The objective of this course is to give the student a basic understanding of manufacturing processes required to populate a printed circuit board with both through-hole and surface mount components. Lectures will include a description of processes and required tooling, underlying scientific principles behind the processes, models where appropriate and an understanding of how independent variables alter the quality of the final product.
The course has a laboratory component. The first objective of the laboratory will be to provide hands-on experience with various industrial or laboratory grade machines used in this field. The second objective will be to give you the opportunity to perform experiments and to plan and build your own stopwatch board in the lab.
TEXT : No text; Handouts and papers will be provided in class.
GRADING POLICY :
Midterm 30%
Final 30%
Project 20%
Laboratory 20%
COURSE OUTLINE :
1. Introduction to the course
2. Overview of electronic industry, surface mount technology, process flows
