Good response, except the asker has an email address that suggests he lives in India, and may be unlikely to go to US IPC meetings. Also, not everyone goes out for beer and pizza after the meetings, I usually don't. IPC has an office in Bangalore, some of my Indian colleagues attend their meetings. http://www.ipcindia.org.in/html/default.htm Karen Tellefsen - Electrical Testing Alpha / 109 Corporate Blvd./ S. Plainfield, NJ 07080 [log in to unmask] 908-791-3069 From: Douglas Pauls <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]>, Date: 05/31/2013 11:22 AM Subject: Re: [TN] PCB RELIABILITY ENGINEERING Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> You ask a question far too broad for a reasonable answer. As a start, I would recommend any books by the late Dr. Werner Englemeyer, an active participation in Technet until his death. You can search on the Technet Archives using his name as a keyword and probably still be reading this time next year. Are you talking about reliability of the bare board or of the finished assembly? Two very different things, but related. Brian Ellis's text on cleaning should be on everyone's desk. Clyde Coombs has authored an excellent reference book "Printed Circuits Handbook", published by McGraw Hill. Mine is the 5th edition but it might be up to the sixth edition by now. Charlie Harper has a good book, Electronic Materials and Processes, also McGraw Hill, 6th edition. Beyond that, it depends on what aspect of reliability you are looking for. I will say though, that if you really want the best education in electronics reliability, stuff you won't find in most books, get involved with the IPC standards and attend what meetings you can. I can't begin to tell you the education it has provided me over the years. You learn as much over pizza and beer after the meetings as you do in the meetings itself. Doug Pauls From: Ramakrishnan Saravanan <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Date: 05/31/2013 09:43 AM Subject: [TN] PCB RELIABILITY ENGINEERING Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> Dear All, Which book should i study to understand the reliability engineering of PCB. regards, R.Saravanan ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ ***** Please note that my E-Mail address has changed ***** ____________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________