Halide Free Flux Interest Continues
Folks, My colleagues at Indium Corp tell me that some major companies are now starting to specify maximum halogen levels in solder paste flux residues...
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Be Creative
Bucket Man is probably my favorite drummer of all time. He puts on a great show, he’s a down-to-earth guy, and he uses what he has around him......
Soldering to Aluminum
Soldering to aluminum is the opposite of soldering to gold; both difficult and simple to solder to do. Whereas soldering to gold can use almost any fl...
Package-on-Package Spacers
I’m going to let the PoP Interconnect Spacers data sheet do the technical explanation here, but I’ve gotta say these spacers have quite a ...
Video On Web: "The Ultimate Frontier"?
CREATIVITY Magazine’s website offers up an excellent article titled, It’s Time To Picture A New Web, written by Gary Shenk, CEO of Corbis....
Soldering to Gold
Soldering to gold may be both the easiest and most difficult type of soldering in our little SMT world. Gold; soft, warm, glowing, and insanely expens...
Au/Sn - One of a Kind
For those of us who recommend solder alloys, Au/Sn holds a place in our hearts. In many cases it is the #1 solder for an application (if......
Control Your Materials, or They Will Control You (part 2)
Optimizing the amount of solder paste transferred during component dipping for Package-on-Package assembly should be a goal for your PoP process. Whil...
Control Your Materials, or They Will Control You (part 1)
Package-on-Package solder paste is a relatively new concept in the solder industry. With limited material sets, we need to be able to capitalize on th...