With new and continuous technology development and breakthroughs, few to several challenges in semiconductor assembly manufacturing are inevitable. One critical assembly process often affected with these technology trends and changes is the wirebond process. In due course, this p...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2020/v12i217078
In a bid to optimize the performance of a Pelton Wheel Turbine developed the performance evaluation of the turbine at various conditions was carried out using a portion of the overflow from the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) dam. The collected overflow has a net head of 4 m, flo...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2020/v12i217075
The paper presents a design and study of impedance matching for radio frequency (RF) circuit application of common-source amplifier topology. Matching networks for input and output sides of the amplifier were determined from the S-parameters given for the transistor at frequency...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2020/v12i217076
The paper focused on the elimination of die crack occurrence at the diebond process. Design of experiment (DOE) was done on the pick and place rubber-tip design and an improved design was finalized. The improved rubber-tip configuration with smaller vacuum design and full contact...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2020/v12i217074
This study aims to develop polyimide etching process on the silicon die after decapsulation to resolve the wire shear issue during ball shear data gatherings. The shear strength of the ball is affected by the presence of polyimide insulator during ball shearing process, due to th...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2020/v12i117073
Traffic noise at two locations which are Rumuokoro and Rumuola in Port Harcourt city, Rivers state Nigeria was studied. The study was done for 3 days at each location. Variables such as atmospheric parameters and traffic density were measured along with the noise measurement. The...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2020/v12i117072
This study provides experimental investigation of the mechanical and physical properties of reinforced geopolymer concrete based on Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBS). This research demonstrates the influence of various types of steel fibre on compressive, split tensile,...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2020/v12i117070
The paper aimed to mitigate wafer defects such as large kerf shifting issue, dice pop-out occurrence and edge cut defects in the wafer preparation or pre-assembly stage of integrated circuits (IC) assembly manufacturing. With the introduction of new wafer preparation technologies...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2020/v12i117071
The mechanical interlocking structure for quad-flat no-lead (QFN) assembly for densified leadframe degrades as the package becomes thinner. Detractors such as package reliability and design requirement hinder further qualification of leadframes with increased number of input/outp...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2020/v12i117069
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation systems are a common method of inactivating bacteria in municipal water treatment but has not been applied in a paper mill operations. Determining the feasibility of installing such a system is the purpose of this report. Directly treating a starch solu...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2020/v11i417068