tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40156440056422976142024-03-21T22:14:03.012+00:00Retronix Ltd.www.retronix.comRetronix UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475333562492877969noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015644005642297614.post-83914372036882862952015-10-14T12:14:00.001+01:002015-10-14T12:14:24.642+01:00Introducing Uteach<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Retronixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03700068011409899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015644005642297614.post-66410702725644770222014-01-24T09:11:00.000+00:002014-01-24T09:12:35.472+00:00Faulty PCBs in the assembly line taking up the over all costs?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In every PCB Assembly line, there is a fallout of PCBs which are assembled and then fail at the end of the line. It is proven over time that very few of the PCBs have failed because of the chipset. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When a PCB fails it is shifted to a debug area, here the fault is diagonised, repaired and then the PCB is re-tested. At this stage if the PCB passes it is shipped as normal, but in case if it fails again; it goes back round the debug loop. At the debug area each time the component is removed and replaced by a new one. After three attempts the PCB is often classed as unreliable and scrapped.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the product life cycles are becoming shorter, the debug technicians are given less time to learn a new product, due to this it takes up the probability to wrongly diagonise the fault and this could lead to an increase of "end of line" failures. These failed boards as they have gone through the debug process atleast one time, the chipset have endured one reflow cycle, sometimes more if it has gone through the debug process multiple times. However if the PCB has been through 2 reflow cycles to assemble it, then the big components which are usually the most valuable have had only one reflow cycle, the second one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking at the standards laid out by component manufacturers - ICs are termed good for three reflow cycles. Many of the failed PCBs as described above have had one reflow cycle. The solution to achieve savings by having the components re-used, and also fall within the component manufacturers standards is using the <a href="http://www.retronix.com/ic_bga_recovery" target="_blank">IC RESCUE process which is a safe component recovery method</a>. Moreover after the components are safely recovered, the components are <a href="http://www.retronix.com/ic_testing" target="_blank">electrically and mechanically tested</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These components which are within manufacturers specifications and tested, therefore trusted can be :</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more information on the various solutions available; do visit our website <a href="http://www.retronix.com/">www.retronix.com</a> or email us on <a href="mailto:info@retronix.com">info@retronix.com</a>. You can also use the contact us page to send in your queries directly (<a href="http://www.retronix.com/contact-us" style="text-align: left;">http://www.retronix.com/contact-us</a>)</span></div>
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Retronixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03700068011409899263noreply@blogger.com1Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, UK55.862241 -4.0193369999999555.790949999999995 -4.18069849999995 55.933532 -3.8579754999999505tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015644005642297614.post-54612529903003542632014-01-08T14:39:00.002+00:002014-01-08T14:41:15.561+00:00Issues faced by High Reliability Industries such as Defence, Aerospace, Oil & Gas, Automative<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Over the past 15 years the electronic industry has been moving away from lead solder due to environmental, health and safety issues. This has reached a point where a vast majority of ICs are only purchased in lead-free format. To enable this transition, lead-free solder was introduced, but the only catch with lead free solder was that it wasn't as good as leaded solder, for instance it melted at a higher temperature than lead solder.</div>
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But certain high reliability industries were made exempt from moving to lead-free, as they were operating in important environments and at the time it was unknown how exactly lead free solder would hold up or perform in harsh conditions. Certain examples are :</div>
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Military / Defence - Missiles could be stored long term and then used, due to these extended timelines and the nature of its use it had to be 100% operational, so a risk could not be taken of the solder being lead free as no data was available regarding its long term effects.</div>
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Aerospace - Due to the G-force, height, pressure that the aircraft come under, it was as important from the safety standpoint that the aircraft system not to fail mid flight. Lead free solder as with Military / Defence had not proven itself yet to be as robust for harsh environment.</div>
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Automative - Due to high heat, vibration and safety issues; critical electronic systems in cars such as braking systems and airbags were also exempt.</div>
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Due to such changes in regulations where most of the other sectors had moved on lead free solder, many IC manufacturers have stopped producing leaded parts, they were producing just lead free parts. One factor that hit High reliability industries was that although high reliability parts cost more than commercial versions, in many cases the small volume consumption of these parts in lead form did not justify setting up a separate line to make a lead version of the component, therefore the high-reliability industries often struggle to find their ICs in the lead format.</div>
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Often they would have to buy them in lead free format and convert them to lead format, there is no credible and safe way to do this for BGA other than <a href="http://www.retronix.com/Retronix-IC-Rescue" target="_blank">Retronix - IC Rescue Process</a>, it is the only process that does not use any reflow cycles to achieve alloy conversion and therefore meets the IC manufacturer's specifications. Another issue that keeps the industry restricted at times is that they rely on tried and tested technology especially for missiles, aircraft control systems as they know it works.At time technology used by certain IC manufacturers for making certain components become obsolete and they stop making the parts altoghether, high reliability industries will end up buying a bulk of components with total guess work anticipating future requirements.</div>
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- Forced to buy large volumes of ICs, this could lead to component packages being broken open, a few are used and the rest become exposed leading to oxidisation and solderability problems.</div>
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Each of the problems can be solved and can save high reliability industries from having to spend too much time and effort on the ICs, contact us using this link - <a href="http://www.retronix.com/contact-us" style="text-align: left;">http://www.retronix.com/contact-us</a> or email us on info@retronix.com</div>
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Retronixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03700068011409899263noreply@blogger.com0Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, UK55.862241 -4.0193369999999555.790949999999995 -4.18069849999995 55.933532 -3.8579754999999505tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015644005642297614.post-85995227310968705092013-12-05T13:49:00.000+00:002013-12-06T12:53:04.445+00:00Retronix is evolving - Consistency | Innovation | Quality | Precision<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">With the efforts being put in, we have the right processes, the right people and we are at the cusp of a great opportunity to present Retronix as being evolved into a sharp, efficient and a quality service provider. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Retronix is undergoing a change in branding with the philosophy we believe in and for the future of this company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Retronix provides services to highly important sectors such as Military, Aerospace, Oil&Gas, big OEM's and IC manufacturers therefore our message to our customers will be ruled by the following four values:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We aim to make Retronix as a one word definition for the above four values and every step of the way Retronix will reflect these values.</span></div>
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manufacturers. For them, when you are soldering ICs to PCBs, temperature and
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keeping the above standards in mind, the Retronix IC Rescue process is different and unique as it manages to stay within all the stated manufacturers specifications, much shorter in terms of temperature and time, safe and well below stated reflow profiles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The problem was of cracking solder joint(s) on a Leaded Chip Carrier (LCC) which was soldered directly on the PCB. It was discovered that the LCC created a lot of heat, with no space under the component to dissipate the heat. The thermal imbalance between the IC and the PCB caused the solder joint to fail. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To fix the problem Retronix fitted Plastic Core Solder Spheres (PCSS) to the pads, which don't collapse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The PCSS created enough 'standoff' between the IC and the PCB which allowed the heat to dissipate. Also having the exact same spheres on the exact same pads also guaranteed the RF inductance on the part.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A lot has been talked about the problem of tin-whiskering and the way it could lead to problems in different electronic components. This could especially lead to big problems if the electronic components are deployed in high reliability environments such as avionics, and harsh environments such as oil rigs deployed deep sea; where failure is not an option.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tin whiskers are electrically conductive, crystalline structures of tin that sometimes grow from surfaces where tin (especially electroplated tin) is used as a final finish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The mechanisms by which tin whiskers grow has been studied for many years. But unfortunately no single, widely accepted explanation of this mechanism has been established. But there are certain agreed factors in tin whisker formation. Tin whisker growth is primarily attributed to stresses in tin plating; the stresses may be from various sources which include :</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Compressive stresses such as those introduced by torquing of a nut or a screw.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The vast disparity in the observations reported by different experimenters is evidence of the complications associated with understanding and controlling tin whiskers. The following provide a very basic overview of some of the observed characteristics of tin whiskers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Whiskers may be <b>straight</b>, <b>kinked</b>, <b>hooked</b>, or <b>forked</b>. Their outer surfaces are often <b>grooved. </b>Some growths may form as <b>nodules</b> or <b>pyramidal</b> structures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All of the above characteristics have been known to cause problems, for example causing a short circuit in a satellite leading to blacking out of several important services. Therefore it is very important to understand tin whiskers and work on a solution that leads to tin whisker mitigation. A solution that has worked for mitigation for tin whiskers is re-tinning of components.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These faults mentioned above are the first indicator that the components mounted on these PCB's may be good, since they have nothing to do with the faults. Therefore in all probability the ICs may be brand new, unused and in perfect working order.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But sometimes company policy states that these failed PCB's be send straight to landfill and recycled, this leaves a lot of potential threats, as certain people with vested interests may get the opportunity to counterfeit these components by using the scrap material from these landfills, also in some cases be sold faulty or completely degraded to unsuspecting customers who buy and implement them in their supply chain leading to huge problems later to deal with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Companies were taking this risk of sending the failed PCBs straight to landfill since there was no safe way of recovering these perfectly good components from PCBs for re-use. However recently there is a process developed that can recover these components for re-use in a very safe manner and without reflow cycles, and this is certainly a much better and economical way to recycle them than to throw the full unit away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When new components are scarce, as is often the case, their recovery becomes even more important and even more profitable. The risk of dealing in counterfeit components has increased with the 2012 <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregorymcneal/2012/02/14/ndaa-may-put-contractors-in-prison-for-counterfeit-parts/">US National Defence Authorization Act</a>. As this global issue becomes more and more of a problem, the ramifications, sentences and fines are becoming increasingly severe. Therefore the best option is to recover this ICs in a safe manner for re-use.</span></div>
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By recovering electronic components, up to 50 times the value can be realised from the scrap. The treated scrap, with components removed, could then be sent to any recycler, thereby also eliminating counterfeiting and the re-circulation of faulty and degraded parts.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is well known that it can be difficult to find a genuine and reliable supply of electronic components particularly when they are scarce or out of production by the original manufacturer. Although refurbished components are sometimes frowned upon for being 'unsafe' and therefore are not a part of the PCB repair process, sometimes this can be the only solution to get around components which are scarce or hard to source.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Especially for a component supplier or broker, the biggest risk is loss of credibility; should a faulty, substandard or counterfeit IC be sold to one of the customers, and hence to avoid or substantially reduce the risk of this to occur;</span><span style="font-size: large;"> component test is advised. But what are the different tests that can be performed? Listed below are a few of the important tests that are done on a sample or even the whole batch at times to determine authenticity:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Visual Inspection : This is a very effective component testing method, by using optical inspection it can be determined if the components are in good condition, whether there are any damages or any minute defects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">XRF Analysis : This is a non-destructive method to determine what alloy the termination consists of. This is particularly useful for businesses belonging to the high reliability industries such as defence, medical, aerospace, Oil & Gas sectors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Solderability Test : This test verifies whether the component is re-solderable and also if it is good enough to be placed back on a PCB with reflow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Electrical Test: Also known as BEST (BGA & Electrical Silicon Test) used to check the electrical parameters of every pin to pin e.g. current, voltage, diode resistivity, and silicon connectivity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Key Function Test : Some devices may need tested by creating a circuit to ensure that they are operating as expected. With the help of the component datasheet, a circuit can be created and the key aspects of the IC can be checked. For example MOSFETs can be tested to confirm that they still meet the manufacturer's specifications.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Flash Memory Test / Memory Programming : Components can be programmed to check for counterfeit programmable components. Device ID codes can confirm if the devices were blank or programmed. Already programmed FLASH parts can be erased back to factory default settings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">An Aerospace company had a large amount of LGAs with a gold pad finish that they wanted to convert to a lead finish. They wanted the re-tinning to comply with the GEIA standard, the issue was that the components were very small and any standard tooling would not have been able to perform the service on the components.</span></div>
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Retronixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03700068011409899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015644005642297614.post-60873396465316455402013-07-01T10:18:00.001+01:002013-07-01T10:33:18.686+01:00Retronix 'IC Rescue' process helps maximise returns for a service repair company.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The product turned out to be far more reliable than estimated, and the product
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<span style="font-size: large;">Using Retronix’s “IC Rescue”
process, the PCBs were stripped of valuable ICs, which were then offered to the
market as 100% genuine, zero hours use ICs which were safely recovered from
brand new PCBs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These were either utilised on
other PCBs which used the same chips, or sold on the general market to other
companies, who knew they were recovered but also knew it was done with zero
reflows and were from brand a new certified product.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This allowed the service company
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returned no value, other than precious metal recovery.</span><span style="color: #1f497d;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As part of the Retronix Anti-Counterfeit IC testing service a customer approached us asking for our level 1 authenticity test, specifically the visual inspection service.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The customer send us approximately 3000 qty - NUD4700 type parts and asked to pick a random sample of 11 for visual inspection to check for authenticity. The reel information and datecodes given were the following: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first check straight away points out certain discrepancies. Markings do not match the information on the datasheet, and the direction of the text with reference to the Anode was found to be incorrect, further inspection about the device itself revealed the following:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As it can be seen from the datasheet image and from the image that is sourced from Mouser Electronics, the bottom side of the device should be connected to the Cathode and continue onto the entire bottom side. But as can be seen with the image of the device on the right that these devices have two isolated pins with the bottom side being the outer casing and not a contact, this shows us that the device in question is not as per standard and is considered suspect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The visual inspection of the sample puts the batch as suspect and cannot be termed original as per standard datasheet and information available about the device. The report along with all photographic evidence and technical information was provided as a report to the customer as suspect counterfeit. This gives the customer a good insight into future purchases from the buyer and also this current purchase which could have caused big issues in case the customer would have gone on and implemented the same into his supply chain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Retronix offers the safest and most reliable processes for retinning and alloy conversion available in the market today; to know more <a href="http://www.retronix.com/Alloy_Conversion_Re-Tin" target="_blank">click here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thru hole Resistors, connectors, ICs, SMD Chip resistors / caps, miniature crystal oscillators, all types of SOIC</span><br />
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Retronixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03700068011409899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015644005642297614.post-8189612034069375192013-03-11T09:11:00.002+00:002013-03-11T09:11:12.019+00:00Retronix- A One Stop Shop For All IC Testing and IC Repair<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Retronix IC test facility is not only a one stop shop for all IC testing, we can carry out in house repair too. From various electrical tests to detect counterfeit, to solderability and programming testing, we are equipped to test most ICs. However with our alloy conversion & retinning services, we can repair any repairable faults. If old ICs (QFP or BGA) have solderability issues, we can repair and verify the fix. We can also convert from lead to lead free and vice versa. <br />
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Retronixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03700068011409899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015644005642297614.post-58679276859808909792013-02-14T14:10:00.000+00:002013-02-14T14:10:00.390+00:00Retronix Expands its Temperature Testing Capability<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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industrial and military temperature ranges. Customers are asking Retronix to
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Retronixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03700068011409899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015644005642297614.post-15927559701472313342013-02-05T13:02:00.001+00:002013-02-05T13:02:38.471+00:00Retronix's Process Reduces OEM Production Costs for NPI by Over 50%<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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large telecoms company was responsible for the design of new products,
specifically telecoms switches. These pcbs cost $15k each to make. This company
would make perhaps 5 different versions, each one an improved version of the
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Retronixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03700068011409899263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015644005642297614.post-70448696187194870002013-01-30T16:02:00.001+00:002013-01-31T08:08:07.291+00:00Retronix Takes Delivery of its New High Capacity Laser Balling System<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Retronix by a world renowned laser company, the new laser system will be
capable of reballing multiple ICs over a wide work area. Retronix is finalising
the development of the new laser system and will partner with existing
customers to finalise its trialling and commissioning. The new laser represents
a significant investment by Retronix and will reinforce its leadership in the
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<span style="background-color: white;">Plastic Core Solder Balls (PCSB) provide a method of ensuring stand-off height between an IC package and the substrate or PCB. Inside the SnAg sphere is a polymer core buffered by nickel and copper layers. Standard Pb free reflow profiles can be used to attach the PCSBs unlike the alternative method of High Melting Point (HMP) spheres.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">For RF and microwave applications, PCSBs can provide a predictable and well controlled path length and inductance solution for package attachment to PCBs.</span></div>
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Retronixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03700068011409899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015644005642297614.post-89197580898228330802012-12-20T15:55:00.000+00:002013-01-10T11:39:47.838+00:00RoHS compliance: Case where the ICs did not have the correct alloy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The customer was suspicious of the distributor’s ability to do
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Retronixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03700068011409899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015644005642297614.post-20519380889893933192012-12-19T15:21:00.000+00:002013-01-10T13:02:08.804+00:00RoHS Conversion in the Defence sector<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many defence systems rely on electronic parts that are no longer produced by the original manufacturer. That reliance is based, in part, on the long life cycles of these systems.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A UK defence company was buying BGAs via a
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Removing the lead free balls and replacing them with SnPb was an
accepted process, but one which affected reliability via multiple reflows. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Between us we managed to secure their allocation before the
BGAs had balls placed on them, and they were subsequently finished on the
Retronix BGA reballing laser machine. By adopting the Retronix laser process we improved the reliability compared to the old process. </span></div>
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Retronixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03700068011409899263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4015644005642297614.post-25660707998789790672012-12-04T11:55:00.000+00:002013-01-10T12:40:49.232+00:00Retronix Ltd. | Counterfeit Alert 2012 |<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">A customer sent approx. 5000 parts [BUK139-50DL] to check the authenticity of the components. The customer who had procured these parts believed that the devices were originals and worked perfectly fine. He sent these parts to Retronix for <a href="http://www.retronix.com/Visual_Inspection" target="_blank">Visual inspection</a>, marking permanency testing, <a href="http://www.retronix.com/De-Cap" target="_blank">de-cap</a> and a basic <a href="http://www.retronix.com/Electrical_Testing" target="_blank">electrical test</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">First a visual check of the label information was done and it showed on the labels attached on each reel, that the parts were lead free. Moving onto deeper visual checks on the components for the markings and the condition of the terminal told a different story. Retronix used the standard IDEA-STD-1010-B to compare the results.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Images 1 & 2 show faint indent markings and corner damage, these signs are evidence of remarking the components. Moreover there was no country of origin on the devices.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Further to this, parts from the same reel showed different DRAIN tabs, the condition of the tab was poor, deep scratches and signs of damages to the edge as shown.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Retronix testing team then went on to perform an <a href="http://www.retronix.com/X-Ray_Fluorescence_Test" target="_blank">X-ray test</a> of these devices for a more in depth look and as per ERAI-STD-1010-B used for as reference found the following:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The test revealed that different results of die and the drain tab, all the parts on the same reel with the same datecodes should match under the X-Ray. As was mentioned earlier the labels showed all the devices to be lead free, and in order to authenticate this the X-ray test was performed which revealed otherwise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Figure : Images illustrate the topside (1) and the underside (2) of the sample device. Analysis suggests no evidence of attempted re-marking or re-packaging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The images illustrate the package markings (1) , the entire die surface (2), and the die viewed at high magnification (3) and (4) , with no known good component or information from the datasheet, the die could not be confirmed as genuine. If the information on the datasheet is to be compared to the die, then Retronix believed that there would be more internal circuitry. Moreover no Die markings were found showing part number or the manufacturer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Further checks revealed that the parts were already reported to the ERAI, where complaints such as parts smoking exploding on the boards were being reported.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With all the evidence found Retronix believed the parts to be counterfeit components and not suitable for use on PCBs due to the electrical tests that were carried out and also with the information found on the ERAI website. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The second half of Electronica became very busy as there were many visitors at the booth wanting to know about Retronix, specially services like BGA reballing, IC Recovery, Anti-Counterfeit IC Testing and Alloy Conversion which were of special interest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <a href="http://www.youtube.com/retronixltd" target="_blank">BGA Reballing</a> video and the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/retronixltd" target="_blank">IC Rescue video</a> were grabbing visitors attention and every visitor was interested in our processes which does not involve any reflows! This process is exclusively offered by Retronix and it gives the ability to recover, reball, rework without any reflows. Most of the visitors at the stand were majorly concentrated from Asia viz. China, India interested in either IC Tests or Recovery. The second half of the day there was maximum footfall keeping the booth extremely busy at all times and each representative from Retronix were occupied in talking to customers | opportunities in explaining all the various aspects about Retronix.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Word start to spread even representatives from big companies started to pop by our booth to know more about this unique process and how it could mutually benefit and bring costs down creating synergy for both corporate entities. As was planned during the whole event in the evening from 4pm onwards the whisky tasting event was organised. The second half of electronica with reference to the whisky tasting event was very popular as word had spread over the first two days about the event and therefore many more visitors dropped by at the booth for the whisky tasting event, Retronix did not mind it as the company had well anticipated the big footfall and more the visitors the better it was for the company to explain its services and discuss business over some fine Scotch. The event again was declared a resounding success as many discussions turned into real opportunities and subsequently in the future a continuing business relationship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For Retronix, Electronica 2012 has been productive in terms of brand enhancement and also business development and this concludes the story of Electronica for 2012.</span></div>
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