Calculating Solder Paste Usage
Many people try to determine the volume of solder paste that they will use on a given circuit board or during a full production run. Calculating...
Many people try to determine the volume of solder paste that they will use on a given circuit board or during a full production run. Calculating...
Wafer bumping processes have evolved in the last 10 years. The semiconductor assembly industry has gone from bumping processes using solder paste prin...
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Solder paste is comprised of powdered solder alloy suspended in a flux vehicle. There is a group of flux ingredients that is generically identified as...
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Solder starvation is a serious electronics assembly issue – with a very simple solution. Solder starvation occurs when adequate volumes of solde...