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Folks, Gold is often used to protect other metals from corrosion. It so effectively resists corrosion that gold is plated over metals like copper when contact resistance is critical, such as in

Folks, Let’s look in on a graduate student of Ivy University… John Foster felt very fortunate. Not only did he get his undergraduate degree summa cum laude, but was now a graduate student

Folks, In the last post on tin whiskers, we discussed detection. In this post, we will cover mitigation. Since compressive stresses are a primary cause of tin whiskers, minimizing these stresses will

Folks, In the last post on tin whiskers, we discussed detection. In this post, we will cover mitigation. Since compressive stresses are a primary cause of tin whiskers, minimizing these stresses will

Folks, One of the great challenges of tin whiskers is detecting them. When one considers that their median thickness is in the 3 to 5 micron range (a human hair is about 75 microns,) they can be hard

In history, “The Gold Standard” was a monetary system in which countries fixed their currencies to a specified amount of gold. Here at Indium, we also use the phrase, however, to

Folks, Continuing our series on tin whiskers. In the last post we discussed what they are. in this post we will discuss what causes them. Tin whiskers are primarily caused by compressive stresses in

Hi All, My team came across an interesting article the other day from IEEE Spectrum that talked about the recent advent of

Folks, Tin whiskers are very fine filaments or whiskers of tin that form out of the surface of the tin. See Figure 1. They are the result of stress release in the tin. Tin whiskers are a phenomenon

A low-temperature solder like DurafuseTM LT can be essentialfor many applications where keeping the peak temperature below a certain point is critical (LEDs, flex substrates, opto-electronics, shield

Eliminating zero km failures is the mantra of electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers and for good reason —consumers have extremely high expectations of electric vehicles and simply expect that

Hello all, As mentioned in my recent posts, I’ll be presenting a webinar soon on solder paste printing for system-in-package (SiP) applications. Contrary to the title, printing won’t be the only

Folks, Matching a reflow profile to a solder paste spec is a required skill foran SMT process engineer. In light of this, let’s do an example. Assume we want to start using Indium

In my last post, I talked about the types of solder you could find in implantable medical devices, specifically cardiac pacemakers. Pure goldpreforms are generally used as the solder material in the

One of my favorite quotes of all time was said by Walt Disney, and it goes, “it’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” These words have spoken to me throughout most of my college

Growing up, the most exciting days in school were when you were told that you were going on a field trip. About two weeks ago, I received an email from Jingya that she, Angela, and I would be going

The ball-attach process is admittedly not as exciting as others, such as flip-chip assembly and 2.5D and 3D

One of my first assignments in graduate school was to read The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M.

This Sunday morning was, for the most part, like any other. I woke up early and enjoyed a warm cup of coffee with breakfast as I read the news and completed a crossword. I then laced up my running

In early April, I began to receive emails from two individuals at Indium Corporation; their names were Joy Valencia and Maria Vacca. Little did I know then that they would become two of my closest

Going into a new job, you never know what to expect. You worry about how you will perform, if the others will like you, and, most importantly, if you will fit in. Of course, these were my exact