COVER ARTICLE
Lean Manufacturing and Modern Placement Equipment
Finding the perfect fit.
Tom Foley and Jeff Rupert
SMTA Series
Total Process Control and Management, Part II
From reliability, stability and traceability to predictability.
Dr. Paul P.E. Wang, Jorge Martinez-Vargas, Dinesh Gill, Ramamoorthy Ganapathy Iyer and Dan Kauss
Assembly and Reliability of a Wafer-Level CSP
An experiment reveals that wafer-level devices can be assembled in high yield using standard surface-mount practices.
Michael Meilunas and Parvez Patel
FOCUS ON: HDI/ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
The Emergence of High-Volume Copper Ball Bonding
As copper ball bonding establishes a stronghold in low-cost packaging, it will eventually migrate to and dominate fine-pitch ICs.
Michael Deley and Lee Levine
Lean Production in Electronics Assembly
To be competitive, production managers must have a lean organization with increased flexibility.
Adrian Schärli
Depaneling Requires a Closer Look
Press-type depaneling can be an accurate and gentle singulation method.
Michael Stanard
Editorial
On the Forefront
E. Jan Vardaman
Emerging Technology
Dr. Ken Gilleo
Ask Les
Les Hymes
Industry News
NETgain
Market Watch
The Fine Pitch - Q&A with Nicholas Brathwaite, Chief Technology Officer, Flextronics Corp.
Asia Watch
Assembly Insider
Ad Index
Product Spotlight
Cover illustration courtesy of Siemens Dematic EAS, Norcross, GA.