Download or read book Solder Joint Technology written by King-Ning Tu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-07-27 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Union’s directive banning the use of lead-based (Pb) solders in electronic consumer products has created an urgent need for research on solder joint behavior under various driving forces in electronic manufacturing, and for development of lead-free solders. This book provides a comprehensive examination of advanced materials reliability issues related to copper-tin reaction and electromigration in solder joints, and presents methods for preventing common reliablity problems.