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In order to get an accurate reflow profile of a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), it is important to keep best practices for attaching thermocouples in mind. The first thing to remember is that a

As discussed in a previous blog post, it is important to followbest practices for attaching thermocouples to a printed circuit board (PCB) toaccurately measure the reflow profile of an assembly.

Torniamo oggi per concludere la nostra conversazione con Miloš Lazić. Se vi siete persi le prime tre parti, sentitevi liberi di tornare all'inizio qui. Jim: Cosa ti interessa di questo materiale

Yesterday, in Part 2 ofour interview, Miloš mentioned how using a hybrid solid/liquid TIM provides benefits over thermal grease. Today we discuss the challenges to working with liquid metal,

In yesterday’s post, Miloš and I discussed what he’s been working on in the

I recently caught up with Miloš Lazić,one of our Technical Support Engineers who has taken a special interest in liquid metals. In the lab, Miloš has been experimenting with and

It may seem obvious that we need dimensions on an engineering drawing to specify a solder preform, but we often receive drawings with missing dimensions or tolerances. I’m guilty of that too

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) is a technique used to characterize cross sections of solder joints to identify a root cause to a soldering failure. Although there are many different detection

Quando sono stato introdotto per la prima volta al fenomeno del voiding dei QFN, sembrava un problema semplice: il degassamento del flusso crea sacche d'aria intrappolate che causano problemi di affidabilità. Ma da allora mi sono reso conto che

For the plethora of applications that require a high-melting die-attach solder, 80Au20Sn is a great choice to ensure good performance and reliability. Typical applications for 80Au20Sn in die-attach

Folks, Let’s assume your company has decided that transfer efficiency (TE) is the key metric in determining solder paste quality. Transfer efficiency is the ratio of the volume of the solder

Low-temperature solders can have a wide variety of reflow profiles. One of the great things about Durafuse® LT is that it opens up an entirely new set of options for combining low oven

Flux charring isan undesirable cosmetic defect and one of the more common issues in hand and robotic soldering operations. There are multiple factors that can contribute to the charring of flux in

Michel writes: Dr. Ron, when if comes to SMT printing of solder paste, why do some people use the five-ball rule for rectangular apertures and the eight-ball rule for circular apertures? Michel: The

When you are choosing a low temperature solder alloy, there are some key properties that you should to consider. The first, and most important, is the melting temperature.This is commonly referred to

I recently wrote a blog about this fascinating new low temperature solder technology – Durafuse® LT, but I have to admit that no matter how interesting a new technology might be, it is

Isn't it interesting that "high reliability" gets to be its very own category of solder paste?The very definition of reliability is "the quality of being trustworthy or of

Being arecent addition to the PCBA (printed circuit board assembly) solder team at Indium Corporation, it has been eye opening to see how much change is possible in a field that from the outside

Questa è la terza parte della mia serie sui flussi dei semiconduttori. In qualità di nuovo studente di flussi di semiconduttori, questi post aiuteranno gli altri a capire meglio come funzionano i flussi. Il più importante

Questa è la seconda parte della mia serie sui flussi dei semiconduttori. Se non avete visto il mio primo post su questo argomento, vi consigliamo di leggerlo subito. Cominciamo quindi con l'approfondire un po' il tema del

Molte persone che non hanno familiarità con i prodotti a semiconduttore li trovano intimidatori. Io ero uno di quelli che li trovava scoraggianti, ma ora mi rendo conto che i flussi dei semiconduttori non dovrebbero essere