Contamination problems have become a major factor in determining the manufacturability, quality, and reliability of electronic assemblies. Understanding the mechanics and chemistry of contamination has become necessary for improving quality and reliability and reducing costs of electronic assemblies. Designed as a practical guide, Contamination of Electronic Assemblies presents a generalized overview of contamination problems and serves as a problem-solving reference point. It takes a step-by-step approach to identifying contaminants and their effects on electronic products at each level of...

Examines the principal failure mechanisms associated with modern integrated circuits and describes common practices used to resolve them. This book provides a framework for how to model the mechanism, test for defects, and avoid and manage damage.

This text focuses on the use of materials and the reliability issues associated with them and their interfaces. Included is a review of the key electrical, thermal, mechanical, chemical and various other properties and their significance in electronic packaging. Electronic packaging architectures are covered: Zeroth-level packaging materials; first-level; second level; and third level. The authors show how the levels of packaging or packaging architectures are used to classify materials and their performance over time.