February 26, 2009
About Us
For over 25 years Circuit Technology Center has been the world's most innovative specialist in circuit board rework and repair. Whether supporting you with our comprehensives services or with products from our CircuitMedic brand, our mission is simple. Save you money, save you time, and make your company more profitable.
Jeff Ferry, President
Peter Vigneau, GM
Andy Price, Sales Manager
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 5 BGA Rework Systems Ready for Action
BGA component rework is a demanding, exacting business. Next time you need BGA rework, give us a call. With 5 top-of-the-line BGA rework systems we have capacity to spare.
Circuit Technology Center
Test Your Knowledge
Arrange these electromagnetic waves by length (longest to shortest): X-Rays, Short Wave Radio, Microwaves
See the answer below.
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Did You Know?
An electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts.
 MicroDrill - The Repair Technician's Dream!
The surgical grade Micro-Drill is a true workhorse. Remove coatings, cut circuits, drill holes, all with super precision. Just like a dental drill, the hand piece is lightweight and easy to maneuver. Tech's love them.
CircuitMedic
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 Buried Conductor Rework
To their dismay, one of our customers found a small but critical error. The ground plane that should have served as a return path for signals was missing between plated through holes in a section of the circuit board.
Thousands of boards were in the assembly pipeline, and thousands in the field ...Learn more ...
 Converting Soldered BGA Pads to Gold
When engineers are developing or upgrading products, the focus of their manipulations can often involve a BGA device. We commonly receive requests to migrate a soldered component into a socket arrangement.
The challenge with a rework that involves the removal of a soldered BGA to install a socket in it's place is that most often the pads on the circuit board surface will need to be gold plated. In this case all 1000+ pads needed to be gold plated. That, my friends, is a piece of work ...
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Industry Features
Switching from Type 3 to Type 4 Solder Paste
What are the determining factors when from switching from type 3 solder paste to type 4 solder paste?
Board Talk
Creep Corrosion on Lead-free PCBs
As the electronics industry moves to lead-free assembly and finer-pitch circuits, widely used printed wiring board (PWB) hot air ...
Surface Mount Technology Magazine
Will Discoloration Tarnish ImAg Reliability?
A customer recently observed discoloration of an immersion silver (ImAg) finish on their printed circuit boards. The customer wanted ...
Circuits Assembly Magazine
Solder-free Connectors Using Buckled Pillars
A novel use of stud bumping equipment has enabled the development of buckled pillar connectors for 3D assemblies that are put together ...
Advanced Packaging Magazine
 PTH Repair
How to Select the Right Eyelet
One of our favorite circuit board repair procedures is no. 5.1 Plated Hole Repair. Even in today's high tech world there are still thousands of circuit boards being used that were (and are still being) made with through hole technology.
Experience tells me that many of these through hole circuit boards will need a plated hole repaired during its lifetime ...
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 Damaged Plated Holes?
This plated hole repair kit has all the tools and materials you'll need to repair damaged plated through holes in circuit boards.
CircuitMedic
Quote of the Day
"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail."
Abraham Maslow
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"Our latest chip contains Ginkgo Biloba to help improve your computer's memory and mental focus!"
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 Do You Have Solder Contamination on gold contacts?
Here's the perfect kit for replating solder-contaminated gold edge contacts. Unique plating probes use pre-wrapped, screw-on plating anodes.
CircuitMedic
Test Your Knowledge
Arrange these electromagnetic waves by length (longest to shortest): X-Rays, Short Wave Radio, Microwaves
Answer: Short Wave Radio, Microwaves, X-Rays
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Past Issues
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