Industry Directory | Manufacturer
US manufacturer of metallized ceramic substrates & packages; specializing in PCTF (plated copper over thick film) & low cost AgENIG (silver with electroless nickel and immersion gold plating).
High Tech, Quick Turn, Manufacturer of PCB's up to 44 layer count. Specializing in Prototype and R&D. Mil-Spec 31032 & 55110 Certified. Located in Fremont, CA & Amesbury, MA.
New Equipment | Education/Training
BEST training kits feature REAL circuit boards that represent actual soldering conditions. These training kits feature ".062 thick multilayer boards which are more representative of the thermal conditions of "real" circuit boards. This board feature
New Equipment | Surface Finish
Technic supplies precious metal and tin and tin alloyed products that are used to preserve as well as enhance soldering and bonding through all levels of interconnection. Technic is well established as a leader in Final Finish Solutions for printed
Electronics Forum | Thu Jul 15 13:27:42 EDT 2010 | xps
Thanks... anyway I confirm, the nickel disappear (verified by cross section)and a strange substance greyish above gold, covering the tabs after test. I don't know the reason for this phenomenon. I don't believe that with proper electrolytic nickel fi
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 30 06:23:32 EST 2005 | wmeyers
Thanks Dave! Bill
Industry News | 2012-05-04 09:21:15.0
As printed boards evolve and chip speeds increase, the use of microwave technology in commercial applications, such as cell phone towers and in military products, is expanding.
Industry News | 2002-04-22 08:26:03.0
Honored 22 Individuals for Their Contributions to IPC and the Electronics Industry
Technical Library | 2019-06-07 14:49:54.0
ACI Technologies was contacted in regards to poor solder joint reliability. The customer submitted an assembly that was exhibiting intermittent opens at multiple locations on a ball grid array (BGA) component. The assembly’s functionality did not survive international shipping, essentially shock and vibration failures, immediately making the quality of the solder joints suspect. The customer was asked about the contract manufacturer and the reflow oven profile as well as the solder paste and surface finish used. The ACI engineering staff evaluated the contract manufacturer’s technique and determined that they were competent in the methods they used for placing thermocouples in the proper locations and developing the reflow oven profile. The surface finish was unusual, but not unheard of, in that it was hard gold over hard nickel, rather than electroless nickel immersion gold (ENIG). The customer was able to supply boundary scan testing data which showed a diagonal row of troublesome BGA pins.
Technical Library | 2012-10-11 19:50:09.0
First published in the 2012 IPC APEX EXPO technical conference proceedings. This paper shows the benefits by using a pure palladium Layer in the ENEPIG (Electroless Nickel, Electroless Palladium, Immersion Gold) and ENEP (Electroless Nickel, Electroless P
Events Calendar | Wed Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2022 - Wed Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2022 | ,
Virtual Course: Selection Criteria of Surface Finish for Next Generation PCB Technologies
Imagineering, Inc. | https://www.pcbnet.com/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-pcb-finish/
. Cost In the world of printed circuit boards, you get what you pay for. Generally, the more expensive PCB finishes like electrolytic wire bondable gold, electrolytic hard gold, and electroless nickel electroless palladium immersion gold (ENEPIG
Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) | https://www.smta.org/smtai/best_papers.cfm
? What Stays the Same?" View past award winners 2018: Kazuhiro Nogita, The University of Queensland " The Role of Nickel in Solder Alloys - Part 2
