Electrochemical migration (ECM) on the surface of printed circuit boards (PCBs) continues to pose a significant reliability risk in electronics. Nevertheless, the existing literature lacks studies that address the solder mask and solder pad design as...
This work presents an embedding process for ultrathin silicon chips in mechanically flexible solder mask resist and their electrical contacting by inkjet printing. Photosensitive solder mask resist is applied by conformal spray coating onto epoxy bon...
The soldering process for aerospace applications follows stringent requirements and standards to ensure the reliability and safety of electronic connections in aerospace systems. For this reason, the quality control phase plays an important role to g...
Flux contained in solder paste significantly affects the process of solder joint creation during reflow soldering, including the creation of an intermetallic layer (IML). This work investigates the dependence of intermetallic layer thickness on ROL0/...
This paper presents a novel fabrication method for amorphous alloy wire giant magneto-impedance (GMI) magnetic sensor based on micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) technology. In this process, negative SU-8 thick photoresist was proposed as the so...
This study examines the design, manufacturing, and testing of planar PCB inductors (spiral and toroid), including multilayer PCB toroid configurations. These inductors are intended for environments with strong magnetic fields, such as high-energy phy...
Printed circuit board (PCB) technology is well known, reliable, and low-cost, and its application to biomedicine, which implies the integration of microfluidics and electronics, has led to Lab-on-PCB. However, the biocompatibility of the involved mat...
This paper describes the fabrication opportunities that Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) offer for electronic and biomedical engineering. Historically, PCB substrates have been used to support the components of the electronic devices, linking them using...
Stainless steel core plates (SSCPs) show great potential for modular construction due to their superiority of excellent mechanical properties, light weight, and low cost over traditional concrete and honeycomb structures. During the brazing process o...
Soldering of printed circuit board (PCB)-based surface-mounted assemblies is a critical process, and to enhance the accuracy of detecting their multi-targeted soldering defects, we propose an automated sample generation method that combines ControlNe...
This study aimed to recover copper and gold from a waste printed circuit board (WPCB) using monosodium glutamate (MSG) supplemented with a clean oxidizer(s) under 30 °C, 150 rpm, and an initial pH of 7.00. The solder mask of WPCBs needed to be re...
This paper investigates how geometric and material modelling fidelity affects the simulated electromagnetic performance of a split-ring frequency selective surface (FSS) fabricated using three technologies: rigid printed circuit boards (PCBs), screen...
A fiber optic sensing system consisting of a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor, optical circulator, optical band pass filter and photodetector is developed to monitor the real-time temperature response of a structure under a dynamic thermal loading. T...
In order to improve the efficiency and accuracy of multitarget detection of soldering defects on surface-mounted components in Printed Circuit Board (PCB) fabrication, we propose a sample generation method using Stable Diffusion Model and ControlNet,...
Given the rising global demand for environmentally sustainable energy sources, solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation has emerged as a pivotal component of the energy transition. In PV systems, power conversion efficiency is degraded and operationa...