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Cracks: The Hidden Defect - AVX Corporation

Cracks in ceramic surface mount technology (SMT) components limit assembly reliability and yields. These cracks manifest themselves as electrical defects: intermit-tent contact, variable resistance, loss of capacitance and excessive leakage currents. Large visible cracks and the insidious micro crack are usually blamed on the soldering

  Surfaces, Ceramic, Mount, Ceramic surface mount