David- Saw your reply regarding zero ohm resistors, and your paste modelling efforts. I'd be interested in seeing what you publish; please provide, if possible, a mailing address, or email address/Web site for the publication "Journal of Electronic Manufacturing". I am unfamiliar with this journal, even after many man-months spent surfing the local library (UCI Science Library [University of California, Irvine]). Regards, Michael S. Alderete Sr. R & D Engineer Loral, Aeronutronic Division 29947 Avenida De Las Banderas Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 (714)459-3190FAX email: [log in to unmask] ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Unidentified subject!(Intentional shorts) Author: [log in to unmask] at _internet Date: 2/14/96 3:59 AM >Awhile back, there were some posts regarding the use of solder paste in attempt >to cause intentional shorts, effectively eliminating the need for a zero ohm >resistor to tie two nets together. I was wondering how many people have used >this method and what criteria did you follow? Any information pertaining to this >concept would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Todd, I have recently done some work modelling this situation, with a surface tension modelling tool called Evolver, in order to understand the volumes of solder over which a short is possible/inevitable. The results of this will be published shortly in Journal of Electronic Manufacturing. If anyone has any data which I could compare with the models I would be very interested. David Whalley