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SMTnet Express, December 27, 2013, Subscribers: 26441, Members: Companies: 13537, Users: 35564

Addressing the Challenge of Head-In-Pillow Defects in Electronics Assembly

While the electronics manufacturing industry has been occupied with the challenge of RoHS compliance and with it, Pb-free soldering, established trends of increasing functionality and miniaturization have continued. The increasing use of ultra-fine pitch and area-array devices presents challenges in both printing and flux technology. With the decrease in both the size and the pitch of said components, new problems may arise, such as head-in-pillow and graping defects. Print transfer efficiency of the solder paste must be maximized to maintain consistent solder volumes and acceptable solder joints; process optimization may also be a factor. Flux activators have to be redesigned to allow for the less-than-ideal soldering performance of high-tin alloys. These challenges have been met by a statistical approach to formulating solder paste rheology and flux chemistry resulting in high print efficiencies and appropriate activity release to produce high first-pass yields.

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