Global SMT TV

This channel focuses on all aspects of electronics manufacturing including PCB, SMT and PCBA assembly and Advanced Packaging. PCBAs are manufactured by OEMs or outsourced to CEMs or ODMs. Advanced Packages are assembled by OEMs and OSATs, although some CEMs are now starting to add cleanroom facilities.

Advanced Packaging topics include BGAs, Flip Chips, MEMs, multi-chip modules, 3D ICs, 2.5D ICs, heterogeneous integration, fan-out wafer-level packaging, system-in-package, quilt packaging, etc.

Equipment topics include stencil printing, SPI and AOI inspection, pick and place mounters, reflow ovens, x-ray and ICT testers.

Materials science topics include solders, Electrically Conductive Adhesives (ECAs), Encapsulants, Underfills, Conformal Coatings, Cleaning Chemistries and other forms of Thermal Interface Materials (TIMs).

Global SMT TV is a division of Trafalgar Publications Ltd.