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...
Lead Free Solder
The Limits of Mixing: A Chocolate Chip Example
Folks, We tend to think of mixing as something that can completely even out those things being mixed. As an example, let’s assume you are ...
Thermal Cycling Performance of SACm® Pb-Free Solder Alloy
The development of SACm® lead-free solder alloy by Indium Corporation’s R&D team was focused around improving the mechanical shock perfo...
Leadframe Solderability Issues in Power Semiconductors
It is no secret that automotive semiconductor customers are becoming increasingly demanding. The “under the hood / bonnet” electronics env...
What Is Indium?
Being the Indium Corporation, we know what indium is, where it comes from, and how to use it. But sometimes we forget that not everyone is as im...
Has Lead-Free RoHS Compliant Assembly Reliability and Cost "Arrived?"
Folks, I was at APEX 2013 San Diego this past week. San Diego is a great venue for the show, but I always forget how cold it can be (55-65°F...
Weibull Analysis III: Multiple Failure Modes
Folks, Our discussion of Weibull Analysis continues…..Let’s say you have worked hard and assembled some SMT lead-free PCBs for thermal c...
Weibull Analysis II: The Curse of the Early First Failure
Folks, In continuing our discussion on Weibull Analysis, let’s assume we assembled some SMT and through-hole PCBs with lead-free solder paste....
Interpreting Weibull Plots: I
Folks, A while ago I discussed the Weibull Distribution and its importance in electronics reliability analysis. This distribution has been use...
Time Required for Refrigerated Flux and Solder Paste to Reach Room Temperature
One question that I often hear from customers is; “Once out of the refrigerator, how long do I have to wait to allow my solder paste and/or flux...
Where is Tin Silver Solder, Now That You Need It?
Over the years, solder alloy choices have been pretty stable. In the last century, SN63 and SN62 could be found at any company making any k...
Can Your Mortality Be Modelled with The Weibull Distribution?
Folks, In the last posting, we saw how Weibull analysis helped us to determine that SACm® lead-free solder (SAC105 with about 0.1% manganese) has ...