Q: What happened to wave soldering as a production arrangement? A: It is still widely used due to its benefits. Among them is that it is necessary for through-hole components, and for wires and ...

This section explores the attributes and features of wave and reflow soldering. Q: What are the main characteristics of wave versus reflow soldering? A: Each approach has pros and cons related to ...

Abstract: In electronic packaging technology, the thermal behavior during reflow soldering critically influences solder joint quality and even device reliability. This study proposes a finite element ...

Abstract: In this paper is presented a smart monitoring system that is able to detect, prior to the periodic maintenance service, a set of malfunctions that may negatively influence the quality of the ...

The Core Duo processor from Intel may not have been the first multi-core processor available to consumers, but it was arguably the one that brought it to the masses. Unfortunately, the first Core Duo ...