Circuit Insight Programs

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1896 program listings.

How To Clean a Vintage Circuit Board Assembly?
A vintage computer board is contaminated with decomposed anti-static foam. The microprocessor and other ICs have a sticky grime on the leads. The Assembly Brothers, Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall, address this situation and share their own suggestions.
Board Talk

Rework Challenges for Smart Phones and Tablets
This paper reviews the challenges and process steps needed for successful repair of surface mount devices on very densely packaged circuit boards.
Production Floor

Putting the Great Stagnation Behind Us
In 1973 came a slower pace of productivity and economic growth, which has continued. We call this "the Great Stagnation."
Technology Briefing

Controlling Voiding Mechanisms in the Reflow Soldering Process
This paper reviews the factors that influence the incidence of voids in small and large area solder joints in LED modules.
Analysis Lab

Screening of Lower Melting Point Pb-Free Alloys
Program explores the manufacturability and reliability for Pb-free Bi-containing alloys in comparison with conventional SAC305 and SnPb assemblies.
Materials Tech

Glass Panel Packaging: Technologies and Applications
This paper describes the critical glass packaging technologies, their R&D and commercialization status as well as all the current and future applications.
Production Floor

Optimization of Robotic Soldering Process: Solder Spread and Spattering
Robotic soldering is a growing market. We will present how cored wires with different flux percentages will affect robotic soldering performance.
Analysis Lab

Suggested Stencil Wipe Frequency?
How do we determine what is the best under stencil wipe frequency? The Assembly Brothers share their own insights and experiences on this matter.
Board Talk

Reliability of ENEPIG by Sequential Thermal Cycling and Aging
Paper presents the reliability of LGA components assembled with tin-lead solder onto PCBs with an ENEPIG finish and subjected to thermal cycling and aging.
Materials Tech

Artificial Intelligence System Can Track Autonomous Aircraft
A new AI system can track aircraft; predict the intent of other aircraft; coordinate with their actions; and communicate with pilots and air traffic controllers.
Technology Briefing

Programs

Board Talk

Board Talk is presented by Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall of ITM Consulting.

Phil Zarrow - With over 35 years of experience in PCB assembly, Phil is one of the leading experts in SMT process failure analysis. He has vast experience in SMT equipment, materials, and processes.

Jim Hall - A Lean Six-Sigma Master Blackbelt, Jim has a wealth of knowledge in soldering, thermal technology, equipment, and process basics. He is a pioneer in the science of reflow.

Defect of the Month

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.

Mysteries of Science

Mysteries of Science are written by Dr. Ken Gilleo. Dr. Gilleo is a chemist, inventor, and general problem solver. Ken has been tracking industrial forensics and collecting case histories for decades.

Technology Briefing

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Channels

Adhesives, Coating, Dispensing

These programs cover adhesives, epoxies, bonding, coatings, tapes, jetting, dispensing and more.

Assembly, Printing, Pick & Place

These programs cover manual and automated assembly, screen and stencil printing, pick & place systems and more.

Baking, Ovens, Moisture Control

These programs cover batch and inline baking, curing, ovens, moisture control, vacuum sealing and more.

Cleaning, Washing, Solvents

These programs cover manual and automated cleaning systems, water and other solvent based cleaning and cleaning solutions.

Contamination, Defects, Whiskers

These programs cover problems and solutions associated with contamination, defects, tin whiskers and more.

Environment, RoHS, Recycling

These programs cover the environment, RoHS, recycling, pollution, storage, ESD, waste and more.

Flip-Chip, MEMS, Semiconductors

These programs cover flip-chip, chip scale packaging, MEMS, semiconductors and more.

Operations, Productivity, Supply

These programs cover overall operations, plan productivity, issues with the supply chain and more.

PC Fab, Board Design, Laminates

These programs cover bare PC board fabrication, circuit board design, laminates and more.

Reflow Soldering, Profiling

These programs cover reflow soldering, vapor phase, profiling, thermocouples, data collection and more.

Rework, Repair, Modification

These programs cover BGA rework, BGA reballing, tinning, damage repair, jumper wires, modifications and more.

Soldering, Selective, Wave

These programs cover manual and automated soldering, selective soldering, wave soldering and more.

Solders, Fluxes, Pastes

These programs cover solders, alloys, fluxes, flux residues, solder pastes, lead-free, SIR and more.

Test, Inspection, X-Ray

These programs cover manual and automated test, manual and automated optical inspection, x-ray and more.