Sources and control of volatile gases hazardous to hermetic electronic enclosures

IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 319-323

  Lowry, Robert K ^a  

^a INTERSIL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS HAZARDS; MICROELECTRONICS;

HERMETIC ELECTRONIC ENCLOSURES; VOLATILE GASES;

ELECTRONICS PACKAGING;

EID: 0033337691     PISSN: 1521334X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/6104.816102     Document Type: Article

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