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...
Engineer to Engineer at IMAPS in North Carolina
Indium Corporation will be at IMAPS 2010 (International Microelectronics and Packaging Society) – their 43rd International Sympos...
Bismuth: My New Friend
Lately I have been researching a bunch of things, one of my favorite topics being soldering alloys. For a long time most solder (nearly all) was compr...
Ready to Cover SPI 2010 (Solar Power International)
This week I recieved a package with a video camera and all the accessories that I’d need to post video blogs from Solar Power International next...
For the Love of Solder
I was reading a blog post (click here to read it) authored by the owner of Taylor Guitars, and I started relating it......