Indium Spheres
Spheres are the form of indium I use the most for testing solder wetting properties, because they have a precise volume. (As opposed to shot, which do...
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Solder 101: Forms of Indium Metal
People use indium in many forms – to create many different products. Certain forms fit various applications. Here are some of the many forms of ...
Tech Spotlight: Maria Durham
While not directly part of Indium Corporation’s Technical Service department, Maria is technology driven and works with our customers to help se...
Ball-Attach Flux WS-446-NRD for Poor Quality OSP-wetting
While on a recent trip to Malaysia, I interviewed two colleagues regarding trends in semiconductor assembly. My previously-published interview with Sz...
An Interview on 3D-MID technology with Nouhad Bachnak of Cicor
About a month ago I posted about the various 3D technologies (chip creation, packaging and printed circuit boards) that are being used to op...
3D Electronics
Browse the coming attractions at your local movie theater. How many 3D movies are being advertised? 3D is a very exciting technology for m...
Cold Welding Indium Metal
Indium metal has the unique ability to cold weld (bond) to itself at room temperature. Though this is, technically, not soldering, this property makes...
Solder Paste and Flux Dip Depth: I
My friend and colleague Chris Nash and I were recently discussing some puzzling results for low dip height found during testing of package-on-pac...
Colored Fluxes: Not Child's-Play
One of the first activities any child enjoys, once they can manipulate things, is using paints and crayons to color pictures. Stay with me: ...
The Limits of Aqueous Flip-Chip Cleaning (I)
This post was prompted by a Korean customer, who this month asked what the limitations are for aqueous (water-based) cleaning for fluxes used in ...