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PWB Interconnect Solutions

Businesses - IST systems / Test services Consulting

86 system installations in N.A., Europe, Asia

Negotiating additional systems - Worldwide

Twelve systems supporting test services, 3 additional systems to be added Q2/08

Introduced new IST system software in Visual Basic, and develop future capability to test solder joint reliability

Established Support Centers within Asia & Europe

Established Independent test service contractor in U.S.

 

I.S.T. SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
Chronology (16 years)

IST Principles developed	(1991)
Beta systems deployed	(1993)
Patents received	(1994)
Interconnect testing introduced	(1995)
IST exclusively licensed to PWB Interconnect Inc.	(1996)
IST Systems delivered to customers	(96/97)
IPC approved test methodology (2.6.26)	(1997)
Expanded in U.S., Europe & Asia	(98/08)

                     ALTERNATIVE TEST METHODS          COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS

Element	Thermal Cycling	Liq / Liq	Fluid Sand	Solder Float
Test Type/Temp	Stress (65/+125C)	Shock (35+125C)	Shock (25-260C)	Shock (25-260C)
Characterization	Difficult	Fair	Fair	Difficult
Time to Result Hr	288	120	2	0.5
Cost of Test (/100cyc.)	$275	$160	N/A	N/A
Cost of Ownership (5 yrs)	$190K	$120K	45K	10K
Data Collection	Additional @$10K	Additional @$10K	Additional @$10K	N/A
Installation	Hard wired Drainage, Compressed Air	Hard wired Drainage, Compressed Air	Hard wired Drainage, Compressed Air	Requires Exhaust
Environmental	Nitrogen/CFC’s	CFC’s	Emits Lead	Emits Lead

COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS

ELEMENT	IST	Thermal Cycling	LIQ/LIQ
Test Type/Temp	Stress (25-150C)	Stress (65/+125C	Shock (-35/+125C)
Characterization	Easiest	difficult	easier
Failure Detection	Early detection	Not applicable	Not applicable
Cost of Ownership	$130K	$208K	$120K
Cost of Test (/500cyc)	$75.00	$390	$350
Data Collection	Integrated	Additional @10K	Additional @10K
Capabilities	PTH + Post	PTH	PTH
Temperature	260 C	145 C	160 C
Time to Results (hrs)	24	288	120
Installation	Portable AC Outlet	Hard wired Drainage, Compressed Air	Hard wired Drainage, Compressed Air
Mass-Microsectioning	No	Yes	Yes
Environmental	Friendly	Nitrogen/CFC’s	CFC’s

 

Activities with the I.P.C. and I.S.T. Partners

·       Completed repeatability and reproducibility studies with multiple IST users and traditional test labs

·       Determine the applicability of the I.S.T. approach to effectively quantify the presence and influence of post separation on PTH interconnect reliability

·       Establish impact of various assembly conditions on long term reliability of total interconnect

·       Completed Correlation to thermal oven testing

·       Developing Test Protocol & Specifications for the detection of material delamination

·       Review ongoing performance/development efforts at IPC committee meetings

·       Support various IPC Lead Free Programs  (HDPUG & Halogen Free)

 

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