Posted On: April 16th, 2008 | By: Indium Corporation®

Selection of the Optimum Lead-Free Solder for Solar Tabbing Ribbon

Tabbing Ribbon Solar tabbing ribbon typical consists of 10-15 micrometers of solder alloy coated on OFHC or ETP copper strip. SN60, (60% tin and 40% l...

Posted On: April 1st, 2008 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

SAC305 May Not Become De-Facto Standard

Folks, About two years ago it appeared that SAC305 (3.0% silver, 0.5% Cu, the balance tin) was becoming the de-facto standard for Pb-Free assembly. Wi...

Posted On: December 27th, 2007 | By:

Lead-Free Recommended Reflow Profile

There has been a increase in the number of requests for reflow profiles for lead-free solders. This is a change from last year, where a majority of th...

Posted On: October 27th, 2007 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Intel Achieves Lead-Free Flip Chip Connections in 45 nm Technology

Folks, Intel announced that they now produce lead-free flip chip solder joints in their 45 nm technology. You will recall that flip chip solder joints...

Posted On: October 25th, 2007 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Care Must be Taken in RoHS 5.5 Assembly

Folks, Some have said that I am a fan of lead-free assembly. It’s not true. In a world drowning in electronic waste, I am a fan of re-cycling......

Posted On: July 1st, 2007 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Be Data Driven

Folks, I was recently asked to give a presentation and audit an assembly line regarding minimizing “tombstoning” of passives at a major el...

Posted On: February 19th, 2007 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Jim Hall Shares New Insignts on Tin Whiskers

Folks, One of my closest and most respected colleagues in our industry is Jim Hall of ITM. Along with Phil Zarrow, also of ITM, Jim and......

Posted On: August 5th, 2006 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Dr. Ron Responds to Oliver

Folks: Oliver writes; Dr. Lasky, Your statements sound rather strange to me. 1. It makes no sense to compare the increased energy and tin demand t...

Posted On: March 18th, 2006 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

General RoHS Questions

Haibing writes: Question 1: My questions are centered around RoHS judgments. That is, how I can judge whether a contract manufacturer is RoHS c...

Posted On: March 4th, 2006 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

No Such Thing as Completely Lead-Free

Folks: A reader writes: Dr. Ron I attended your seminars last year at the SMTAI Technical Conference in Chicago and Boston and discussed with you LF i...