Electronics Manufacturing and Electronics Assembly

How do we determine what is the best under stencil wipe frequency? As always, the Assembly Brothers Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall, share their own insights and experiences on this matter.
Board Talk

Low Temperature SMT Solder Evaluation
Recent advances in alloy "doping" have opened the door to revisit Sn/Bi alloys as a possible alternative to SAC-305 for many applications.
Production Floor

Aerial Ridesharing in 2021 and Beyond
When last explored the world of flying taxis and personal aviation vehicles, the climate for business in general and transportation, was very different.
Technology Briefing

i4.0, Are We Really Ready?
This paper evaluates SMT production and inspection machines and attempts to define their potential to act as ‘smart sensors’, the first building blocks towards i4.0.
Analysis Lab

Effects of Mixing Solder Sphere Alloys with Bismuth-Based Pastes
In this paper, the effect of mixing solder sphere alloys with Bi-based solder pastes on the component reliability in accelerated thermal cycling is studied.
Materials Tech

The Convergence of Technologies and Standards Across the Electronic Products Manufacturing Industry to Realize Smart Manufacturing
The future of manufacturing is dependent on the ability to develop and deploy suites of technology platforms to realize Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0.
Production Floor

Rework Practices for MicroLEDs and Other Highly Miniaturized SMT Components
This paper will focus on practices and innovative solutions to successfully repair these miniaturized, sensitive and often fragile components.
Analysis Lab

Can Tape Residue Contaminate a Clean Tank?
We leave masking and Kapton tapes that fall off during cleaning in the bottom of our wash tank. Can the adhesives contaminate the recycled solution?
Board Talk

pH neutral Cleaning Agents - Market Expectation & Field Performance
Study reviews performance of pH neutral cleaning agents compared to alkaline cleaning alternatives and includes field data.
Materials Tech

Lithium-Ion Batteries More Efficient By Adding Polymers and Fireproofing
Adding polymers and fireproofing to a lithium-ion battery’s current collectors makes it lighter, safer and about 20 percent more efficient.
Technology Briefing

Concentration Monitoring & Closed Loop Control
In this study, the Flowsensor or acoustic concentration measurement system was evaluated at the original beta site detailing 20 days of concentration monitoring data.
Production Floor

Achieving Solder Reliability for LGA Ceramic Image Sensors
The stencil aperture design has more influence on overcoming CTE mismatch between the ceramic LGA and the FR4 PCB than the reflow oven temperature profile cool down slope.
Analysis Lab

Trapped in the Vacuum Chamber
A worker was cleaning inside a vacuum chamber when the door slammed shut. His partner turned the vacuum pump on. What happened?
Mysteries of Science

Aerosol Jet Printing of Conductive Epoxy for 3D
The authors describe efforts to improve both the dispensability of small volume dots and correspondingly improve the consistency and conductivity of the dots.
Production Floor

Increased Computer Chip Processing with Conductive Titanium Oxide

A method to make non-volatile computer memory which may help solve a problem that has been holding back machine learning has been developed.
Technology Briefing

Weibull Distribution and Analysis: 2019
This paper provides an overview of the Weibull distribution, its variables, types of data required, and interpretations that can be drawn.
Analysis Lab

Embedding Passive and Active Components: PCB Design and Fabrication

This paper focuses on six basic embedded component structure designs described in IPC-7092.
Materials Tech

Innovative Panel Plating for Heterogeneous Integration
This paper will show that improvements in feature density, deposition uniformity and void free via filling can be achieved in large panel processing.
Production Floor