Electronics Manufacturing Technical Articles

Electronics Manufacturing Technical Articles

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1757 SMT / PCB Assembly Related Technical Articles

Reliability Enhancement of Wafer Level Packages with Nano-Column-Like Hollow Solder Ball Structures

Jan 12, 2012 | Ronak Varia, Xuejun Fan

In this paper, hollowed solder ball structures in wafer level packages are investigated. Detailed 3-D finite element modelling is conducted for stress and accumulated inelastic strain energy density or creep strain analysis. Three cases are studied in thi...

Publisher: Lamar University - Department of Mechanical Engineering

Lamar University - Department of Mechanical Engineering

The mission of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lamar University is to provide high quality education and meaningful career opportunities for its graduates.

Beaumont, Texas, USA

Research Institute / Laboratory / School

Conformal Coating Why, What, When, and How

Jan 05, 2012 | Greg Caswell

Conformal coating is applied to circuit cards to provide a dielectric layer on an electronic board. This layer functions as a membrane between the board and the environment. With this coating in place, the circuit card can withstand more moisture by incre...

Publisher: DfR Solutions (acquired by ANSYS Inc)

DfR Solutions (acquired by ANSYS Inc)

DfR Solutions has world-renowned expertise in applying the science of Reliability Physics to electrical and electronics technologies, and is a leading provider of quality, reliability, and durability (QRD) research and consulting

College Park,

Consultant / Service Provider

Solder Charge Grid Array: Advancements In The Technology Of Surface Mount Area Array Solder Joint Attachment

Dec 29, 2011 | Jim Hines, Adam Stanczak, David Decker, Theeraphong Kanjanupathum

2011 IPC APEX EXPO Conference Article: Surface mount area arrays (SMAA) have been in existence for decades and are increasingly becoming more important as printed circuit board (PCB) assemblies become further complex with package miniaturization and densi...

Publisher: Molex

Molex

Molex is a global leader in interconnect solutions, as well as custom user-interfaces, membrane switches and flex circuits.

Lisle, Illinois, USA

Manufacturer

Metal Microchannel Lamination Using Surface Mount Adhesives for Low-Temperature Heat Exchangers

Dec 22, 2011 | Prawin, Paulraj , Paul, Brian K.

This paper reports the feasibility of using surface mount adhesives to produce low temperature microchannel arrays in a wide variety of metals. Sheet metal embossing and chemical etching processes have been used to produce sealing bosses that eliminate ch...

Publisher: OSU School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME)

OSU School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME)

Providing an education that prepares our students as entrepreneurial, team-oriented, and work-ready graduates in mechanical, industrial, and manufacturing engineering and energy engineering management

Corvallis, Oregon, USA

Research Institute / Laboratory / School

Hermetically Sealed SMD Tantalum Capacitors

Dec 15, 2011 | I.Zednickova, M.Biler, J.Petrzilek, T.Zednicek

manganese dioxide or conductive polymer cathode. Higher stability is achieved by placement of the capacitor into an SMD case filled by an inert atmosphere and hermetically sealed. The long term stability testing performed on such hermetically sealed capac...

Publisher: AVX Corporation

AVX Corporation

A leading international electronic supplier of components and connectors with worldwide manufacturing facilities, offering the world's broadest selection of passive electronic components.

Fountain Inn, South Carolina, USA

Evaluation of Stencil Foil Materials, Suppliers and Coatings

Dec 08, 2011 | Chrys Shea - Shea Engineering Services, Ray Whittier - Vicor Corporation

The past few years have brought PCB assemblers a multitude of choices for SMT stencil materials and coatings. In addition to the traditional laser-cut stainless steel (SS) or electroformed nickel, choices now include SS that has been optimized for laser c...

Publisher: Shea Engineering Services

Shea Engineering Services

We work with electronics industry suppliers to provide top quality technical documentation for their products. Services include: ghost writing, presentation creation and training program development.

Burlington, New Jersey, USA

Consultant / Service Provider

RoHS: Five Years Later

Dec 01, 2011 | Dr Ronald C. Lasky

Are electronics any “greener” than before RoHS? It is a fair question to ask. With the advent of RoHS on July 1, 2006, and more recently REACH, one might be inclined to answer that it is greener than it was. We will take a look at this question in several...

Publisher: Indium Corporation

Indium Corporation

Solder pastes, solder preforms, solder spheres, soldering fluxes, electrically-conductive adhesives. All alloys: tin-lead, lead-free, indium alloys, and more.

Utica, New York, USA

Manufacturer

New Methods of Testing PCB Traces Capacity and Fusing

Nov 25, 2011 | Norocel Codreanu, Radu Bunea, Paul Svasta

The article presents virtual and real investigations related to current capacity and fusing of PCB traces in high power applications and is based on a scientific paper delivered by authors at SIITME 2010 in Romania. The reason of performing the research a...

Publisher: UPB-CETTI University of Bucharest, Center for Technological Electronics and Interconnection Techniques

UPB-CETTI University of Bucharest, Center for Technological Electronics and Interconnection Techniques

CETTI offers a substantial support in electronic packaging activities for innovative SMEs, and sustains training for continuing education of the human resource involved in electronics industry.

Bucharest, Romania

Other

Using Flexible Circuits as an Electronic Interconnection... Do's and Don'ts

Nov 16, 2011 | Dave Becker

Flexible Circuits are proven, reliable interconnect solutions for many of today's electronic packages. This article gives some general guidelines in terms of "dos" and "don'ts" that will help the engineer or designer make better decisions when using flex...

Publisher: All Flex Flexible Circuits, LLC

All Flex Flexible Circuits, LLC

Flexible circuit manufacturing and assembly. 20 years experience.

Northfield, Minnesota, USA

Manufacturer

PCB Dynamic Coplanarity At Elevated Temperatures

Nov 10, 2011 | John Davignon, Ken Chiavone, Jiahui Pan, James Henzi, David Mendez, Ron Kulterman

With the advent of larger packages and higher densities/pitch the Industry has been concerned with the coplanarity of both the substrate package and the PCB motherboard. The iNEMI PCB Coplanarity WG generated a snapshot in time of the dynamic coplanarity ...

Publisher: iNEMI (International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative)

iNEMI (International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative)

iNEMI is an industry-led consortium focused on identifying and closing technology gaps, which includes the development and integration of the electronics industry supply infrastructure.

Herndon, Virginia, USA

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