Have Scotty teleport it and do a spectral analysis on the receiving end. hey, it's friday... At 09:53 AM 5/2/2008, Bev Christian wrote: >TechNetters, >I have a customer who wants to know the composition of any materials (if >any) inside copper plated internal microvias. Obviously traditional >x-sectioning would lead to contamination by the x-sectioning process. >Someone suggested laser cutting, but that is ridiculous, for the same >reason. Someone else suggested FIB, but this is fiendishly expensive, >especially for the kind of depth of cut we might be talking about here. > >Any and all non-Friday afternoon suggestions welcome. >(This last statement will probably backfire on me!) >Bev >RIM > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >This transmission (including any attachments) may contain >confidential information, privileged material (including material >protected by the solicitor-client or other applicable privileges), >or constitute non-public information. Any use of this information by >anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have >received this transmission in error, please immediately reply to the >sender and delete this information from your system. Use, >dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this transmission by >unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful. > >--------------------------------------------------- >Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 >To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in >the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet >To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to >[log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) >To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to >[log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest >Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives >Please visit IPC web site >http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional >information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or >847-615-7100 ext.2815 >----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------