A pressing device includes a screw body. The screw body includes a screw head that comprises a driver interface. The screw body also includes a screw shaft that comprises a screw tip opposite the screw head with respect to the screw shaft, exterior spiral threads between the screw head and screw tip, and an interior cavity with an opening at the screw tip. The pressing device also includes a pin partially inserted into the interior cavity. The pin comprises a first pin end inserted into the interior cavity, a pin shaft that is connected to the first pin end, and a second pin end that is connected to the pin shaft and that is exterior to the interior cavity. Applying a force to the second pin end in a direction towards the screw head causes the pin shaft to advance into to interior cavity.

Systems and methods are disclosed herein relating to eliminating solder bridges between adjacent leads of small-pitch through-hole electrical components soldered to circuit boards using wave-soldering techniques. Several wave solder pallet insert patterns are disclosed. Each wave solder insert may include an insert pattern of peeling members is intended to eliminate solder bridges from various small-pitch component lead layouts.

A method of manufacturing a pallet for use during manufacture of a printed circuit board assembly includes determining optimal solder flow for establishing connections between lead pins of a plurality of pin-through-hole components arranged on a circuit board, designing a pallet to include geometries configured to provide the optimal solder flow when the pallet, supporting the circuit board thereon, is passed through a wave solder machine, and creating the pallet based on the design. Pallets configured for optimal solder flow and methods of manufacturing printed circuit board assemblies using such pallet are also provided.

Fabrication of a reliable circuit board assembly with soldered, plated through-hole structures is facilitated by characterizing plating of a plated through-hole of the circuit board using time-domain reflectance to obtain a base reflectance measurement, and applying solder to the plated through-hole. Based on applying the solder, the plating of the plated through-hole of the circuit board is re-characterized using time-domain reflectance to obtain a new reflectance value. Based on a deviation between the new reflectance measurement and the base reflectance measurement exceeding a threshold, dissolution, at least in part, of the plating of the plated through-hole due to applying the solder is identified.

Provided are a jet solder level confirmation jig and a method of handling the same, which allow the level of the jet wave of the molten solder to be accurately confirmed. A jet solder level confirmation jig is provided with a level confirmation unit for confirming a level of a jet wave of molten solder, a holding unit that holds the level confirmation unit, a notifying unit that notifies the level of the jet wave of the molten solder; and a bridge member having a length so as to be able to form a bridge in an upper part of a jet solder bath housed within a housing, the bridge member supporting the level confirmation unit in the upper part of the jet solder bath. The notifying unit is connected to a power supply unit of a jet soldering device.

A reel for the purpose of winding a length of cable of optical fiber cable type includes a winding support for winding the length of cable, a retaining part suitable for retaining the length of cable wound around the winding support, a first attachment part for the purpose of attaching the reel to an edge of a circuit board such that the reel is positioned laterally with respect to the circuit board, and a second attachment part for the purpose of attaching the reel flat to a face of the circuit board.

An electronic device includes a circuit board and an electronic element. The circuit board includes a plate body and multiple through holes extending through the plate body. Each of the through holes has a first diameter. The electronic element includes multiple pins, each of which is inserted into a respective one of the through holes, is secured to the circuit board by a soldering process, and has a second diameter smaller than the first diameter of the respective one of the through holes. For each of the pins, a difference between the second diameter of the pin and the first diameter of the respective one of the through holes ranges from 0.4 mm to 0.6 mm. A method for manufacturing the electronic device is also provided.

A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board assembly includes providing a circuit board, positioning a plurality of components including at least one thermally-sensitive component having a maximum temperature threshold on the circuit board, positioning a customized protective heat shield on the thermally-sensitive component, exposing the circuit board (having the thermally-sensitive component disposed thereon and the customized protective heat shield disposed on the thermally-sensitive component) to a high-temperature environment wherein temperatures exceed the maximum temperature threshold of the thermally-sensitive component, and removing the customized protective heat shield from the thermally-sensitive component. Customized protective heat shields are also provided.

Provided are a jet solder level confirmation jig and a method of handling the same, which allow the level of the jet wave of the molten solder to be accurately confirmed. A jet solder level confirmation jig is provided with a level confirmation unit for confirming a level of a jet wave of molten solder, a holding unit that holds the level confirmation unit, a notifying unit that notifies the level of the jet wave of the molten solder; and a bridge member having a length so as to be able to form a bridge in an upper part of a jet solder bath housed within a housing, the bridge member supporting the level confirmation unit in the upper part of the jet solder bath. The notifying unit is connected to a power supply unit of a jet soldering device.

A variety of footed and leadless semiconductor packages, with either exposed or isolated die pads, are described. Some of the packages have leads with highly coplanar feet that protrude from a plastic body, facilitating mounting the packages on printed circuit boards using wave-soldering techniques.