by minicircuitsadmin | Mar 31, 2017 | Engineering Resources, Surface Mount Assembly & Manufacturing Techniques
Figure 1: Examples of components soldered to circuit boards. What automated soldering methods can be considered for Mini-Circuits surface-mount components? There are two basic methods: reflow and wave soldering. Generally, reflow soldering can be done when (1) there...
by minicircuitsadmin | Feb 23, 2017 | Engineering Resources, Surface Mount Assembly & Manufacturing Techniques
Introduction Extensive studies done by industry leaders, NASA and the U.S. military have shown substantial evidence that in modern storage environments, time intervals of five years or longer between manufacture of components and shipment to OEMs pose virtually no...
by minicircuitsadmin | Nov 16, 2016 | Engineering Resources, Surface Mount Assembly & Manufacturing Techniques
I. Mini-Circuits’ Innovative Tape and Reel Process Several years ago, Mini-Circuits CEO, Harvey Kaylie identified a void in the market: customers who were unable to justify purchasing a full-reel quantity of surface-mount components, but wanted smaller...
by minicircuitsadmin | Oct 20, 2015 | Surface Mount Assembly & Manufacturing Techniques
Open case models require certain additional handling precautions. Following these precautions will ensure handling does not have a negative impact on the performance of the devices. 1) Exercise caution when using tweezers to lift or place the units. Units should be...
by minicircuitsadmin | May 28, 2015 | Surface Mount Assembly & Manufacturing Techniques
1. Introduction Mini-Circuits has a long history of manufacturing high quality surface mount components in a variety of: Shapes and sizesMonolithic and hybridLeaded and leadlessOpen structure and encapsulatedRoHS compliant or SnPb (tin/lead)Aqueous washable, hermetic,...
by minicircuitsadmin | May 26, 2015 | Surface Mount Assembly & Manufacturing Techniques
1. Introduction: The following article is a guide for soldering wire connections to turret pin terminals on the Mini-Circuits ZX series amplifier, power detector, voltage variable attenuator, digital step attenuator, RF switch, bias-tee, and VCO models. The...
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