Gold Solder

Folks, Let’s check in on Rob, while Patty is away…… Rob waved good bye to Patty as she drove away to the airport to attend a one week conference. Now that she was a prof and he a grad student

When I was learning about solder, I was very surprised when I received a call inquiring about fluxless soldering. Trulyproviding a goodsolder jointwithout using flux; pretty selfexplanatory. Ever

Two categories of solder are available to choose from when the in-service environment for a device reaches above 125°C either in continuous operation or thermal cycling accelerated life

Indium and indium-containing alloys see wide use in a multitude of soldering applications. Indium has many attractive properties such as remaining ductile at cryogenic temperatures, compatibility

I have been asked on numerous occasions to calculate the potential for galvanic corrosion between metals.Most times, when I am approached with this, the concern stems from an application in which the

The use of gold layers deposited onto nickel is standard in many industries, from DRAMmemory module edge connectors, to electrical test probe contacts, to power semiconductor die metallizations and

Eutectic Gold Tin (AuSn) with a composition of 80Au20Sn is a unique material. This particular alloy of gold tin (AuSn) is considered a solder because it has a melting temperature of 280ºC, which

The demand for hermetic packages that house laser diodes is growing, and companies that traditionally made RF/microwave packages are now expanding their businesses into optical packages. What makes

Dr. Ronald C. Lasky: Indium Corporation's Ed Briggs had the great idea to write a paper on the many applications of solder preforms. He asked me to edit and review the paper; the title was The