Speaker: Dr. Ning-Cheng Lee, Vice President of Technology, Indium Corporation

Meeting Date: Thursday, February 23, 2017
Time: 11:30 AM Registration (and sandwiches/drinks); 12:00 PM Presentation
Presentation Slides: “Low Cost High Reliability Solder Materials” (1.5 MB PDF)
Presentation-only: 12:00 noon (come at 11:45)
Cost: $5 IEEE members. students, unemployed, $10 non-members

Location: Texas Instruments Building E Conference Center, 2900 Semiconductor Dr. (off Kifer Rd), Santa Clara
Reservations: 1702cpmt.eventbrite.com
Summary: While the electronics industry is advancing rapidly toward miniaturization, two more important drivers actually dictate whether the manufacturers could stay in the game or not — Low Cost, and High Reliability. The former is the ticket to get into the game, while the latter is the ticket to stay in the game. These two drivers exemplified their vital role most astonishingly in solder materials. This talk covers the roles of solder composition on cost, and on reliability. After reviewing the role of Ag in both cost and reliability, the solder materials are reviewed from the lowest cost, zero-Ag solders to composition with higher and higher Ag content. Among all of the alloy options present on the market, including the most recent developments, the representative alloys are introduced with more details, including materials properties, soldering performance, some of the known failure modes, and the primary merit of these alloys.

Bio: Dr. Ning-Cheng Lee is the Vice President of Technology of Indium Corporation. He has been with Indium since 1986. Prior to joining Indium, he was with Morton Chemical and SCM. He has
more than 30 years of experience in the development of fluxes, solder alloys, and solder pastes for SMT industries. He received his PhD in polymer science from University of Akron in 1981, and BS in chemistry from National Taiwan University in 1973. Ning-Cheng is the author of “Reflow Soldering Processes and Troubleshooting: SMT, BGA, CSP, and Flip Chip Technologies”, and co-author of “Electronics Manufacturing with Lead-Free, Halogen-Free, and Conductive-Adhesive Materials”. He was honored as 2002 Member of Distinction from SMTA, 2003 Lead Free Co-Operation Award from Soldertec, 2006 Exceptional Technical Achievement Award from CPMT, 2007 Distinguished Lecturer from CPMT, 2009 Distinguished Author from SMTA, 2010 Electronics Manufacturing Technology Award from CPMT, 2015 IEEE Senior Member, 2015 Founder’s Award from SMTA, and 2017 IEEE Fellow.