Articles from Circuits Assembly (January 1, 2006)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
A banner year for PCs.			177
Adhesive transfer film.			82
Automatic pin insertion.			103
Bare board tester.			83
Batch cleaner.			85
China EMS 'snapshot' released.	Buetow, Mike		500
Chips in line for 10% CAGR.	Norvell, Robin		288
Choosing a BGA inspection system: a review of three types of nondestructive equipment: 2-D x-ray, endoscopic and 3-D x-ray.			867
Cisco to buy Scientific Atlanta.	Buetow, Mike		181
Compensating for Pb-free inspection: leaded solder joints offer perfect conditions to reflect AOI light beams. How to adjust for Pb-free parts.	Kokott, Jens		658
DEK publishes Pb-free stencil guidelines.	Norvell, Robin		299
Drucker's legacy.	Buetow, Mike		838
Electronics MNCs seeing growth in China ops.	Buetow, Mike		199
Four-gantry placement.			103
Ghosts past, present and future: why disasters (natural and otherwise) can promise future opportunities.	Vardaman, E. Jan		630
Green materials to reach $8.7B by 2010.			94
Hand solder rework of Pb-free PTH and SMT packages: some pad lifting may be unavoidable, but our study found no resulting reliability failures.	Donaldson, Alan		1161
In case you missed it: ball bumping.			212
In case you missed it: components.			131
In case you missed it: surface finishes.			324
Installing flash LEDs on flex: flex can save up to 70% in space or weight, but beware of improper bending.	Lim, Shereen		637
Large PCB wave soldering.			84
Let's get small.		Interview	803
Low pressure molding: a primer: how the process compares to potting and injection molding.	Dufresne, Steven		997
Low-VOC aqueous cleaner.			83
Mentor's Expedition Enterprise: simultaneous team design using a common software, integrated flow.	Krolla, Joe		646
Metals prices hitting 15-year highs.	Buetow, Mike		264
Next-gen packaging tops iNEMI Research Priorities.	Buetow, Mike		302
No-clean Pb-free paste.			82
Pb-free rework station.			83
Pb-free Solder Bath.			98
Pb-free wave soldering systems.			80
Precision dispensing.			97
Processes and their parameters: when updating procedures and developing processes, rely on "real world" data, not lab tests.	Walter, Markus		2393
Programming with vision inspection.			85
RoHS implementation: an OEM and EMS case study: the process by which a Pb-free line was evaluated is detailed.	Martindale, Guy		1328
Selective soldering system.			88
Self-cleaning Wash Tank.			83
Short sited? The 'pack' mentality may drive companies to ignore locations best-suited for their business or customers.	Mucha, Susan		1653
SMT inspection.			98
Still the king of shows: three standout products made royal debuts at the world's largest electronics equipment fair.	Buetow, Mike		2099
Tin whisker management guidelines, part 2: how 40 [micro]m was found to be the maximum acceptable whisker length for high-rel product, and recommended strategies for mitigation.	Gedney, Ron		1526
Tyco to close 16 electronics plants.	Buetow, Mike		267
U.S. manufacturing chugging along.			228
Use of closed-loop process controls in dispensing: the side-by-side effects of open- and closed-loop dispensing processes.	Klocke, James	Reprint	1416
Using a printer in chip attachment and encapsulation: part two of a look at how traditional SMT processes address semiconductor packaging.	Ashmore, Clive		448
White residues: are they or aren't they? When it comes to white residues, a defect is not always a defect.	Munson, Terry		550
Why dull or frosty Pb-free solder joints are not defective: matte or dull joints are normal and should be considered just 'an effect.'.	Diepstraten, Gerjan		827