2006 Issues

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New priorities must be defined and industry must proactively drive for harmonized regulatory standards.

Read more: What's Next on the Environmental Front

Asia leads the way in board production, and the U.S. cements its position at the bottom of the list.

Read more: Worldwide PCB Output for 2005

Boards keep shrinking, but the decreasing size of test targets doesn't have to be a problem.

Read more: Socketless Probe Testing

A trio of companies studied a set of microvias that failed during lead-free assembly.

Read more: Microvia Failure in Lead-Free Assembly, Parts 1 and 2

Optimizing etched-foil heater performance can complement other approaches, such as thermal estimation programs and FEA.

Read more: Thermal Prototyping

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