The World's #1 Guide to Printed Circuit Boards_Now Completely Updated with the Latest Information on Lead-Free Manufacturing!
The best reference in the field for over 30 years, the Printed Circuits Handbook equips you with definitive coverage of every facet of printed circuit assemblies_from design methods to fabrication processes. Now completely revised and updated, the Sixth Edition presents the latest information on lead-free manufacturing, including lead-free PCB design and fabrication techniques, lead-free materials, and lead-free reliability models. The new edition also explores best practices for High Density Interconnect (HDI), as well as flexible printed circuits.
Written by a team of experts from around the world, the Sixth Edition of this renowned handbook contains cutting-edge material on engineering and design of printed circuits fabrication methods…assembly processes… solders and soldering…test and repair…waste minimization and treatment …quality and reliability of printed circuit processes…and much more. The updated Printed Circuits Handbook provides you with:
- Unsurpassed guidance on printed circuits_from design to manufacturing
- Over 500 illustrations, charts, and tables for quick access to essential data
- New to this edition: New coverage of lead-free PCB design and manufacturing techniques, lead-free materials, lead-free reliability models, best practices for High Density Interconnect (HDI), and flexible printed circuits
Inside This State-of-the-Art Printed Circuits Guide
• Introduction to Printed Circuits
• Engineering and Design of Printed Circuits Fabrication Processes
• Assembly Processes
• Solders and Soldering
• Test and Repair
• Waste Minimization and Treatment
• Quality and Reliability of Printed Circuit Processes
• Flexible Circuits
THE ONLY SINGLE- VOLUME REFERENCE ON ALL ASPECTS OF PRINTED CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY
Defining the best in printed circuit board design and technology and unparalleled in thoroughness and reliability. COOMBS' PRINTED CIRCUITS HANDBOOK features:
* 30-years' stature as the best reference in the field
* Complete, definitive coverage of every facet of printed circuit assemblies, from design methods to manufacturing processes
* Exhaustive coverage of HDI (High Density Interconnect) technologies including design, material, and microvia fabrication, sequential lamination, assembly, testing, and reliability
* Fabrication developments including blind and buried vias, controlled depth drilling, direct imaging, horizontal and pulse plating
* Base materials, including traditional and alternative laminates
* Effective quality and reliability programs, including test & inspection, acceptability criteria, reliability of boards and assemblies, process capability and control
* Multi-layer and flexible printed circuit design, fabrication and assembly
* Advanced single- and multi-chip component packaging
* Top contributors from Motorola, Cisco, Compaq, Agilent, Hewlett-Packard, and other major companies
* CD-ROM with the entire book in searchable format
* Over 1300 pages covering every facet of PCB work
* More than 700 illustrations, charts, tables, and formulas that provide ready access to needed data
COOMBS' PRINTED CIRCUITS HANDBOOK is the PCB answer book, resolving more expert and workaday questions than any other single source in electronics.
* The most trusted, complete, and up-to-date reference on printed circuit boards
* Ideal for broadening your expertise and for solving problems that arise every day; basics for novices and advanced technologies for experienced practitioners
* Inside: fundamentals of printed circuit design, fabrication, assembly, test, and quality
THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND HANDBOOK HELPS YOU:
* Apply leading-edge techniques in design, fabrication, and assembly
* Solve density/heat issues
* Easily find needed data and equations
MEET THE NEED FOR SPEED AND MINIATURIZATION
Advancements in semiconductor packaging have caused a "Density Revolution" in printed circuit technology, leading to dramatic process innovations in all areas of the industry. Now COOMBS' PRINTED CIRCUITS HANDBOOK, the best-selling reference in the field for 30 years, updates you on PCB design and manufacturing processes, with details from leading engineers. Their revolutionary microvia and miniaturization processes are the heart of this new edition
About the Author
Clyde F. Coombs, Jr. (Los Altos, CA) recently retired from Hewlett-Packard. He is the editor of all five editions of the Printed Circuits Handbook, the first of which was published in 1967. He is also the editor of two editions of the Electronic Instrument Handbook.