Materials for Electrical and Electronic Contacts
P.B Joshi and P. Ramakrishnan
ISBN 978-1-57808-269-8; 2004; 419 pages; US $ 132.20      Buy Now


About the Book
The subject of electrical contact materials is of interdisciplinary nature, demanding knowledge of pure sciences such as physics and chemistry, and applied sciences like electrical and electronics engineering, metallurgical engineering and materials science, polymer science and engineering, ceramic science and engineering, over and above the knowledge of environmental aspects particularly when dealing with disposal of products. The aim of this book is to provide state of the art information on materials, and processing and applications of electrical and electronic contacts.

The book will introduce the academic community to the subject of electrical and electronic materials. For the industrial users, it is a comprehensive source of information on manufacturing, evaluation and applications of electrical and electronic contact materials. The book would be of immense utility to scientists, engineers and technocrats engaged in the field of switchgear technology, integrated circuits and microelectronics.

Contents :

CONTACTS FOR ELECRICAL CIRCUITS

Introduction
Scope of Electrical Contacts; Classification of Electrical Contact Materials

Processing
Processing of Electrical Contacts

Property Evaluation
Physical Properties; Contact Properties and their Evaluation; Metallurgical Properties; Analytical Techniques for Characterization of Contact Materials; Performance Evaluation of Contacts

Applications
Applications of Make-and-Break Contacts; Applications of Sliding Contacts

CONTACTS FOR ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS

Introduction to Electronic Circuits
An Overview of Electronics; Electronic Devices; Electronic Circuits

Contacts for Integrated Circuits
Introduction; IC Classification; Fundamental Structure of an IC; IC Fabrication Technologies; Basic Steps in IC Fabrication

Metallization
Role of Metallization and Types of Contacts; Desired Properties of Metallization; Materials for Metallization; Multilevel Metallization; Problems in Metallization and Failure of Contacts; Techniques of Film Deposition

Soldering of Microelectronic Assemblies
Introduction; Soldering Fundamentals; Soldering Fluxes; Solderability; Solderability Tests; Commercial Solders; Tin-Lead Solders; Types of Joining Processes; Soldering Processes; Other Joining Processes

Environment-Friendly Lead-Free Solders
Status of Sn and Pb in Tin-Lead Solders; Why Lead-free Solders; Lead-free Solder Alloys; Properties of Sn-Pb and Pb-free Solders; Concluding Remarks

Contacts for Printed Circuit Boards
PCB Fundamentals; Chemical Processes for Forming PCB Contacts; PCB Packaging

Nanoelectronics and Nanocontacts