Flux coated preforms are like a snowball….
For those of us who grew up in colder climates, snowball fights were a right of passage. As a child I fell victim......
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Are There Even Better Performing Thermal Interface Materials available Than Metal?
Multiple times I have discussed the intrinsic properties of metal thermal interface materials which make them the top performer on the market today. W...
Alpha Particle Emission
Alpha particles are emitted from certain element isotopes, and can potentially change the binary output of a semiconductor from a 0 to a 1 or from a 1...
Welcome to Warp Zone – Halogen Free
If you remember from the days when Super Mario Bros. was the biggest Nintendo game on the scene, Mario could transport to a different world in the &ld...
Teleprompter 101
I have a new-found respect for public speakers who use a teleprompter. I just used one for the first time and I certainly learned a lot. Why the telep...
Laptops Get Metal Thermal Interfaces
Every day we speak to thermal designers and make recommendations for metal thermal interface materials. We know about and have tested other reputable ...
Follow the Recipe
Soldering is quite a bit like cooking a gourmet dinner: there are raw materials, a process for putting them together, a heating temperature and time, ...
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Every project manager, marketing specialist, and tech support leader is walking around with at least a handful of potential B2B Marcom projects in the...
Why Invest in a Great Thermal Interface Material?
There are some applications which can function fine with grease at the thermal interface or even with no thermal interface material at all. This was t...
Georgia Tech, SRC Research in Solderless Connections May Be Crucial to Future High Performance ICs
David writes, Dear Dr. Ron, I thought you would find the article below of interest. Is appears that now there is more than just Occam to worry about. ...
Beware Condensation on Substrate Bumping Paste
Anytime something cold is introduced into a warm/humid environment it will collect droplets of water from the surrounding air. Since substrate bumping...