Reliability comparison of different surface finishes on copper

Circuit World

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-29

  Yee, Shelgon ^a   Ladhar, Harjinder ^a  

^a Solectron Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Coatings; Copper; Printed circuit boards; Surface finishing

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; COATINGS; COPPER; COSTS; RELIABILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

METAL COATINGS; SURFACE COATINGS;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

EID: 0032181830     PISSN: 03056120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03056129910244798     Document Type: Article

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