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Issues 5.1 through 5.10 (2005) PDF Print E-mail


5.1 - January 2005 -
European edition (PDF) / North American edition (PDF)

Features:

A new paradigm in underfill dispensing
Matthew Engle, Todd Lebaron, Brian P. Prescott

New process for stencil cutting: water jet guided laser
Delphine Perrottet, Christophe Boillat, Simone Amorosi and Bernold Richerzhagen

Hand soldering with lead-free alloys
Joe Curcio


5.2 - February 2005 -  European edition (PDF) / North American edition (PDF)

Features:

A novel, low-cost, high-performance, thermally andelectrically conductive adhesive
Fritz Byle, Jin Liu

Setup verification - the key to higher uptime and error free products
Marco Lemmen

Cleaning implications for lead-free assembly and packaging
Thomas M. Forsythe

Optimizing the stencil printing process
Alden Johnson


5.3 - March 2005 -  European edition (PDF) / North American editioN (PDF)

Features:

Practical use of RFID in electronics manufacturing
Francois Monette, Andre Corriveau and Vincent Dubois

Considerations for the procurement of RFID inlay assembly equipment
Alan W. Strassmann

Cleaning implications of lead-free assembly and packaging - part 2
Thomas M. Forsythe

Factors influencing tombstoning
Parminder Singh


 5.4 - April 2005 - European edition (PDF) / North American edition (PDF)

Features:

Mechanical residual stress correlation to fatigue life
Dr. Paul P.E. Wang, Damian Hujic

Concurrent testing: increasing test coverage while reducing cycle time
Grant Bocter, PhD

Finding packaging defects in BGAs
Tom Adams


5.5 - May 2005 - European edition (PDF) / North American edition (PDF) 

Features:

EU’s volatile organic compound emissions directive and the switch to silicones
Rogier Reinders, Dr. Frederic Gubbels and Robert Dandois

Roadmap to compliance: The role of electronic data exchange in supporting the European union RoHS and WEEE directives
Richard Kubin

PB-free solder evaluation: Rane Corporation lab notes case study
Jay Brower


5.6 - June/July 2005 -  European edition (PDF) / North American edition (PDF)

Features:

Optimizing cleaning energy in batch and inline spray systems
Steve Stach and Mike Bixenman

Research improves stencil printer throughput using a new stencil wiping fabric
Michael D. Jones

Precision cleaning fixtures
Marc Apell


5.7 - August 2005 -  European edition (PDF) / North American edition (PDF)

Features:

Accelerating cure of silicone adhesives
Bill Riegler, Rob Thomaier and Henry Sarria

Packaging proliferation: challenge for the programming industry
Miguel Hernandez, Loc Ha

Low cost, high speed reel-to-reel RFID tag assembly
Chih-Min Cheng, Vito Buffa, Wanda O’Hara, Bo Xia and Jayesh Shah


5.8 - September 2005 -  European edition (PDF) / North American edition (PDF)

Features:

The shrinking world of Blue Whale
Mark Whitmore

Overview of MEMS packaging for harsh environments - a case study of seismic imaging applications
Howard D. Goldberg, Arjun Selvakumar, and Kevin E. Speller

Offshoring - is this the real world?
Jan O’Connor

Driving motor technology forward for 21st century placement challenges
Koen Gieskes


5.9 - October 2005 -  European edition (PDF) / North American edition (PDF)

Features:

Theory closes in on causes of tin whiskers
George Galyon, Larry Palmer, Ron Gedney

Lead-free soldering for automotive applications
Dr. Viktor Tiederle and Joerg Mahrle

Lead-free BGA reliability: high speed bondtesting and brittle fracture detection
Bob Sykes

Optimizing ultra-fine pitch printing for flip chip assembly
Steve Dowds


5.10 - November/December 2005 -  European edition (PDF) / North American edition (PDF)

Features:

Adhesive jetting for CSP, FCIP & stacked die underfill
Alec J. Babiarz

Optimizing cleaning energy with spray in air systems - pt 1
Steve Stach, Mike Bixenman

 

 

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