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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

There is an increase in the number of optical sensors and cameras being integrated into electronics devices. These go beyond cell phone cameras into automotive sensors, wearables, and other .. read more

The need to minimise thermal damage to components and laminates, to reduce warpage-induced defects to BGA packages, and to save energy, is driving the electronics industry towards lower proc .. read more

The electronics industry could benefit greatly from using a reliable, manufacturable, reduced temperature, SMT solder material (alloy-composition) which is cost competitive with traditional .. read more

With the adoption of Wafer Level Packages (WLP) in the latest generation mobile handsets, the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) industry has also seen the initial steps of High Density Interconnec .. read more

The demand for miniaturization and higher density electronic products has continued steadily for years and this trend is expected to continue,  according to various semiconductor techno .. read more

Initially adopted internal specifications for acceptance of printed circuit boards (PCBs) used for wire bonding was that there were no nodules or scratches allowed on the wire bond pads when .. read more

This paper examines the development and classification of flexible and stretchable conductive pathways to carry power and data and details the technical challenges as well as the methodologi .. read more

The advent of electronic materials with the potential to undergo extreme deformation while maintaining conductivity has led to the development of advanced stretchable electronic systems. The .. read more

The paper will discuss the integration of 3D printing and inkjet printing fabrication technologies for microwave and millimeter-wave applications. With the recent advancements in 3D and inkj .. read more

Many different final plated finishes are used in the PCB industry, each with its own influence on insertion loss. The impact of an applied finish on insertion loss is generally dependent upo .. read more

Conventional Electroless Nickel/Immersion Gold (ENIG) currently available in the market is prone to brittle solder joints failures. Due to these reasons, there are field failures and reliabi .. read more

The majority of flexible circuits are made by patterning copper metal that is laminated to a flexible substrate, which is usually polyimide film of varying thickness. An increasingly popular .. read more

Constant increases in feature density of printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA) has highlighted the importance of functional circuit test (FCT) systems in a manufacturing process. Automated .. read more

IoT and 5G applications have theirchallenges when it comes to functional testing –especially for the probing part inside a functional test fixture(hereinafter referred to as “FCT” fixture).I .. read more

There is a compelling need for functional testing of high-speed input/output signals on circuit boards ranging from 1 gigabit per second(Gbps) to several hundred Gbps. While manufacturing te .. read more

Microvias connect adjacent copper layers to complete electrical paths. Copper-filled microvias can be stacked to form connections beyond adjacent copper layers. Staggered microvias stitch ad .. read more

The PWB industry needs to complete reliability testing in order to define the minimum copper wrap plating thickness requirement for confirming the reliability of PTH structures.  Predic .. read more

This paper introduces structural electronics technology enabling smart molded structures. It also presents a case for developing industry standards specific to structural electronics materia .. read more

Flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) refer to a category of flexible electronics that are made through a combination of traditional assembly process of electronic components with the high-preci .. read more

Inherent variation among human brains causes difficulty in the design of electroencephalography (EEG)-enabled universal brain-machine interfaces (BMI). Existing EEG systems suffer from incon .. read more

The technical and economic benefits derived from lowering the reflow temperatures have motivated the evaluation of new Sn-Bi low temperature alloys for soldering. Eutectic Sn-Bi alloy is usu .. read more

Sn3Ag0.5Cu (SAC305)is the major solder alloy after RoHS was adopted by the European Union. Since its melting temperature is relatively higher than eutectic SnPb alloy, the peak reflow temper .. read more

The world as we know it is changing. Electronic megatrends are impacting the world and rapidly changing the way we experience day-to-day life. The imminent 5Gwireless infrastructure will be .. read more

This paper presents assembly challenges of mixed area array technologies covering Very Thin ChipArray® Ball Grid Array (CVBGA) and its Land Grid Array version (CV-LGA), embedded Wafer Level .. read more

Board level reliability testing is becoming a requirement amongst users for acceptance of components and packages. Standard component level JEDEC tests are not sufficient to qualify a suppli .. read more

In recent years there has been an increased demand for electronic products with high reliability solder alloys having improved performance in thermal cycle resistance for harsh working envir .. read more

Advanced Packaging is one of the key growing segments with high adoption rates and strong technology advantages and offersa pathway moving forward to support industry roadmaps. Sputtered see .. read more

PCB (Printed Circuit Board) and CCL (Copper Clad Laminates) industries are facing environmental issues and cost reduction challenges. Consumable release sheets are an important aid for many .. read more

Wireless wearable devices can continuously assess and communicate the condition of patients and are crucial components of digital mobile health platforms. General societal trends across the .. read more

To demonstrate the benefits of flexible hybrid technology (FHE) and printed electronics the team of Lockheed Martin Rotary Missions Systems Owego (LMO), Lockheed Martin Space Systems Billeri .. read more

Real-time and in-situ monitoring of the air-quality of confined spaces is a life-saving technology for commercial and government maintenance workers and is conspicuously absent from the comm .. read more

The Connected Factory Exchange initiative enables the use of tools, machines, and computer software to monitor, improve, and produce reliable hardware. The concept of the Digital Twin is to .. read more

Technical Cleanliness, i.e., the quantification, control and mitigation of deleterious effects of foreign object debris (FOD), is a common challenge in engineering. In the context of electro .. read more

Resistance of Solvent Extract (ROSE) testing has been grandfathered not only into the modern IPC standards without validation on modern materials, but it has also become grandfathered into t .. read more

The industry is moving toward using exotic dielectric materials with a very low loss tangent to improve insertion loss performance. This leads to the result that the signal loss attenuation .. read more

The euphoria associated with the biggest technological step in the field of telecommunications in recent history, the new 5G mobile communications standard, not only made it necessary for OE .. read more

The results of a NextFlex project addressing barriers that are preventing inkjet printing from being adopted for prototyping and volume manufacturing of printed circuits, are presented. Thes .. read more

The emergence of a variety of flexible portable electronics applications has led to increased attention to flexible power sources. Flexible electronics may be subjected to static and dynamic .. read more

Printed conductors and interconnects on compatible flexible or stretchable substrates are the foundation of flexible hybrid electronic systems that may include conventional silicon-based dev .. read more

This paper summarizes recent progress on utilizing liquid metals (LMs) consisting of gallium and gallium alloys for the electronics industry. While gallium is a component of existing electro .. read more

Via-in-Pad Plated Over (VIPPO) designs enable better signal quality and speed, but also cause unintended consequences. At VIPPO locations, with or without a solid copper-filled hole, the coe .. read more

There is increasing environmental awareness within society, affecting legislation, commerce, and industry. Nature offers an abundance of macromolecules and smaller molecular weight compounds .. read more

The cost of test has always been a main concern in the electronics manufacturing business. The recent proliferation of 5G, Internet of Things (IoTs) is driving the industry with smart device .. read more

Instead of using a dedicated test platform, we are presenting methods of using modular and highly scalable components to perform functional testing on a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) .. read more

Today, more than 40% of cyber-attacks target IoT devices, and where attacks themselves are commercialized, it is becoming essential to take countermeasures against cyber-attacks, not only fo .. read more

For many years, the focus of the exchange of design and manufacturing data has been related to the reduction of lead-time in getting products to market, with the reduction of design-turns, e .. read more

What went wrong, when did it happen and what have we learned? How often have we been confronted with these simple and direct words describing a situation where the outcome is undesirable! To .. read more

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is a class of fluoro-organic materials that is both ubiquitous and essential to the semiconductor manufacturing process as well as the downstream c .. read more

In this paper, we highlight the best practices for eco-design in electronics as presented during a multi-part learning series. The learning series was established as an interactive webinar-b .. read more