Lack of Data to Support "Tin Whiskers' Being Major Reliability Concern for Toyota
Folks, Bob Landman’s comments to my tin whisker posts appear below. Friendly dialogue such as this helps us to all learn more and is ...
Patty, Pete, The Professor, and Rob Head for China
Patty was checking her email. She noticed a note from someone who had attended last night’s SMTA meeting. Patty had just been elected ...
Olympic Champions Rewarded with Gold, Silver, Bronze and Circuit Boards?
Have you been watching the Olympics? I knew I had been watching maybe TOO much of the Olympics when I heard that the medals were made from ...
Next Generation PoP Paste Presentation at SMTAI 2009
3 weeks ago I had the chance to present at the SMTAI event in San Jose. This venue not only had pleasant weather, it had top level engineers...
Learn More About PoP Solder Paste
From an upcoming SMTAI presentation dealing with PoP solder paste: “...Formulation, particle size,......
Brandon Judd and PoP Solder Pastes
Brandon Judd and I have been working on a paper for this year’s SMTAI event, and I thought I......
Mixed Alloy Wetting for SAC BGA Assembly Using Sn63 Solder Paste
Have you ever wondered about what happens to a Pb-free Ball-Grid Array (BGA), with Tin/Silver/Copper (SAC) spheres in a Tin/Lead (Sn/Pb) proces...
8 Reasons Why You Need To Re-evaluate PoP Pastes
A lot has changed in the world of package-on-package in the last few years. The most obvious change......
Oxidation Barrier: The Secret to HF Solder Paste Success
Shhhh. Don’t tell anyone but I have a secret. The activators used in halogen-free solder pastes aren’t as effective as their h...