WILMINGTON, MA – The Boston SMTA Chapter will sponsor an all-day reliability and failure analysis seminar at Textron Defense Systems June 26.

The event will feature presentations by Universal Instruments’ Advanced Process Laboratory. Universal has observed countless failures in electronics manufacturing. From fine pitch printing, to PoP, 01005 chip defects, and high Tg laminate failures. Lessons will be presented involving material selection, current electronics research, and failure analysis case studies.

The seminar will touch on design considerations for many advanced assembly processes, as well as types of analytical techniques that can be used for materials characterization.

FA tools and techniques to be discussed include thermogravimetric analysis & IR; ion chromatography; ion contamination; shadow moire; SEM/EDS; wetting balance/solderability; acoustic and optical microscopy and more.

Registration is $85 for SMTA members and $95 for non-SMTA members. Registration is limited to the first 100 persons.

To register, contact Felicita Dubois at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by June 22.