Acceleration Factors in Life Testing of Electronics
Folks, You are the project manager for a PCB that must function in an environment from -10 to 80 C. The PCB will experience one thermal cycle per day ...
Folks, You are the project manager for a PCB that must function in an environment from -10 to 80 C. The PCB will experience one thermal cycle per day ...
Folks, In my last post, I discussed the concern for copper-tin intermetallic (IMC) growth in solder joints at high service temperatures. Since then, I...
SIR Testing-Surface and Insulation Resistance testing, a form of standard testing where you measure the electrical reliability of a no-clean or a...
The introduction point between the pad and the soldeirng iron tip plays a crucial role in creating perfect solder joints, as well as gives clues as to...
Folks, The service temperature for electronics in a modern automobile can be higher than 125C. These high temperatures raise the concern of copper-tin...
Folks, You have undoubtedly heard in the news that some predict AI will destroy civilization. Even the “Godfather” of AI, Geoffrey Hinton ...
Folks, SMTA’s Electronics in Harsh Environments Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, was a big success. Over 60 people attended from all ov...
Bismuth alloys offer superior properties such as expansion upon solidification, adjustable melting points, composition flexibility, zero bulk permeabi...
Folks, Join me at the SMTA Harsh Environments Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on May 23 to May 25, 2023. I will be giving a presentation on &...
The next generation of virtual reality is packing a lot more technology into an even smaller space - but as material science engineers and solder manu...
Folks, My second email from Adriana Re using density to determine gold mass fraction is below. She asked if we could communicate in French. The transl...
This blog explains how to calculate the time it takes to electroplate a metal such as Indium onto a substrate. The time it takes directly depends on t...