The Adventures of Patty and The Professor are Now in Print
Folks, A compilation of my blog posts, titled, The Adventures Of Patty And The Professor, is now available in soft and hard copies. The advantage...
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IMAPS 2010 and SMTAI
Spending back-to-back weeks at two electronics assembly trade shows is a unique experience, to me. First up was SMTAI in Orlando, FL where I...
Lead-Free Solder Thermal Cycling & Drop Shock Reliability is Looking Good
Folks, I was at SMTAI (Surface Mount Technology Association International) from September 24 and 27, 2010. As I mentioned, I cha...
Soldering to AlSiC
This is my second post on the implications of using aluminum silicon carbide (AlSiC) metal matrix composite materials as the heat spreader, heat sink,...
SMT Components "Blowing-Off" PCB
Recently I was at a customer who reported that their SMT components were “blowing off” their PCB. In most of the instances the component w...
Join Me at SMTAI at the Disney World Dolphin Sept 26-27
Folks, I will be at SMTAI (Surface Mount Technology Association International) September 26 and 27, 2010. I chair a session on A...
Solar Cell Tabbing Challenges and Solutions
Last week in L.A. I met up with Hoa Nguyen (VP of R&D, OKInternational) at Solar Power International. The full post and video are available here.H...
Things I Learned at IWLPC 2010
Once again, here are some things I learned at this year’s IWLPC show 2010 in Santa Clara. Picture below taken at Philadelphia airport,...
Engineer to Engineer at IMAPS in North Carolina
Indium Corporation will be at IMAPS 2010 (International Microelectronics and Packaging Society) – their 43rd International Sympos...