2004 Magazine Archives

FEATURES

• 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

PERSPECTIVES

• Editorial

• On the Forefront
  E. Jan Vardaman

• Emerging Technology
  Dr. Ken Gilleo

• Ask Les
  Les Hymes

DEPARTMENTS

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.