...Wei Liu; Rong An; Chunqing Wang; Yanhong Tian Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of typical morphologies of Au-Sn IMCs (intermetallic compounds) at the interfaces of solder and pads on shear properties of laser reflowed micro-solder joints. Design/methodology...

...Alexander Gatej; Nicolas Pyschny; Peter Loosen; Christian Brecher Purpose Laser systems are becoming more and more a commodity in many fields of application and this is driving a strong trend towards increasingly efficient production technologies and miniaturized products. A central aspect...