... is provided. Contact resistance of conductive whiskers is found to be a critical issue that may be mitigate failure risks. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Electronic equipment and components Electric breakdown Electric current Risk assessment An experiment was conducted...

... over a period of time. This paper also aims to demonstrate the practical application of the methodology developed. Design/methodology/approach This paper has been written to provide a methodology to assess tin whisker risk due to fixed whiskers in electronic products. The risk assessment process...