Fine Lines in High Yield (Part CXXXVIII): More on Copper Whiskers

摘要

The June 2006 Tech Talk was dedicated to the esoteric topic of copper whiskers (or stringy nodules) that can make the lives of electroplaters miserable when they strike, and sometimes mysteriously disappear again before the root cause can be identified. Because information on copper whiskers is often anecdotal, I invited readers to share their experiences.