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Volume 11, No. 2 February 2011


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Contents


EDITORIAL 2


India breaks down the barriers Trevor Galbraith


TECHNOLOGY FOCUS


8 5D solder paste inspection—merits beyond 3D technology Henk Biemans, Marantz Business Electronics


14 Process validation and standards compliance Bjarne Møller and Henry Jurgens, Ph.D., P.Eng., Valor Division of Mentor Graphics Corp.


60 Factors influencing QFN process Parminder Singh


SPECIAL FEATURES


24 Presenting the 6th annual Global Technology Awards


62 Interview—Mike Konrad, Aqueous Technologies 64 Case Study—When sacrificing PCBs for the initial production run is not an option


66 A look ahead—a guest column by Gene Weiner REGULAR COLUMNS


4 Counterfeit components—EU project launched Bob Willis


20 2011 visibility improves Walt Custer and Jon Custer-Topai


58 Solder joint embrittlement—it’s not just gold Werner Engelmaier


74 Let’s get small(er) Joe Fjelstad


OTHER REGULAR FEATURES 6


Industry News


The Global Technology Awards continue to celebrate innovation (p. 22)


www.globalsmt.net


68 New Products 72 Association News


73 IMAPS Europe 76 International Diary


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