In the publishing industry there are many charts and awards for the best selling books, but with sales in the tens and hundreds—not thousands—it would be impossible to have a sales chart for technology handbooks. So, here is a list of "Bob Willis' Top Ten" reference books that has been updated to take into account recent changes in technology.

This list does not indicate the number of sales of any one title, the age or up-to-date nature of the text, only my opinion on the "must have" engineering titles for your office bookshelf. Remember: Generally no new problems in manufacture exist; most have been seen before by someone.

This list does not indicate the number of sales of any one title, the age or up-to-date nature of the text, only my opinion on the "must have" engineering titles for your office bookshelf. Remember: Generally no new problems in manufacture exist; most have been seen before by someone.

Good reading until next time.

• Printed Circuit Handbook (5th Edition)
  Clyde Coombs, Jr.
  McGraw Hill

• Electronic Failure Analysis Handbook
  Perry L. Martin
  Mc Graw Hill

• Microelectronics Packaging Handbook (1st Edition)
  Tummala and Rymaszewski
  Van Nostrand Reinhold

• Comprehensive Guide to Design, Manufacture of Printed Board Assemblies
  Bill MacLeod Ross
  Electrochemical Publications

• Quality Assessment of Printed Circuit Boards (Out of print)
  Preben Lund
  Bishop Graphics Inc.

• Reflow Soldering Processes and Troubleshooting
  Ning Cheng Lee
  Newnes

• SMT for PC Board Design (2nd Edition)
  James Hollomon
  Prompt Publications

• Soldering in Electronics (2nd Edition)
  Klein Wassink
  Electrochemical Publications

• Ball Grid Array Technology
  John Lau
  McGraw Hill

• Flexible Circuit
  Joe Fjelstad
  Electrochemical Publications