of the factory
-Criteria for detection and judgment (risk extraction method)
-Differentiation between failure and attack
-Process of early recovery
-Guidance for BCDR measures policy (BCDR viewpoints, characteristics of factories, requirements for BCDR)
-Overview of BCDR measures
-Conduct incident response practice
-IPC-1792 and practice