IPC Conference Paper Archive

SINTEC is the project name for a Liquid metal alloy technology with the goal of creating flexible and stretchable electronics.  These stretchable electronics are applicable to wearable .. read more

Textile-based touch sensing offers a novel solution towards creating flexible and robust tactile interfaces that fit within an existing manufacturing ecosystem.  Current fabric-based to .. read more

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The research presented in this slide show utilizes E-Textiles.  The applications include: Physiological Status Monitoring Cognitive Status Monitor .. read more

The DoD conducted a survey of PCB companies and the effects of COVID19.  The survey results showed that: Some U.S PrCB manufacturing facilities were significantly impa .. read more

Indiana Integrated Circuits has developed "Quilted" modular PCBs.  They consist of multiple small "boardlets" with traces or pads on rough edges of the boards.  These rough edges f .. read more

The Dod Executive Agent For Printed Circuit Board and Interconnect Technology (PrCB EA) has a vested interest in the state of the electronics industrial base and its ability to sustain and i .. read more

This paper describes a new design approach to improve the cost efficiency of the “Flexible Printed Circuit” board (FPC also known as FPCB, “FPC” hereafter) by analyzing the impact of the boa .. read more

To magnify data transmission efficiency, high electrical performance of PCB boards is required for 112Gbps. The required operation frequency tends to increase, and target loss tends to decre .. read more

This slide show discusses the different categories of SMT components including, BTCs, dual and quad leaded packages, and passives.  The component use cases and typical challenges are ex .. read more

The lack of material provenance in today’s supply-chain allows the undetected ingress of counterfeit materials to increase at alarming levels. Chemicals, components, including critical ICs, .. read more

One of the most important aspects of the IPC Digital Twin standard, is the enablement of interoperability between many digital twin-based solutions across many facets of the holistic manufac .. read more

The purpose of conformal coatings is to protect printed circuit boards and components mounted on them from the deleterious effects of moisture, particulate matter and corrosive gases. The co .. read more

DurafuseTM LT paste was designed as an alternative low temperature solder targeting at enabling hierarchy design for portable devices with good temperature cycling and superior drop-shock pe .. read more

Historically, evaluations of solder joint failures and solder joint reliability have been done with direct current (DC) methods, using event detectors or data loggers for high-frequency circ .. read more

Rework of assembled boards is often a necessary but difficult proposition. The complexity of the rework increases with the number of components to be reworked. A specific case involves where .. read more

This paper compares the thermal cycling performance of a quad flat no-lead (QFN) component and three different ball grid array (BGA) components assembled onto printed circuit board test vehi .. read more

This Slide Show Utilizes the Cover Paper from the session.   This slide show discusses the use Power harvesting in conjunction with a typical battery and the efforts .. read more

This slide show discusses inverters and power electronics for Heavy Machinery.  There is discussion of Wide Band Gap Powered Devices.  The purpose is increased efficiency gains.&nb .. read more

This Paper utilizes the introduction from the session as its paper then discusses Wide Bandgap Power Electronics    All electronics products need a power source .. read more

All electronics products need a power source. Thereby power electronics has a fundamental impact on their design and integration, from materials and device up to systems and the applications .. read more

Driven by the demand for advanced electronic devices where massive wireless data transfer is required, a new generation of communication system, so called 5G has been developed. This new tec .. read more

The electronic packaging industry is undergoing a revolutionary convergence between the printed circuit board segment and the semiconductor packaging segment. New, streamlined and hybrid pac .. read more

In many aerospace and defense systems, there are increasing demands for multi-functional adhesive solutions that not only fulfill the traditional role of component and assembly bonding, but .. read more

Power electronics based on silicon devices must operate below 125 C and IGBTs under 150 C - WBG devices could extend this to 200 C. Thermal management of power electronics, whether power sup .. read more

For many years, metals have been used as thermal interface materials (TIMs) in the electronics industry. With high reliability and high thermal conductivity, metals have been a great solutio .. read more

Despite its introduction over three decades ago, designing, manufacturing and testing of high-density interconnect printed circuit boards remains a topic of discussion. The introduction of H .. read more

The ENIG finish is one of the most common final finishes finding broad acceptance in the market for decades. ENIG is the abbreviation for “electroless nickel – immersion gold” where it is th .. read more

Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) allow customers the flexibility to configure devices after they have been manufactured. The demand for higher speed requires higher pin counts to provid .. read more

Emerging Supply Chain Cybersecurity requirements, government acronyms, and actual security. Learn about the current state of mandates such as Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC .. read more

This paper presents the concerns on trustworthiness for printed circuit board (PrCB) design, fabrication, and assembly sources for national defense systems, specifically products on the Unit .. read more

This slide show discusses the cybersecurity risks associated with network integration.  The supply chain is the most vulnerable, especially sub suppliers.  A particular risk is whe .. read more

Current policies and regulations intended to protect supply chains from cyber threats, especially the supply chain to the US DoD, have proven ineffective. Nearly $1 trillion in intellectual .. read more

Published stories in 2015 of a maliciously altered server motherboard have made clear that the circuit board is vulnerable to hardware attacks. To demonstrate their vulnerability, a circuit .. read more

This paper will discuss from an operational perspective what companies are or aren’t doing now and what steps companies can take to secure their overall IT enterprise which will logically he .. read more

High Density Interconnect (HDI) Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) and assemblies are essential to allow space projects to benefit from the ever-increasing functionality of modern integrated circ .. read more

This slide show discusses Automation of IST testing.  It utilizes Dielectric estimation laminate assessment method (DELAM).  The slides utilizes thermo-graphics to locate the failu .. read more

The push for faster data rates and increased signal density in printed circuit boards (PCBs) increases the risk of signal crosstalk on high-speed communication busses which can be highly det .. read more

Optimal breakout of ultra-fine-pitch ball grid array (BGA) packages requires a mix of via structures – through and blind mechanical, stacked and staggered laser – often implemented in thicke .. read more

The continued miniaturization of both packaging and component size in next-generation electronics presents a significant challenge for PCB designers and PCB fabricators. To effectively navig .. read more

The combination of increased I/O density, reduced footprint, and multi-die capability within a single platform makes embedded die an attractive solution. The benefits of embedding active die .. read more

The reliability control in airborne electronics products is essential due to safety and business reasons. As users do not have confidence in raw results provided by previous reliability pred .. read more

Over many years defect analysis has been used at the company to determine the root cause of various defects experienced in the field on electronic products from customers. Based on this work .. read more

Two independent Printed Circuit Board (PCB) suppliers found unusually high voiding anomalies in multiple manufacturing lots of PCBs that were processed over a 5 month period. The issue was n .. read more

In recent years, neural network based deep learning models has demonstrated high accuracy in object detection and classification in the area of digital image processing. Manufacturing indust .. read more

Blockchain technology has a lot of publicity in the electronics industry because of the way it has been used to address issues with sharing data across distributed networks and is recognized .. read more

Automated test equipment plays a large role in the manufacturing process at the Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC). Every test run generates data which is used to determine if a pa .. read more

Data is the New Oil Clive Humby, UK Mathematician and architect of Tesco’s Clubcard is widely credited as the first to coin the phrase in 2006: “Data is the new oil. It’s valuable, .. read more

EMS factories have collected and used machine data for many decades. Over that time, much of the value derived from machine data collection has come from three operational use cases: allowin .. read more

Smart Factories require continuous and reliable operation of all equipment. Therefore, equipment maintenance is becoming more and more important. A simple approach for equipment maintenance, .. read more