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Problems With Large Voids
I work at a very fast paced quick turn prototype house. Recently we had large voids on a 30mm x 30mm QFN Module. The voids were 50%-75%. Every single board failed. ...
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Georgian Simion
Engineering and Operations Management, Independent Consultant

Bill Coleman
Vice President Technology, Photo Stencil

Demetrius Chrysostomou
Director of Technology, PVA TePla

Leo Lambert
Vice President, Technical Director, EPTAC Corporation

Kay Parker
Technical Support Engineer, Indium Corporation

Fritz Byle
Process Engineer, Astronautics

Kevin Pigeon
Senior Applications Manager, AIM Solder

Stainless Steel Benches and ESD

Exposed Copper Defect

What's Causing Cloudy Conformal Coating

Channels To Reduce Voids in Large Pads

Options for Reballing BGA Components

Aluminum Trays and Rapid Static Discharge

BGA Solder Ball Shelf Life

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Sep 22, 2020
InSIDER Series: Entendiendo y solucionando el defecto de voids en componentes BTCs (QFNs)
Indium Corporation

Sep 22, 2020
iMAPS New England's 47th Symposium
IMAPS

Sep 23, 2020
Design for Manufacture(DfM) in PCB Production Webinar
NCAB Group USA

Sep 24, 2020
FREE XJTAG Hands-on Practical Boundary Scan Webinar - USA
XJTAG

Sep 27, 2020
SMTA International 2020
SMTA

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September 21, 2020

The Exodus Of Chinese Manufacturing

It's not breaking news that manufacturing is leaving China. Over the last twenty years, Chinese manufacturing has dominated over the rest of the world. This was driven primarily from optimized shipping lanes and extremely cheap labor rates by way of government subsidies. These two benefits made enough sense financially for brands to withstand quality issues, shipping timelines, communication ...
Forbes

Autonomous Vehicles in China
China is making major investments in autonomous vehicles (AVs) and are planning extensive development in all aspects of this emerging segment of the auto ...
EE Times

How Much Gold Is in Your Computer and How Efficient It Is to Reclaim It
Did you know your old electronics, like your ex-computer, have actual gold inside of them? But where, and can you extract it? Not only that, but they can also include ...
Interesting Engineering

All must come aboard for a smooth ride to a carbon-neutral future
From Britain, Denmark and New Zealand to Myanmar, Senegal and the Marshall Islands, more than 120 countries, rich and poor, have set their sights on the same goal ...
Taipei Times

Technical Papers

Scoring Big With Real-Time X-Ray Inspection

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Minimize Signal Loss in HF Circuits

Reliable & Fast Conformal Coating Inspection Provides Greater Safety

3D Printing Electronics Packaging for Harsh Environments

Selective Solder Nozzle Technology for Reduced Dross and Solder Balls

Artificial Intelligence: How far can you go?

Thermal Control for Big Data

When to Request a Custom Reflow Profile

Integrating Automated Storage Systems to Facilitate Industry 4.0

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Memory Technologies Confront Edge AI's Diverse Challenges
With the rise of AI at the edge comes a whole host of new requirements for memory systems. Can today's memory technologies live up to the stringent demands ...
EE Times

How to Make Big Decisions When Facing an Unpredictable Future
Business owners are being asked to create a vision and a strategy for an uncertain future. Many entrepreneurs are struggling to predict what the next 6 weeks might ...
Entrepreneur

Gartner Says Worldwide Robotic Process Automation Software Revenue to Reach Nearly $2 Billion in 2021
Global robotic process automation (RPA) software revenue is projected to reach $1.89 billion in 2021, an increase of 19.5% from 2020, according to the latest forecast ...
Gartner

China rolls out fresh policies to boost hydrogen vehicle sales
China rolled out fresh policies to support hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to improve the industry's supply chain and technologies, the finance ministry said. China is ...
Reuters

New Opportunities Lag-Free Wireless Connections
Researchers are proposing a system that would use underutilized resources in a wireless channel to create opportunities for lag-free connections.
Circuit Insight - Technology Briefing

Nvidia's Deal for Arm is a Game Changer
After much posturing, gnashing of teeth and the seeking of political cover, the graphics chip juggernaut Nvidia will acquire the hottest of technology properties, ...
EE Times

Apple to launch first online store in India next week
Apple Inc will launch its first online store in India on Sept. 23, the iPhone maker said on Friday, coinciding with the country's holiday season that brings some of the ...
Reuters

Additive Manufacturing-Enabled Wireless Flexible Hybrid Electronics
This paper reports an ensemble of strategies for the successful miniaturization of EEG in a fully-flexible, wearable and wireless platform.
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Judge agrees to delay US government restrictions on WeChat
A judge has approved a request from a group of U.S. WeChat users to delay looming federal government restrictions that could effectively make the popular app nearly ...
AP

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