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Defect of the month is presented by Bob Willis. For decades Bob has been providing solutions for process and product failure troubleshooting, in-house training, process engineering support, and product failure analysis.
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SMT Adhesive Inspection
Industry expert Bob Willis uses the NPL Defect Database to explain SMT adhesive inspection.
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Head in Pillow Explained
Industry expert Bob Willis explains the causes of HiPHoP (head-in-pillow/head-on-pillow) and how to address it.
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Causes and Tests for Pin Holes, Blow Holes and Outgassing
Bob Willis explains the causes, solutions and tests for outgassing, caused by moisture in the printed board board.
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Causes of Popcorn Defects in Plastic Packages
Industry expert Bob Willis explains the causes of popcorning (distortion) on plastic packages like QFPs, SOICs and BGAs.
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Causes of PCB Delamination
Industry expert Bob Willis explains the causes of PCB lamination defects.
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Evaluating Surface Cleanliness
The water break test is easy and practical to conduct and helps you evaluate residues left from adhesives or conformal coating dots.
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Explanation of PoP Inspection Techniques
Industry expert Bob Willis explains the three available options of x-ray, optical and process monitoring for inspection of package-on-package assemblies.
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What Causes Solder Mask Outgassing?
Industry expert Bob Willis explains solder mask outgassing defects with the help of the NPL Defect Database.
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What Causes Solder Skips?
Bob Willis looks at the most common reasons for solder skips on surface mount during wave soldering and illustrates how pad length, solder mask thickness and gassing from solder mask and flux will contribute to the problem.
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How To Measure Conformal Coating Thickness
Industry expert Bob Willis explains how to use "sticky dots" to measure conformal coating thickness.
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