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Dr. Craig D. Hillman Member No. 40937
CEO & Managing Partner
DfR Solutions
chillman@dfrsolutions.com

imageDr. Hillman's specialties include best practices in Design for Reliability, strategies for transitioning to Pb-free, supplier qualification (commodity and engineered products), passive component technology and printed board failure mechanisms. Dr. Hillman has over 30 publications and has presented on a wide variety of reliability issues to over 150 companies and organizations.

Experts Questions Answered by Dr. Craig D. Hillman
Jul 21, 2008 BGA Rework
Apr 14, 2008 Determining Current Carrying Capacity
Feb 4, 2008 Voiding after under-fill
Feb 4, 2008 Lead Float
Jan 28, 2008 Lower DPPM in PB free wave solder environment
Jan 21, 2008 BGA bridging defects
Jan 14, 2008 Lead Free Surface Finish
Jan 7, 2008 Tg and Td for lead free process
Jan 7, 2008 Resistivity and Cleaning
Nov 12, 2007 The Role of Formic Acid
Oct 22, 2007 Ultrasonic cleaning PCB's after wave solder
Aug 27, 2007 Conformal Coating Specification Violation
Jul 30, 2007 Scribe lines for depaneling boards
Jul 24, 2007 Intermetallic Spalling
Jul 16, 2007 Acceptable "reject rate" for hand assembly
Jul 16, 2007 SMT adhesive problems after wave solder process
May 29, 2007 Difference between ENIG and Flash?
May 21, 2007 Socketed IC's
May 14, 2007 Tin Whiskers
Apr 2, 2007 Cleaning tin-lead and lead-free boards
Mar 11, 2007 Rigid and flex board assembly
Mar 4, 2007 Lead-free bar solder for wave soldering
Feb 19, 2007 Wave solder and reflow 0805 capacitors and resistors
Feb 12, 2007 HASL PCB's compared to OSP?
Feb 4, 2007 Baking lead-free and lead PCB’s before assembly
Jan 22, 2007 Small component rework
Jan 22, 2007 Cleaning PCB Boards
Jan 22, 2007 Double sided SMT
Dec 11, 2006 Reflow and wave soldering OSP Boards
Dec 4, 2006 Oxidation on plated through holes
Nov 20, 2006 Lead levels in lead-free process
Nov 20, 2006 0805 vs. 0603 availability
Nov 20, 2006 Proper method to bake PCB's
Nov 5, 2006 Copper Dissolution issue
Oct 23, 2006 Reflow oven profilers
Oct 16, 2006 Remove and replace a 240 pin connector
Oct 9, 2006 Aqueous Cleaning Process
Sep 18, 2006 Removing oxidation from partially assembled boards
Sep 5, 2006 Help debugging wetting problems
Aug 28, 2006 RoHS tantalum capacitors burning during functional test
Aug 28, 2006 Small hole via plating reliability
Aug 14, 2006 Coating to stop tin whisker growth?
Aug 14, 2006 RoHS exemption for agricultural equipment in Europe
Jun 29, 2006 Regarding lead free, can I use the reflow ovens I currently have in production?
Jun 29, 2006 What should the average temperature and humidity level be in an electronic assembly facility?
Jun 14, 2006 Pre-wash boards prior to conformal coating
Jun 14, 2006 Concerned about "tin pest"
Jun 1, 2006 RoHS compliance for SMT and Through-hole equipment
May 25, 2006 AOI or X-Ray inspection?
May 25, 2006 Failure at the ENIG finish on the BGA substrate
May 25, 2006 What success have point to point robotic solder systems had meeting class 3?
May 18, 2006 Is it possible to run Pb-Free reflow without nitrogen?
May 18, 2006 Since we build to customer spec are we safe from Material Declaration?
May 18, 2006 What alloy do you recommended for filters used with SAC305?
May 10, 2006 Problems with defect BGA connections on large BGA's and on ENIG plated boards
May 3, 2006 RoHS existing products vs. new products
Apr 18, 2006 Standard pricing or estimating book for PCB design services
Apr 18, 2006 Can PCB's designed for Sn/Pb be used in a Pb free assembly?


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