Electronics Manufacturing and Electronics Assembly

What are the most common design decisions that can have a negative impact on the PCB assembly manufacture and how could we correct them during the design? The Assembly Brothers, Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall, discuss this scenario and share their suggestions.
Board Talk

Inline Assembly of Flex PET Circuits
This work further explores photonic soldering of PET flex circuits in the context of high-volume production.
Production Floor

Chip Use Light Waves to Perform Math Essential to AI Training
Engineers have developed a new chip that uses light waves, rather than electricity, to perform the complex math essential to training AI.
Technology Briefing

High Speed Transmission Characteristics on RDL Interposer
This paper presents the demonstration of RDL interposers with fine pitch firing and low loss dielectric layers.
Analysis Lab

Aging on SAC305 Solder Joints Reliability in Accelerated Fatigue Shear Test
This study aims to assess the reliability of the most common solder material under different cyclic stress levels and aging times at an elevated temperature.
Materials Tech

Press Fit Roadmap for High Performance Process
Paper investigates the roadmap for press fit technology, with attention to placement and insertion, inspection, repair, pin design, challenges and solutions.
Production Floor

Compatibility and Aging for Flux and Cleaner Combinations
A materials study for high reliability electronics cleaning is presented in this paper.
Analysis Lab

Processing Circuit Boards with BGAs On Both Sides
What is the best way to process a 30 mil circuit board assembly that has micro BGAs that need to be soldered to both sides?
Board Talk

Printed Circuit Structures, the Evolution of Printed Circuit Boards
The PCS concept will allow passives, actives and even antennas to move out of the XY plane and into the XZ and YZ planes.
Materials Tech

System to Efficiently Produce Solar Thermochemical Hydrogen
In a study recently published, engineers lay out the conceptual design for a system that can efficiently produce “solar thermochemical hydrogen.”
Technology Briefing

Innovative of CU Electroplating Process for Any Layer Via Fillwith Planer
PCB manufacturers need another additional processing step to chemically etch the deposit until they reach a planer surface to build the next layer without issues.
Production Floor

Acoustic Micro Imaging Analysis for 3D Packages
This paper will present a review of AMI methods that are applicable to analyses of 3D devices and show example applications.
Analysis Lab

The Mysterious Pink Snow
One morning after a snowstorm, the morning shift at Allied Chemical was greeted in the parking lot by pink snow. What caused this strange event?
Mysteries of Science

An Introduction to the Process of Printed Electronics
While following best practices, researchers aim to create processes that ramp up the scale of production for simple circuits and integrated conductive structures.
Production Floor

Researchers Incorporate Machine Learning Into Brain-Computer Interface

Researchers incorporated machine learning into the brain-computer interface. This solution can understand the needs of a subject and self-calibrate.
Technology Briefing

Adhesive Bonding of Polymeric Substrates Through Plasma Treatment
This study assesses the effect of atmospheric plasma treatment used with compressed air. and te effect of plasma surface treatment on adhesive bond strength.
Analysis Lab

Investigation into Low Temperature Solder Reliability

This paper presents an examination of three low temperature solders and provides a comparison with tin-silver-copper solder.
Materials Tech

Enabling High-Speed Printing Using Low Cost Materials
Building on our expertise and testing, this paper will highlight the two trains of thought with specific focus on how low-cost materials affect print performance.
Production Floor

Board Talk

Common PCB Design Decisions that Cause Manufacturing Problems

Processing Circuit Boards with BGAs On Both Sides

Dross Contamination After Selective Soldering

What is the Life Span of a Profile Board?

Adding OSP to Pads that are Missing ENIG Plating Process

The Best Method for Reworking Ultra-Micro Chips

How To Rework Warped PCBAs?

Incoming Circuit Boards - How Clean Is Clean?

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Questions and Comments

What is the Life Span of a Profile Board?

The typical lifespan of a profile board, which is used ...
Mohammed Imtiaz uddin, napino auto and electronics ltd.

How Frequently Should We Recheck Profiles?

The recommended frequency for rechecking reflow oven profiles can vary ...
md imtiaz, Napino

Adding OSP to Pads that are Missing ENIG Plating Process

Basically, the board shop is clearly unreliable, and the product ...
Jaye Waas, Renkus-Heinz

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