Cooling and Performance Optimized by 80Au20Sn Solder Bond
80Au20Sn solder preforms transfer heat from the active layer in laser diodes, creating a strong bond for long-term reliability. ...
Thermal Management
Thermal Management: Why Indium is the Best Choice
Find out why indium metal is the optimum choice for high-end electronics thermal management, even though some metals have higher thermal conducti...
Thermal Management Using Indium Metal: The Heat-Spring®
High performance thermal management requires high performance materials. In this case, Heat-Spring®...
Achieving Uniform Solder Bondline Control Between Substrate and Baseplate in IGBTs: Part I
The next few posts come to us from my colleagues Karthik Vijay, Indium Corporation’s Technical Manager for Europe and Liam Mills of TT Electroni...
Tim Jensen Discusses Becoming Co-Editor with Maria Durham for Advancing Electronics Magazine
Recently I heard about two of my friends (and co-workers) taking on an additional responsibility in the electronics industry. Tim Jensen (Senior Produ...
Reflow Profiling, Electrical Reliability, No-Clean Solder Paste Flux Residues
It sounds bad for me to say this, but I have a lot of SMT magazines cross my desk and, honestly, the solder paste articles rarely draw my interest. I ...
Outsourcing Manufacturing is not Part of DFM
Folks, Looks like Patty has been busy….. Patty couldn’t remember having a busier week. She just got back on Friday from serving on ...
Low-Temperature Solders: Important, Valuable
New developments are happening almost daily in the electronics device world: phones that do much more than just convey voice, clothing that monitors a...
Donuts and Solder Preforms – Seriously?
I just can’t get enough of a good thing. My last post mentioned donuts – one of my favorite treats. Allow me to continue reveling in...
Dartmouth Student Asks Questions About SACm® Solder Alloy
Folks, Some years ago, a leading IC manufacturer decided that their R&D effort could benefit if analyzed for possible improvement – by hirin...
Important Classes for Understanding Solder
Solder seems pretty simple, and, honestly, it doesn’t always need to be overly technical. But, many SMT, semiconductor, thermal management, and ...
NanoFoil® Project Management with Seth Homer
In an interview with Seth Homer (our Asst. Product Manager for Engineered Solders and NanoFoil®), we discuss how an interested customer can partne...