The Electronics Assembly Handbook

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Systems, Vision and Components in Electronics Assembly....Pages 3-6
Managing Automated Electronics Assembly....Pages 6-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
PCB Production Equipment....Pages 13-15
Modern Platers and Etchers....Pages 15-20
Chemicals in PCB Manufacturing....Pages 20-25
Cleaning PCBs for Higher Quality....Pages 25-32
Producing Quality Multilayer PCBs....Pages 32-33
Plasma Desmearing....Pages 33-38
Chip-on-board Technology....Pages 41-45
Chip-and-Wire Technology....Pages 45-51
Tab and Flip-Chip Technology....Pages 52-54
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Component Insertion Equipment....Pages 59-64
Workstations....Pages 64-70
Automatic Component Insertion/Placement Systems....Pages 70-76
Automated Pin Insertion....Pages 76-79
Automated Placement Techniques....Pages 79-81
Assembly Challenges....Pages 85-86
Robots in the Electrical and Electronics Industry....Pages 86-93
Consistency and Quality Using Robots....Pages 93-99
Robot Hand Exchangers....Pages 99-103
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Vision-Guided Assembly....Pages 103-111
Vibratory Insertion Process: A New Approach to Non-Standard Component Insertion....Pages 115-119
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
SMT Growth....Pages 123-129
Realizing the Benefits of SMT....Pages 129-137
Designing Reliability into Surface-Mount Assemblies....Pages 137-143
Design Solutions....Pages 143-150
Choosing SMT and Setting Up a Facility....Pages 150-156
SMT Advantages....Pages 156-163
Pick-and-Place Machines....Pages 163-169
Surface-Mount Assembly Using Machine Vision....Pages 169-175
SMD Placement Using Machine Vision....Pages 175-179
Hot-Air Leveling....Pages 183-190
Testability Circuit and Board Access Problems....Pages 190-195
Conductive Epoxy for SMT Solder Replacement....Pages 195-201
The Removal and Replacement of SMCs....Pages 201-204
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
New Applications....Pages 207-211
New Materials and Equipment....Pages 211-216
Integral Substrate Package Technology....Pages 216-217
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Solder/Cleaning, Test and Rework....Pages 221-224
Solder Joint Acceptability....Pages 227-230
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Solder Coating and Leveling....Pages 285-293
Screen Printing....Pages 293-300
Solvent Flushing....Pages 303-309
Rosin Solder Flux Residues....Pages 309-317
Aqueous Cleaning....Pages 317-323
Cleaning Surface-Mounted Assemblies....Pages 324-329
Wave Solder Defects....Pages 230-236
Desoldering Components....Pages 333-338
Soldering System Trends....Pages 239-245
Wave Soldering: A Study in Process Control....Pages 245-251
Optimizing the Wave Soldering Process....Pages 252-259
Computerized Soldering Systems....Pages 259-263
Re-Examination of Soldering Techniques....Pages 263-272
Adhesives for SMD Wave Soldering....Pages 275-279
Adhesive Evaluation....Pages 280-282
Front Matter....Pages 339-339
Bare-Board testing....Pages 343-346
Automatic Optical Inspection Systems....Pages 346-352
Machine Vision....Pages 352-360
Component Testers and Handlers....Pages 363-371
Handlers....Pages 371-375
Front Matter....Pages 339-339
Inspection Equipment....Pages 393-395
Image Processing and Non-Destructive Testing....Pages 395-401
Lead Scanning....Pages 379-382
Design of SMA for Testability....Pages 405-411
Test and Inspection of Hybrid Microcircuits....Pages 411-416
In-Circuit and Functional ATE....Pages 419-424
Functional Test....Pages 424-430
Probe Design and Test Fixturing....Pages 385-390
Test Program Development and Processing Power....Pages 433-440
Robotic Automated-Test Workcells....Pages 440-447
Front Matter....Pages 449-449
Clean Room Technology....Pages 453-458
Modular Clean Rooms....Pages 458-460
Clean Room Air Monitoring....Pages 463-466
ESD Control....Pages 469-473
Static Shielding Techniques....Pages 474-477
Front Matter....Pages 479-479
Computer Control of Modern Factory Operations....Pages 481-490
Electronics CAE/CAD/CAM....Pages 491-500
CAD/CAM for PCB Manufacturing....Pages 500-504
Designing PCBs for Surface-Mount Assemblies....Pages 504-510
CAD in Hybrid Production....Pages 510-514
Front Matter....Pages 479-479
Discrete Wired Circuit Board Production....Pages 515-522
Front Matter....Pages 523-523
Automating the Assembly of Electronic Products....Pages 525-530
Test, Rework and Inspection Management Costs....Pages 530-533
Flexible Manufacturing....Pages 533-537
Computer Simulation....Pages 537-543
Local Area Networks....Pages 543-548
Materials Handling Accessories....Pages 551-557
Automated PCB Handling....Pages 557-562
Automated Guided Vehicle Systems....Pages 562-568
Batch-of-One Assembly....Pages 571-576
FMS for PCB Assembly....Pages 576-581
PCB Assembly and Test....Pages 581-589
Factory Control And Robotic Systems....Pages 589-599
Erratum....Pages 604-604
Back Matter....Pages 601-603