The tomorrow of yesterday is here today. At the start of this year, registered electric vehicletos (EVs) on global highways totaled just over 10 milli...
Folks, Chris Nash and I (supported by an army of Indium Corporation’s outstanding engineers) wrote a booklet on eliminating solder defects. The ...
In this installment of Tech Seconds, Phil discusses the basics of X-ray analysis for electronics assembly and how to identify soldering voids....
In this installment of Tech Seconds, Phil outlines how to effectively troubleshoot voiding issues when a customer notices an increase in the amount of...
How do you determine whether your voids are a symptom or a defect. Phil Zarrow gives his advice. ...
The second stage of a reflow profile activates the flux in the solder paste and prepares the solder for reflow. This can be a critical stage...
Indium Corporation's been doing extensive testing on the effect of different process variables on voiding and QFNs... ...
This video is for anyone interested in the causes and effects of voiding in solder paste. Keywords: Phil Zarrow, Glen Thomas, askus@indium.com, voidin...
Looking for a way to Avoid the Void® using high-quality cored wire? Click here....
We explore cleaning techniques for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. It will cover water-soluble and no-clean materials and process....
Let’s see what’s up with Patty….. Patty was just dropped off at O’Hare airport after finishing a 3 day workshop on Lean Six S...
QFN voiding is a significant electronics issue today. Patty & her team tackle voiding in QFNs, BTCs (bottom-terminated components), and more....
Specific and consistent terminologies are required to enable accurate and effective discussions of soldering materials....
Flux-coated preforms allow you to reduce the amount of flux that’s presented to the joint and increase the solder volume. SMT expert Phil ...
Why use solder preforms? SMT industry expert Phil Zarrrow finds out from Jim Hisert, Indium Corporation Manufacturing Engineer. ...
Phil Zarrow interviewed Derrick Herron, a technical support at The Indium Corporation. PZ: With the advent of bottom-terminating components, one of...
SMTA International 2015 is just around the corner. If you want to see what our engineers will be presenting at the show check out this blog; there is ...
As we discussed in part I of this three-part series, uneven solder bondline thickness between the substrate and baseplate of an IGBT module can cause ...
For this week’s World of Solder Preforms series installment, Brandon Judd explains the importance of reflow profiling: Solder preforms are a ver...
As with many companies exhibiting at SMTAI, Indium Corporation is featuring several new products that address many of the concerns of our custo...
Indium Corporation works hard to ensure that we have solder pastes that suit all of our customers’ needs. Our R&D team works closely with ou...
On Monday, March 24, I will be giving a professional development course at the IPC APEX Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. The course, Understanding and ...
Solderability and Wetting The wetting and spreading of solder onto surfaces is an essential part of forming a strong, reliable, conductive joint. The ...
For fun, I decided to interview our very own Brandon Judd to talk about Indium Corporation Technical Support, the Southwest United States, and a...
In my last blog post, I gave a brief overview of the attributes and advantages of our new LV1000 flux coating formulation. I also discussed the ...
Folks, Let’s see how Patty is doing with her latest challenge….. Patty had decided to call The Professor and see what advice he had to of...
Solder joint voiding is tough to deal with. When attaching components, such as power amplifiers/transistors or QFNs, the larger the footprint the...
Folks, Let’s see what is up with Patty…..... Patty sat at her computer, admittedly a little tired. She had just gotten back after a...
Folks, Everyday, we are exposed to the results of surveys and polls. A typical example might be that President Obama is leading Mitt Romney in a...
I’m just back from Malaysia, where I visited one of our larger customers who has been using our high-lead (high-Pb) dispensable N...
It is often said that a chain is only as strong as it weakest link, the same can be true for a series of......
Intermetallics are a necessary evil in the metal-to-metal bonding world, which definitely includes soldering. There are two basic ways that metal will...
Folks, Rob heads to Guadalajara to solve the QFN voiding problem...... As Rob sat on the airplane, he was excited to go to GDL (Guadalajara, Mexi...
Once again, here are some things I learned at this year’s IWLPC show 2010 in Santa Clara. Picture below taken at Philadelphia airport,...
I have previously discussed various reasons why thermal considerations in a device cannot be an afterthought. There are various methods for handl...
In my last post, NanoFoil Basics: Activation Part I, I talked about NanoFoil® activation properties (remember, I’m not using the t...
Integrated Preforms®, like separate solder preforms, are available in all of the common shapes. Since not all applications are alike, these connec...
Figure 1: 15% Voiding with air reflow Figure 2: ~0% Voiding after vacuum reflow ......
Most of you have probably seen videos of countless Mentos/Diet Coke experiments all over the internet. If you are one of the few who have not, t...
“Hey, Andy!!” The stranger grinned. “Nice to meet you in the flesh at last!”. It was the last customer visit on a recent trip ...
For my next trick, I will be participating in a chat session as part of the Virtual PCB Show on February 25th from 11:00AM to 11:45 AM.......
Next on the soldering to list is soldering to immersion silver (ImAg). ImAg is probably the only solder finish that is sensitive to the profile used f...
Unacceptable voiding under a die With less voiding under a power die, more heat can be dissipated through the solder into......
For those of us who grew up in colder climates, snowball fights were a right of passage. As a child I fell victim......
Conductive epoxy is a polymer matrix with flakes of silver mixed into it. These silver flakes span a distance of about 40 microns or less. The silver....
Folks, Tim Jensen, Product Manager, PCB Assembly Materials, would surely be considered one of the most knowledgeable people in lead-free soldering and...
Designers are always seeking the latest and greatest performance material which will enhance the performance of their hot devices. Still they often ch...
We have just released the third in a series of online video ads aimed at our B2B electronics assembly audience. The series is titled: INDIUM CORPORATI...
Folks, I just got back from IPC/JEDEC’s Conference: RoHS Compliance and Beyond. Before I get into technical stuff, a few comments on traveling t...