Solder paste is a very delicate material because it is sensitive to changes in temperature and is subject to rapid oxidization at high temperatures. Therefore, it is typically sold frozen and requires ...

Ever since Intel switched away from using solder to a thermal interface material on its desktop CPUs, enthusiasts have been asking the company to reverse that decision -- and occasionally cracking the ...

Through-hole chips are slowly falling by the wayside, and if you want to build something with new parts you will be using surface mount components. This means spreading paste and throwing it in the ...

We’re kind of surprised we haven’t covered this concept before since it only uses techniques that are commonly avaialable for home PCB fabrication. [Ray] made this solder paste stencil out of a sheet ...

Soldering is the process of using a metal alloy with a low melting temperature (solder) to fuse the electrical contacts of a component to the pads of a circuit board. Proper soldering maximizes the ...

There's good news for enthusiasts and fans of high-performance processors, at least in theory. After years of relying on thermal paste between its actual CPU die and the integrated heat spreader, or ...