We offer a broad range of engineering books for those involved in the surface mount industry.
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Land Patterns Made Simple
Foreword: Often time to write a book requires inspiration. That inspiration comes to me from my customers who for many years have subscribed and followed the rules I created for making highly manufacturable land patterns used in many thousands of board designs. I am presenting to you in this publication my knowledge about design as well as manufacturing to bring to you insight about all the aspects I can think of regarding pattern development. It is my intent for you to find this to be the single most comprehensive source of information that will establish a foundation for you and your company to create land patterns with confidence that will serve you very well. For designers there’s not an adequate IPC standard for land patterns and design rules. The constant and steady evolution of SMT is faster than organizations like the IPC can keep up with. That void is where SMT Plus has tried its best to be a reliable source of information. |
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PCB Design of High Speed Circuits
High-speed circuitry is used in all modern products. Understanding high-speed fundamentals and the relationship of speed to distance and how to apply this knowledge is the key to successful designing. Any significant noise problems at the system level can be very expensive and must be solved at the board level during layout. But yet board costs must be managed properly. It is easy to over-design a product, have unnecessary layers and drive the cost of a product up too high. This book will be of immense value to both circuit designers as well as CAD designers, and those involved in product testing, fabrication, troubleshooting and debug of high-speed products. |
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Extremely Dense Designs and DFM
If you have a need to design next-generation products using smaller packages, it needs to be as dense as possible, and it may or may not have RF circuitry on it, and you are not sure if your design rules and process are going to work then this book is for you. The book contains eight chapters and is filled with color photos and charts. This book is a must read publication for design, manufacturing, and product engineers. |
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Intro to SMT Assembly: Training Manufacturing Personnel
The effectiveness of production manufacturing personnel is key to our success. Until now, there has not been a publication written for use in training the production personnel that we hire to assemble SMT products. It is the first book to break down technical terms so they can be understood by non-technical personnel. This publication, written by two of the industry's leading experts, does an excellent job informing them about what is required to do SMT and proves to be a valuable reference book. It has proven to improve efficiency and contribution. This book will be of immense value to those new to production assembly, process engineering, equipment maintenance, and troubleshooting SMT processes. |
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SMT High Density Design and DFM
There are many things we need to know when we get into advanced designs using SMT. Needed is information for high density design rules, zero defect designs and a better understanding of the new requirements for "design for manufacturability". All this is covered in this book.
To improve your ability to design with zero defects we have structured the book in a sequence paralleling the designing of the product. You will find the book will prepare you to ask the correct questions at the correct time to prevent redesigns and costly mistakes. |
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Designing Using BGA and Flip Chip Technology
This book was written to furnish information about the evolution of packages and how to use them to design advance level products. The first section of this book serves as an introduction to the technologies available for designers. Section 2 presents important information about designing including information about boards and assembly. Section 3 is all about flex circuitry materials. Flex will play a major role in future solutions. Section 4 explains about land patterns. Section 5 is design for manufacturability. Section 6 is documentation for assembly and fabrication. Take your time and read through this publication. It is loaded with insight and should help you in your next generation designs. |
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Fundamentals of SMT Product Design
For those that are new to SMT or unsure about many of the aspects of SMT, this is an excellent source of information. This book covers in-depth all the topics that pertain to SMT designing. Included is information that is useful to both those new to SMT as well as those trying to convert existing through hole technology designs to SMT. There are lots of changes from through hole to SMT. With a thorough understanding of the basics provided in this book the reader will be able to completely understand and master SMT technology. |
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Understanding and Using Surface Mount and Fine Pitch Technology
There are many aspects of SMT and it is hard to master your understanding unless we start by explaining all the different areas such as assembly types, the process, SMT component package types, design, inspection, test, cleaning, repair/rework and the basics of setting up a line.
Going through this book will answer almost all your questions about SMT and fine pitch technology. If you are just getting started into surface mount or fine pitch technology, or if you have been recently re-assigned to work with SMT / FPT, then this is the book for you. |
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Troubleshooting the SMT / FPT Process
Troubleshooting in the context of this book means more than just "finding and fixing" defects. It also means the prevention of defects, as it is well known that rework/repair processes, even performed with the best of equipment and procedures, introduces some reliability risk. Also, troubleshooting means reducing cost and operating more efficiently, so there are many tips included to achieve a better product at lower cost. |
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Test and Design Strategies for Successful Testing of SMT High-Density PCBs
One of the large issues today is how to achieve minimum defects on the line. One of the main purposes of this text is to give a set of rules for achieving perfect bareboard and in-circuit test. It all starts with schematic capture, routing, test ant total company awareness of SMT manufacturing capability. This text offers insight and practical adaptation translating into return-on-investment for your company. Intelligent use of all the principles herein, as applicable to your company will result in an effective SMT test strategy. |
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Performing Rework and Repair on SMT, Fine Pitch, and BGAs
Performing repair/rework on today's assemblies requires a combination of good tools, good vision, good dexterity, and a new level of knowledge about techniques. It is our intent in this book to bring to you the knowledge about types of tools and the most advanced techniques known today. This book is a must for anyone new or experienced in repairing SMT assemblies, to learn how to become more efficient by doing what others have known, but wouldn't show you before now. |
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Putting Buried Resistors into Your Printed Circuit Board
The ever increasing density and performance of today's electronic products are requiring new solutions. Amongst the solutions is to use resistors integrated into the printed circuit board. Using integrated resistors offers to the designer the choice of designing a resistor either on the surface or buried internally within the layers of a printed circuit board. The resultant resistor is very thin and flat, and what we call planar. This entire approach transforms a typical printed board from being strictly an attachment and interconnect medium to containing integral resistors. |
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Using Solder Paste for Leaded Parts in SMT Assemblies
Using solder paste to build SMT assemblies that have leaded components is not something new. By using this technique you may find, as others have, that there are several advantages. Using solder paste for leaded components can simplify the design, improve component density, simplify the process, eliminate equipment, lower manufacturing costs and improve the quality and reliability of the finished product. Included with this book is a floppy disk that operates using the latest Excel programs to assist in calculations necessary to apply to your designs. |
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