Posted On: October 17th, 2024 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Indium Sealing Materials

Folks: in today’s blog we will interview Pamela Nelson. She is a Product Specialist for Indium Corporation’s sealing products. ...

Posted On: October 14th, 2024 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Join Me at SMTAI 2024 October 20-24

Folks, SMTAI is always a great conference. Not only are there scores of great papers, but there are also professional development courses......

Posted On: September 23rd, 2024 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Metal TIMs 101: Chapter 2

Folks: a short time ago, I posted "Metal TIMs 101: Chapter 1" with Jon Major. Now it is time for Chapter 2!...

Posted On: September 16th, 2024 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

The Greatest Invention?

Folks, what is mankind's greatest invention? Some argue the wheel, or the printing press... I argue the smelting of copper. ...

Posted On: August 19th, 2024 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Improved IMC Growth Rate Calculator

Peter writes: Dear Dr. Ron, I am thrilled with your Excel® program to calculate IMC thickness as a function of time. However, I wanted to calculat...

Posted On: August 15th, 2024 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Solder Paste is Not a Commodity

Folks, I was getting a little cabin fever, so I thought I would go for lunch at Simon Pearce. The ambiance there always relaxes and refreshes me. So, ...

Posted On: July 14th, 2024 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Metal TIMs 101: Chapter 1

Folks, Dr. Ron: For my next several posts, I would like to chat with Indium Corporation’s metal thermal interface materials (TIMs) Product Manag...

Posted On: June 19th, 2024 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Acceleration Factor Correction

Folks, About a year ago, I posted on acceleration factors in temperature stress testing. I made a mistake with the exponent. Let's fix that....

Posted On: June 2nd, 2024 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Patty and The Professor 15th Anniversary

It is hard to imagine that it has been 15 years since “The Adventures of Patty and the Professor” debuted. It started with a few blog post...

Posted On: May 31st, 2024 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Square vs Circular Apertures May Reduce Graping

Dear Dr. Ron, We are experiencing some graping on BGA solder joints. One of my colleagues said he heard that usingnbsp square versus our current round...