Many shades of “Green”
Last week I was asked “Is this flux green?” – regarding one of our leading ball attach fluxes. My first reaction was – ...
Last week I was asked “Is this flux green?” – regarding one of our leading ball attach fluxes. My first reaction was – ...
Speaking as a guy who knows flux – they are not all created equal. Flux use spans many industries, some of which can get away with crude ingred...
De-gassing a flux changes its properties so much that we can’t sell it as the same flux anymore! Beyond eliminating air bubbles, the main thing...
Just in case you haven’t heard of epoxy flux yet, let me fill you in. Epoxy flux is what I call a “super no-clean” flux. A no-c...
The shape of your solder joint below a flip-chip or BGA is controlled by the surface tension of the alloy, the activity of flux used, the tension or c...
With the Strategies in Light show just behind us, I thought it a good time to discuss a little further the use of metal thermal interface materials......
Do you have a 2’ x 3’ area on the wall of your office or cubical for the latest new and improved Indium Corporation Wall Chart? a......
Just incase you were wondering, here are the wetting results you can expect when soldering Pb-free spheres to different surface finishes. The chart sh...
A couple of my colleagues, Jim Hisert and Andy Mackie recently published an article about the use of solders in chip packaging. The article begins wit...
Okay, you’re at the final stage of Package-on-Package assembly. Simply heat per the reflow profile suggested by your solder manufacturer (hopefu...
Keep in mind that the stack of components that have just been assembled are vulnerable to misalignment and oxidation. We have done some work up-front ...