Steam-Age Evaluation of Nickel/Palladium Lead Finish for Integrated Circuits

Texas Instruments

Published Date: 09/03/1998

Description

Removal of lead (Pb) from finished integrated-circuit(IC) packages as well as IC package assembly and printed circuit board(PCB) assembly operations is an ongoing effort by many electronics manufacturers.Toward this end the semiconductor industry is converting to nickel/palladium (Ni/Pd)-finished leadframes in the assembly of integrated circuits. This technology eliminates Pb from the IC pa