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Half Way There: Only 1,826 Days to Go
Roger TylerAt the beginning of 1990 I was given the honour of writing the editorial for the January issue of Circuit World as we started the countdown on the final decade leading up to the…
On Insulation Resistance
B.N. EllisSurface insulation, electrochemical migration and various other insulation resistances are terms which are often glibly used, sometimes even incorrectly. This paper categorises…
A Reliability Study of Fuzz Button Interconnects
D.B. Harris, M.G. PechtThis paper presents the methods and results of load, deflection and electrical contact resistance experiments for reliable electronic module design using fuzz button technology…
Testing Controlled Impedance Boards
A.J. BurkhardtThis paper presents the results of research into the process of testing controlled impedance circuit boards. It aims to provide a general introduction to the subject of controlled…
PCMCIA: Material Considerations
J. BouskaThe market for PCMCIA or PC cards is the fastest growing market in today's printed wiring board market. It represents a very important opportunity for the North American…
The Concept and Success of No‐clean Technology
W. RubinNo‐clean fluxes and solder pastes are rapidly finding an important position in soldering production technology. Their growth has been strongly influenced by the increasingly large…
Plastic Encapsulated MCM Technology for High Volume, Low Cost Electronics
R. Fillion, R. Wojnarowski, T. Gorcyzca, E. Wildi, H. ColeAn innovative embedded chip MCM technology is being developed to address the packaging needs of the high volume, non‐military electronics industries. This development has evolved…
Fluxless Wave Soldering
D.M. Tench, J.T. White, D. Hillman, G.K. Lucey, T. Gher, B. PiekarskiFluxless wave soldering in a nitrogen atmosphere was investigated for epoxy‐fibreglass circuit board coupons having bare copper and solder‐coated through‐holes. The Reduced Oxide…
An Alternative to Feed and Bleed for Saving Chemicals and Rinse Water
T.Y. ChooThe feed and bleed method of controlling process chemicals commonly used in the printed circuit industry, though convenient, is inefficient. In a typical feed and bleed…
PCIF News
Trevor GalbraithThe following is a summary of the reports sent to those members participating in the various statistical surveys running at present.
International Institute News
The Association finished 1994 with another successful Annual General Meeting held at the Spread Eagle Hotel in Thame (Oxon). This event marked the end of a two‐year period of…
Industry News
Jörg FrankeDr Wallace Rubin, international consultant on soldering technology, was recently honoured with the 1994 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award…
New Products
CMI (Europe) has introduced a new version of its PTX hand‐held gauge for measuring plated through‐hole copper thickness of printed circuit boards prior to etch which can now also…
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