Posted On: February 18th, 2021 | By: Jenny Gallery

Solder in Medical Devices: What Solder Are You Wearing?

Both hearing aids and CGMs, wearable medical devices, generally use fine powdered SAC305 solder paste, or an equivalent, in the assembly. This complie...

Posted On: April 8th, 2015 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Alloy Melting

Folks, Richard asks: Dear Dr. Ron, Recently we had a solderability problem with tin-finished component leads and SAC305 solder paste. One of our...

Posted On: August 6th, 2014 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Low Temperature Solders Slated to Leave Niche Status by 2017

Folks, It surprises many people that the foundation metal of almost all solder alloys is tin. Alloy elements such as lead, silver, copper, indi...

Posted On: June 27th, 2014 | By: Eric Bastow

The Effect of Reflow Profiling on the Electrical Reliability of No-Clean Solder Paste Residues

At APEX 2014, I presented a paper about the effect that reflow profiling has on the SIR (Surface Insulation Resistance) performance (electrical reliab...

Posted On: December 13th, 2013 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Dartmouth Student Asks Questions About SACm® Solder Alloy

Folks, Some years ago, a leading IC manufacturer decided that their R&D effort could benefit if analyzed for possible improvement – by hirin...

Posted On: September 23rd, 2013 | By: Christopher Nash

Calculating Solder Paste Usage

Many people try to determine the volume of solder paste that they will use on a given circuit board or during a full production run. Calculating...

Posted On: April 29th, 2013 | By: Tim Jensen

Thermal Cycling Performance of SACm® Pb-Free Solder Alloy

The development of SACm® lead-free solder alloy by Indium Corporation’s R&D team was focused around improving the mechanical shock perfo...

Posted On: April 15th, 2013 | By: Tim Jensen

Southeast Asia Technical Conference on Electronics Assembly Presentation

I invite you to come to the Southeast Asia Technical Conference on Electronics Assembly in Penang, Malaysia where I will be giving a workshop on SACm&...