Description With the advancement in miniaturization, the die is getting thinner and the solder balls are getting smaller for BGAs. ... read more

Description Solder powder size is a popular topic in the electronics industry due to the continuing trend of miniaturization of electronics. ... read more

Description Interconnect reliability especially in BGA solder joints and compliant pins are subjected to design parameters which are very critical to ensure product performance at pre-defined shipping condition and user environment. ... read more

Description Increased demand for radar capabilities has required increasingly more efficient thermal management techniques. Simple cold plates using tubes or channels are frequently used to cool high power components but restrictions on size, weight, and power have restricted their effectiveness. ... read more

Description Embedded components technology has launched its implementation in volume products demanding high levels of miniaturization. Small modules with embedded dies and passive components on the top side are mounted in hand held devices. ... read more

Description This presentation covers Stretchable hybrid electronics.  Stretchable electronics have the most industry uses in wearable technology and for mobile sensing and response devices.  Thermosetting resins are used in the layers of the flexible electronics.  A new thermosetting resin is tested for stre ... read more

Description This presentation covers additive manufacturing and the direct deposit of multiple metals.  This additive capability is best utilized for the production of complicated circuits such as Radar and antennas.  There are a lot of potential uses for additive manufacturing including prototyping and low ... read more

Description The defense industry has realized the importance of Additive Manufacturing (AM) and how this technology can be utilized where parts can be fabricated inexpensively with reduction in lead times. ... read more

Description Thermally conductive adhesives are widely implemented in a variety of electronic assemblies. These adhesives combine the function of mechanical fasteners and thermal interface materials into one product. ... read more

Description The trend of incorporating more and more electronic devices into our daily life is bringing challenges for the industry. The need for smaller and more powerful devices is also facing one problem: heat dissipation. ... read more

Description There is an increase in the number of optical sensors and cameras being integrated into electronics devices. These go beyond cell phone cameras into automotive sensors, wearables, and other smart devices. ... read more

Description The need to minimise thermal damage to components and laminates, to reduce warpage-induced defects to BGA packages, and to save energy, is driving the electronics industry towards lower process temperatures. ... read more

Description The electronics industry could benefit greatly from using a reliable, manufacturable, reduced temperature, SMT solder material (alloy-composition) which is cost competitive with traditional Sn3Ag0.5Cu (SAC305)solder. The many possible advantages and some disadvantages / challenges are discussed. ... read more

Description With the adoption of Wafer Level Packages (WLP) in the latest generation mobile handsets, the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) industry has also seen the initial steps of High Density Interconnect (HDI)products migrating away from the current subtractive processes towards a more technically adept tech ... read more

Description The demand for miniaturization and higher density electronic products has continued steadily for years and this trend is expected to continue,  according to various semiconductor technology and applications roadmaps. ... read more

Description Initially adopted internal specifications for acceptance of printed circuit boards (PCBs) used for wire bonding was that there were no nodules or scratches allowed on the wire bond pads when inspected under 20X magnification. ... read more

Description This paper examines the development and classification of flexible and stretchable conductive pathways to carry power and data and details the technical challenges as well as the methodologies deployed to develop a robust and commercial solution. ... read more

Description The advent of electronic materials with the potential to undergo extreme deformation while maintaining conductivity has led to the development of advanced stretchable electronic systems. These systems have applications in vital industries ranging from consumer products to medicine and defense. ... read more

Description The paper will discuss the integration of 3D printing and inkjet printing fabrication technologies for microwave and millimeter-wave applications. ... read more

Description Many different final plated finishes are used in the PCB industry, each with its own influence on insertion loss. The impact of an applied finish on insertion loss is generally dependent upon frequency, circuit thickness, and design configuration. ... read more

Description Conventional Electroless Nickel/Immersion Gold (ENIG) currently available in the market is prone to brittle solder joints failures. ... read more

Description The majority of flexible circuits are made by patterning copper metal that is laminated to a flexible substrate, which is usually polyimide film of varying thickness. An increasingly popular method to meet the need for lower cost circuitry is the use of aluminum on Polyester (Al-PET) substrates. ... read more

Description Constant increases in feature density of printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA) has highlighted the importance of functional circuit test (FCT) systems in a manufacturing process. ... read more

Description IoT and 5G applications have theirchallenges when it comes to functional testing –especially for the probing part inside a functional test fixture(hereinafter referred to as “FCT” fixture).In this paperwe would like to demonstrate how to successfully use passive coaxial probes for power level and ... read more

Description There is a compelling need for functional testing of high-speed input/output signals on circuit boards ranging from 1 gigabit per second(Gbps) to several hundred Gbps. ... read more

Description Microvias connect adjacent copper layers to complete electrical paths. Copper-filled microvias can be stacked to form connections beyond adjacent copper layers. Staggered microvias stitch adjacent copper layers with paths that meander on the layers between the microvias. ... read more

Description The PWB industry needs to complete reliability testing in order to define the minimum copper wrap plating thickness requirement for confirming the reliability of PTH structures.  Predicting reliability must ensure that the failure mechanism is demonstrated as a wear-out failure mode because a pla ... read more

Description This paper introduces structural electronics technology enabling smart molded structures. ... read more

Description Flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) refer to a category of flexible electronics that are made through a combination of traditional assembly process of electronic components with the high-precision ink printing technologies.  By integrating silicon components with printed inks and flexible substrate ... read more

Description Inherent variation among human brains causes difficulty in the design of electroencephalography (EEG)-enabled universal brain-machine interfaces (BMI). Existing EEG systems suffer from inconsistent signal quality, while requiring many rigid wires and metal electrodes on a hair cap. ... read more

Description The technical and economic benefits derived from lowering the reflow temperatures have motivated the evaluation of new Sn-Bi low temperature alloys for soldering. ... read more

Description Sn3Ag0.5Cu (SAC305)is the major solder alloy after RoHS was adopted by the European Union. Since its melting temperature is relatively higher than eutectic SnPb alloy, the peak reflow temperature increases. ... read more

Description The world as we know it is changing. Electronic megatrends are impacting the world and rapidly changing the way we experience day-to-day life. ... read more

Description This paper presents assembly challenges of mixed area array technologies covering Very Thin ChipArray® Ball Grid Array (CVBGA) and its Land Grid Array version (CV-LGA), embedded Wafer Level Land Grid Array (eWLP-LGA), and Copper-Pillar Flip-Chip (CP-FC) die—all with daisy-chain patterns to enable ... read more

Description Board level reliability testing is becoming a requirement amongst users for acceptance of components and packages. Standard component level JEDEC tests are not sufficient to qualify a supplier, this must be accompanied with board level reliability data to ensure assembly and field reliability. ... read more

Description In recent years there has been an increased demand for electronic products with high reliability solder alloys having improved performance in thermal cycle resistance for harsh working environments. Traditional thermal cycling tests have used 40°C to +125°C for automotive type applications. ... read more

Description Advanced Packaging is one of the key growing segments with high adoption rates and strong technology advantages and offersa pathway moving forward to support industry roadmaps. ... read more

Description PCB (Printed Circuit Board) and CCL (Copper Clad Laminates) industries are facing environmental issues and cost reduction challenges. Consumable release sheets are an important aid for many demanding lamination processes of those industries. ... read more

Description Wireless wearable devices can continuously assess and communicate the condition of patients and are crucial components of digital mobile health platforms. ... read more

Description To demonstrate the benefits of flexible hybrid technology (FHE) and printed electronics the team of Lockheed Martin Rotary Missions Systems Owego (LMO), Lockheed Martin Space Systems Billerica (LMB) and SUNY Binghamton University (BU) have designed and demonstrated a security RFID tag that utiliz ... read more

Description Real-time and in-situ monitoring of the air-quality of confined spaces is a life-saving technology for commercial and government maintenance workers and is conspicuously absent from the commercial market. ... read more

Description The Connected Factory Exchange initiative enables the use of tools, machines, and computer software to monitor, improve, and produce reliable hardware. ... read more

Description Technical Cleanliness, i.e., the quantification, control and mitigation of deleterious effects of foreign object debris (FOD), is a common challenge in engineering. In the context of electronic assemblies, FOD can cause deleterious effects related to manufacturing (e.g. ... read more

Description Resistance of Solvent Extract (ROSE) testing has been grandfathered not only into the modern IPC standards without validation on modern materials, but it has also become grandfathered into the industry's concept of electrochemical reliability. ... read more

Description The industry is moving toward using exotic dielectric materials with a very low loss tangent to improve insertion loss performance. This leads to the result that the signal loss attenuation due to surface roughness of copper has become a dominant factor. ... read more

Description The euphoria associated with the biggest technological step in the field of telecommunications in recent history, the new 5G mobile communications standard, not only made it necessary for OEMs to adopt this technology to keep up with the competition, but also shaped new requirements regarding the ... read more

Description The results of a NextFlex project addressing barriers that are preventing inkjet printing from being adopted for prototyping and volume manufacturing of printed circuits, are presented. These barriers include resolution, thickness, reliability and endurance. ... read more

Description The emergence of a variety of flexible portable electronics applications has led to increased attention to flexible power sources. ... read more

Description Printed conductors and interconnects on compatible flexible or stretchable substrates are the foundation of flexible hybrid electronic systems that may include conventional silicon-based devices, discrete components, and printed radio frequency components such as microstrip lines, coplanar wavegu ... read more

Description This paper summarizes recent progress on utilizing liquid metals (LMs) consisting of gallium and gallium alloys for the electronics industry. ... read more