Industry News | 2023-09-25 17:55:00.0
Indium Corporation R&D Manager, Alloy Group and Principal Research Metallurgist Dr. HongWen Zhang will present at the SMTA Empire Expo & Tech Forum on September 26 in Syracuse, NY. Also at the conference, Regional Sales Manager Emily Belfield will host a panel discussion, Generational Differences in Today's Workplace.
Industry News | 2013-10-28 14:45:08.0
Ersa, the specialist for electronic production equipment, has numerous highlights to present to the visitors of Productronica.
Technical Library | 2015-02-19 16:54:34.0
Pad cratering is an important failure mode besides crack of solder joint as it’ll pass the regular test but have impact on the long term reliability of the product. A new pin pull test method with solder ball attached and positioning the test board at an angle of 30º is employed to study the strength of pad cratering. This new method clearly reveals the failure mechanism. And a proper way to interpret the finite element analysis (FEA) result is discussed. Impact of pad dimension, width and angle of copper trace on the strength is included. Some findings not included in previous research could help to guide the design for better performance
Technical Library | 2013-01-17 15:37:21.0
A problem exists with electroless nickel / immersion gold (ENIG) surface finish on some pads, on some boards, that causes the solder joint to separate from the nickel surface, causing an open. The solder has wet and dissolved the gold. A weak tin to nickel intermetallic bond initially occurs, but the intermetallic bond cracks and separates when put under stress. Since the electroless nickel / immersion gold finish performs satisfactory in most applications, there had to be some area within the current chemistry process window that was satisfactory. The problem has been described as a 'BGA Black Pad Problem' or by HP as an 'Interfacial Fracture of BGA Packages…'[1]. A 24 variable experiment using three different chemistries was conducted during the ITRI (Interconnect Technology Research Institute) ENIG Project, Round 1, to investigate what process parameters of the chemical matrix were potentially satisfactory to use and which process parameters of the chemical matrix need to be avoided. The ITRI ENIG Project has completed Round 1 of testing and is now in the process of Round 2 TV (Test Vehicle) build.
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Shuttle Star Technology designs and builds advanced off-line 2.5D&3D x-ray inspection systems for solder joint and final assembly test inspection in SMT&EMS. It uses world-class X-ray techniques with advanced defect detection.
Technical Library | 2014-10-30 01:48:43.0
The ultimate life of a microelectronics component is often limited by failure of a solder joint due to crack growth through the laminate under a contact pad (cratering), through the intermetallic bond to the pad, or through the solder itself. Whatever the failure mode proper assessments or even relative comparisons of life in service are not possible based on accelerated testing with fixed amplitudes, or random vibration testing, alone. Effects of thermal cycling enhanced precipitate coarsening on the deformation properties can be accounted for by microstructurally adaptive constitutive relations, but separate effects on the rate of recrystallization lead to a break-down in common damage accumulation laws such as Miner's rule. Isothermal cycling of individual solder joints revealed additional effects of amplitude variations on the deformation properties that cannot currently be accounted for directly. We propose a practical modification to Miner's rule for solder failure to circumvent this problem. Testing of individual solder pads, eliminating effects of the solder properties, still showed variations in cycling amplitude to systematically reduce subsequent acceleration factors for solder pad cratering. General trends, anticipated consequences and remaining research needs are discussed
Industry News | 2018-10-18 08:59:34.0
PRINCIPLE OF SURFACE MOUNT PROCESS(SMT PROCESS)
Industry News | 2008-09-08 18:17:57.0
Essemtec's new stencil printer SP003-ML-V is a highly reliable system aimed at small and medium production volumes. Control of print quality and correction of print position is made easy and fast using the integrated vision system.
Industry News | 2018-12-08 03:27:35.0
Printed Circuit Board (PCB) for Surface Mount Technology (SMT)
COT specializes in high quality SMT nozzles and consumables for pick and place machines. We provide special engineering design service of custom nozzles for those unique and odd components.
2481 Hilton Drive
Gainesville, GA USA
Phone: (770) 538-0411
