Indium-Lead (In/Pb) Solder Alloys for Reliable Gold Interconnects in Semiconductor Assembly
Maria Durham, Indium’s new Technical Specialist in Semiconductor and Advanced Assembly Materials, has been doing some research on indium lead (I...
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Musings on Metals: Copper
Musings on Metals: Copper It could be argued that civilization began with the smelting of copper. Although thousands of years before, humans fir...
Happy Birthday Indium Corporation!
March 13th is the 78th anniversary of the founding of Indium Corporation. Dr. William S. Murray, J. Robert Dyer JR, and Daniel Gray combined to ...
Patty Presents Her Electronics Assembly Copy Exactly Strategy
Folks, Patty is getting ready for her meeting on “Copy Exactly” with Mike Madigan….... It was after 6:30 PM and Patty was just arri...
Indium Supply Will Satisfy Demand For 75 Years
As reported in Metals Bulletin, Malcolm Harrower of Indium Corporation recently addressed the topic of indium availability and supply as he told the d...
Jasbir Bath and the Solar Engineering and Manufacturing Association (SEMA)
I recently had a chance to catch up with a friend and colleague, Jasbir Bath. If you’ve spent time in the electronics assembly industry you have...
Silver Plated Copper Metallization for Thin-Film Solar Cell Interconnection
No one likes being controlled by the cost of silver. We deal with fluctuating Ag costs here at Indium Corporation on a very large scale – so I u...
Effecting And Evaluating Tabbing Ribbon Bond Strength, Reliability, And Performance
Readers have asked how to visually assess a tabbing ribbon interconnection after a bond test. This image is a cell that has been bond tested after sol...
Soldering to Aluminum
We are frequently asked if it is possible to solder to aluminum. The answer is yes, if the following guidelines are followed: FLUXES: Becau...
3 Advantages of Bismuth-Based Tabbing Ribbon for Solar Photovoltaic Assembly
After the report by Isofoton regarding reliability testing of Bi-based alloys for tabbing ribbon, the world learned that Bi-based alloys could survive...
Cleaning Indium Thermal Interface Material (TIM) Preforms
Here is a question that was posted and answered on our website back in 2006, I think it is still quite relevant: img align="right" alt="...
Practical Suggestions for Solder Preform Design and Implementation
Have you ever found yourself knowing where you want to go, but not sure how to get there? This can be frustrating and time consuming......