Preface |
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Technical Note: TRM |
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Acknowledgments |
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1 Introduction and Historical Background |
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1.2 Historical Background |
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1.3 A Note about Consistency |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (10) |
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2.3.1 Copper-clad laminates |
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2.3.2 Copper Plating Manufacturing Step |
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10 | (2) |
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12 | (1) |
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2.4 Dielectrics Used in PCBs |
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2.4.1 Thermal Conductivity (Tcon or k) |
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2.4.2 Glass Transition Temperature (Tg) |
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2.4.3 Decomposition Temperature (Td) |
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14 | (1) |
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2.4.4 Time to Delamination (T260/T288) |
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15 | (1) |
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3 Resistivity and Resistance |
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17 | (10) |
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17 | (1) |
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17 | (3) |
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20 | (1) |
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3.4 Thermal Coefficient of Resistivity (a) |
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21 | (1) |
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3.5 Measuring Resistivity |
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22 | (5) |
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3.5.1 Resistivity Investigation |
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25 | (1) |
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3.5.2 Nondestructive Measurements |
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4 Trace Heating and Cooling |
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27 | (14) |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (1) |
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29 | (1) |
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29 | (3) |
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30 | (2) |
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4.5 Mathematical Model of Trace Heating and Cooling |
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4.6 Role of Current Density |
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4.7 Measuring Trace Temperature |
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33 | (3) |
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4.7.2 Infrared Measurement |
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4.7.3 Thermocouple Measurement |
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35 | (1) |
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4.7.4 Point versus Average Measurements |
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36 | (1) |
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4.8 Trace Temperature Curves |
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36 | (5) |
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37 | (1) |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (10) |
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41 | (1) |
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5.3 Measuring the Temperature |
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41 | (3) |
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44 | (7) |
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44 | (1) |
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5.4.2 External IPC Data Equations |
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45 | (2) |
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5.4.3 Internal IPC Data Equations |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (2) |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (12) |
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51 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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51 | (3) |
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54 | (9) |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (26) |
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7.2 Sensitivities: Layout Parameters |
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63 | (12) |
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64 | (2) |
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66 | (1) |
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7.2.4 Changing Trace Length |
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67 | (1) |
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7.2.5 Dimensional Uncertainties |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (1) |
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7.2.8 Adjacent Trace with Underlying Plane |
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71 | (1) |
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7.2.9 Parallel Power Traces |
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71 | (1) |
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7.2.10 Stacked Power Traces |
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72 | (1) |
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73 | (1) |
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7.3 Sensitivities: Material Parameters |
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75 | (7) |
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7.3.1 Board Thickness and Ptanes |
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75 | (2) |
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7.3.2 Effect of Resistivity |
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77 | (1) |
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7.3.3 Effect of Heat Transfer Coefficient |
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78 | (1) |
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7.3.4 Effects of Thermal Conductivity Coefficient |
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79 | (1) |
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7.3.5 Effect of Trace Thickness |
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80 | (1) |
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80 | (2) |
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7.4 Sensitivities: Trace Depth |
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82 | (4) |
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86 | (3) |
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87 | (1) |
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89 | (20) |
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8.2 Background Information |
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8.3.1 Simulation Strategy |
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8.3.4 Additional Simulations |
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8.4 Experimental Verification |
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8.6 Voltage Drop Across Trace and Via |
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102 | (2) |
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103 | (1) |
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104 | (5) |
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9 Current Densities in Vias |
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109 | (8) |
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109 | (1) |
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109 | (1) |
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110 | (3) |
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9.5 Multiple Vias and Turn |
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10 Thinking Outside the Box |
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10.2 Start Thinking Outside Our Boxes |
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10.4 Copper Under the Trace |
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118 | (2) |
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119 | (1) |
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10.5 Adding Additional Copper to Traces |
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120 | (1) |
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10.6 Dealing with Connecting Links |
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121 | (3) |
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11 Fusing Currents: Background |
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125 | (8) |
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125 | (1) |
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126 | (1) |
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127 | (6) |
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130 | (3) |
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12 Fusing Currents: Analyses |
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133 | (20) |
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12.3 Fusing Time and Temperature |
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12.4 Assumptions and Cautions |
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135 | (7) |
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12.5.1 Simulation Results, TRM Fuse |
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136 | (1) |
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12.5.2 Simulation Results, TRM Trace |
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12.5.3 Short-time Effects |
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138 | (4) |
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12.6 Experimental Results |
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12.6.1 Heating Uncertainties |
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12.6.2 Cooling Uncertainties |
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143 | (1) |
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12.8 Experimental Results |
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12.8.1 Case A: Fast Fusing |
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12.8.2 Case B: Slow Fusing |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (4) |
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13 Do Traces Heat Uniformly? |
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153 | (12) |
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153 | (1) |
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13.3 Thermal Gradients on Traces |
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13.3.1 Thermal Gradients on Narrow Traces |
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156 | (1) |
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13.3.2 Does Trace Thickness Matter? |
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156 | (1) |
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13.3.3 Is Trace Thickness Uniform? |
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156 | (1) |
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13.3.4 What Causes Thermal Nonuniformity? |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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13.4 Thermal Gradients Around Corners |
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158 | (7) |
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13.4.1 Software Simulation |
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159 | (3) |
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13.4.2 Experimental Verification |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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14 Stop Thinking about Current Density |
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165 | (6) |
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14.3 Current Density Is Not an Independent Variable |
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14.9 Via Current Densities |
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168 | (2) |
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170 | (1) |
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171 | (16) |
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15.2 Digital Simulation Models |
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15.2.1 Preliminary Results |
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15.3 Experimental Verification |
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177 | (4) |
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179 | (2) |
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181 | (6) |
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16 Industrial CT (X-Ray) Scanning |
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187 | (12) |
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16.4 The Microsectioning Process |
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16.5 Industrial CT Scanning |
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190 | (5) |
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16.6 Comparison of the Processes |
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Appendix A Measuring Thermal Conductivity |
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201 | (2) |
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Appendix B Measuring Resistivity |
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B.1 Resistance versus Resistivity |
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B.2 How to Measure PCB Trace Resistivity |
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204 | (2) |
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B.3 Problem with Ohmmeter Measurement |
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206 | (1) |
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B.4 Sources of Measurement Error |
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207 | (2) |
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B.5 An Experimental Study |
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B.5.1 What Is Expected Resistivity? |
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211 | (1) |
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Appendix C IPC Internal and Vacuum Curves Fitted with Equations |
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Appendix D Detailed Set of Equations for the Curves |
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219 | (2) |
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Appendix E Current/Temperature Curves, 0.25 to 5.0 oz |
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221 | (10) |
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Appendix F Current Density in Vias |
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231 | (2) |
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232 | (1) |
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F.3 Single Via Model with Core 1 Broken into Three Cores, the First Two with 15-μm Thicknesses |
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F.4 Simulation of Four Vias, Proceeding Straight Ahead |
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237 | (1) |
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F.5 Simulation of Four Vias, Traces at Right Angles |
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Appendix G Derivation of Onderdonk's Equation |
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243 | (10) |
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G.2.2 Solving the Equation |
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245 | (4) |
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G.3 Proof that αT2 *ρT2 = ρT1 *αT1 |
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249 | (4) |
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Appendix H Results of All Six Fusing Configuration Simulations |
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253 | (4) |
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Appendix I Nonuniform Heating Patterns |
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257 | (4) |
About the Authors |
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Index |
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