Description
Book SynopsisLead-free Electronics provides guidance on the design and use of lead-free electronics as well as technical and legislative perspectives. All the complex challenges confronting the elec-tronics industry are skillfully addressed:
* Complying with state legislation
* Implementing the transition to lead-free electronics, including anticipating associated costs and potential supply chain issues
* Understanding intellectual property issues in lead-free alloys and their applications, including licensing and infringement
* Implementing cost effective manufacturing and testing
* Reducing risks due to tin whiskers
* Finding lead-free solutions in harsh environments such as in the automotive and telecommunications industries
* Understanding the capabilities and limitations of conductive adhesives in lead-free interconnects
* Devising solutions for lead-free, flip-chip interconnects in high-performance integrated circuit products
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Trade Review"If you buy only one book on Pb-free electronics to help you prepare for the Big Day, this compilation would be an excellent choice." (
Chip Scale Review, March 2006)
Table of ContentsPreface.
Editors.
Contributors.
Acknowledgements.
Chapter 1. Lead-Free Electronics: Overview.
Chapter 2. Lead-Free Legislations, Exemptions & Compliance.
Chapter 3. Lead-Free Alloys: Overview.
Chapter 4. Lead-Free Manufacturing.
Chapter 5. Review of Lead-Free Solder Joint Reliability.
Chapter 6. Constitutive Properties and Durability of Selected Lead-Free Solders.
Chapter 7. Interfacial Reactions and Performance of Lead-Free Solder Joints.
Chapter 8. Conductive Adhesives.
Chapter 9. Component-Level Issues in Lead-Free Electronics.
Chapter 10. Tin Whiskers in Electronics.
Chapter 11. Lead-Free Separable Contacts and Connectors.
Chapter 12 Intellectural Property.
Chapter 13. Costs to Lead-Free Migration.
Chapter 14. Lead-Free Technologies in the Japanese Electronics Industry.
Chapter 15. Guidelines for Implementing Lead-Free Electronics.
Index.
