Course detail
Printed Circuits and Surface Mount Technology
FEKT-BPA-PSMAcad. year: 2024/2025
Subject deals with topics of printed circuit board (PCB) production and assembly process from the components and used chemistry at the entrance of the process to the repairs and quality requirements at the assembly process exit. Subject deals with basic materials for production of printed circuit boards (PCB), their properties, application and comparison with inorganic substrates, technology procedures of single-, double- and multi-layer PCBs production, new technology trends of PCB production, surface mount technology (SMT), throuh hole technology (THT) and combined mounting of electronic parts and quality requirements of placement and soldering.
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Offered to foreign students
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Examination is oriented to evaluation of received knowledges from printed circuit board (PCB) production and surface mount technology (SMT) topics and in practical orientation in technology analysis of real assembled PCB. Student in this analysis demonstrates ability to choose conforming technology procedure of components assembly and of PCB description incl. applied PCB surface treatments.
Requirements for completion of a course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every year.
The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.
Aims
The student will be able to orientate in production of asembled and non assembled PCB
define basic terminology from PCB
describe and explain differences in basic materials - organic, inorganic - composition, properties and application
prove knowledges from subtractive technique of PCB production . Name and explain partial production steps of single, double and multilayer PCB
is able after received knowledges operate with PADS PCB design system, later is able to design simple PCB in PADS
prove to explain technology procedures from throuh hole technology (THT), surface mount technology (SMT) and mixed technology
prove to explain flux, solder paste, adhesive and solder alloy functions
master soldering and cleaning of PCB problematics, is able to disscuss questions of til/lead and lead free techniques
able to apply received knowledges in real production PCB technology analysis, prove to disscuss partial steps
master reflow soldering temperature profile measuring and evaluation
prove to interprete quality requirements for assembly and soldering according to international standards IPC A 610 rev. D , E
able practically place and solder PCB with surface mounted devices (SMD), master principles and technique of repair of TH and SM devices, manual assembly and deassembly
master basic english terminology from PCB production and from PCB assembly
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Lea, C.:A Scientific Guide to Surface Mount Technology, Electrochemical Publications Ltd, GB 1998 (EN)
Puttlitz, K., J.: Handbook of Lead Free Solder Technology for Microelectronic Assemblies (EN)
Wassink, R. J. K.:Manufacturing Techniques for Surface Mounted Assemblies,Electrochemical Publications Ltd, GB 1995 (EN)
Recommended reading
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Classification of course in study plans
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Lecture
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Basic organic materials, electrical, mechanical and also heat properties. Basic inorganic materials and comparison with organic materials.
Principles of PCB design, form and size of soldering spots and conductive paths. Principles of design for wave soldering and soldering by remelting.
Principles of PCB design, design of non-soldering mask, design of soldering spots for BGA and CSP, examples of footprints for SMT
Mounting and interconnecting structures, kinds. Subtractive, semiadditive and additive methods of production of mounting and interconnecting structures. Major application trends in electrotechnics.
Technological procedures of production of single-layer, double-layer and multi-layer PCB. Microinterconnecting (microvia) structures, MID. Separate operations of production process.
Assembly, surface and combined mount of PCB. Technological procedures. New trends in SMT.
Chemistry in mounting process and its correct choice (soldering paste, soldering alloys, adhesives, fluxing agents conformal coatings, packaging materials)
Application technologies (screen process printing, stencil printing, dispension). Process of SMD population, populating automatic machines, principles, methods of component centering .
SMD, properties and execution, outlets of parts, packages for IO, passive parts, electromechanical elements, BGA packages, design.
Soldering, methods of soldering, soldered connection and reliability of soldered connection. Machine soldering by wave, influence of nitrogen protective atmosphere. Manual soldering, principles.
Reflow soldering, methods, forced convection and influence of nitrogen atmosphere. Measurement of temperature profiles. Testing of non-populated and populated DPS, quality checking, checking methods.
Repairs of DPS, contact and contactless methods of assembly/disassembly. Principles and technique of repairs. Requirements on DPS according to IPC and Czech standards, antistatic prevention.
Exercise in computer lab
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Design system and technological outputs
Laboratory exercise
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Production of single-layer and double-layer PCB on the line BUNGARD/PROTOCAD.
Soldering paste, adhesives, fluxing agents. Properties and distribution Technical and safety sheets, manipulation and storing, principles.
Screen process printing/template printing. Screens, templates, properties. Printing of soldering paste. Factors influencing quality of print, defects and their reasons.
Semiautomatic population of SMD, creating program. Dispension of adhesive. Population of SMD into soldering paste. Mounting procedures, discussion.
Reflow soldering with solder paste, measuring of temperature profiles and principles. Defects of soldered joints. Test of the solder paste for solder balling.
Repairs of assembly units by contact method/hot air. Assembly/disassembly of chips (0805, 1206), SOIC, QFP.
Requirements for population and soldering of SMD. Checking quality of assembly unit according to IPC-A-610B.
Field trip
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Excursion to PCB production plant.
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